Shaniya’s AP Blog

 Today in class we wrote our own thesis and body paragraph . Writing the thesis was still a littler challenging but when I brainstormed it came to me easier . Now when getting to the body paragraph I got writers block for a second but i shook out of it and wrote my paragraph . I hope i get a good grade on it . 

 Today in class we picked back on the thesis topic but we decided to read a prompt and create a thesis statement . Creating the thesis statement was a little challenging because I was confused on what the question was asking . After reading the prompt four times and listening to my classmates share,   I finally came up with a thesis . Overall I enjoyed class because I love a good challenge .

 Today in class we focused on how to create a thesis statement . I was glad because I forgot how to create one . While getting a refresher about thesis statements , I gained two new methods . I personally would use the umbrella method because its simple and no matter what prompt you acquire you can use it . Class was actually exciting .

My poem is about a girl . My inspiration comes from black culture .   The Fierce And Powerful Black Culture  A Poem by Shaniya Porter  Whose black culture is that? I think I know  Its owner is quite happy though  Full of joy like a vivid rainbow.  I watch her laugh . I cry hello  She gives her black culture a shake ,  And laughs until her belly aches . The only other sound’s the break,  Of distant waves and birds awake . The black culture is fierce and powerful and  Deep But she has promises to keep ,  After cake and lots of sleep . Sweet dreams come to her cheap . She rises from her gentle bed. With thoughts of puppies in her head  She eats her jam with lots of bread. Ready for the day ahead . 

 Today we started off doing a bell ringer about manhood . At first I was like how am I going to answer this and I am a girl . But after taking some time to think and use my dad as a example I could piece together some things I thought manhood was about . After that we worked on taking steps to prepare for our AP exam . The elimination technique really helped me , when we read the prompt and had to answer the questions I got all of them right . I was proud of my self and happy that I got a new strategy I can take with me into the real world and use it on my exam .

 Today’s lesson I didn’t really catch because I was in my junior meeting . In the meeting we discussed what classes we’re going to take next year and we touched up on FAFSA .I know that I don’t have any more math to take so that’s a plus . We also talked about college I don’t know what college I would like to attend but I know that I want it to have a good medical program because I would like to be a Cardiologist. They asked us how we felt about virtual learning , I responded I hated it because I wanted to experience high school for all 4 years . 

 In today’s lesson we read the poem “We real cool” by  Gwendolyn Brooks . I didn’t know much about her until we read her poem .After reading the poem I was a little distraught by the grammar used in the poem but over all I enjoyed the poem I was very engaged  . Ms .Brooks  made let us know that one ancestor was a follower and when he tried to turn back it was to late he had to deal with the consequences.