My Thoughts So Far x]

Honestly, I'm really enjoying this class so far. I expected to have to read stories I could barely understand with a teacher who tried to force them down my throat without explaining them to me at all...

...but I was wrong. It is still true that I'm not understanding the stories fully when I first read them but when we watch and participate in the oral presentations in class, I've noticed that they are helping me a lot. For example, I got the gist of what Beowulf was about, but there were certain parts that confused me. When we were placed into groups and told to choose a section of the poem to convert into a more modern language and act it out, I was forced to understand it because if I didn't I'd probably look kind of dumb. I'm really glad Mrs. Watson thought of the presentations. :]

I had also been nervous about doing my own presentation. Even though I knew I would have another person up there in front of the class with me, I hate speaking in front of large groups filled with people I barely know. But now I'm a little excited about it! I keep thinking of all the different things I could do that are related to the Shakespeare play I chose, like show a movie or something.  :) I just hope that it will be as fun as I'm imagining it to be!