Wrap Up for Night

Our Advanced Composition class had a great time blogging about the novel Night. Here are some of the reflections written by class members:

- "Being able to blog freely, at any given time of the day allowed me to sort my thoughts out clearly."

- "The overall experience of the blog we did for Night was actually shockingly enjoyable."

- "By having a blog, everyone was able to interact and pay attention to the details that they otherwise would not have caught; which led to long discussions over ideas of what the author was trying to convey."

- "I enjoyed the blog we did for Night because it felt very interactive and it was easy to do on the go since we could access it on our phones."

- "I would love to do this again."

- "I was able to express myself in a different way. I became excited and quickly loved blogging."

- "I found the blog we made for Night to be very helpful because my older siblings told me that a lot of their classes have assignments that require to post online."

- "The blog allowed me to observe a story through many different viewpoints."

- "It allowed the class to engage in conversation and brought to my attention different things about the story that weren't caught while reading."

- "I was afraid to post my thoughts on a blog...I realized I was over-thinking it. By the third chapter I really enjoyed the blog. I wanted to read the chapters as quickly as possible and post before anyone else could steal my thoughts."

- "I would like to do a blog like this on every book we read."

- "A lot of the symbols had multiple interpretations which at first I did not notice but when I went into the blog and read my classmates' posts I comprehended the chapters and symbols better."

- "I really enjoyed blogging and it got me more involved with the novel and had me thinking more deeply than usual."

- "The system of comments was also probably the most important part of the assignment since we had to engage in some kind of conversation with each other, leading to a deeper understanding of the work."

- "It was a way for people who normally don't talk much to voice their opinions and thoughts."

Our blogging experience has created not only a fire within our own class, but we have inspired sparks for other classes on our campus as well. 

*All posts from January 12 through February 20 are discussions about the novel Night by Elie Wiesel.