Blog Feed
Walter Disney: The Truth Behind the Magic
Link to Website.
Everyone has seen a Disney movie at least once in their lives. The movies "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Bambi" opened a portal to a magical world far beyond the reality in which we lived. Princess dresses and tiaras were out of stock in children department stores and girls everywhere would dream of living in a castle one day. This was the footprint that Walter Disney left on my generation's childhood memories- these were the dreams that stemmed from Disney productions. For my first quarter English benchmark, I have chosen to create a website about Walter Disney, the master behind the magic.
"Sweet House Southwest" : )
Vietnam War: The Truth (Anwar, TJ)
Be the first to comment.
Be the first to comment.
I drew dark strokes where I saw solid glass and erased where I saw light in the glass, which started to form the beaker. Then I started to blend the color outside with the lighter inside of my beaker. I tried to The difficult part was when I was trying to draw light in the beaker, because sometimes it was hard to find. So when I was done my beaker i found little details that i found along the glass like the line on the object. I really like this project because it dealt with perspective.
Gandhi
The Templar Truth
But what no one portrays is the events that actually occurred. The events in which the Templars played important roles and for which their are numerous accounts.
That is what this video aims to do: portray the Templars as they were, not as they are theorized to be.
Clear object
Quakers 1644
I used the form of a podcast because I know that I learned best when I am spoken to and also am best at relaying information verbally. With those qualifications understood I created a skeleton of a script and then spoke as though I were presenting to a class. I find this to be the most helpful way to hear new information because inflection and interest does not sound dialouged but engaged and loose.
http://soundcloud.com/emmahohen/quakers-1644/s-nOrdu
Still object
Morgan Taylor
I did these two drawings because it was an assignment for my advanced art class. Ms. Hull told the class that we had to draw a life size drawing of one of our classmates. When I started this class I knew nothing about drawing a person at all. I was nervous the drawing would not look like the model. I tried my hardest throughout the entire process and it turned out ok. It might not like look exactly like her because in my drawing she is a little thicker than in real life. The second drawing we had to do for this class is a clear object drawing. This was especially hard for me because I didn't get how I could make a drawing of a clear object actually look clear and 3D. When I finished this drawing I could see how it looked like a clear object. When i first started this class I never thought i was capable of such fine work. I am really proud of myself.
Amber Altomare Q1 Benchmark
Jamelia Barrett BM1 South Philadelphia
http://aboutsouthphiladelphia.blogspot.com/
art class
Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Story of a Bill: The Clean Water Act
In the beginning, right when Ms. Laufenberg mentioned this benchmark, the first thing I thought of doing for my bill was the Clean Water Act. Not only does it relate to my lobbying topic of fracking, but I also learned alot about it when I actually worked at the EPA over the summer. It seemed very interesting and I had heard that it was actually vetoed which made it seem like it would be an interesting story to tell. I chose a Prezi for my presentation format because it makes any presentation look great and keeps the attention of any viewer. Also it has great transitions from zoomed in to zoomed out to tilted right or left. I have used Prezi in the past, and I basically knew how to use it well. I would change up my project differently in the way in which I would change up the presentation format. I would probably make an iMovie that is sort of a skit and plays out the whole history in one little timeline, as I saw a classmate do last year. The research and investigation told me that the process from idea to bill to law is actually a hard, complicated one. Many people disagree or agree and many other people have their own opinions on things and it takes a long time to settle those disagreements. Also it takes time because the idea has to pass through so many different processes and stages until it finally becomes a law. The research was actually pretty easy, especially since I basically had the whole process in which it was passed. The only hard part was finding out background on when the Clean Water Act was vetoed, but later on I found it out. Overall, it was interesting finding out more about the Clean Water Act and the true insight to how a bill becomes a law.
Sources:
http://greenlaw.blogs.law.pace.edu/2011/04/01/cwa101/
www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwahistory.html
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal14water/cwa.htm
http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/fwatrpo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act
Pictures:
http://www.brevardgreenhomes.com/images/clean_drinking_water.bmp
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/8/215/livinglifephoto/livinglifephoto0912/livinglifephoto091200011/6076679-young-boy-swimming-in-ocean-during-the-summer-in-florida-with-a-big-smile-on-face-fort-desoto-park-f.jpg
http://c0365781.cdn2.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/datas/21202698/original/701px-Puffer_Fish_DSC01257.JPG
http://images.politico.com/global/070626_thisday6-27.jpg
http://limitlessdroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shaking-hands.jpg
http://www.iphonebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/spglascampanaseccheck3e04e.jpg
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/pics/chamber.gif
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB195/photo1-350-drop.jpg
http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20091015/470_great_lakes_091015.jpg
http://www.downloadwinzipfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/I__m_just_a_Bill_by_kilroyart.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1412/1272200949_d4f811978e.jpg
http://www.manversusfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dirty-lake-water-bass-fishing.jpg
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?imgurl=f69baf8c0d7f7dc1
Q1 Art
My first drawing was the first body portrait of Sammy. I do not have a picture because it was destroyed in the hallway. I think that my portrait was better last year because of the angle I was standing at last year. It was a front view of my model. I had to draw the side of her which was a challenge. I wish I had a visual to show the difference between last years to this years. I always enjoy doing the full body portraits because it tests my creativity and my ability to tackle the project accurately. The second assignment of the quarter was drawing a clear object such as glass or bottle. I think this os the assignment that gives me the most trouble i redid my object three times. I didn't want to look at the tutorial that was provided for us because it would put a damper on my creative thought process and I would try to duplicate what was shown to me, not what I actually see.I enjoyed this quarter once again it is always a enjoyment learning new techniques.
Q1 art
My first drawing was the first body portrait of Sammy. I do not have a picture because it was destroyed in the hallway. I think that my portrait was better last year because of the angle I was standing at last year. It was a front view of my model. I had to draw the side of her which was a challenge. I wish I had a visual to show the difference between last years to this years. I always enjoy doing the full body portraits because it tests my creativity and my ability to tackle the project accurately. The second assignment of the quarter was drawing a clear object such as glass or bottle. I think this os the assignment that gives me the most trouble i redid my object three times. I didn't want to look at the tutorial that was provided for us because it would put a damper on my creative thought process and I would try to duplicate what was shown to me, not what I actually see.I enjoyed this quarter once again it is always a enjoyment learning new techniques.
Quarter 1: Life size model drawing
Quarter 1: Clear Object Drawing
Patriot Act
SOURCES:
http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/patriot/index.html
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=patriot_act
REFLECTION:
I chose this bill mainly because when I first heard about it I was really interested to know how the process of it becoming a law went. I knew it's process was one of the fastest to becoming a law but I really didn't know about the details of the process and thought it would be an interesting bill to research and talk about. When I get different projects I usually transform them into a little movie since that is what I love and it makes the process more fun but for this I wanted to tell a story like if it was a children's book so I kind of found a way to put two and two together making it like a storybook but adding different effects and music to make it kind of like a little film. For the most part this project wasn't to difficult since I was kind of having fun doing it but some of the challenges I faced was probably trying to find a good source to explain some detailed parts of the patriot act since most sources just told the main stuff and it would of made the video way to short so I wanted to make sure I could get some good details so the video/storybook would be better. So finding a good source and then incorporating it into the video/storybook was I think the biggest challenge I faced. If I did this project again I would probably make sure I used my time more efficiently and probably add more to the story like after it became a law as well. When researching the process of an idea becoming a bill and then becoming a law I learned a lot about some of the reasons why it truly takes SO long for a bill to become a law. The idea becoming a bill was a fairly quick process but the process of a bill becoming a law was the long one. When a bill is being introduced and such if just one person says no, depending on how high he/she is in ranking, they will have to pause the bill and review it again in a later meeting. So for this law since at first it wasn't very popular within the committee it was paused and brought up later and then throughout the process there was always someone who would disagree and then slow down the process once again. So one person can really effect the process of a bill becoming a law. I didn't really have any expectations for this law just because I chose it because I wanted to learn more about it so I didn't think about whether it was going to be really hard or really easy. But overall I think the process was kind of in the middle, in a lot of ways it was simple but gathering all the info was difficult at times. But in the end I believe it came out well.
AmGovt 11072011 Sub Plans!
Earth/Water (mud) 11/07/2011 Sub plans!
Clear Glass Beaker
"Left By The Ship"
Strawberry Mansion