Overall Reflection
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I would describe my reading experience this year as a really confident experience. What I mean by that is that from the first book assigned to the last one, I learned to be really confident when it comes to my ability to identify powerful themes and be able to introduce the the book professionally and smoothly. On the right you will see my essay about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. In the introduction paragraph, you will be able to read my introduction paragraph which includes the theme I worked on for about half a month. This theme shows how I can identify powerful themes and expertly introduce the book so that the reader can have an idea about what I'm writing about.
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I also remember at the start of the year that my teacher would give us post its to track your thoughts or just to paraphrase what we were reading. I would describe annotations as being very efficient when it comes to paraphrasing. I really get so many details and this allows me to remember important parts from the book with ease. But something that I need to work on is lvl 2 and 3 thinking in my post its. Its important to take notes on what you read but what's more important is to be able to analyze what you're reading in the post its. The button on the side will take you to some pictures of my post its that I think they do a really good job showing how descriptive each post its are as well as some post its that don't meet my standard and wrote them very bland and wrong.
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In the first semester of the year we were once again assigned into reading an article everyday from a website called "Newsela". This allows us practice our paraphrasing and get involved with what's happening in the rest of the world. This website served as a great tool for those who want an independent kind of reading and really makes you want to think about how you use your time during the day after school. This year I have improved my ability of understanding each article and getting a a better quiz score percentage. Before, you could see that I had a lower reading level, quiz percentage and articles read. Now I have doubled the articles I had read previously with an improved quiz score percentage by 6%. This shows that I have improved my Newsela experience.
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