WEEBLY

    For our class we have to create a website to use as our portfolio. Some students in the class already have a website from last semester. For the knew students they are going to have a lot to do.  It was hard to start out. If you have never created a website before there is a lot too. It is easy, but very time consuming. Weebly is an easy site to use. There are videos to explain how to use things. Mostly you just have to sit and play around with the site. Also what is nice is weebly is free. You can buy your domain name, but there is no real need to. 

    There are many different ways you can set up the portfolio. It can formal or informal. Some people made it like a business website very gray, black and white. There was not much too it. Others, like me, chose to make it more fun. I wanted it to represent parts of me. It was helpful to look back at Mrs. Williams old students websites. Its nice to see different ways you can set up your site, but also look at their past work. 

Its a nice writing tool to have. It helps to see how other people did their projects and what suggestions they have. 

Bowling

In the essay Slide, Roll, Slam the author does an amazing job of describing the ally. The paper starts off with a strong tittle. It does not tell you exactly what the paper is about, but it is interesting enough so it will draw in people who come across it.  The paper starts of strong with the sentence "The sounds of shoes sliding against smooth wood lanes and bowling balls rolling like thunder then slamming against multiple pins rings in my ears." The write did a great job of describing the bowling ally. The reader call really picture what is going on. You can tell the author spent a lot of time at her site.  This allowed her to be certain about her conclusion. It was helpful to understand what she was describing because she wrote about everything at the ally. 

MHS/Movie Theater

  I haven't decided on where I would like to go for this project. One choice is to go back to my old high school and observe a Senior Seminar course. Like most high school courses the class is selected at random, so the type of people range. I did take this course in high school but each teacher runs the class differently and I would not be with my old teacher. I want to see how different the class is compared to mine because it is a a different teacher, but also a different grade. I would like to see how well this class is handling this course. Also how they handle the teacher as well.
  The second place I would looking at is a movie theater. Everyone loves movies and so many different people go to them. I spend a lot of time at the movies and while I am waiting for my movie to start I like to listen to people and hear what they say about the movie they have just seen. I would like to see how different people act when they are at the movies not just getting food and tickets but in the theater.

Truckers

 Friday Night at Iowa 80 was very well written piece. Personally it would not be something I would have read on my own. It was boring during some pats and it was long, but it was written very nicely. I had no idea what Iowa 80 was until I read this. The way he portay’s  it in away you feel like you there (even if you don’t want to be).

final website

http://kaycoronella.weebly.com

Rhetorical Analysis

    One reading assigned this week was about Rhetorical Analysis. Before reading this I did not know what rhetorical analysis was. I knew what rhetoric was and what analysis was, so I had an idea to what it was. It is a way of understanding and interpreting texts by examining the rhetorical devices used, the context of the text, and the audience. In away we use rhetorical analysis everyday . Under the section Understanding Rhetorical Analysis the write says "You react to what others say or write all the time", but its not just writing. We look at commercials, billboards, and Ads that are around us everyday and we have some type of reaction to them. Such as the rains picture they use.
    Most people have hears of Sun Made Raisins and seen the young pretty girl on the cover. In the book the picture has changed to a skeleton of a women. At first I only noticed the skeleton and then I read the text underneath. The picture of the skeleton would not be the best choice for advertising the raisins. The people selling the raisins (the topic) are trying to show parents (their audience) how healthy and great raisins are for their children. Would you rather buy a carton with a healthy young girl or a skeleton. I think that answer is easy. This only one of the helpful ways this assignment helped us with Rhetorical Analysis.
  It tells us to choose text we know how to analyze and choose text that "investigate interesting arguments that o interesting things". Also we need to choose text we can learn more about, which goes along with text that we can work with. Some text might be interesting to write about, but if you cannot understand the text, Ad, or film then what good is your analysis going to be. All these are helpful tools to have in mind when writing.
  

Website

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