Month: May 2020

For my photo essay I chose the words:

Lonely

Strange

Inspiring

I chose the word lonely because we don’t really get to see anybody for real anymore. I chose the word strange because we have never had anything like this and everyday the story is new. I chose the word inspiring because  we can take time to try and learn new things. My piece will have some pictures of each of these  things. Some will be for comedic purposes, but most will be more serious. My photo essay’s message will be that even though this time is really hard and boring, we have to make the best of it. I hope this essay helps and gets people inspired to do new things during this time.  Here is a very rough sketch of my photos.

The Analytical Paragraph:

I like that we don’t have to worry as much about structure. It makes it easier when we don’t have to have three body paragraphs and a introduction & conclusion. We don’t have to worry if some look much shorter than the others do because they are all together. I finds this comforting because I like my paragraphs to be about the same length, and when there is just one large one, I don’t have to worry about how it looks. Also the introduction and conclusion don’t have to be as formal. In other words, it can just bleed into the evidence and analysis. In my opinion that makes it easier to write them. I find it interesting that you can prove a topic, have a conclusion and a introduction in just one paragraph. I also found it interesting that I had the capability of writing a  two page paragraph!

I found it challenging to keep track of the different parts of the paragraph. It is easier to edit an essay because you can take it piece by piece. For example I can edit and perfect my introduction, and after that I can do the same to my first paragraph, and so on. When writing an analytical paragraph it is MUCH harder to edit because I have to edit a part and then I’ll loose my place and start reading the entire thing again. This can be pretty time consuming when you have a two-page paragraph.

I just finished my first analytical paragraph press here  if you would like to read it. I think it was some of my best analytical work.

Here is an excerpt from it. This is personally my favorite part of the paragraph because I think I did a nice job or bringing all f the evidence together in a conclusion. I am very proud of it.

Overall, this is an important thing to remember when reviewing Harry’s traits. Harry’s family left a mark on his confidence, that hopefully he can get rid of. So in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone Harry Potter who lives in a closet under the stairs in his uncle’s house and who gets a very small amount of value in the family is self conscious because of his family. 

To be honest, I really dislike fantasy books. I am defiantly not into them. I’m not really sure why, but I always have. I guess it is because I can’t picture the crazy things that happen. I enjoy to picture things that CAN happen.

Because of this I haven’t read that many fantasy books. I have only read The Giver and Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone. I didn’t like either of them, but if I had to chose I guess I liked Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone more. I didn’t love it though, because It got really confusing a didn’t make sense. There were parts that I had to read more then once in order to understand them.

I chose the books: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, Among the Hidden, & Tuck Everlasting.

I chose Harry Potter and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe because I figured that if they were going to be my first true fantasy books, then I  might as well go with classics. I chose Among The Hidden because I had heard of it and It sounded interesting. I also thought of it because I read a book by the same author that I enjoyed. For my fourth book, I got a recommendation because I couldn’t think of another book to read.