The seventh grade.... what can I say? It's been a roller coaster, full of notes, assignments, deadlines, big assignments, deadlines, big projects, speeches, presentations and learning. I suppose, looking back, I can honestly say that most of the year was about how well I was able to read, write, and adapt new skills. Everything in every lesson I take, in itself, ties back to the lessons that teach me the fundamentals of reading, writing and speaking. Sure, most of these things are taught to us early, but we're always improving, improving, revising, and adapting. I feel like now I'll start by talking about my weak point and how the year has gone so far. By the way... I'll just start by saying that this year has been a completely different experience than any I've ever had with speaking before. Up until this year it seemed like we were doing one or maybe two presentations per semester per class. Seventh grade was, simply put, the exact opposite. We've had some form of speech on almost every topic this year, I honestly think they would turn this into a speech if they could too. In social studies, we used powerpoints, posters, dioramas, and drama to present nearly every section of our textbooks to the class. In science, we got consensus and often had to present our ideas and models to the class as a way to share what we learned and sometimes how it related to us. We had some talks while reading, but not as many as in other classes. Two of them had experienced several man-made disasters. In language arts we shared writings and gave some impromptu and improvisational talks and at the beginning of the year we had a free writing period at the start of class where...... middle of the paper...... natural that it comes from a practical reading. All in all, I guess reading has gone well for me this year. Usually it does, but I guess we'll see what eighth grade has in store for me. It's been a long year and, I guess, I survived and came out of it mostly intact. I never thought it would happen but I did it. This happened largely through reading, writing or speaking. They were probably the only parts. My saving grace is probably the fact that I enjoy writing and reading literature and that I can survive speaking in public without throwing up. I guess the only important thing left for me to do now is hold out until summer and then adjust to eighth grade and see how I do there. It will be interesting to see how everything I have learned and improved will transfer to a different grade level and now, with this essay, I guess I will be able to do just that..