Best Of/Worst Of

1. My favorite poem was the Red Wheelbarrow because I couldn't believe how much you could get out of such a short poem.
2. My least favorite poem was the Sestina or Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird because of how complicated the structure of the poem is.
3. My favorite Short story was the Lottery because it was interesting so it caught my attention.
4. My least favorite Short Story was Bartleby because it was really hard to get into and didn't make a lot of sense.
5. Next years students should read Death of a Salesman.
6. By watching Death of a Salesman and Bartleby it did help me because then I could visualize it when I was reading it. 
7. My favorite in-class activity was watching the movies.
8. My least favorite in-class activity (Even though it did help) was organizing and matching the sentences to the short stories.
9. I don't think that it would be necessary to have presentations but rather whole class discussions about topics. 
10. The creative blog posts could be kinda helpful with some stuff. My favorite blog post was the Unexpected Ode 
11. My least favorite blog post was the Sestina.  

Grandpa Willy

Boys, I know that you have been wondering about your grandfather, so I’ll tell you a little bit about him. He was a very hard working man he didn't know anything different then to work hard this allowed him to support happy your grandma and I. However he was always traveling for business which kept him from home a lot. When I was younger I was a pretty good football player and had the possibility of being a college football player. Although due to a bad grade that all changed for me. This is why I’m so hard on you about keeping your grades up because I want the best for you and I don’t want anything to hold you back. Unfortunately your grandfather could never understand this, he never let me live down the fact that I never ended up playing college ball. I promise to be different I will back you up in whatever you want to do I will never force you to do anything. Toward the end of your grandpa’s life he started to develop dementia this caused him to be trapped in the past it was hard for him to work and he eventually was fired. Even with this dementia he never stopped loving his family, he had a really tough time showing it but I knew deep down inside that he loved each and every one of us. I want you kids to know that he was a good man and I wish you could have known him.