Hilton Head Island Reflection and Feature Article

I came up with my topic by thinking of my favorite place and I thought of Hilton Head because that’s where I went one to three times a year because my Grandparents live there and they taught me all about the history and the people there. So it is probably the place that I know the most about so I when I thought about something we know a lot about HIlton Head came to mind first. When we were thinking about our message I struggled to come up with one but in the end I realized that most people didn’t know how important it was and they described it as a tourist destination but I thought that a lot more happened there so that was how I came up with my message. My message was “much more than a tourist destination” so people learned that it was an important place.

The aspects of the feature article that I found most enjoyable was the history section because there was so much information that I learned and was able to add to. I thought I knew almost all about the history but I was very wrong and learned so much more than I was expecting. The most challenging part was the wildlife section because I knew a lot about only sea turtles because my grandparents work on protecting and organizing protections of only sea turtles so I had to do a lot of research to fill up that slide.   

The technique that I used the most effectively was using dates and numbers to explain information and give readers a better understanding of the scale and or time in history.  I did this mostly in the History section because that was the section that I knew the most about and the section that I wanted to share the most information in.

I am most proud of the History section because all of the information that I wanted to include is in the section and there are facts that greatly support the message. For example the facts that Hilton Head was important throughout the war and that the largest navy force ever assembled was required to take Fort Walker. 

The feature article was different from my personal narrative because in my personal narrative my goal was to tell a story from my perspective but in my feature article I my goal was to tell people about Hilton Head and convince people that Hilton Head was more than a tourist destination.

In conclusion I really enjoyed writing about one of my favorite places and I enjoyed writing the history section. I was also happy that I was able to share everything that I wanted to and I hope that you learned a little bit about why I chose Hilton Head and why I chose the facts I did.