Thursday, 25 April 2013
Grad Dress
I was able to bring my grad home my grad dress today!!! I am so excited it is making things seem so much more real!
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Fashion Show
last night was our fashion show and it went amazingly well everything went as planned. As a performer I had tons of fun performing on the stage, as a choreographer for the show I was a little stressed about how it would go. Apparently I had nothing to fear about it.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Blogging Field Trip! Yayyy!
First Comment:
http://lochswriting.blogspot.ca/2013/03/personal-addition-1.html?showComment=1366215270768#c5779668779413331348
The first comment I left was on Lochlan's blog. I commented on his post about his tattoo. I chose to comment on this post because my sister and I are going to get matching tattoos once I am 18. I commented saying that I like how he was brave enough to get his tattoo somewhere that lots of people will see it.
Second Comment:
http://ileanaohlsson.blogspot.ca/2013/03/warming-up-spring-playlist.html?showComment=1366215764544#c8151695824200578411
The next comment I left was on Ileana's blog. I commented on her post about her spring playlist. I chose to comment on this post because I really like that she is sharing that part of her life with the people of the Internet. I commented saying that I was scared to post about music myself...... which I am.
Third Comment:
http://stephaniezappia.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-places-ive-been.html?showComment=1366217252245#c2893302796668567230
I also commented on Stephanie`s blog. I commented on her post about travelling. Growing up in a military family had its ups and downs. One of the ups was that i got to travel a lot in the summer. I chose to comment on this post because I would love to travel to some of the places that she has been to. I commented talking about some of the places I have travelled to.
http://lochswriting.blogspot.ca/2013/03/personal-addition-1.html?showComment=1366215270768#c5779668779413331348
The first comment I left was on Lochlan's blog. I commented on his post about his tattoo. I chose to comment on this post because my sister and I are going to get matching tattoos once I am 18. I commented saying that I like how he was brave enough to get his tattoo somewhere that lots of people will see it.
Second Comment:
http://ileanaohlsson.blogspot.ca/2013/03/warming-up-spring-playlist.html?showComment=1366215764544#c8151695824200578411
The next comment I left was on Ileana's blog. I commented on her post about her spring playlist. I chose to comment on this post because I really like that she is sharing that part of her life with the people of the Internet. I commented saying that I was scared to post about music myself...... which I am.
Third Comment:
http://stephaniezappia.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-places-ive-been.html?showComment=1366217252245#c2893302796668567230
I also commented on Stephanie`s blog. I commented on her post about travelling. Growing up in a military family had its ups and downs. One of the ups was that i got to travel a lot in the summer. I chose to comment on this post because I would love to travel to some of the places that she has been to. I commented talking about some of the places I have travelled to.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Newspaper Blackout Poetry
I named my poems Long Term Effects. The first poem talks about a person who has been sexually abused by her father. The next poem is an older person talking about losing her mind. The last poem is just short it is the person stating that her reaction is not a viable scenario.
Quote
My friend sends me a picture of a quote every week. These quotes then become our shared quotes for the week. This is our one for this week.....
Monday, 8 April 2013
Weekends? What are those?
The other day I got asked what I do on the weekends. The truth is I don't do anything other than go to dance all day and work at my church. On Fridays I teach for two and a half hours then I go home and sleep because I am tired from teaching 2-6 year olds. On Saturdays I am at dance at 8:45 till 3:45. Although if I am being honest I don't get home till after 5 most Saturdays. When I get home on Saturdays I eat dinner and make sure my lesson plans are ready for Sunday School the next morning. Sundays I get up early and I either serve at my church at 8:30 or I finish getting ready to teach Sunday School. At 10 on Sunday mornings I am at church and my students are starting to arrive for class. I then spend the morning teaching kids about the bible. After church is done I either go back to dance or go home and do homework. Most weekends i go home quickly and then i go to dance. Sunday nights are spent washing dirty dance gear and doing homework.
Reading and Writing response #5
Reading:
On Friday I forgot my book at home so i spent the class reading the Life in 5 Seconds book. This book was a great way to fully experience what the Life in 5 Seconds pictures are all about. Within the book there are lots of really fun and obvious plot lines. There are also some plot lines that are more challenging to determine. This book was a real brain worker in a different way than I am normally used to. The pictures that they creators use sometimes make the plot line very easy to determine but there are others that I found rather hard to determine. When I was reading the book I tried to figure out all of the different plot lines before i looked at what there actually were. I was right most of the time. This book was able to give me another point of view on some of the worlds biggest political surprises/ issues as some of them were depicted in 5 second plot lines. One that I found stuck with me was the one of Barack Obama's run for US President.
Writing:
Recently we finished working on newspaper blackout poetry. I found that this style of writing was fun and different. The style of writing was also very challenging for me. I found it hard to chose what i wanted to say with only limited word choice. One unique thing about this style of writing was that you really have to think about how you are going to say what you want to say. You might go into the style of writing with an idea of what you are going to do but then you realize that you don't have the words that you need so you really have to get creative with your work. I am definitely going to keep using this from of writing because it is a challenge for me. I really enjoyed working with the newspaper blackout poetry a lot because it made me realize that i am more creative then I really think I am.
On Friday I forgot my book at home so i spent the class reading the Life in 5 Seconds book. This book was a great way to fully experience what the Life in 5 Seconds pictures are all about. Within the book there are lots of really fun and obvious plot lines. There are also some plot lines that are more challenging to determine. This book was a real brain worker in a different way than I am normally used to. The pictures that they creators use sometimes make the plot line very easy to determine but there are others that I found rather hard to determine. When I was reading the book I tried to figure out all of the different plot lines before i looked at what there actually were. I was right most of the time. This book was able to give me another point of view on some of the worlds biggest political surprises/ issues as some of them were depicted in 5 second plot lines. One that I found stuck with me was the one of Barack Obama's run for US President.
Writing:
Recently we finished working on newspaper blackout poetry. I found that this style of writing was fun and different. The style of writing was also very challenging for me. I found it hard to chose what i wanted to say with only limited word choice. One unique thing about this style of writing was that you really have to think about how you are going to say what you want to say. You might go into the style of writing with an idea of what you are going to do but then you realize that you don't have the words that you need so you really have to get creative with your work. I am definitely going to keep using this from of writing because it is a challenge for me. I really enjoyed working with the newspaper blackout poetry a lot because it made me realize that i am more creative then I really think I am.
Spring Break!
For spring break this year I decided that I wanted to go away. So I chose to go to Prince Edward Island for spring break to visit my Aunt and Uncle that live there. My Aunt and Uncle live in a little community named Hunter River. There house sit on three acres of land with large gardens and large field space. Although since I went in March there was still snow on the ground there.
I spent a week and a half on the Island and as usual when my time there was done i did not want to leave. During my week and a half I went to the beach lots and did some shopping but most importantly I was able to just spend time with friends and family.
When I arrived I was greeted at the airport by my Auntie M (yes that is actually her name, and no she has nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz). When she saw me she told me that My Uncle Eric was at home babysitting their new dog Gizmo. I hurried to get my bags so that we could begin the 30 minute drive from Charlottetown to Hunter River.
Upon arriving at the house i was greeted by a large black dog named Gizmo. Little did I know that this dog would soon become just as special to me as my own dog.
I spent the next two days sleeping in and going to the beach so that Gizmo could go for a run. Although when we went to the beach we had to wear heavy coats and heavy boots because the beach was very cold due to the wind coming off of the Atlantic Ocean. The first few days we went to the beach you could not get to the water due to the big piles of snow along the shore. In the following week we spent most of our time preparing for all the events of Easter. Both my Aunt and Uncle are church ministers so they had to prepare for all of the church services that go along with the Easter weekend.
While I was away I spent the majority of my time just relaxing and hanging out with my family and friends. Its hard to believe that its only been a week since I left. It feels like it has been much longer. One thing i know for sure is that I can't wait to go back next time.
Above is Gizmo, and some pictures from the beach.
I spent a week and a half on the Island and as usual when my time there was done i did not want to leave. During my week and a half I went to the beach lots and did some shopping but most importantly I was able to just spend time with friends and family.
When I arrived I was greeted at the airport by my Auntie M (yes that is actually her name, and no she has nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz). When she saw me she told me that My Uncle Eric was at home babysitting their new dog Gizmo. I hurried to get my bags so that we could begin the 30 minute drive from Charlottetown to Hunter River.
Upon arriving at the house i was greeted by a large black dog named Gizmo. Little did I know that this dog would soon become just as special to me as my own dog.
I spent the next two days sleeping in and going to the beach so that Gizmo could go for a run. Although when we went to the beach we had to wear heavy coats and heavy boots because the beach was very cold due to the wind coming off of the Atlantic Ocean. The first few days we went to the beach you could not get to the water due to the big piles of snow along the shore. In the following week we spent most of our time preparing for all the events of Easter. Both my Aunt and Uncle are church ministers so they had to prepare for all of the church services that go along with the Easter weekend.
While I was away I spent the majority of my time just relaxing and hanging out with my family and friends. Its hard to believe that its only been a week since I left. It feels like it has been much longer. One thing i know for sure is that I can't wait to go back next time.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Reading and Writing Response #4
Six Word Memoirs:
I found the six word memoir assignment pretty challenging because it is very hard to say what you want using only six words. When I first looked at the six word memoir assignment I thought it would be pretty easy.. I mean how hard can it be to add six words to a picture right? I was so wrong. The six word memoir assignment taught me a lot about micro writing. Even though micro writing is shorter then normal writing it is just as difficult if not harder. My big surprise with the six word memoir project was how difficult it was for me. I have always loved writing and I also have always love photography so I assumed it would be easy for me to bring these two passions together to create something new. I learnt that i was a very elaborate thinker. when i have to actually count my words it is very hard for me to limit myself to just six words. So far in this Course i have learnt a lot about myself as a writer. This course has also really opened me up to new forms of writing that i might not have considered to do on my own.
Blogging Field trip:
When we were doing our blogging field trip i was only able to comment on a few peoples blogs. When I started doing the blog visits i started from the bottom and worked my way up our class list. I really didn't have any specific order to what blogs i chose to look at. Once i was on the blog I read all of the posts that person had posted on their blog. On some of the blogs i just posted on the first or last post on their blog depending on the order that I read that persons blog in. One blog that I really enjoy reading is Lochlan's blog. I enjoy his blog because he makes a lot of posts. I often check his blog when I have nothing to do and it always provides good reading material. On some of the blogs I read I chose to post comments on posts that really stuck with me. This post might not have been the first post or the last post but it was a post that really left me thinking about what was posted or about something of that nature in my own life.
Reading Reflection:
Lately i have been a very bad reader. I have been spending a large amount of time travelling non-stop for the past few weeks. this factor has ,meant that I have not had any time for reading. I am still reading the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. This book is an amazing book. I really miss the time i used to spend reading it. I would still recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good book to read. When I am reading I use the questions/ comments/ predictions method. Using this method of reading has really allowed me to take in more of the book. This method is also cause me to really think more about what I am reading. In the post when i was reading I might have just left something that I didn't understand alone but now I am really thinking about the stuff I don't understand. This factor is leaving me with a greater understanding of the book overall.
I found the six word memoir assignment pretty challenging because it is very hard to say what you want using only six words. When I first looked at the six word memoir assignment I thought it would be pretty easy.. I mean how hard can it be to add six words to a picture right? I was so wrong. The six word memoir assignment taught me a lot about micro writing. Even though micro writing is shorter then normal writing it is just as difficult if not harder. My big surprise with the six word memoir project was how difficult it was for me. I have always loved writing and I also have always love photography so I assumed it would be easy for me to bring these two passions together to create something new. I learnt that i was a very elaborate thinker. when i have to actually count my words it is very hard for me to limit myself to just six words. So far in this Course i have learnt a lot about myself as a writer. This course has also really opened me up to new forms of writing that i might not have considered to do on my own.
Blogging Field trip:
When we were doing our blogging field trip i was only able to comment on a few peoples blogs. When I started doing the blog visits i started from the bottom and worked my way up our class list. I really didn't have any specific order to what blogs i chose to look at. Once i was on the blog I read all of the posts that person had posted on their blog. On some of the blogs i just posted on the first or last post on their blog depending on the order that I read that persons blog in. One blog that I really enjoy reading is Lochlan's blog. I enjoy his blog because he makes a lot of posts. I often check his blog when I have nothing to do and it always provides good reading material. On some of the blogs I read I chose to post comments on posts that really stuck with me. This post might not have been the first post or the last post but it was a post that really left me thinking about what was posted or about something of that nature in my own life.
Reading Reflection:
Lately i have been a very bad reader. I have been spending a large amount of time travelling non-stop for the past few weeks. this factor has ,meant that I have not had any time for reading. I am still reading the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. This book is an amazing book. I really miss the time i used to spend reading it. I would still recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good book to read. When I am reading I use the questions/ comments/ predictions method. Using this method of reading has really allowed me to take in more of the book. This method is also cause me to really think more about what I am reading. In the post when i was reading I might have just left something that I didn't understand alone but now I am really thinking about the stuff I don't understand. This factor is leaving me with a greater understanding of the book overall.
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