There's Rotha with his great introductory sentence and description of the kangaroo in the tattered hat with short, stubby arms. Nix has a wonderful story of a blanket that reveals so much about childhood, and how we keep it with us, even when, like a blanket, it's not big enough to cover us anymore. Monineath wrote a crystal-clear description of a necklace (with excellent grammar, too!). Pitou got very creative by making his glasses into a person! :)
I also enjoyed reading about Roath's sweet teddy-bear Nina, Siphan's fire-water-wind-earth skateboard for Christmas, Ati's magic box that you can't see in the night, and Tep's backpack that travels (almost) everywhere and carries (almost) everything. Nissa shows us her book of temples, Visal writes about her very important laptop, Sreylen has the best purple pencil ever made, and photographer Mickey's most prized possession is her camera. And let's not forget Sreylen's homemade lemonade! Bring on the ice cubes!
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Ok, but now I have to choose one for the week, no more delays!
The post of the week is.... My favorite blanket by ENIX! You can see from the comments that many people found his blanket story very touching. Reading the comments was part of my decision, too.
This writing is more than just a simple description of an object. I like how I can read this several times and still find something new to think about. His post makes me think about my childhood, and how the things I loved as a child might not "fit" me as an adult, but they still mean something, and part of me doesn't want to let go of them. His love of his blanket is also a love for his mum, I think. It also makes me think about how hard it is to make that big transition from child to adult. I've written more comments on his post, which you can read there.
It's surprising what one piece of writing can achieve. Congratulations Enix!
As for a runner-up - I can't pick just one this time. Monineath, Rotha, and Pitou - you get to share "runner-up" this week, for the reasons I already wrote above!
Keep writing everyone :) And please invite more people to come look at our blog and make comments!
How can i decide if mine is one of them also? OMG !!! o.O
ReplyDelete-EniX-
teacher, I think you should choose mine :D
ReplyDeleteMonineath
I'm glad two people have an opinion! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, you have made a right decision. But, look at this. P.2's post= 2 comments, Ati's = 4comments, Enix's = 12comments!!!The different numbers of comments between me and Nix. Honestly, I am disappointed by that.I just think that it could have been different if my post had been commented more.
ReplyDeleteP.2
P2- I didn't make my choice only based on the number of comments. Even if there had been no comments, I still would have chosen this one. However, it was a tough decision. There were lots of great posts this week. You can see that by the runners up I felt I needed to name!
ReplyDeleteThis is why I hesitated to start this "post of the week." It sets up competition, and people start to think that the goal is to be chosen as "the best." Not true. I hope the goals are to improve your writing, express yourself, and to support/help each other.
Also the "post of the week" may be chosen for different reasons each time - how it makes me feel, how clearly it's written, the content, etc. It may not always be the "best" in all categories.
I hope this helps. I also understand it's disappointing. Your post was great, as were others. You should feel good about that!
p.s. I appreciate all your thoughtful comments and wish others would comment more. It seems like lately there have been fewer comments. Maybe because everyone is so busy with exams...