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Back to personal pages  Synthesis:
 * **Goal** || **Artifact** ||
 * A. Students will be able to compose for particular audiences and purposes. || Genre 4 - Online article ||
 * B. Students will be able to compose using language and conventions appropriate to genre. || Genre 3 - Obituary ||
 * C. Students will be able to read, select, and use evidence to critically formulate and support arguments || Genre 4 - Online article ||
 * D. Students will be able to interpret and compose in a variety of media and print/non-print genres || Genre 1 - Flyer ||
 * E. Students will be able to discuss and apply writing processes both individually and in collaborative contexts || Revision Sheet ||

Reflection:

I learned a lot about Columbine that I didn't know. There were a lot of myths about the event, but through this project I have learned that not all of them are true. I was really surprised to learn that Cassie was not really asked wether she believed in God or not. I also learned that she had a lot of trouble with fitting in at school. I also learned that the boys were not really social outcasts and that they did have friends. I really liked the project as a whole I think everyone should learn about school violence and that it can happen anywhere. Throughout the project it was really hard to put a personal side to some of my genres, since I don't know what it is like to go through something like that. I see myself using this project in the future. I learned a lot about this topic then I would have if I just had to write a paper. I thought it was a good way to show your creativity. Everyone did such a great job on their project, and they were really passionate about their topic. It gave everyone in the class a voice, so they were able to show issues that were important to them, and I think that is a very important thing to have in a class.

ORE : (back to synthesis)

Process Journal

Genre 4 : (back to synthesis)

Examples: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/14/ohio.family.missing/index.html?hpt=T2 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/14/haiti.cholera/index.html?hpt=T2 http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/11/macfarlane-barrow.interview/index.html

Genre 3 : (back to synthesis)



http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buckslocalnews/obituary.aspx?n=shirley-verrett&pid=146431784 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buckslocalnews/obituary.aspx?n=adrian-paunescu&pid=146424140 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buckslocalnews/obituary.aspx?n=sparky-anderson&pid=146412664

Genre 2:



Examples:



Genre 1 : (back to synthesis)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/arts/20sheffield.html?ref=obituaries http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/arts/design/20joisel.html?ref=obituaries http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/19powers.html?ref=obituaries

3 Genres: News article http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/12/hungary.toxic/index.html http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/11/why-adults-cry-so-easily-in-animated-kids-movies/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39635158/ns/travel-news/

Topic proposals due next class: What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses at the top of your personal page.

I decided that I am going to create my project on Columbine High School Shooting. I am going to pick this because it is very important for people to know that these types of traumas happen, and there should be ways to try and prevent these things from happening. My audience will be high school and college aged kids. I can use the internet and some books to help me create my project. I can use and informative essay, eyewitness account, photo gallery/album, newscast, documentary film, medical records, and a letter.

Before Bloomsburg, I lived in Holland PA

At Bloomsburg, I want to major in Elementary Education

Right now, I’m most interested in making new friends

My favorite musical artist is Rascal Flatts

My favorite movie is The Notebook

One thing I like to do in my spare time is hang out with friends

When it comes to technology, I’m most comfortable with…(put X next to all that apply)

Microsoft Word X Microsoft Powerpoint X  Email X  Cellphone X  Text messaging X  Taking cellphone pictures X  Taking cellphone video Taking cellphone audio Video editing X Blogging or Social Networking (e.g., Facebook) X  Making websites

My favorite teachers were the ones who spent extra time explaining things to me

But I didn’t like classes in which we just sat there

In this class, I’m most nervous about writing a lot of papers

In this class, I’m most excited about learning how to write better

If there’s one thing you should know about me as a student, it’s I work hard and try to do my best in everything

If there’s one thing you should know about me in general, it’s that I love my family and friends

 **Learning Styles Profile**

 **Rate each of the following on the basis of 1 to 4.**

 **1=least like you; 2=a little like you 3=quite a bit like you; 4=most like you**

 **Learning Style #1**  Do you:  Like to write? 2  Like to learn new words? 1  Like to tell stories? 3  Enjoy reading? 2  Give good directions to others so that they understand the first time? 3  Have a good memory for names, dates, facts? 3  Enjoy making or hearing puns? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy metaphors? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 17**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #2** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to work with computers and calculators? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy math class? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Easily add numbers in your head? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy doing science experiments? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Ask a lot of questions about how things work? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy chess, checkers, or other strategy games? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy logic puzzles or brainteasers? 4 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to go by steps, from A to B to C, rather than jumping from A to D? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 28**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #3** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Read maps, charts, or diagrams more easily than text? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Build interesting three dimensional constructions (like LEGO buildings or others)? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Prefer to draw pictures rather than tell stories? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Find your way to a new place easily? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to take things apart and then try to figure out how to put them back together? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Doodle a lot on notebooks? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Visualize the back side of an object from looking at the front? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Estimate distances between objects easily? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 16**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #4** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Find activities like riding a bike, skating, or walking on a balance beam easy? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Run, swim, and exercise without getting tired? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Learn to play new sports easily and quickly? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Learn a new dance step easily and quickly? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Use a lot of hand gestures and body movements when talking to friends? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like touching things you’ve just seen? 4 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Cleverly mimic other people’s gestures or mannerisms? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Move, tap, or fidget while seated for a long time in one spot? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 21**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #5** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy playing a musical instrument? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Listen to music a lot? 4 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Hum or sing a lot? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Tell people when music sounds off-key? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Have a good singing voice? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Remember the melodies of songs? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Sing harmony? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Compose music in your head or on paper? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 14**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #6** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to work and/or play with others? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Understand how people are feeling by looking at their faces? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Give advice to friends who have problems? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Have a good sense of empathy or concern for others? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Seem to be street-smart? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Seem to be a natural leader on teams? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Get energy from being with people rather than being alone? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Feel that several minds working on something are better than one? 4 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 24**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #7** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Often need a quiet place to work or just be alone? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to make collections of things that have special meaning for you? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Remember your dreams? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Display a sense of independence or strong will? 4 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Have a realistic sense of your own strengths and weaknesses? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Accurately express how you are feeling? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Have an interest or a hobby that you don’t talk much about? 3 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Get energy from being alone rather than being with people? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 22**

<span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Learning Style #8** <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Do you: <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Enjoy collecting bugs, flowers, or rocks? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to closely examine what you find in nature? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Keep detailed records of your observations of nature? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to watch natural phenomena like the moon/tides and hear explanations about them? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Become fascinated with one thing from nature and want to learn about it thoroughly? 1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Want to find out the name of a bird or a bug you’ve seen?1 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Like to classify things? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Want to become a geologist, biologist, or some other type of scientist? 2 <span style="display: block; font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Total score 12**

Different Learning Styles

Over the weekend when I went to visit my family I went to my old job at Sesame Place. I have worked there for the past three summers and I am known as the "t-shirt girl," in Mr. Hooper's Emporium. I decided I would go back and teach another team member, Tiffany, how to fold shirts. --T**o what learnin g styles does the lesson you wer e trying to teach seem to appeal (for instan ce, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)? ** Learning the different ways to fold shirts is Bodily-Kinesthetic, since the subject has to learn different movements. It is also Linguistic, since I had to explain to Tiffany the different folds for each shirt. --**In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts?**There was difficulty in the beginning since I first tried to explain in words how to fold all of the shirts. She did not really understand when I tried to explain it to her using Linguistic intelligence. Then I tried using Bodily-Kinesthetic and physically showed her the way to fold the shirt. This way worked a lot better, since she is more of a visual learner. It was also easy for Tiffany to learn the different ways the shirts are folded, since she is better in spatial intelligence. This helped her because she is good at arrange all of the shirts in nice neat stacks. Her having great spatial intelligence also helped her in the process, because she was able to find different ways to organize all of the different shirts, after she folded them. --**What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take?**By the time I was finished teaching her she was able to fold all of the shirts the correct way. When the store closed she was in charge of folding the shirts for the next day and they looked great! Bodily-Kinesthetic helped Tiffany most in completing this task, since she was able to learn the motions that are involved with folding hundreds of shirts a night.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 21px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Revisit your teaching attempt and your healthy meal research/presentation:

** How did genre, audience, and purpose figure in those processes? **
The purpose for teaching Tiffany how to fold shirts is so that Mr. Hooper's Emporium can look great at the end of the day. It is important that Tiffany knew how to fold the shirts correctly so people will be able to find the correct size of the shirt they would like to buy. Tiffany was my audience, since I was teaching her how to fold. The genre was clothing since she was learning how to fold many different kinds of shirts. The genre for my meal was healthiness, because the goal was to create a meal that was enough for 2 people and was my definition of "healthy." The audience for this presentation was the class as a whole, because they were the ones who voted on the best meal. The purpose of this project was to create a healthy meal under $5 for 2-3 people.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">List five facts that you already know about this topic:
===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">1. 9/11 was a terrorist attack on the United States. The al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and flew two of them into the two World Trade Centers. Another plane hit the Pentagon, and then the fourth one was aimed for the White House, but ended up crashing in Pennsylvania. ===

===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">4. All flights were cancelled and the ones that were in the air at the time were grounded. Hundreds of people had to end up staying in Canada right after this attack. ===

===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">5. Thousands of people died in these four attacks. Many moms, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles were lost on this tragic day. ===

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Answer these questions about this topic:
===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">This did not only impact the United States, but the whole world. Throughout the world people were watching the destruction of New York City. Many people in Afghanistan started to leave their country because they were scared of what the United States was going to do to retaliate. ===
 * 1) ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">How did it/will it impact the world? ===

===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">There will always be interest in 9/11 since so many people died that day. Also because it happened so recently and the effects are still being seen today. The world has dramatically changed since that day. Now people are scared to let their own kids walk down the street by themselves. Since that day people have realized just how dangerous the world really is. === ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I am interested in researching this topic because I think it is very important that people never forget everyone who lost their lives that day, and all the people who helped. ===
 * 1) ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it? ===
 * 1) ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Why are you interested in researching this topic? ===


 * 1) ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">How do you personally connect with this topic? ===

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Resources
===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? === ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I think online articles will be very helpful, also interviews from 2001 of the president. Home movies shot by people in New York at the time can be very helpful since you are able to hear their reaction. ===


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Topic Choice: Columbine High School Massacre **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">List five facts that you already know about this topic: **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">1. The shooting took place April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">2.Two boys Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris brought guns into their high school and started shooting innocent students. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">3. Dylan Klebold wanted to commit suicide a few years earlier, and then a year later started thinking about a school shooting. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">4. The two boys kept journals of what they wanted to do and the different ways they would not get caught. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">5. The two killed themselves at the end of the shooting. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Answer these questions about this topic: **
 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">How did it/will it impact the world? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">This impacted the world because schools became more aware of what could happen. **


 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">There is still interest in this because there have been countless other school shootings since this one. **


 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Why are you interested in researching this topic? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I am interested in researching this topic because I want to really find out why they committed this crime. **


 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">How do you personally connect with this topic? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I personally connect with this topic because there were many bomb threats at my high school and I always wanted to know why young teenagers would want to commit crimes like this. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Resources **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Newspaper articles would be helpful and internet sites. There are also videos from inside the school that day on youtube, they would be helpful because they show what really happened. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class: **
 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain. **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I think I will find more information about 9/11, because it is more recent and affected more people then the Columbine High School Shooting. Many more people died from the attacks on 9/11, and we are still feeling the effects from it. **


 * 1) **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain. **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I really like the 9/11 topic because I have family that lives in New York. I would also like to find out more information on what happened that day. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">My genres are major events, my audience is the class and other people to inform them about September 11th and the Columbine Shooting. The purpose is to inform people about American history and how it impacted the world. **

Multigenre Project

Women in the Military