Dear classmates

Dear classmates,
   This blopg post is going to be about English I, and my tips, tools, and methods for survivng it. My first tip is to always come prepared for class. As long as you have an outside reading book, pencil, notebook, and are ready to learn, you will be fine. Second tip is to always annotate your books, marking vocabulary words in them that you are not aware of the definition, or take mini-notes about things that Dr. D says or y'all are learning. It will come in handy, trust me! One time, I jotted down a side note about one of our wordly wise words, like something Dr. D quickly mentioned, and right before the test I was flipping through my notebook, saw it, and read it. This helped me out once we got the test because it was related to one of the questions on the test, and what do you know? I got it right! My third and last tip is to keep all handouts. Even if you are not an organized person, I would keep these handouts in my laptop, in my folder or locker, or even shoved in the bottom of my backpack (not really). My point is to just KEEP THEM. I say this because one time, one day before we took our poetry test, Dr. D handed out a worksheet about stressed and unstressed syllables on words- how to read them, figure them out, and what they are called. Well it was the end of the day, I was anxious and not paying attention as well as I could have, except I heard her say that it wouldn't be on the test. So I blew off listening about it, but I kept the worksheet because I am a tad OCD and don't like to throw things away. Before we took the poetry test I glanced over that worksheet just incase it was a bonus or anything like that. Turns out there was a 5 point question about it on the test. I freaked out but then, in my mind, I remembered me looking over it and I surprisingly recalled things on the sheet. I got a 4/5 on that question which is better than a 0/5 which I would have recieved if I wouldn't have kept the handout. Those are just a few, great tips about English I you should remember.
   Tools and Methods that helped me get through this year in English were quite simple actually. The tools I used were a binder that contained homework, handouts, and notes because I am always neat, a pen because I prefer that over pencil and you have to take test in pen, and my reading books, the in-class book and outside reading book because you never know when you will have just a few minutes to crack open a book and read a few pages. Methods that I thought were helpfully for surving the year- there is just two. Number one, ENGAGE yourself in the class because if you don't then you will not pay attention or learn anything, and that will come back to bite you. Number two, ASK the TEACHER QUESTIONS. I say to ask the teacher because if you talk to your friend during class it looks like you are being disrespectful, and that just puts you on the teachers bad side, and we all don't want that. Right? Another reason I say to ask the teacher is because if you ask the teacher it helps them know that you are tuned in and paying attention, also that you are confused about something, therefore they may be able to exaggerate on it more for the whole class. I hope my tips, tools, and methods help you guys, and they don't only work in English they work in any class!

Good luck and goodbye (because it is my last blog post of the year),
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