Week 3 Summary:
This week was a little more challenging for me strictly because it was more writing heavy rather than creating things. While I still enjoyed the...
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Appreciation Letter for Awesomest Person
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020Who’s the awesomest person in the world? MOM! Hi Mom, This is a letter to keep! I want to say thank you for the many nights you had to stay up with my sons since I was too tired myself, -
Week Three Summary
Story Analysis I began the week by reading a chapter from The New Digital Storytelling. This chapter began on the definition of what people think […] -
To My Mom
by @lgperez19 January 31, 2020This assignment (4 stars) asks you to write a letter to your mom in Spanish. I will translate at the end. Ama, Esta semana elige una tarea que dice que le esbribes una carta a tu mama. Pense que era una buena idea. Espero que te guste y que no llores p... -
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Story Analysis I started off the week by completing the required reading and watching the videos. I found the video how stories look on a graph hilarious. A lot of the text I read was interesting, as well, and it’s how I came about choosing to watch Wargames, which is referenced in Chapter 2 of […] -
A Pictures Worth a Thousand Words
If you need a little pick me up I cannot stress the joy that Googling “Bad 80’s photos” will bring you. Below is what I decided to tile “Who Ya Gonna Call? Dustbusters!” This prompt involved finding a photo and giving it a description or story behind it. After finding the photo I knew I … -
Capturing the 80s
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020What am I? I was purchased off the shelf of a technology store to capture memories. My main purpose was to ensure the wide tape caught and seized every live memory in real time. My on button is pushed, the -
Week 3 is In The Books
This week we spent a lot of time writing, and writing, and writing. While writing has never quite been my strong suit I did enjoy this week. I liked the freedom that we had in picking which writing assignments we wanted to do and how creative we were allowed to be. I started off doing … -
oh no! week 3’s over already!
fret not mes amis, we still have plenty of ds106 left! i had such a good time this week, mostly because i’ve been really into writing things lately, especially poetry. The daily creates this week were so much fun, def check out all my masterpieces on my daily create masterpost! i especially enjoyed the memoir […] -
Crystal’s Olden Days
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020Crystal’s Past Crystal was an 80’s teenager girl; some of her struggles were she was walking everywhere making it hard to be punctual when all her friends met up at the local video arcade to have fun around all the -
That Bucket List Though
I want to begin this post by saying I tend to weep pretty easily but SHEESH. Reflecting on the struggles I have had getting to my final semester of college and the sacrifices I have made to make other people happy was tough but I am glad I took some time out to set some … -
Your fly is down
I thought I’d look at the 1986 version of The Fly and try a story shape analysis. Something that occurred to me when watching Vonnegut talk about the shapes of stories is that he’s talking about one character’s story. Cinderella’s … Continue reading → -
Underneath the Surface
Today I watched The Breakfast Club (1985) for the very first time, and let me tell you, it was a ride I wasn’t totally expecting—in a good way! After watching it, I thought about how it would relate to the videos and readings for this week about storytelling. Since there was nothing about hyperlinking, the […] -
Weekly Summary #3
Mother Nature How’s the weather today? Let’s get Jiggy with it Keke, Do you love me? Storytelling -
I’m Having an Old Friend for Dinner
I knew almost immediately that I wanted to use this prompt as one of the “80’s Themed” writing topics because having dinner with my guest would be a dream come true. Originally, I thought about writing this as if I was attending dinner at her house but then realized that the thought of a celebrity … -
MJ, MTV, and Moonwalking
I decided to analyze the revolutionary Moonwalk by Micheal Jackson, and will investigate as to why it became so popular and how Micheal Jackson revolutionized […] -
She takes me away to that special place.
by @missgoofyxx January 31, 2020For one of my journal prompts, I was instructed to take a moment to watch someone I’m grateful for and focus on them for 10 minutes. Nothing else. No eating or drinking. No television on. Nothing but that individual. If possible, I wasn’t supposed to interact with them, instead just observe them without them noticing. […] -
Weekly Summary: 1/27- 1/31
This week was not any harder than the last. The daily creates I thought were interesting and I’d have to say my favorite was the memoir prompt. I wrote about my dog who means so much to me so that was very easy but also meant a lot. The assignment bank prompts were also not … -
What. A Week. 3.
Thinking of Bigfoot, I think of legendary creatures like Cerberus, the three-headed dog, present in Harry Potter, my favorite series ever! So, for today’s Daily Create I chose to show how the legend of the Grim is shown in Harry Potter and the Prison... -
You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
In 1985, the classic film “The Breakfast Club” sent five high school students to all-day attention, where they wrote those words about themselves. The film is excellent, showing the cultural values of idealism, family, and fear. The Breakfast Club addresses stereotyping very well. It shows how everyone’s lives are different and that everyone has this fear of … Continue reading "You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal." -
Assignment Bank
For the final assignment bank prompt I chose one that ” rite a short inner monologue or narrative from the perspective of a household tool”. It is supposed t be vague but contain enough detail so our reader can guess what it is. Star rating: 4 I see you everyday, listen in on most of … -
Haiku Recipe
by @lgperez19 January 31, 2020This Writing Assignment asks you to write a recipe in only Haiku format. It is a 3 star assignment, but I would have rated it a 4. It wasn’t easy to keep all the main elements of the recipe without going away from the 5-7-5 format. I did it. I de... -
Emotional Lyrics
by @lgperez19 January 31, 2020The Emotinal Lyrics assignment (3 stars) asks you to choose an emotion, then find 3 songs that evoke that emotion and explain why it makes you feel that way. I chose to look for 80s songs that remind me push through tough moments. Flashdance (What a Fe... -
Bring it all together
Story analysis of The Goonies: Growing up, my mom showed my sister and me one of her favorite movies of the ’80s; The Goonies, which came out in 1985. It is a romantic/adventurous movie with a lot of action. If you have not seen this movie I would highly recommend it because it reminds me … -
Storytelling
The story behind this video is really cheerful. It shows how an artist and their songs can bring many people together. The Thriller by Michael Jackson is a classical song that is remembered to this decade. People all over the world continue to dance to this song as you can see in this video. But […] -
Sixteen Candles
Growing up I remember watching the movie Sixteen Candles over and over again with my now 16 year old sister. We loved it, we hung on to every scene of the movie with anticipation like we were seeing it again for the first time. The writer knows how to keep the viewer in suspense. To … -
3 down, 13 to go
Weekly Summary, Week 3 Story Analysis This week, I read both of the suggested readings and watched both of the required videos (the first of which was pretty funny andContinue reading3 down, 13 to go -
Keke, Do you love me?
Dear future wife, I am going, to be honest with you right now. I hope you are dealing well and becoming the best version of yourself. At the moment I’m not doing so well and that’s ok. I’m working on it and I just want to say that I can’t wait till we meet. I […] -
Let’s get Jiggy with it
This assignment was called Emotional Lyrics which involved choosing an emotion and 3 songs that evoke that emotion and then write down why the songs evoke that emotion. The emotion I chose was excited because I like songs that get me excited. And since this theme is about the 1980s I picked songs from 1980. […] -
How’s the weather today?
“Hey, do you see that?” “Yeah, Marmot. Helens is not doing so well.” “Yeah. It’s not like her to get so angry. “It’s like she’s fuming today. Her head is smoking quite quickly.” “Yeah, Marmot. I don’t know what’s going to happen but by the looks of it, the two-leggeds don’t seem to be too […]
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