Reflection On Reading And Writing

English reading and writing Throughout my high school career I’ve had 3 different English teachers. I attended James Monroe High. This school has a law and government/ Police academy Magnet program; I was in the Police academy. High school requires English for all four years. I would say throughout my English classes it has had a somewhat impact on me and that I’ve learned a good amount of materials during my four years of high school. Freshman year, my English teacher was a laidback man who loved music and philosophy. We would do independent reading for about 15 or 20 minutes. The teacher really encouraged students to read books. I didn’t like reading at all I would mostly just skim through the pages and just doze off in those minutes but also I will sometimes

Going on to college is a big leap from high school because you are on your own. My teacher was the same as from freshman year. Like freshmen year, we also had a 20-minute individual reading. I really liked this year for my English class because it was very informative and I learned so much. We spent a great amount of time on analyzing films. We used the diagram from John Campbell, which was “The 17 stages of John Campbell’s Monomyth”. This is about the hero’s journey throughout the film and how the hero evolves and transforms. These were educational films that were handpicked from our teacher to teach a complex diagram by John Campbell. We analyzed films such as Finding Nemo, Shawshank redemption, Wreck it Ralph, Stardust, and many more. Besides analyzing films we also had required readings, which were The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hobbit, and some poetry. My teacher didn’t like to give us boring books, but to give us a fun reading and still learn the curriculum that was required. Also in this class we learned about Plato’s theory of forms. This was by far the most interesting subject we took on because it really messes with your mind and gets your brain