Mrs. Robins’ Honors Language class was so much fun. We did so many fun activities. Some of those include reading a novel with the class, creating posters, writing stories that you create, and so much more. It has been one of my most favorite classes this year and here is why:

1. Creating the school newspaper
2. Having awesome parties
3. Going on field trips
4. Writing fun essays
5. Having the best teacher ever!!!!!!!!

Here are some things that you will need to do in order to be successful in this class:

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE
2. Get your work on in time
3. Respect your teacher
4. Have a good attitude
5. Don’t complain

If you do all these things you will have an amazing year!!!

Revised Ending to Fablehaven

          The burning corpse of Gralus laying on top of me I realized that I would die along side the demon, burned by the fire my own sword had created. Then suddenly the sphinx and one of Kendra's Astrid's pulled my out from beneath Gralus, the sphinx quickly using the sands of sanity to heal my wounds I immediately started looking for the two artifacts the translocater and the oculus when the sphinx notified me Nagi Luna had taken them when she saw Gralus fall. I immediately heard her cackle and threw Vasilis as hard as I could and it seemed to leave me at unhuman speed. Right as Vasilis was about to peirce Nagi Luna's back she turned around and caught the sword throwing it back at me with twice the force I had. Dodging the blade by less than an inch it burrowed itself in to sphinxes chest with a sickening thud as the fire quickly turned him to dust. Every demon in zzyzx immediately look in the direction as Nagi luna fell to her knees begging for forgiveness for killing their master.

How to be Successful in Honors English

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE: One of the worst things that you can do in 7th grade is procrastinate. This can make your grade go from an A to an NP in the blink of an eye.

2. Look for ways to make your writing better: One way that will help you in this class is to take the part of writing that you aren’t doing well in and work on that skill for future writing, better scores.

3. Be on time to class: If you are always late to class, we start class right when the bell rings so make sure you are in class doing what you need to by the time the bell rings.

4. Make sure you have a book: One thing that is really important is having a book. This is because in any of your free time, you have to read.

5. Check your grades frequently: One thing that helped me this year was always checking my grades. This helped so that I could know if I had any missing assignments in the class.

6. Be at school as much as possible: Whenever I would miss school, we would do a bunch of work so it would take me a few days to get that all caught up.

7. Read as much possible: In the honors class you are required to read 36 books, 12 per trimester, and getting behind stinks because it is really hard to get caught up.

8. Challenge yourself: One thing that has made my year so great was challenging myself. It helped me do greater things than that of which was required.

9. Participate in the activities: Another thing that has increased my knowledge on reading and writing is participating in the activities that we have.

10. Have fun doing it: One of the most important things is having fun and just enjoying being in the class because it will help you along the way.

        

                                                                                   -Boden Randall

Ten Things that I loved about Mrs. Robins L.A. Class

1. Mrs. Robins is so nice she helped me understand so many things in Language Arts this year, And she will help you next year.
2. Every month we would do a Writing contest, sometimes we would even win!
3. To learn some things we would do gestures and they were super fun!
4. we went on a field trip to the college library and it was super fun to see it
5. If you choose to be in the I read 40's club you need to read 40 books and then at the end of the she would throw a party along with the other L.A. classes
6. We got to read a lot during the class it was nice to stay caught up with books
7. we also got to read books as a class 
8. Mrs. Robins has a huge assortment of books you can check out to read with helped me a ton!
9. We got to come up with team flags and names
10. Mrs. Robins is my favorite teacher she is the most creative, funny person you will ever met she will help you so much next year

Book Ending Revision: The Giver

      Jonas walked slowly. The snow was swirling around him, the flakes stinging his face, the cold biting into him. He held Gabriel tightly, tucked into his chest. He trudged on through the storm, knowing that somehow, when he got to his destination, everything would be OK. Everything would be alright. Jonas didn't know exactly what his destination was, but he knew that he had one. Jonas didn't know exactly where his destination was either, but he knew that he was heading in the right direction. Somehow, he knew that if he kept Gabriel safe and kept walking, they would be fine.
      Then Jonas saw something.
      Through the trees, he got a glimpse of something that he felt he had seen before. Something that he knew. That's it. Jonas thought. That's my destination. He knew that that was where he had to go. He began to walk faster and faster,  wanting to get a clear view of his destination.
      Jonas walked quickly through the snow, the storm, and the trees. He pushed aside a branch teeming with green needles and pinecones.  He practically ran out into the open clearing that lay just beyond the branch...
      and stopped.
      Then Jonas remembered exactly where he was. He had seen this place before, in one of the memories given to him by the Giver.
      He was standing in front of a dwelling. No. He reminded himself. Not a dwelling. What was the word? Then it struck him. Home. Jonas remembered what the Giver had told him. That a home was different than a dwelling. That a home was more than where someone resided. A home was, well, home.
      When the Giver had told Jonas what a home was, he hadn't understood. But now he did. Now he understood exactly why a home was different than a dwelling. Jonas felt almost as if he belonged there. In that home.
      The home was in a small clearing, surrounded by green evergreens and snow. The home itself was made of wooden logs, with big, glass windows covered in frost. Through one of the windows Jonas could see people gathered around a fire, their backs to him. No- not people- family. A family was more than a group of people. Much more.
      Jonas had an overwhelming feeling of happiness and warmth, and he knew that he belonged in there, with that family.
      Gabriel stirred. Jonas looked down to see pale blue eyes staring up at him. Jonas looked at the little newchild. He felt that Gabriel belonged with that family too.
      Jonas walked up to the door, Gabriel clutched in his arms. He knocked.
      The door opened. And a woman that looked nearly identical to Jonas emerged.
      Jonas and Gabriel were home.

Top 10 Best Things about Mrs. Robins' Language Arts Class

Below you will find 10 different things that I learned and got to do throughout the year in Mrs. Robins' class that may help you prepare for your new year in her class. 

1. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! I know it will be tempting, especially knowing that you have all month to get things done but your work will turn out much better if you work on it in advance and take your time. The year will be much more enjoyable if you aren't always finishing homework on the last day of the month. I wrote this one first because it has been the biggest problem this year.
2. One of the many enjoyable experiences that I had this year in Mrs. Robins' class this year was when we got to have a tour of the Dixie University college.
3. We also got to participate in competitions between all the classes to win parties for getting most of our work turned in first.
4. One of my most favorite things about Mrs. Robins' class was that she would normally let us out a few minutes early. No offense.
5. Even if you aren't a fan of reading, I think you'll enjoy the iRead 40's club. So if you're bored and just sitting around at home you should read a book!
6. DO NOT TALK WHILE MRS. ROBINS IS TALKING! Not only does it make her mad, but it makes everyone else mad too because they can't continue on with the lesson with your continuous chatter every five seconds.
7. Something that I enjoyed, that only some of you will enjoy, was reading a book as a class each trimester. Sure it wasn't as quick as reading it on your own, but it was a fun experience.
8. Something that has really helped me this year with my writing, was the ACES and OREO tricks for writing. I'm exceedingly good at reading, but until I learned about ACES and OREO writing prompts, I couldn't write well.
9. Mrs. Robins' class also gets to write the newspaper! Woo-hoo! And you get to choose the name of it and pick out the columns! That was definitely one of the best things this year, according to me.
10. And of course, like always, saving the best for last, we had Mrs. Robins as our teacher. This year would've been much more boring if we didn't have an AMAZING teacher like her!

I found that there was a huge contrast between how my grades were in 6th Grade Language Arts and in 7th Grade Language Arts. In sixth grade, I had a lot of trouble maintaining an A because of how the teacher's methods of teaching us, but this year I understand everything! Of course, most of the credit goes to Mrs. Robins and her method of teaching. I did so much better this year! And I think you will too!

What I have now and Wanted Then.....

      I have got to say that this year has probably been one of my best years I've had in language arts. I've never been much of a writer, and now, I actually know how to write well! here are a few of the things I've learned and loved in Mrs. Robins class.

1.  Writing the newspaper: writing the newspaper gave me a chance to try a different technique of writing.
2.   Planning my essays: I never really understood the value of planning my essays and paragraphs until now, it helps a lot when writing.
3. The time I've had in class: The times I've had in class teach me a lot about what being in a professional class feels like.
4.   Not to procrastinate: procrastinating only leads for you to feel even more stressed as you keep piling things on the "To do list".
5. The field trips: All of the field trips I've been on this year concerning language arts have benefited me because they have been really fun, educational, and we have get to miss school most of the time.
6. Being able to practice writing: I know that writing a blog post and writing contest every month may seem like chores, but it makes good practice on how to improve many writing scores.
7. Mrs. Robins makes it fun: In return for doing well on our work we got waffle parties, movie parties, and many more.
8. We get to read more: reading 12 book every trimester helps a lot if you're wishing to get more practice in; and if you read 40 books, you get to be in the I Read 40 club!
9. learning how to write OREO and ACES paragraphs: I've learned how to write argumentative and explanatory essays and paragraphs very well. ( before Mrs. Robins I just kind of winged it!)
10. Mrs. Robins!: Mrs. Robins has always been a great teacher and makes things really fun for us students in class every day!