Joyce Anne Cuenca
30-Day Challenge Plan:
Read, Read, and READ!
Read, Read, and READ!
30- Day Challenge Presentation
Joyce Anne Cuenca
BE 111- 07 Fall 2018
Joyce Anne Cuenca
BE 111- 07 Fall 2018
Introduction:
My 30 Day Challenge was to read at least 10 chapters of a book of my interest which are mostly of general fiction genre and dystopian themes. And I chose this activity because I wanted to have fun doing this project while enjoying one of my hobbies not to mention the practicality of it because I already had the resources I would I need which were my books and my laptop.
My 30 Day Challenge was to read at least 10 chapters of a book of my interest which are mostly of general fiction genre and dystopian themes. And I chose this activity because I wanted to have fun doing this project while enjoying one of my hobbies not to mention the practicality of it because I already had the resources I would I need which were my books and my laptop.
Goal:
My major goals were to enhance my vocabulary skills, reading proficiency, and writing skills. But I believe that these goals were also factors of my great personal goal which was to develop my English language aptitude to be a better communicator in English because I was having a hard time since it was not my first language. So I thought of using this chance to make use of my hobby in completing my school project as well as improve one of my academic and social weaknesses.
My major goals were to enhance my vocabulary skills, reading proficiency, and writing skills. But I believe that these goals were also factors of my great personal goal which was to develop my English language aptitude to be a better communicator in English because I was having a hard time since it was not my first language. So I thought of using this chance to make use of my hobby in completing my school project as well as improve one of my academic and social weaknesses.
Process:
Throughout the activity, I was able to read at least eight (8) of my novels. And this was based on the plan of reading at least 10 chapters a day which in all honesty, I was not able to be consistent. Because some of my days were so occupied that I really did not have much time to read novels. But when my days became so free, I aimed of extremely exceeding the minimum 10 chapters I have set to at least cope up with the days I was not able to reach the goal. And for each day, I actually spent 3- 4 hours straight in reading which relaxed me most of the time.
And for a background, these eight (8) novels were part of two book series that I had. First was the "The Maze Runner" Series by James Dashner where Book 1- Book 5 were included. Then the other one was "The Mortal Instruments" Series by Cassandra Clare where Book 6- Book 8 were included, but this series has a total of six books which I also had but did not include in this activity because the first three books had already completed my 30 days.
Throughout the activity, I was able to read at least eight (8) of my novels. And this was based on the plan of reading at least 10 chapters a day which in all honesty, I was not able to be consistent. Because some of my days were so occupied that I really did not have much time to read novels. But when my days became so free, I aimed of extremely exceeding the minimum 10 chapters I have set to at least cope up with the days I was not able to reach the goal. And for each day, I actually spent 3- 4 hours straight in reading which relaxed me most of the time.
And for a background, these eight (8) novels were part of two book series that I had. First was the "The Maze Runner" Series by James Dashner where Book 1- Book 5 were included. Then the other one was "The Mortal Instruments" Series by Cassandra Clare where Book 6- Book 8 were included, but this series has a total of six books which I also had but did not include in this activity because the first three books had already completed my 30 days.
My Journal:
I recorded my daily goal through writing summaries of what I have read for each day. I wrote overviews each day which were more focused on the parts where I started and where I ended on that day not just to record but also to serve a recaps that would help me on the following day. I chose this method because it helps me on practicing both my reading proficiency and writing skills.
Number of Chapters on a Daily Basis:
I summarized in a table each day's number of chapters read without regarding to the exact dates of when I have read them.
Disruption of Typhoon Yutu:
I have recorded at least 24 days for this activity before the typhoon struck us on the night of October 24th. I honestly had to stop reading for just a couple of days because our house was not damaged so hard. It was just that some of my books that were drenched by the rain were planned to be the next books I would be reading to complete the activity so I just needed some days to choose another books to use. So I was really able to do the activity even after the horrible effect of typhoon.
I have recorded at least 24 days for this activity before the typhoon struck us on the night of October 24th. I honestly had to stop reading for just a couple of days because our house was not damaged so hard. It was just that some of my books that were drenched by the rain were planned to be the next books I would be reading to complete the activity so I just needed some days to choose another books to use. So I was really able to do the activity even after the horrible effect of typhoon.
Output:
I chose to put one of my writing compositions from my English class to show an output from how this 30 Day challenge activity helped me. I believe that this essay was one of my great articles because besides of getting an A for this, I am confident of how this was much better than my essays before the 30 Day activity.
I chose to put one of my writing compositions from my English class to show an output from how this 30 Day challenge activity helped me. I believe that this essay was one of my great articles because besides of getting an A for this, I am confident of how this was much better than my essays before the 30 Day activity.
Conclusion/Reflection:
I believe that I learned much more things than I have expected or aimed to learn. And that I reached my goals even though on some days I was not able to read at least 10 chapters which I set to be the minimum number of chapters. So besides the inconsistency during the process, I was still able to read a total of eight books within the 30 days which I knew has helped me with small but helpful baby steps towards my goal of developing my English language skills through my hobby.
I am aware of the assessment that I was suppose to take after 30 days but I decided to forgo this because I saw the time constraint not just for me but also for my teacher who would have to supervise the test. So I just confidently assessed myself in which I based my results from how much confidence the activity gave me to believe in myself that I am an academically good student and I can be much better in writing and speaking English if I trust myself and practice more.
I believe that I learned much more things than I have expected or aimed to learn. And that I reached my goals even though on some days I was not able to read at least 10 chapters which I set to be the minimum number of chapters. So besides the inconsistency during the process, I was still able to read a total of eight books within the 30 days which I knew has helped me with small but helpful baby steps towards my goal of developing my English language skills through my hobby.
I am aware of the assessment that I was suppose to take after 30 days but I decided to forgo this because I saw the time constraint not just for me but also for my teacher who would have to supervise the test. So I just confidently assessed myself in which I based my results from how much confidence the activity gave me to believe in myself that I am an academically good student and I can be much better in writing and speaking English if I trust myself and practice more.