Blog #9

What was most significant to you about the Our People's History Project?
The most significant thing to me about the Our People’s History Project was to learn more about my family’s history and how it affects where I am at today and how I got here.
What do you feel that you learned from the project?
I felt that I learned more writing techniques from this project. I think that I could’ve just wrote the story in my own way and just without listening to the techniques that Randy was teaching us, but I thought it would have been better if I just use what he taught us.
What are you most proud of in the narrative nonfiction story that you wrote?
I am proud of the narrative that I wrote, I think it is one of the best stories I wrote at the school.
What surprised you about the project—what happened along the way that you did not expect?
What surprised me about the project was how much time we had to do this project. Even though we had a month to do the project I thought it was going to be one of those super long projects that take up half of the semester.
What lessons are you taking as you go forward with your Humanities (and overall) education?
As I go forward with humanities, I will try to expand my writing more and to learn more techniques on how to make my writing better and to expand my knowledge in history.

Blog #8

what i need to do to make my story an enjoying story to read is to add more imagery and to add more detail to the setting and the character. i will also make sure that i use all the things i learned in class.

Blog #7

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

"Until a morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans - in fact, few Kansans - had ever hold of Holcomb. Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on highways, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there."
This quote is inspiring because of the way it tells how not many people knew Holcomb. It inspires me to not give too much in a story but to try to give a bit for the reader to understand the setting.

Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle

"It's odd how a shocking sight can shake your mind so you don't at first register as a whole, just the small, almost comical details. Like the hand complete with fancy gold wristwatch, wedding band and neatly clipped fingernails we saw bobbling on the water's surface as we came towards the pool. Above it swathed in a shawl of brown seaweed, rubbery-looking shoulder peak out, white as a girl's. Above that, a bloated face the color of slate; two sightless eyes, open. And there in his neck, what was that? I saw a small dark-rimmed hole."
Even though i read this book in seventh grade i always go back to it to get ideas on how to make my writing better. It inspires me to use more figurative language in my writing and in my stories.

Blog #6

one of the example articles that i read was from Lynn Le. the way she writes her article, which i think most people should do, is to introduce the person you are talking about. i think this is good because that way you don't get lost in what she is talking talking about. 

Blog #5

The idea that i got from other students is that you can't number it you have to make it make it look like a real interview by making the answers longer and to not number it. i also saw that in most interviews, mainly on this one of Shakira, that you don't always have to number or organize your interview if people know about who you are interviewing. one challenge that i faced was to translate the interview and make it sound good. i made the interview in Spanish since my interviewee didn't know any English and i a hard time trying to translate it and make sense at the same time. so fixing the interview hasn't been so bad, i still need to work a few things though. one thing i am proud of is the amount of work and time i put into this interview to make it good.

Blog #4

The book I am reading is Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

What stands out the most about this book, from what I read, is how it just starts off with his adventure on Mount Everest instead of just saying what he did before he went on mount Everest and why he decided to climb the mountain.
my goals for reading the book are to remember what i read and to get to understand the book better than i do now.

Blog #1

What are you most excited about for this school year?

I am excited about expanding my knowledge in this class and to learn more in all of my classes.

What are you most excited about in Humanities?

I am excited about learning about more on U.S. history.

What about in the Our People's History project?
I want to learn a little bit more about my family's history and I think this project will let know more about where I'm from and where did my family came from.

Blog #3

What I am really looking forward to in writing is to learn new techniques and to be able to be a more formal writer rather than a creative writer.

I like these books, especially from Stephen King, since they are dark but they are good well thought out and well-made books.  I also like reading poems and lyrics to songs, at least to some that have some meaning to it.