Grade 9

Me at Grade 9

This year, I took Honors English 9, Honors Algebra 2, Biology, Dual Credit Speech Communications, Dual Credit Introduction to Visual Arts, Introduction to Dance, Band, Fundamentals of Sports Strength and Conditioning, and Video I. I normally wouldn't have been able to take this many courses in one year, but because of COVID-19, I was able to take most of my classes online, and in addition to that, choose a few courses to take in-person at school.

Grade 9 Reflection

Years of reading books about the typical high school experience did nothing to prepare me for this year. I hadn't read one YA book in which the main character couldn't go to school because of WiFi issues. Completing my first year of high school in a pandemic was definitely a bit of a hurdle. Despite that, I still learned a lot. I learned the importance of flexibility and self-management. Since I had a lot of extra time at home, I was able to pursue some of my interests outside of school. I played a lot of Magic: The Gathering, got to read a lot of Young Adult fiction, and even taught myself contortion. This year was a year of growth and exploration, and I wouldn't trade it for anything else.

Grade 9 Writing and Reading Reflection

The most valuable thing I learned this year was to complete my assignments carefully and put my best effort into all my work. While we were reading and annotating The Odyssey and The Penelopiad, I didn’t put that much effort into my annotations. I did them to get it done. For example, one of my discussion questions was, “Why is Athena’s name spelt like this?” Her name being spelt differently didn’t have much impact on the story, so the question was very irrelevant. At the end of the unit, when we had to write an essay, I had a hard time recalling what had happened in the books, and my annotations didn’t help much. I learned from this, and when we read our next book The House on Mango Street, I read through the book carefully and actually put thought and effort into my annotations. All this work paid off later, when we had to write our mirrored vignettes and put together a vignette collection.

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