Yes, I will go ahead and say that I was honestly surprised that there were six language arts. I understand that arts has an "s" at the end and all, but I always considered language arts to be one subject. The fact that this subject contained six whole parts shocked me. I suppose if I had really sat down and thought about it (because apparently it's harder to think while standing) I would have come to the conclusion that there were many parts to my language arts classes, but that never happened and I was surprised.
Now that I'm over the shock of the separate categories of language arts, I will say that viewing and visually representing are different, but important parts of language arts. What people have been saying is true - the times are changing and technology is increasingly becoming more important in our society. If language arts is defined by the study of modes of language, it is essential to place visual representation and viewing in this list. I actually just realized - what am I doing right now? I am using technology to visual represent my thoughts on language arts. Right now you are viewing and reading my visual representation of language arts. That may be a little complicated. The point I'm trying to make is that visual representation and viewing are inevitable parts of understanding language.
I'll try to be less confusing in this paragraph. I do have experience with all six of the language arts. However, as I expressed just a post ago, my best experience is with writing. I remember in first grade we were required to write a story a day - guess what my favorite time of class was. I suppose I liked writing so much because I was good at it, but it was also a good release for me as I got older. I have many journals at home that are fun to go back and re-read. It's also really fun to find the stories I would type on my computer at home. Like the one about a girl named Angel who saved her teacher's life. One of my lame childhood dreams was to make a journal entry of every day of school one year. I was then going to do some editing and turn my journal into a novel. That never happened. Okay, I got off track. I've always gotten good comments and feedback on my writing, and it always felt good to be writing, so I've always enjoyed writing. Since I've felt the same since I was fairly young, I'm not sure if this will ever change. I hope this blog isn't working against me. I don't claim to be the best writer out there by any means, but I do believe it will always be my favorite on the language arts list.
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