Saturday, May 14, 2016
Blog #29 Final Reflection
In this class I learned and grew a lot throughout the two semesters, I learned how to work well in groups and how to work hard to write or create something that I am proud of. I really enjoyed doing the Hamlet project where we had to write a play because I got to do it with two close friends and it was a blast. We were able to combine something that we were familiar with and loved, Gossip Girl, and something new that we were learning, Hamlet. Having that chance to do something like that made us excited about working on the project and we were willingly to put in as much work on it as possible.
Another project that I thought was neat was the ancestry project, I learned new things about my family’s history that I had never known. My grandfather died when I was about one so he is not always talked about and he was the one that had the most interesting history in my family. I was able to learn about the story of him coming over to America from Scotland with his parents when he was four and went back and forth because his mother, my nana, did not like it here initially.
I also enjoyed our last two projects that we did this semester, I learned a lot from both projects and I believe they will help me in my college career. The research paper taught me how to set up a paper like that and a smart way to organize it all. The charts that went along with it also helped the process because I had all of my quotes and support in one easy to access place. I really enjoyed this class and was able to learn new things that will help me for the rest of my school career and life.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
Blog #26 Art and the Artist Final Prewriting
1) As a child I was curious about music; I did ballet for a couple of years when I was young and it was always something that was present in my household growing up. I vividly remember my mom turning up Shania Twain in our basement while she worked out on our elliptical and my three younger siblings and I danced around and sang the words or at least what we believed were the words at the top of our lungs. In a way it became a tradition for us considering we did it just about every night, we would all go downstairs pick a CD to stick in the CD player (those ancient things were still used at the time), hit play and turn up the volume as loud as it would go. All of us were down there for a good hour so that my mom could get her workout in and then we all would race up the stairs to get dinner started and set the table.
2)Art is something that can be used to make a difference, it is something that can make a change. Art is something that gives people a voice and is a way for them to be acknowledged no matter the case. The artists role in society is to "speak" their mind, to have them break boundaries with their artwork. Their role is to create or start change or make some sort of impact on people whether it be an impact on one or one hundred people. We can effectively utilizae art to "talk" about things like culture and interactions iwith people.
3) Surface: Music
Shallow: Nonverbal communication, body language, patterns of handling emotions,
Deep: Notions of adolescence, preference for competition or cooperation, concept of "self"
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