Sunday, October 11, 2009

Week 7 Reflection

This week in class, we still discovering different types of poetry. This was one of my favorite activities so far. We paired up and randomly picked types of poems, then went anywhere on campus to write them. Getting out of the classroom and going to your favorite spot was great. It didn't even feel like a class assignment. Well Krista and myself got the type of poem called a senryu, it is similar to the haiku but three lines and describes humans and their insecurities. Here is our senryu:
Identity
I am fat
I hate guys
I'm a girl

Week 6 Reflection


NATIONAL WRITING DAY!!!!!!!!!

This is my my National Writing day contribution. Since we were still covering all types of poetry, I figured that a poem was the way to go. We had the freedom of doing anything as long as it was important to us; and my family is the most important thing in my life. The title is Family Oriented.



My family is my life
Always with me through pain and strife
To make them proud I do my best
To be a great role model for my nephew to the left
Though a few hours away
I pray and think about them every day
I know sometimes I don’t share this
But my love for my family is something I cherish
It started with my father meeting my mother
And came to the birth of me and my two younger brothers
Though annoying and sometimes a pain
Knowing that some don’t have siblings don’t allow me to complain
20 years of ups and downs
They can always switch my face from a frown
My love for my family cannot be dented
Therefore I am family oriented

Week 5 Reflection




This week was our official introduction into the wild life of poetry. Before this class I hadn't written poetry in a few years. It was a nice refreshment and very interesting. I was asked what I thought about poetry and I responded, " zzzzzzzzzzzz, it puts me to sleep." When I think of poetry, I automatically think of old, classical soliloquies and ballads. I always knew that music is poetry but its just a different style. Our assignment tested us when we had to write a ballad about a murder love story. This assignment was very exciting because I got pick the topic and put my thoughts down in rhyming form. I enjoyed it a lot. Here is my ballad:
The Titan

Mid afternoon on a nice day
No one would ever believe it would end this way
Sleeping in the condominium without a care
Was the scene of the murder suicide of Steve Mcnair

Though having four children and married for a twelfth year
His girlfriend Sahel Kazemi is who held him dear
Young and dramatic and living in doubt
The death of him and her was her way out

She dreamed of moving in with him
But could she be acting on an adolescent whim
Could this plan eventually take course
With Mcnairs wife claiming no thoughts of divorce

So that great day became dull
With two shots in the chest and one in the skull
People always do crazy things for love
This took two lives and ruined thousands,
Hopefully he is resting in peace and watching from above

Week 4 Reflection



This week focused on the setting of stories and what roles they play. We had another great journal entry in which we got to freewrite. Before writing whatever came to mind, we watched a video that displayed great scenery like the photo to left. The pictures in the video were all about the earth's natural beauty and elegance. it set the mood for the class which was peaceful and calming until we remembered we had paper 1 due. In that paper we got to choose a character in our field of study and our own setting to tell their story. I am a sports Management Major and the person I chose was no other than Tony Dungy. I told his story of his trials and tribulations of his journey to win a superbowl. Though I despise writing papers, this one wasn't too bad because I got to write about something I enjoy and I got to embellish and make the reader believe that I actually knew Tony Dungy.

Week 3 Reflection

LABOR DAY!!!!!!!!!! We did not have a face to face meeting this week but learning never stops with Mrs. Simpson. Our lesson was on theme which plays a huge role in the settings and meaning of a story. One story we read and annotated was The Red Convertible by Lymes LaMartine. this story covered a major problem in the world called PTSD. Having grandparents that experienced war and thankfully did not have symptoms of PTSD made this story more personal. Our assignment was to research PTSD and relate it to the story where one of the characters shows heavy signs of this illness. I enjoyed this assignment because I learned so much more information about symptoms and how it affects people.

Week 2 Reflection


This week a very interesting one, dealing with love and a war story. We got a chance to freewrite after watching a short video on a couple that has been married for sixty years. "I feel like that's the kind of love that is really rare. To love someone and be married for sixty years is quite an accomplishment. And still remembering the first date after such a long time shows how much they still love each other. I hope I can marry and love someone for as long as they have." That was my response to watching a video. After that, we had to create a wordle after reading Tim O' Brien's How to tell a True War Story. Reading that story gave us a clear perspective on POV and why it is so important in literature. Point of view gives the story that biased view that we should understand as "literary laureates". I guess there is really no way to tell a TRUE war story.

Week 1 Reflection


This being my third course taken with Mrs. Bolduc- Simpson, the first week of class felt like a reunion. Even with prior experience , I did not know what to expect. We quickly jumped into work and learned what literature is. We also learned about our fellow classmates and even got to meet Ms. Leana (Mrs, Simpson's lovely daughter).
The assignment covering plot and irony was very interesting. After reading Margeret Atwood's Happy Endings, we then created our own short stories displaying some of the plot and irony. It was great way to get our creative mojo flowing and prepare us for the rest of the semester.