The books I read for independent reading this semester were Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Divergent, Insurgent, and The Maze Runner. I selected a lot of these books from a lot of recommendations from friends and the books were some of the best books that I have ever read. When I was reading the writing from Veronica Roth I couldn't put the book down the writing always had me wondering what would happen next in the book. I just loved the plot that was exhibited in The Maze Runner, I also liked how the author created a new kind of setting in the book and just kept me reading on. I can't wait to finish the series during the next semester and know what actually happens in the series and how it actually plays out.
When I went back to reading my past blog posts I was surprised by the quality my blog posts were they were beyond my expectations and I feel like I learned a lot from this experience. In my older blog posts I feel like I didn't put much of my emotions into it and didn't really show who I was from them. I had evolved a lot from my first blog posts now I keep the reader engaged more in the post and I engage the reader with more questions to keep the posts more interactive. I also consistently used pictures, and videos in my posts on a regular basis and showed my understanding of the text that I was reading for that blog post.
Even though I feel that I have improved through out the semester I feel like I can still improve for next semester. One goal that I have in my blogging is to have a lot more emotion in it and show more of who I am in the posts. Another goal I have is that in my blogging is to have my textual evidence fit in more in the paragraph and have it not feel forced in. For my last goal for the second semester I need to incorporate more technology in my blog posts instead of the usual pictures and videos I could use some articles. I feel like blogging had been a very rewarding experience and has thought me how to incorporate writing in the real world a little more.
