In general, I’m quite proud of my final product. I put a lot of effort into all three of my poems, and I spent a lot of time practicing for the presentation of our poems. If anything, I’d try to improve on the presentation, if I could. It was a little rough, so if I could redo it, I’d make it better. In general though, I feel like my final product was pretty good.

The most helpful step was probably the peer review, because I got to see different mistakes I made and how I could improve my poems in general. The least helpful step was definitely when we had to analyze poems. I’ve never seen poetry as a thing that needs to be picked apart for themes and the like, so delving into it really wasn’t all that fun in the first place. Additionally, we’ve been doing poetry units for as long as I can remember, so I’m sure everyone already knows how to structure a poem. I really don’t think that analyzing poetry helped me to create my own, but that’s only because I already write poetry as a hobby. I already have my own writing style, my own ideas, and all of that. Analyzing poems was kind of repetitive.

One part of the Fairview Advantage I used was collaborate. I worked with multiple of my classmates to ensure that my poems were as good as they could be, and that everything I had in them made sense. A second part of the Fairview Advantage I used was communicate. Me and my peer review partner, as well as some friends I asked to review my work, had to communicate back and forth quite a bit so we could all make sure that our work was our best. A third part of the Fairview Advantage I used was create. For this project, I worked very hard to create a set of original poems that actually meant something. While many of the class poems described things like summer or holidays, mine described actual things that have happened to me, and have a much deeper meaning than simply looking forward to vacation. A fourth, and final, part of the Fairview Advantage I used was reflect. This is because throughout the project, we have all had the chance to reflect on our work.