Blog Reflection

During this trimester I have not only grown as a blogger, but I have also grown as a reader and writer. I struggled with some things during this experience, but I also had strengths during certain times. The biggest thing I struggled with was time. I am a gymnast with a busy schedule and I don’t get home every night until 8. Also giving that I come home tired anyway, I struggle with getting my homework done in a timely manner. I figured out over time how to deal with this and work through it by planning ahead and managing my time. I also write down my assignments in my planner and if I have something that is due in a certain amount of days, I make sure to spread that assignment out and work a little bit at a time so I get it done. Throughout this trimester I have gotten better at getting my assignments done and managing my time.

            One of the strengths that I have is punctuation and sophisticated words. I am pretty good with punctuation and I know when to use it and when not to use it. I also really like using different words that people know but don’t usually use. I don’t like using small words unless it’s very necessary. I would usually consider myself a good writer, but I still have a lot of room to grow.

            The quality of my writing in my blog posts have grown throughout the trimester. I started out this trimester being kind of vague and I didn’t specify very much. In my very first blog post about my summer reading project, I pretty much just said it how it was and I didn’t really go into depth on anything. I didn’t give examples and it almost sounded like I was just answering questions off of a page. I highlighted examples on the blog post on how I just stated the obvious and told it how it was (First blog post). As I got better and better at writing blogs, I eventually learned how to incorporate more of my own voice and provide examples and opinions. In my blog post, Plans for Future Books, my voice was definitely incorporated much more than previously. In this blog post, I used examples and opinions on what I thought and why I thought it. I used statements like, “I was really surprised by…” and, “I really liked how…” which added extra voice and opinion. When voice, opinion and examples are given, it increases the quality of the writing. In my latest blog post, I highlighted the quality statements and examples. Even though I did use a quote in the first blog post, which is an example, I didn’t use quality interpretation. First of all, instead of using some sophisticated way to introduce the quote, I wrote, “It said …” when I could have used something like “The book stated…”. This would have added more quality to my writing. Even though I did not have a quote in my latest blog post, some of my other more recent blog posts that did have quotes, had more sophisticated vocabulary which also indicates better quality writing. The last indication of better quality writing was the fluency. In my Summer Reading Project, I wrote very choppy and the transitions were too sudden, but in my Plans for Future Books, I transitioned into different topics pretty smoothly. Overall, the quality of my writing has improved a lot since the beginning of this trimester.

Insurgent Predictions

I recently started the second book to the Divergent series called Insurgent. I am about 2 chapters through and I have a few predictions about what will happen in chapters to come.

 

First of all, I think that Tris and Tobias get captured by Amity society and they get discovered that they are Divergent. I think they will have to escape the society and live their own lives outside of the walls of the factions. I believe this will happen because in the first chapter Tobias tell Caleb that the reason he knows the code to Amity is because he worked in the security office. And the only reason he wanted to work there was because he wanted to know how to get out. So obviously something will happen where Tobias and Tris and maybe some other people will have to leave the society for at least a short amount of time.

The other theory I believe is that I think Tris and Tobias will find a "secret society" of other divergent people. When they find them, I think they will try to find a way to either over rule the society or rise up to run itthemselves and maybe people won't be afraid of them anymore. 

I don't know if either of these theories will be correct but that is what I believe will happen so far with the 2 chapters that I have read. I am excited to find out what really happens.

Plans For Future Books

     The next few books I am planning on reading are Insurgent and Allegiant. I have just finished Divergent and Insurgent and Allegiant are the next books in the series. I really liked how Divergent ended, it was a very good ending to all of the suspence but it also ended as a cliff hanger. I was really suprised by how much the book changed in less than 3 chapters. I didn't think it was getting very suspensful because I was getting very close to the end and then all of a sudden, the suspence was very intence and crazy things just kept happening left and right! For example, Tris was officially in Dauntless and she went to bed that night and when she woke up every body except her and the leaders were under control to go and attack Abnegation. That part happened in two sentances. I really liked how quick it was of a transition because it wasn't too choppy but it didn't just flow into things-because that idn't happen.

     I want to read Insurgent and Allegiant not only because they are the next books in the series, but also because I really want to know what is going to happen next. I would make some predictions, but honestly, I really don't know what will happen next, but I am very excited to find out.

The movie for Divergant is coming out on March 21st and I am definatly going to go see it. I honestly don't think the movie looks as good as the book, but thats how most books and movies are in my opinion. Below is the movie trailer but I suggest reading the book first because it is so good.