Work Times- 2/24

Thursday, 2/20: Working on paper- 30 mins
                          and reviewing- poetry test- 30 mins
Friday, 2/21: Working on paper- 20 mins
                      and preparing for poetry test- 30 mins
Sunday, 2/23: Preparing for poetry test, studying- more than 60 mins

Total: 170 mins

"Dark Turn of Mind" Song Analysis

"Dark Turn of Mind" by Gillian Welch - Lyrics and Video 

In “Dark Turn of Mind”, Gillian Welch uses metaphors with diction and personification within a rhyme scheme to express how ones thoughts, actions, and interpretations can change their mindset. A use of enjambment also exemplifies her experiences and visuals of how the perspective of one’s self is different from one another’s.

Gilliam Welch carries how these thoughts can affect someone’s turn of mind through the techniques she chose. I appreciate the personification with feelings, such as, the shadows calling out to a lonely girl. A metaphorical example including personification from this song would be how a girl ‘bright as the morning’ is ‘full as the fruit on a vine’. A rhyme scheme is also visible throughout this song and provides flow with the words using the majority of end rhymes, with few internal rhymes. The connotation of 'dark' is not corresponding to the color, but the effect this color has creating mood.

Besides the example of a girl as bright as the morning, Welch comes back on this case to represent that she originally subjects a girl with a dark turn of mind, but it depends on where you come from and interpret life. The diction really is interpretable, especially in the line “and some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind”. ‘Blessed’ brings up range for what it could mean and it seems to contradict on how Welch expresses the meaning of a girl with a dark turn of mind.

The Man. -By Camille Couvillion

The Man. 

I remember the man that played guitar

The man I would sing with 

the man I would spend holidays with

the man I would watch football games with

the man who always told me I was beautiful

the man I would draw pictures with 

…the man who I miss more than anything. 

My grandfather. 

Now, he is the man I play guitar for

the man I sing for

the man I associate with good times 

the man who made me enjoy football

the man I want to thank

the man I wish to draw one more picture for

…the man who I miss more than anything. 

My grandfather.  

Techniques:

• Lyric- Elegy
• Apostrophe? Talking about a dead person
• Anaphora
• End-stopped line. Just a complete phrase, not punctuation in the longer stanzas. Only having them to create emphasis on the single lines.
• Stanzas- structure/pattern: 6 lines in one stanza, 2 single lines, 6 lines in one stanza, then 2 more single lines

Reading Times 2/17

Monday, 2/10 - 10 min Cracking of India in classTuesday, 2/11 - 10 min Cracking of India in classWednesday, 2/12 - 10 min Cracking of India in classSaturday, 2/15 - 45 mins Just Listen by Sarah Dessen on drive to LafayetteSunday, 2/16 - 45 mins Just Listen by Sarah Dessen on drive home from Lafayette

Reading Times, 2/10

Monday, 2/3: 35 mins- Finished up draft for turn in
Tuesday, 2/4: 10 mins + 20 mins- Read ATD in class and at home
Wednesday, 2/5: 30 mins- 2 ATD Posts
Thursday, 2/6: 35 mins- 2 ATD posts (before midnight)

Research Paper Rough Draft Reflection

I am very confident in my draft and how much work I put into it. From my detailed outline I had it all ready. The detailed outline took up a lot of time and that is where my whole paper came from. All I had to focus on was how to flow it all together. I am unsure if I have really gotten my point/thesis across, and I would like some feedback on that. I am really anxious to see what the feedback is and how much I will need to change. 

I have my rough draft and I am ready for the feedback so I can start editing and revising to get the final result. Because of my confidence, I am worried I won't be as satisfied from the result I get back. After I receive these comments, I am going to visit the writing center to help them guide me with the questions I will have. I can't wait to see the final draft!

Reading/Working Times- Snow Days

Tuesday:
50 mins- Read Absolutely True Diary
30 mins- Look over/edit my detailed outline
60 mins- Started my rough draft focusing on where everything would be placed and the format

Wednesday:
60 mins- Work on rough draft, start putting in the information and adding my works cited list in alphabetical order
20 mins- Read Absolutely True Diary

Thursday:
60 mins- Work on rough draft, started eliminating the works cited I didn't use, and edited which ones I am going to use, began making everything make since by fixing sentence structure/ wording 
30 mins- Read Absolutely True Diary 

Sneaux Week Free Post

On Monday when we found out we didn't have school the next day, I was honestly a little excited. I got to see my friend I haven't seen in a while and that was fun. I started to work on my assignments and I started with Spanish.. We were assigned to make churros, that was an experience, but really fun! The next day, I went to a friend's house and we just layer around and watched movies (my favorite thing to do). Late that night I started to feel sick and it was hard for me to sleep. After that, it kind of explains my days off. 

I was in bed for the next days off, sleeping and getting my assignments done. I was sick, but I still got to do the things I love the most and be lazy. Although there was a lot of whorl to do from home, I liked how it went knowing that I wasn't "missing school", but I was home and still getting everything I needed for school. Even though, it was good catching up on my rest, I'm glad to be back in the routine of things.