Even Spoopier: Thlog #4! #why #hashtag

Week four of class: Moving up in the world of writing!
This week felt totally different than last week. I was still kind of anxious the whole week but this week was more about self-discovery than "rules!" We did so many activities that I felt were helpful to my development as a writer. My personal favorite was the "moves" activity. Not only did I love hearing about AJ (so dreamy!--pic?), I also loved the moves activity. When we were asked to define what a move was I honestly had nothing to say. I was so perplexed at the fact that Zack asked what a move was. At first I was like "Is he serious? What are we, like 5 year olds?" but then people's other definitions blew me away. I know that people all have different definitions for things but that one was just out there. This week I also rediscovered the love of my life: italics. Like I said in class, all throughout high school I wanted to incorporate italics into my writing because I always thought italics were great for emphasis, but teachers only ever wanted italics used for titles and whatnot. I felt so restricted but now I know that italics are good used in moderation-- like little butterflies spread throughout the paper. This week has been one of my favorites. The activities made it feel so much more fun than usual and I definitely enjoyed how many f-bombs Zack dropped this week. This week was so engaging and it actually felt like I improved, even if it was only a little. Reading wise I thought it was kind of boring but next week's reading will apparently make up for that. I really hope that we have more weeks like this, it felt nice to have such a fun and uplifting week after the shock of seeing my first essay grade. Seriously, I've done bad before but never that bad. Actually, yes I have. Funny story: In 10th grade I was put into the "hardest" honors english class at school. I was freaking out because I was barely fluent in English and the class turned out to be as hard as expected. My teacher had some weird way of making herself feel like she helped us improve by giving us Ds on every essay and then asking us to rewrite it and giving us an A without even reading the paper. I am glad that Writing 2 is actually helping us improve rather than making it look like we are. More interactive activities, please!