Blog Reflections

One of my best blog posts was the post on Sunday, October 6, 2013 when I was talking about what I had read so far. The blog post is called “So far”. In this blog post I am telling the readers where I am so far in the book. When I posted that I was at chapter 8. In the post I explained what happened in chapters 6 and 7. In this post I also tell what the characters are feeling. This post meets the standards of analysis according to the rubric because I used a specific example from the text. I said,” He saw Katie play with an imaginary ring on her finger and it reminded him of the women when he was at CID.” This shows that I used specific examples from the text. I also inferred in this blog post. I said,” After reading this chapter I infer that Katie will end up telling Alex more about her past.” This shows that I inferred in this blog post. This also shows that I met all the criteria for analysis.

http://saylorsreadingblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/so-far.html

Next trimester my goals for reading are to finish this book, because it is really long and I’m only half way into it. For writing my goals are to write more fluently and more descriptions.  Some areas of improvement I want to work towards next trimester are to become a more consistent reader so that I can become better at understanding texts, use better and more challenging vocabulary and to become better at writing based on the examples I read.

One thing I struggled with during this experience was making sure I read consistently so that I had things to blog about. It’s hard to find time to read because of homework and sports. I overcame this struggle by finding times during the week to read.  Another struggle I had was finding new ways to talk about my book in my bog. I overcame this by getting ideas off of other student’s blogs and referring back to the rubric. A strength I had with blogging was analyzing each chapter. It was really easy to summarize each paragraph. A good example of this is my post on Sunday, September 15, 2013 called “Safe Haven: Chapters 3 and 4”. In this post I did a good job of analyzing the text and I used descriptive details and used good connections.

http://saylorsreadingblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/safe-haven-chapters3-and-4.html

Reflections so far

I am really enjoying the book and believe anyone who likes romance and love stories would enjoy it too. It is very interesting and always makes you want to keep reading another chapter. I'm excited that Katie and Alex are finally falling in love and cant stop thinking about each other. I still feel like Katie is hiding somethings of her past and Alex does too. He wants to learn as mach as he can about her and that makes the reader want to too.

Chapters 14 and 15

In chapter 14 Alex and the kid decide to go to Ivan's for dinner. They see Katie there and she is very surprised and happy that they are there. Alex is also very excited that he gets to see and talk to her. Even though its not the most romantic or ideal place to see her, they still are just so happy to see each other. In chapter 15 Katie is working on decorating her house and getting new things to decorate it. When katie woke up on Saturday morning she walked out to the porch and saw Jo hammering away. When Jo asks Katie whats she is doing that night Katie says that she is having someone over for dinner. She gets ready the wole day waiting for Alex to arrive.

Chapter 13

This chapter is mainly about how Alex cant stop thinking about Katie. That week they were both working a lot and had no time to see each other. All he did was think about her which shows the love he has for her. This chapter is ver important because it shows everyones true feelings. So far both Alex and Katie really like each other more than friends and cant stop thinking about each other. This makes me want to keep reading because I want to see what will happen between these two.

Chapter 12

In chapter 12 Jo and Katie are talking about the beach trip with Alex and the kids. Its a very short chapter but in the short passage you learn how Katie really feels about Alex. It also shows how close Jo and Katie are getting and really showing how smart Jo is. Jo is good at manipulating Katie into telling her things and has a way of twisting Katie's words around so that she realizes things about herself. I'm really enjoying the book so far.