Final Blog

     There are some blogs that were really fun to write and some that were a struggle.  The opinion blogs along with the alternate ending for "The Pit and the Pendulum" were my favorite.  The Having my Say blog was really fun and easy to write.  Making up and ending for a story is always fun.  I did not enjoy the 1920 blogs that I had to look stuff up for.  The Gatsby music blog was difficult because I had no idea what songs were popular during the 1920s or what songs would fit the book.
     Honestly I think many of the blogs were just a nuisance to write.  I put in good effort for most of them.   I did learn a little from them, but not a lot.  My top three stories of the year are "The Yellow Wallpaper", "The Great Gatsby", and "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".

Advice for Miss Wolff

     There are many things about class this year that I have very much enjoyed.  I like the class discussions we have about stories.  Most of the books we have read are pretty decent.  English was one of just a few classes that I wanted to be longer rather than shorter.  The ACT prep really helped and was a great break from Literature.  Some of the short stories we read are really difficult to understand until you explain them and to maintain focus reading.  I think that SQ4R should be an option, not a requirement.  I think just reading the story and then taking notes the next day during class would be a much better option.  "The Scarlet Letter" is one of those books that people teach solely because it is regarded as one to read in high school.  I think that all the schools should drop reading that dreadfully boring book.  I think that class should be harder so that it separates the good from the great.  That's one thing about Lutheran in general that irritates me.  It should be harder to get an A in a class.  I don't think that more homework should be assigned, but tests should be harder.  That goes for every class, not just English.

Gatsby Music

     Since The Great Gatsby takes place in the Jazz Age, jazz music would accompany the book well.  "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong would be a good fit for the dance parties at Gatsby's house.  It is a jazzy song and was one of the top songs of the 20s. "I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Helen Kane would fit the book well.  It would be a good song for Gatsby to sing to Daisy.  "High Society" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band is a good song to represent the East Egg people like Tom and Daisy.