Blogging and Class activities

I can see how the blogging and the activities connect what we are reading about so well. Blogging is a great way to be more involved with the material and be able to process the information for better understanding. Relating to the text through personal experience, questions, reflections are great ways to engage in literature. The blogging project and the activities done in class both have the common factor of capturing the meaning of the texts. Some of the activities performed in class are listening to music, theatrical reading, painting, field trips, and group discussions. When I read a piece of literature and try to understand the meaning and theme of the text it brings to memory my own experiences that are similar. Group discussions have allowed me to communicate more appropriately the subjects of literature we are reviewing in class. Literature is not just about reading, but about the capability of telling a story as well. Talking about the texts with a group really enables me to put my thoughts and feelings into words, which is essential for writing. Without fully understanding the material, it would be impossible to do the activities thoroughly and the same goes with the blogging assignments. Blogging allows me to go through the material more than once to make sure that the material makes sense. Writing about it makes the reading more clear and understandable which helps me to remember what I have read. The quality of the blogs shows how much the student has really captured the text. The professor has given us many useful patterns and techniques to understand literature better and the blogs and activities are great resources in the literature class. Literature has truly come alive for me. All though many of the stories are old and the writers may be even dead, their meaning and life experiences continue repeating in my life and in others. Literature can never grow old and it is amazing to be able to relate to all these authors in the present day.