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My Final Thoughts on Bloging

c16mm — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:56 +0000

Having a blog in fourth grade is a unique experience. It was lucky to be a part this experience. I wrote many posts and here I write my last post on this blog. This is a difficult post to write because having a blog is like having a diary. You write different things in them but it’s still your thoughts and comments. Having a blog is really memorable because it will be there forever.

I learned a lot from having a blog. I learn how to write without being to personal and how to right good reviews and put pictures and podcasts on blogs. I really like the posts we did and the format of our blogs. My favorite thing I did with my blogs was my Alice in Wonderland post series called My Adventures with Alice. I loved writing about the different stages of the project we did.

If you’re a teacher reading this blog I highly recommend doing individual blogs with your students. It’s something educational because you write about what you’re doing and every person gets to write each of his or her thoughts. It’s also fun because you get to share your thoughts with anyone who reads your blog. You have to learn the rules of a blog but then it’s really enjoyable.

So if you’re thinking of get a blog I’d definitely do it.

The Wizard of Oz: Comparing the Book and the Movie

c16mm — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:41 +0000

As one of the many interesting projects Ms. Edinger has done with us, we read a favorite book of mine. The Wizard of Oz! This classic story is about a little girl who goes to a magical land called The Land of Oz. The book entails her adventures with her friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin man, and the Cowardly Lion. Together they embark on a journey to the Great Emerald City to see the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

After we read this book we watch the MGM movie with Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. I enjoy the movie much as well so the rest of this post is going to be about my thoughts on the book vs. the movie.

I’ve enjoyed the movie throughly but if I had to adapt it from L. Frank Baum’s book I would have definitely done it differently. First, I would make the slippers silver instead of red. Second, I would have tried to make the witch look more like L. Frank Baum’s description. And third, I would have kept the Golden Cap used to call the monkeys in the story.

Although, I have my thoughts on changes to be made, I definetly still find the movie very interesting.

My Adventures with Alice: Goodbye to Wonderland

c16mm — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:36 +0000

After many different stages, we are done with our Alice in Wonderland study. First, we read the book. Then, we created an abridged version of our chapter. To read more about that phase, click here. Then we began drawing the pictures of the characters in our chapter. To read more on that, click here. Then we drew our back rounds and our comic started coming together. To read more on that, click here.

Next we had the biggest part, we made the comics. We went on Comic Life and created our comics. To here more about that, click here. If you want to actually see our comic, click here.

What I took out of this experience was a lot of hard work really pays off. When I saw the comic I thought it was so cool to look at something we made that was now on the Internet for everyone to see. I hope you’ve enjoyed my post and comic.