Poetry Study Goals

• Read through the poem carefully and multiple times 
• Dedicate time for poetry because a lot more thought will go into it compared to reading a novel
• Be able give an summary of the poem and describe what happened, why it happened and things like that. 
• Become familiar with the poetry terms again so answering the question will be easier
• Remembering to read the poem in sentences instead of reading it through line by line.

Often times I find myself reading through the poem and getting to the end but not knowing exactly what I have read. This year I want to focus on understanding the poem first which will help me answer the questions more accurately. If I spend more time understanding the poem it will definitely help me in the long run. I especially need to brush up on the poetry terms which is also beneficial for me to achieve my goals.  

Diagnostic Test

Before I started this diagnostic test I did not expect to do amazing. However, I did end up doing better than what I expected but not as good as I would have liked. I think the most frustrating part for me was the poetry section because I clearly don't know know the different types of poetry and it's not something that I'm good at. Having said that, the selection from Pride and Prejudice was actually my area of strength. I noticed that a majority of the answers from that section were correct. Towards the end of the test, the number of incorrect answer added up. Hopefully before the school year starts I get a better understanding over the material that I missed on the test.