Honors Blog #1

Write the biography of an idea that you see in the class timeline on the board. In order to write this biography, give the idea a personality and character traits. Look for key events in the life of the idea throughout history. Use your biography as a model for structuring your writing (but yours certainly does not need to be as long!). Make sure that your biography of an idea is written like a story—the idea should meet other ideas, have conflicts, etc., just like a person or people in a biography.

Discrimination was a caterpillar that was born  in Africa in 1619 when he was brought to America on slave ships. Discrimination was forced to be a slave for the white birds and had to do whatever they said or there would be consistences. Birds and caterpillars were forbidden to be married until a magical flower changed everything in 1863 by ending slavery and also making interspecies marriage legal in 1967.  




After everything seemed to be fixed Discrimination went into his cocoon where he thought he would finally get some rest but instead Discrimination was reborn as a butterfly named Sexual Discrimination causing more problems for other homosexual butterflies.

Blog #6

http://malias11thgradehumanities.blogspot.com/
I liked the first idea because it is about something other than internship its about a co-worker of hers. I think that it is interesting because it is about a person not her internship. I think it would be a very cute idea and something people would actually like to read about. Also Malia told me about the woman she is writing about and she is an interesting lady. :)

http://nbhumanities2010.blogspot.com/
I liked the second pitch on Neil's because it is something I could do too. I think that this would be straight forward and a good story to show people that even high school students help the community. This would be a good idea for me too because I helped with an event that they will be having for years to come. :)

http://iamallysonmoder64.blogspot.com/
I liked the last idea on Ally's because it reminds me of the addicted to coffee one we read about from another version of ampersand. I think it would be really cool to write about something that got you through the work like the coffee or Ally's addiction to cafeteria food. :)

Blog #5

Write out three "pitches" for three different Ampersand articles that you might write for this year's publication.


Step by Step guide to help a new worker or incoming intern with communication in the office. Tips to help communication go more smoothly.


A guide to help workers/interns manage time and tips to remain on task. information of how to keep a calender set up the right way.


Experience starts the learning process. I will talk about my main experiences and why they are important to learn from. Tips to help someone remember that all mistakes create the process of learning.

Blog #4

Post links to three or more example articles that could provide inspiration for your Ampersand article. Along with each link, write at least one paragraph in which you explain what that example provides for you in the way of inspiration, a good model to work from, a guide, etc.

http://top40.about.com/od/l/p/ladygaga.htm
This is an article about Lady Gaga's career. It's in order of what event came first. It also describes where she came from and who she is now.  This article tells background information while telling the whole story of her career. I think that I could use this idea to talk about the communication skills I gained throughout the course of internship.

http://www.businessperform.com/articles/workplace-communication/communication_barriers.html
This article is about overcoming the communication barrier in the work place which is what I had to try to do while working for Coastkeeper. I was thinking about doing something like that except talking about the steps to take to overcome communication problems. I was thinking it would be cool to do a communication skill development from someone other than a "professional" :)

http://agelesslearner.com/intros/experiential.html
I think that I could use ideas from this article as well. I like that this is an article about learning form experience and I think that I could do that as well. I learned a lot through internship by listening to people and actually working for something other than school. I'd like to show the reader how they can learn from their experiences and others by listening to convos.

Blog #3

Post links to two exemplary interviews that you can use as models for your mentor interview.

Under each link, describe the writing techniques that the author/interviewer uses to create a finished piece of writing that both accurately portrays the interview subject as well as results in a polished work that the reader can enjoy.

Consider the structure of the overall piece, what information is in the beginning and/or end, if an introduction is used, if there is additional writing throughout the piece, if there are references to any follow up questions, physical formatting, etc.

• http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/LadyGagaInt.htm

It seems that the author uses - to show a break in the answers or a point where Gaga got off track. It seems like -s are used as a connecter between thoughts that weren't all said at that time. I also think that the author took out all the umms and wells. Lastly it seems like some thoughts weren't complete kind of. It's like they are jumpy. 


The intro questions her actual place in the music world. Not in a bad way but to make her seem better than people make her out to be. It just gives background information to tell the reader who she is and who she relates to.

• http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-lennons-final-interview-20101207

The author takes out unwanted umms. It seems like words were changed to make it more concise. It is all shortened. Its the most important quotes.


The author uses setting to tell when the interview took place (important it was his last interview) The author also  gives background information about the interviewee. The interviewer gives quotes about him too.

Blog #2

What have you read lately (say, since last semester), that you found interesting?


I was reading information about FCC on their website.

Why did it catch your attention?

I want to go to FCC for college so I was looking at what i needed to get in there and I thought it was interesting that they wouldn't send me info about the college because I guess I'm not close enough to college age. I also found it interesting that at the end of the year the students project is to put their clothing in a fashion show.

Blog #1

What are the big ideas that you are taking from internship into the next steps in your life?


I think the main idea I'm taking from internship is that it is better to try to finish early than to finish right before a deadline. I think this is most valuable in my life now because I have tons of deadline to meet in high school and of course I still want my free time so it will be better to get everything done early and have free time after. This way I'll have nothing to worry about.

What are your plans for the coming semester?

My only plans are to get all my work done, Do well in honors, Get an A again!