The Conclusion

"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere."

This year has been sensational, filled with stress, heated discussions, and of course laughter! Ninth Grade Honors English will always be remembered with the crazy adventures with Ms. Smith, the helpfulness of spark-notes, hilarious stories of Ms. Gilman's little girls, and the ridiculous amount of annotations. But, like the quote above we do all go different ways but, we take with us the silly memories everywhere.

The funniest thing I've noticed throughout my blogs as the year progressed is that they got shorter and shorter and shorter. The want to show off to my classmates left,  quite fast in fact, and personally, I think the prompts got easier! But, I know that as a writer I've evolved because I've learned to refuse whats seen on the outer surface but to go deeper and deeper, then deeper again. 

We started the year of with the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This book was probably one of the most touching books I've read. With the intensity of scenes and the ignorance of characters, this book left an outstanding message about overcoming judgments and learning to accept.As we continued to read from book to book, I began to see that reading became easier. I kept the techniques I had from the previous book, and from there it built upon one another. So, to this today I still hold my "special reading techniques and things to look for"  with me. 

From reading The Importance of Being Earnest to Animal Farm  even though very different in almost every matter, shared the idea of how uncontrollable power can become damaging to many aspects of life. The soul purpose of blogging was so express our thoughts, in an new and creative way. And that's what it did. While reading Romeo and Juliet, the blog gave me the chance to compare and contrast. In Great Expectations, I created a strong outline and guide to my conclusion. For me, the blog became the thing that I began to like doing. It allowed for creativity in a structured manner. I got to see what my classmates thought about certain issues and I think this overall helped me deepen my understanding in what we were reading. With each book came along different things to focus on, which meant the blogs would always be different. In an odd way I'm going to miss my blog, as well as reading others!

Overall, the blog served as a vehicle to show my understanding of the books read. It was the one thing that allowed me, Adora, to write my thoughts and opinions about conflict, themes, characters, and many different elements in a book. It has been a year of remarkable experiences and the blog only added to it. I wish everyone has a great and meaningful summer! As I leave this blog for the last time, I'd like to close by saying these forceful words, " the end is never the end, for it is only the beginning."  

Memorable Assignment

While I reflect back on my Freshman year of high school, the late study session and essay writing comes to mind. My most memorable part of English was making projects, for example the video I made for Great Expectations. This project really allowed me to have fun, while earning loads of extra credit! This assignment was a trailer to the movie version of Great Expectations. This video included some great eerie scenery shots and fun clips that all tied into the ghostly theme of the book.

What made this project worth while was learning about film-making in the process. It also gave me the opportunity to see the novel in a different perspective. I found different takes on the book, all while having fun!  This whole project was most memorable because I enjoyed myself while doing it. Through out the whole experience many laughs were shared. Hard-work and effort went into the making of this movie, thankfully in the end our greatest expectations were fulfilled.

A Good Experience with Poetry

My initial perception of poetry was something that was beautiful and romantic language shared only between lovers. This was based on my limited interest in culture. But, as my interest grew I learned more about poetry, I was exposed to the whole English language as a whole. My first introduction to poetry was by my fifth grade teacher. She was an eccentric English lover, she had a passion that was so contagious. From there my fascination for writing began. She introduced to me a world that abled me to express myself by not talking, a way that kept me from disrupting the class. From here my love for poetry took off.

From then to now, my interest in poetry has changed. Surprisingly I write a lot of poetry on my own. It may be the tellings of the day. A challenge I faced ad now conquered. But, mostly I allows me to look back and channel the feeling a had then. Some sad and other joyous. But, I seem to be incorporating it in my everyday, whether thats in the daily emails from Google apps or friends sending corny inspirational poems. Its amazing to know that people have really shaped their lives around poetry.

To be honest, I don't have an astonishing experience with poetry, but  collectively the times I spent in the presence of poetry has given me a better understanding of it. If come to truly love poetry and what it does and can do for people. Also, its something has been around for centuries. I can't express how thankful I am to my tattoo barrieing, phsycodelic fifth grade teacher for the foundation for writing that she gave to me.

Snippets of Poem by Adora Nwankwo:

A Path of Uncertainty

.....I feel lost sometimes
To be frank, I feel lost all the time
but, only I can help myself.
But, where am I to start?
I've been told many times
that the best place to start is the beginning
so I turn back to were I once was,
down the path of uncertainty
we call life.