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Feature Article Reflection

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Ideas, Details, Drafts, Intros, Text Features, Color Changes, Final product. You heard me right, you have to do all of this to make a feature article! At first I thought this would be a week or two but I had no clue how much determination it would take. Now it’s finally worth it.
The first lesson we all had to come up with a few topics, and see if you had enough information. I knew I wanted to do Disney World because I just came back from a surprise trip. But I realized it was too broad and I didn’t have enough information on everything so I loosened it up to just a few that were my favorite, truly my favorites were Magic Kingdom and Universal but Universal wasn’t a part of Disney World so I faced a new problem. Which one would I choose? I thought it over and chose Universal more specifically Harry Potter Land (My Favorite.) I thought why is Harry Potter World so good and right away I just thought because it’s better than all the other places. Well it didn’t come that fast you needed to make sure you could defend that I made sure I could and I was ready.
The most enjoyable thing for me is the last few steps before I’m done. I love seeing all my hard work fall into place after spending a lot of time on it. The last few steps include looking at it in slide show mode, making the text boxes transparent, and adding a color scheme if you choose to (I did.) One of the most challenging parts for me was starting a new body paragraph. This probably isn’t one of the most common things to say but some of the paragraphs I couldn’t dig as deep as I needed to, but when I did I found elaborating much easier.
I used a bunch of interesting techniques when making my feature article. Simply to make it more interesting. First, I added a glossary for some confused readers. For me, this is a must. Then, I added photos that simply give you a reference of what I’m talking about. The other thing was adding a signature color. For me I choose light blue. I add bars to the top and bottom of all of the pages in that blue. Next I made my subheadings, Glossary, And fun fact boxes blue. I felt like this was just a great touch to my feature article and recommended it to anyone else who is planning to make one or is currently making one.
I’m most proud of the certain paragraphs that I found challenging and really took time into the thought process of proper punctuation and choosing the best place for a sentence to go. When I look over it now, even though it was hard for me at the start it looks and seems the most thorough.
To conclude, making my very own feature article has been the best! Some parts were hard but many were really fun! The question is would you ever make a feature article, if so what would it be about?

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Vote For Me

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Did you vote or are you still undecided, well if you don’t really know about the candidates you should learn so you know what you’re voting for. Hi, I’m Charlotte and I’m running for class president as one of the candidates. I will listen to your ideas and try to fix them to the best of my abilities. I’m honest, caring, and will help everyone. If you’re still not hooked, read my article then make your final vote.

The first rule/adjustment I would make is having more hands-on activities, Such as typing on your Chromebook and drawing diagrams. I think this is important because if you are always just writing in your notebook and sitting in your chair, maybe you won’t get as involved and understand what your teacher is teaching you.

The next rule/adjustment I would make is having more of a choice of where you can sit. Some people focus better at their desk and some focus better closer up. Some teachers give their students the option most of the time but some tell their students to sit at their seat or to always sit at the rug. Sometimes you don’t always have the option but during full class learning I think you should. Sometimes if everyone is sitting at the rug you can get distracted by a friend but if you’re sitting at your seat it’s a less likely chance you will get distracted. Kids get tired sitting in their chairs and would like to change it up.

If you want to have more seating options and more hands-on activities you should vote for me. This is just the start.