Week 8 Progress

Overall I'm mostly happy with my progress but I know that I could have a higher grade since the assignments to do so are there! My weekly routine could probably change some to where I'm able to get ahead by at least one week, which is my goal for the last 8 weeks. This will give me some opportunities to work on extra credit and take off some pressure for weeks that I'm busy with work, other classes, or life. I may work on different layouts for my blog and my storybook to try to change it up throughout the rest of the semester. In fact, I think I'll either work on extra credit now or next weeks assignments!

      Image information : Not more procrastinating

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

I think that the comments I'm receiving are useful as I am getting a lot of positive feedback from everybody which is encouraging. Some of the most useful ones are the comments that give me suggestions which I can try to incorporate and use in my next assignment.
As far as leaving feedback for others, I think I'm doing ok but could probably go into a bit more detail when I offer suggestions. I am able to get writing style ideas from other peoples' stories which I can use for my stories.
Reading other peoples' blogs and introductions does definitely give me a sense for who they are which helps when reading their stories. I think my introduction mostly covers everything that I would like for people to know and me and I enjoy reading feedback from others.
For future feedback posts I want to try to give more detailed suggestions.


I chose the image below because it reminded me of my own cat. One night last month, when it was down pouring, I got a text from my mom telling me that Spikey Boo Fang (that's his name) was stuck in a tree. I called her and she told me that he had been stuck about 13 feet up in a tree for a few hours. We discussed what to do but decided it was too dangerous for either of us to climb a ladder to get him down. Finally I got a text from her saying that he made his way down and was safe in the house.


P.S. This was not the first time he had been stuck in a tree, I think his cat meter is broken.

                   Photo Information:  Hopefully this cat isn't stuck like mine was. LOL!

Week 8 Reading and Writing

Now that I am getting more familiar with blogging and google sites I feel like I will be able to change up the theme to better suite me. I played around with the theme for the blog and I like it but I may switch it up more. As for the google site, I'm pretty happy with the layout and the banner pictures that I chose. The reading notes that I have written seem to be sufficient for me to get the background information but I would like to try more styles. As far as writings go, I am fairly happy with the styles that I have used but would like to switch them up more so that they don't so closely resemble the original. I think my favorite one that I have done so far was week 7 where I more or less started in the middle of the original story, worked back, then worked to present day. For future posts I would like to work on using more dialogue though. I would also like to look at more research strategies as well as note taking methods.

 Picture information: Probably my favorite picture so far. This is a very calming and reflective picture for me. The sunset (or sunrise) along with the waves give off the vibe that this is a relaxed state of mind, as it should be!