Outside Reading

   For English homework, we had to read and annotate 4 poems. I really enjoyed the poem "Homeage to My Hips" by Lucille Clifton. I found it really amusing! At first, I thought the author was just writing about how great her hips were in a comical way. She uses a lot of descriptive words to describe the hips as big, free, mighty, and magic.  As I looked into it more, I thought about the message she was trying to send. I think Clifton is trying to say that people should be comfortable in their own skin (or hips in this context!)
   This Spring Break, my family went on vacation to Florida. It was me and my brother's job to figure out what we wanted to do. So on the LONG car trip there, we looked up interesting things to do in Florida. I looked in some traveling books and read all about the attractions and restaurants mainly in or near Orlando. There were chapters on all the different theme parks like Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World etc. We highlighted the stuff we wanted to do to have a plan for the week. We had a fantastic time and I hope everyone had a great Spring Break!

Outside Reading
FL Books/Brochures- about 2 hours
Poems/Song Analysis- 30 min