As summer began to come to a close, the pages of Persepolis over took my days and I was excited to begin a new English class for the year in English II. I had no idea if I would be able to keep up with the pace of a more advanced English class, however I believe that I have succeeded in doing so and I love the class immensely. I believe that I completed my summer homework to my greatest ability and the quality of my work was displayed through the grades I received on these assignments. I also feel that all of the annotations that I have collected whilst reading these books has helped me for better when writing essays and it is an aspect of English II that I have succeeded in. Lastly, I feel that another strength of my work this year would consist of my Persepolis expository essay, which I believed to be one of my best pieces of writing that I have produced for quite some time. However, there are other aspects that I can improve upon in English II. I believe that I should prepare myself for reading quizzes in a more affective manner by reading the text and then going back to review plot, dialogue, and other significant pieces. This would help me to achieve excellent scores on my reading quizzes and would better prepare me for the assessments. On the other hand, however, I feel that I should be not just trying to retain plot ideas to prepare myself for the reading quizzes and for essays, but also enjoying the text itself. Last year I did not make use of enjoying the texts we read and I was so focused on just memorizing points of the story that I missed the exquisite writing styles found in the book. Therefore this year, I want to read the required texts this year and not just continue to analyze, memorize, and pull out themes, but to truly value what the stories have to offer. Overall, I have loved English II this year and I cannot wait to see what English II has to offer me for the rest of the year.
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