Summer Reading Choice Book Diagnostic Writing Corrections

    I read Keeping The Moon by Sarah Dessen. The theme is, what other people think of you doesn't change who you really are. Some examples are when Colie starts working at the Last Chance, when she sees caroline Dawes at the Last Chance, and when Colie confronts Caroline at the fireworks. Colie is a new waitress at the Last Chance . She is shy and doesn't know the menu that well. She is taking some ones order and the customer asks a question, and Colie says she will check because she is new. The customer was not very nice and replied with a "Duh" meaning its obvious, the customer then snickers with her friend. Colie is new, shy, and is having a hard time talking to customers with confidence. This supports the theme because Colie needs to stop thinking about how the other lady thinks of her and be confident. This shows she needs to not let what the other lady thinks of her,  define who she is. A long as she is confident and thinks positively she will stand up for herself. A second example is Colie sees Caroline at the the Last Chance. Caroline walks back to her table and starts ranting on about  Colie and how she is a nobody. Colie is a beautiful, nice and caring girl. This supports the theme because Caroline sees Colie as a nobody and just a girl who no one likes. Colie should just blow it off because what Caroline thinks doesn't change the nice, beautiful Colie. The 3rd example is Colie goes to fireworks and meets a boy named Josh. She was going to walk over to where Josh was but see she Caroline. Colie freezes she can't bring herself to go over, but finally colie gets up and walks toward Caroline and Josh both. She is confident and confronts them. Josh is happy to see her but Caroline starts talking bad about Colie right in front of Colie to Josh. Colie stands up to caroline and tells her she should get over it and to leave. Caroline is surprised but leaves. This Supports the theme because Colie has confidence and didn't let what Caroline thought of her get the best of her. By the end of the book she had Confidence and did not let Caroline change her. What other people think of you doesn't change who you really are.

Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were

Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were

        In my essay I revised Vera's personality in Part 2. I also, lengthened the explanation for why I used the quotes in the book. My mom helped me the most to improve my essay. She helped me the most because she went through my essay and told me what made sense and what needed to be cleared up. I made many tiny mistakes and she helped me fix them.  The peer edit helped too because Maddie went through my essay and helped my with organization and grammar. I think learning more about organizing my ideas and how to put them together. I noticed I still make grammar mistakes, so I would like to relearn more grammar. I think I have room to grow in being more creative when I write. My goal is to be more creative and not make as many mistakes in grammar.