Famous Last Words for Week 8

BOOMER SOONER! So glad that OU beat Texas this weekend! Unfortunately, I had to work during the game, so not only did I not go to Texas, I didn’t even get to watch the game. I was constantly checking the score on the computer at work. From what I hear, it was not a great game so maybe I didn’t miss much. Usually, I only work on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, but this week I worked Thursday and Friday, as well, to cover some of my co-workers shifts who went to Texas. While I was sad that I missed going to Texas, I will probably go next year since I will technically still be an undergraduate at the OU nursing school and my boyfriend will be a senior. I really want to go at least once, so hopefully we can make it next year!

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In this class, I really enjoyed having a review week! I have liked the reading for this class, but it was nice to have a break from that. I’m glad that the next book is written by Narayan rather than Buck, because I definitely preferred Narayan’s version of the Ramayana. For my storybook this week, I added my second story about Mareecha. For my first story, I did not change anything major in the story, but for this story, I changed a major part of the ending. I’m really anxious to get feedback about this story, because I am not sure how I feel about it.

In my other classes, I had one test this week in Nutrition which went well. I finished up my tennis class this week. My tennis class was only half of a semester. I have a volleyball class the second half of the semester. I kind of wish tennis was just the full semester because I really enjoy that sport more. I played volleyball my first two years of high school, while I played tennis all four years. Overall, my classes this semester are going well. 

Reading Diary Assessment for Week 8

For my reading diaries over the first half of this semester, I would start reading the book and take notes as I read. I did not read the reading guides before or during as suggested in the instructions, but I did like to read them afterwards. For length, I just took notes over what I had definite reactions to in the readings and that always seemed to be long enough. I separated my notes based on the chapters. I would put the title of each chapter and then take notes in paragraph form and then start another paragraph at the beginning of a new chapter. I thought the instructions given to us were helpful. I think it really helped me to take notes while reading, rather than after reading, because I was able to talk about what bothered me or made me happy right in that moment, reading it for the first time. The length of my posts varied from about 400 words to 800 words depending on the content of the reading assignment. For example, when Rama sent Sita away, I was very upset, so that reading diary was probably pretty long.

Overall, I would say that the length of my reading diaries is just about right. One thing that I may start doing in my reading diaries is including an image. I think this would help me remember certain events when looking back at the post. Previously, I did not include images except for in one of my diary posts. I also included a favorite quote in one of my diary posts.

Before starting a new reading diary, I would always read the previous reading diary to remember where I left off. This was very helpful in reminding me of the recent events that had occurred in the previous reading. One thing that I think I could do to make my reading diaries more helpful for my storytelling posts would be discussing ideas I have for that assignment while I write my reading diary. Overall, I think I have been doing a fairly good job with the reading diary posts. In general, I remember most of the reading. I think it helped that we read two versions of the same story. For my other classes, I am pretty much always reading about biology. In all the different biology classes, many of the same concepts are reinforced, so I think I remember quite a bit of what I have read for those classes simply because I have read some concepts over and over again. For long-term memory, re-reading is most effective for me. I think that doing these reading diaries also helps with my memory of the book because it makes me read more actively!