Thanksgiving Break (extra credit)

I had a lot of fun over Thanksgiving break. It started out a little rough. On Wednesday after my last class I went to leave for home. I got to my car in the parking lot and it was dead. I was fortunate to have jumper cables in my trunk. I found someone to jump my car, I was very thankful. Over Thanksgiving break I got to spend a lot of time with my family. It was nice. I also got to spend time with my boyfriend and friends. It was really nice to go home and relax. I am ready to go back to Western though.

New semester

I can't believe that the first semester of college is almost over. It feels like the time has flown by. It seems like just yesterday it was my first day here. I have really liked here at Western overall. I have met a lot of great people here. At first I was a little nervous because I didn't know many people coming here. I was mostly excited. Kalamazoo seemed like a great place to be. I feel like there's quite a bit going on. I also really liked that the school is about two hours is away from my house. It seems like a fair distance.I'm not too far from home but I'm close enough to get there if I or they need something.

Project 3

Project three is actually pretty fun. I feel I am not only learning about my genre by doing the project, but I am learning about others genres through the presentations. To be honest I never really thought much about genres other than whether I enjoyed reading that type or not. I never tried to group common characteristics together or figure out the themes of a certain genre. When I was researching children’s literature I realized that many of the stories incorporated education or a lesson. Also children’s books had many pictures in order for beginning readers to help associate what a word means along with a picture. I liked that I got to learn about the genre I chose and the rest of the class through presentations.

Thanksgiving break

I am really excited for thanksgiving break. It will be fun to have that time off of school.  I will get to spend time with my family and friends. I haven’t seen a lot of my friends lately because we are at different colleges. I am also planning on going Black Friday shopping with my boyfriend. It will be lots of fun. We both plan to get all of our Christmas shopping done that day. I know we will have to get up really early, but it will be worth it. The day before Thanksgiving I will celebrate it with my family. The next day I am going to spend the day with my boyfriend’s family.

For Colored Girls (extra credit)

For Colored Girls was a play put on by Western Michigan students. The play was about a number of girls and their experiences in life. The play started off pretty upbeat. The girls were acting as if they were children. They were laughing and playing games like ring around the rosie.  Then the play started to get serious as one of the girls starting acting like a young women. She was telling the younger girls about her life. Her experiences were not positive. She spoke about her negative experiences as a woman in society. She spoke about her problems with men specifically. Then the rest of the girls read monologues as women who experienced traumatic things such as rape, domestic violence and other struggles. I feel like going to see this show was beneficial.

Children's genre

For project three I am going to write a children’s book. This assignment seems like it will be a beneficial project because I want to go into education. I would like to teach kids around five to ten years old. While looking at different children’s books and writing my journals, I noticed a few common themes. For instance, in many of the books there was rhyming. I understand why means children’s authors did this. I think they did this because it grabs the kids’ attention. I also learned that a lot of kid’s books are educational. Another thing I noticed about this genre is that there are often lessons in the story. Lastly, there were a lot of pictures used in the books, along with a great use of color.

My weekend

This weekend my boyfriend came to visit me. Not only did he come to visit me, he visited the school. On Sayurday morning we took a tour of the campus. He wants to transfer here nxt semester. We are so excited.
It was a blast! Friday we went to dinner at Carraba's. It was so tasty. After the tour on Saturday we went downtown Kalamazoo. He got to me some of my friends here at Western. This weekend was a blast!

Comparing

Yesterday in class we compared the movie Twilight and the television series Vampire Diaries. Before this class I didn’t realize how similar the two were. I always thought they were two very different things. When I think of the film Twilight I think of middle school and younger girls being fans. When I think of Vampire Diaries I think of teens and young adults following the series. I didn’t put two and two together that both of them are about a girl who is not a vampire and a vampire is in to her.  Both media sources show a fantasy about love that many girls want.