How has your thinking changed regarding literature?
Regarding Literature, my thinking towards it used to be that it was boring and didn't really have anything to do with me. But after this year and being a part of literature groups and getting tips on how to really understand a book, I appreciate literature much more. I find it to be more interesting and it's always better to read a book because you want to not because you have to. Junior year has been rewarding. I say this because I learned so many new things that I can apply to the world as well as my personal life. Literature groups were a good idea because I was able to work with other people on topics that they can help me on or vice versa.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Magazine Reflection Take Three(3)
During this magazine project, I learned a lot of information about how to make my writing more interesting. I learned this technique through critiques and my teacher's advice. Some of these new ideas included making concerts and not pancakes and using the structural loop. I tend to use a lot of the same techniques like "ing's" words and "to be" verbs. So when I went back to make my writing better, I used better action verbs that would grab the reader's attention and make them want to read more. It was hard at first to figure out what to write about but as I looked back at my experiance I realized what subject was not too general to write about. This magazine experiance helped me get out of my comfort zone of just writing the basic things I did at internship. I actually talked about the reasons why I would never continue in the path of just working in a cubicle all day figuring out information about health and physical activity. It was more of a learning experiance than it was a junior class requirement.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Magazine Reflection Take Two(2)!
Think about the following things that we worked on in this project:
* Structuring writing (the loop; into, through & beyond)
* Intros
* Conclusions (or outro's)
* Incorporating evidence
* Sentence structure
* How to use nouns and verbs effectively (where in the sentence, what types, -ing's, etc.)
* Making your writing a concert, not a pancakes.
* Avoiding sledgehammer words
* Writing about more than the specific topic at hand (how to get deep)
* Using various types of evidence
* Copy editing
* I think there's more--what did I forget???
1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?
When I think of the big picture of my writing, the way my writing has improved is through critiques. Without critiques from both my teacher and classmates, I would've had a long interview that had no meaning in the overall magazine at all. I changed my end product to an unmeaningful piece of writing to a type of writing that is helpful to those who have not done internship as well as giving those a taste of what I learned personally as an "adult" in the real world. Another factor of my writing that changed to make it a better more enjoyable piece of writing was word choice. Before this writing exercise, my thinking was, "The Longer the Better." But I slowly learned that with less words that are straightforward and to the point, the paper becomes more interesting and understandable to read.
2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?
When I think about the big picture of my writing, I think that there's always room for correction. In my article, specifically expansion. I think that I could've gone more into depth about the internship site in general and then gotten more specific as I was explaining what I did personally. The reason for this is because I think the audience would've had a clearer illustration of where I interned.
3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.
In the first paragraph of my article, there was a section where I started off saying, "During the last three and half months of intership I feel like a child who has been transformed from afults having to deal with my problems, to being in charge of everything from time management to working with people I have never met in my life." Then it changed to, "Internship reveals to individuals how to continue in a path to their future career, but mine was the total opposite." I went from a section that used meaningless words that eventually lost the audience's attention by the time they got to the end, to short, simple, and to the point.
4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.
I learned that it is very important to start off with a concert rather than a pancake. Usually my writing starts off interesting and then starts going downhill as I get closer to the end. In order to keep it a concert every word has to count and people have to leave with the feeling of wanting more detail than just what the surface gives them.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Magazine Reflection:the beginning
1. What went well for you during the process of creating this magazine?
During the process of creating this magazine I felt that the summary of my internship was well-developed and showed the readers what I felt. I hope that at the same time up-coming interns will know what to expect.
2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?
Coming up with what my page for the layout should look was difficult at first but as we went forward with critiques, I was able to make it look decent.
3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?
The National Geographic layout was the layout that stood out to me as simple but still professional. It was the layout my group and I took ideas from. It's a magazine that is easy to follow as well as understand BECAUSE of its simplicity.
During the process of creating this magazine I felt that the summary of my internship was well-developed and showed the readers what I felt. I hope that at the same time up-coming interns will know what to expect.
2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?
Coming up with what my page for the layout should look was difficult at first but as we went forward with critiques, I was able to make it look decent.
3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?
The National Geographic layout was the layout that stood out to me as simple but still professional. It was the layout my group and I took ideas from. It's a magazine that is easy to follow as well as understand BECAUSE of its simplicity.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Deogratias
Deogratias
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Augustine
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Apollinaria
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Now, look back at your answers to these ten questions. What patterns do you notice about each character? What conclusions does this lead you towards?
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Augustine
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Apollinaria
1. What physical presence does the character have?
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
7. What do others in the book say about the character?
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
Now, look back at your answers to these ten questions. What patterns do you notice about each character? What conclusions does this lead you towards?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Photo Essay
Picture #1
In this picture, it shows part of a project that I’m doing for my internship. My particular project consists of making “fruit cards” for various schools that my mentor and I will be going to, to give presentations about the nutritious values fruits and vegetables have on the human body. On the fruit and vegetable cards, the title is the name of the actual fruit or vegetable, then there's the color of the fruit, the family the fruit belongs to, how to prepare the fruit, when and where the fruit is harvested, a fun fact about that fruit, and then the fruit's name in which is located at the bottom of the cards. In this specific picture, it includes the details that are needed to be known about the banana so that the kids can have a better sense of how to prepare of the types of fruits and vegetables that they enjoy
eating.
Picture #2
In this picture, its me posing while separating two days worth of physical activity cards. There was a big number of them just waiting to be separated from the plastic containers they originally came in and waiting to be put into their sleeves. These are cards that have different types of exercises that people could do to keep in shape. They explain how to do the stretches through pictures and it tells readers the part of the body the stretch will work on. After the cards are put in their sleeves then they are given out to different families at events that are hosted my the Network for a Healthy California, which is the company I intern for. Once my intern partners were done separating the various cards, there were twelve boxes full of
fitness cards.
Picture #3
Taking place here is a collaboration of most of the people that work at the office discussing what they've done individually to let the public know what is necessary to keep nutrition in their homes and beyond. This is a meeting that the people of the company have every second Tuesday of each month. Its a way for the director to check in with the rest of the workers to make sure their job is getting done on time and none of them are slacking off. These meetings last about two and half hours because every one talks about what they've done individually. Each of the employees has a time set for them on a schedule that is made by an employee. There's also set time for questions the workers might have for the director and a chance for the director gets to speak to each one of them, by telling them what they need to work on and the materials that are necessary for their next meeting.
Picture #4
Following in the tradition of setting aside time for going away parties, all the workers gather together for a surprise going away party for one of their co-workers. Every time someone has a birthday or anything big happens that is worth celebrating, the company assigns people to bring different foods for a pot-luck type lunch. Here you can see various dishes that each of them have brought in so that they can enjoy a tasty lunch. As you can see they're very excited to start eating because its not often that these nutritionist eat these types of food.
Picture #5
In this image, is my mentor, Larissa, at the front desk of the office, posing. She is holding a plant that we used to decorate the front desk to make it look more welcoming and colorful since it was drab and boring looking before. As you can see in her eyes, she was very excited about this mini project of hers. Larissa is not a serious person. She's the type of person that will transform serious things into fun projects so that people are better able to remember what is being taught to them. Without her presence at the office, there would be less laughter and work would get done but just not in a fun productive manner.
In this picture, it shows part of a project that I’m doing for my internship. My particular project consists of making “fruit cards” for various schools that my mentor and I will be going to, to give presentations about the nutritious values fruits and vegetables have on the human body. On the fruit and vegetable cards, the title is the name of the actual fruit or vegetable, then there's the color of the fruit, the family the fruit belongs to, how to prepare the fruit, when and where the fruit is harvested, a fun fact about that fruit, and then the fruit's name in which is located at the bottom of the cards. In this specific picture, it includes the details that are needed to be known about the banana so that the kids can have a better sense of how to prepare of the types of fruits and vegetables that they enjoy
eating.
Picture #2
In this picture, its me posing while separating two days worth of physical activity cards. There was a big number of them just waiting to be separated from the plastic containers they originally came in and waiting to be put into their sleeves. These are cards that have different types of exercises that people could do to keep in shape. They explain how to do the stretches through pictures and it tells readers the part of the body the stretch will work on. After the cards are put in their sleeves then they are given out to different families at events that are hosted my the Network for a Healthy California, which is the company I intern for. Once my intern partners were done separating the various cards, there were twelve boxes full of
fitness cards.
Picture #3
Taking place here is a collaboration of most of the people that work at the office discussing what they've done individually to let the public know what is necessary to keep nutrition in their homes and beyond. This is a meeting that the people of the company have every second Tuesday of each month. Its a way for the director to check in with the rest of the workers to make sure their job is getting done on time and none of them are slacking off. These meetings last about two and half hours because every one talks about what they've done individually. Each of the employees has a time set for them on a schedule that is made by an employee. There's also set time for questions the workers might have for the director and a chance for the director gets to speak to each one of them, by telling them what they need to work on and the materials that are necessary for their next meeting.
Picture #4
Following in the tradition of setting aside time for going away parties, all the workers gather together for a surprise going away party for one of their co-workers. Every time someone has a birthday or anything big happens that is worth celebrating, the company assigns people to bring different foods for a pot-luck type lunch. Here you can see various dishes that each of them have brought in so that they can enjoy a tasty lunch. As you can see they're very excited to start eating because its not often that these nutritionist eat these types of food.
Picture #5
In this image, is my mentor, Larissa, at the front desk of the office, posing. She is holding a plant that we used to decorate the front desk to make it look more welcoming and colorful since it was drab and boring looking before. As you can see in her eyes, she was very excited about this mini project of hers. Larissa is not a serious person. She's the type of person that will transform serious things into fun projects so that people are better able to remember what is being taught to them. Without her presence at the office, there would be less laughter and work would get done but just not in a fun productive manner.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Contributions to the magazine
1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.
-My Transcript
-My Photo Essay
-Economic for my internship
2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.
-Internships For Life!
-Junior Interns
- The Life of Interns
3. Suggest a topic for an article that you would personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.
- I'd like to read about how interns feel about internship and if it should conitnue on at this school.
-My Transcript
-My Photo Essay
-Economic for my internship
2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.
-Internships For Life!
-Junior Interns
- The Life of Interns
3. Suggest a topic for an article that you would personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.
- I'd like to read about how interns feel about internship and if it should conitnue on at this school.
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