A Day in the Life

A Friday in the life of Amanda starts dark and early. Beep! Beep! Beep! Snooze. I lift off the covers and feel the cold air seeping through my skin, I turn over and stare at the clock. 4:45 am. I jump out of bed, brush my teeth and grab a t-shirt and some nikes. I slowly walk to the kitchen and fill my water bottle and grab a towel. I ask my mom what the weather is outside and if it is below 40, I grab some gloves and slip some leggings on. I sit waiting on our couch till two cars pull up  our driveway around 5:15. I'm out the door to run with my mom's friends. We run about 5 miles around the neighborhood  then grab our waters. We take a quick cool down by walking down the block, then I grab the newspaper and go back inside. It is around 6- 6:15. I throw the newspaper on the counter and turn on the griddle.  I take two thin slices of bacon out of the refrigerator, pull of the noticeable fat and slice them into small tiny pieces. I grab a plastic measuring cup from the top cabinet and pour 1/3 cup of egg whites in the cup. I pour the cup on the griddle and sprinkle the bacon on top. After the omelet is done, I eat it at the table.  I run to my room to take a shower, brush my teeth and get dressed before school. 7:15, Hurry up, Erin! I throw my school things in the trunk and climb into the passenger's seat of my sisters silver lexus. Then I go to school for about 8 hours and leave the hill around 3:30. 

After school, my mom rushes me to my voice lesson, which is at 4. We never make it on time. After the 30 minute lesson a run to the car. I check google maps to see the best route to precision. I power change in the car into my cheer clothes and I'm dropped of at Precision around 4:55. The class starts at 5:00. We run 4 laps around the gym and warm- up. Then we stretch do two back- bends then take a quick water break. After the water break we start drills which usually include, handstands, back handsprings down the mat and etc. After we take another break and start running and standing tumbling, and then we have a 5 minute cool down. After Precision, my mom takes me home and I take another shower. Around 7 we have dinner and every other week my grandparents come over and eat with us. When they are gone, I lay out on the couch and watch all the shows I missed, like Modern Family, Glee, The Middle, Awkward, and more. Around 10 or 11 I turn off the TV and lights in the living room, brush my teeth and go to bed.
     

The Writing Center

Once I walked into the writing center the teacher told me to take a seat anywhere. I sat down and waited until my fellow had arrived. My writing fellow told me to read my paper out loud and make any changes I wanted to make. Reading out loud forced me to see some mistakes that I missed previously. While I was reading, my fellow took notes about what I could improve on my paper. Then we discussed my paper and I was left to edit my paper. 

The writing center was a good experience that really helped improve my literacy analysis. I learned that I had a problem with connecting my quotations directly to the thesis. I ended up adding explanations on how the quotations related to my thesis, and it made my paper flow evenly.  The writing center also helped improve my grammar errors by forcing me to read out loud. The writing center is a positive experience that helped enhance my paper. I would definitely go again and recommend it to my friends.

Reading Log


Allegiant By Veronica Roth: (pages 96-526)

12/03 - 120 min
12/05- 180 min
12/06 - 120 min

Lord of the Flies By William Golding: (pages 155-202)

12/04 - 120 min

Total - 540 min

Reading Log 12/2

Allegiant By Veronica Roth: (pages 1-96)

11/28- 30 min
11/29- 30 min
12/1- 60 min

Lord of the Flies By William Golding: (pages 124-155)

11/27- 120 min

Total: 240 min.