2nd Quarter Reflection 1/22/16

     Now that second quarter is over, I feel that I have progressed and worsened on and off. Overall though, I believe I'm getting better at things in this subject; which is language arts/literature studies. The area that I think that I improved the most on was getting high scores on my vocabulary tests and remembering words. For me, one thing that is a constant work in progress is my time management, which is the one thing I feel is the most difficult thing to keep up with. The other hard thing that I find which ties into time management as well, is getting to class on time, which is quite hard sometimes.
   
     These are all part of Quarter 2 that were challenging for me, but I have tried to improve it by getting everything like my homework done the day before. Also, I am going to make sure to do everything more fast instead of keeping it last minute. The next thing that I can do to avoid being late is to just try to keep up with my work.

     Since the new year started, I have been trying to work harder in writing, keeping organized, and getting to class and to school on time. I've been proud of doing mostly all of my homework every time on time. One thing that I feel that was a huge improvement were my research skills because I've researched a lot in this class and other classes as well. This skill helps the most with this class and I'm better at researching now. I think that a strategy that benefited me the most was getting my homework done early or ahead of time so I will have less to do. When I have less homework to do, it is less likely I will fall behind in my work.

TKAM Comparison Blog 1/21/16

Prompt - 

1.  What do you think is the most important difference between the written and filmed version? Provide evidence with specific details.

2. How would you prove or disprove that one version of To Kill A Mockingbird is more affective in delivering its message than the other? Be sure to provide specific pieces of evidence to support your opinion.

     I think that one of the most important differences between the written and filmed version of To Kill A Mockingbird is a scene that was missing. This was a very small scene; when Calpurnia took the kids to her church and then ran into Lula. Lula didn't want the kids there because they were white. The reason I thought that this was an important scene was because it shows how even though many of the black people in the community had respect for the Finches, (since their dad is defending an African American man) not all people had respect or were nice to the children.
     A scene where they showed respect for the Finches was when they all stood up when Atticus left the courtroom. Although, in the movie; this (church scene) part was left out, so it doesn't seem as they have much respect for the Finches (when looked at comparing how they were treated in the church).

     I would prove that one version of To Kill A Mockingbird is more effective (the written version) in delivering its message than the other because the book simply had much more detail and dialogue than the movie. This is because the book can be really long, but for the movie to be as descriptive, it would take a very long time to finish it. There is a lot of key details, narrations, and even characters that are in the written version that aren't in the film. 

     One example of some missing/switched characters is Stephanie Crawford being Dill's aunt instead of Aunt Rachel, and it was Cecil; not Francis that made Scout break her promise with Atticus about fighting. Then, Aunt Alexandra is not mentioned at all, which makes it really different from the book. Some few things that were missing or different as well were: in the book, it was just explicitly stated that Atticus took Tom's case; while in the movie, they made a scene out of it, probably to be more explanatory to the people who didn't read the book. There was also a part when in the novel, Calpurnia is older and has a son named Zeebo, and it the movie she is a lot younger. There was much more scenes that were different; however, movies can achieve things that a book can not, and vice versa.