Writing is a PROCESS Not a Product
I decided to conduct my sponsorship interview on Laura Moores, my roommate. Her sponsor turned out to not be a person, but rather an event and an assignment about the event that challenged her mentally and emotionally. What ended up happening was there was a shooting at the mall closest to her school, and one … Continue reading Extension Project 2 Ashley
Hi Readers, My name is Ashley Kolbeck. I am majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders so that I can hopefully become a Speech Therapist some day! I think what makes me unique as a writer is nothing special, but how laid back I am when I write. This is almost to a fault because I … Continue reading Ashleys Author Statement
I decided to analyze the visual rhetoric of the study abroad posters and displays across campus. It seems like western really wants us to go somewhere else instead of here, or they just want us to experience the world in a controlled, learning environment. With these posters, they strive to catch the viewers eye … Continue reading Extension Project C
Attached Below is a screenshot showing 5 research studies that I have participated in for Psychology. My least favorite one was probably the Story Ratings study. For this one, I had to read 5 or 6 different short stories and answer way too many questions for them. A lot of the questions seemed unnecessary and … Continue reading Extension Project: Research Studies
I am really enjoying this project and how the interviews are turning out! For our interviews, we are playing 5 separate music clips, all of them 30 seconds long, and then asking people how those clips made them feel, what memories it brought up, and a color they would correlate with the song. We put … Continue reading Project 5: Successful Research
For our project, we compiled a picture collage to represent our literary sponsors. After reading each others’ papers, we quickly realized that our experiences were in no way related, which was a problem. Sophie’s story was influenced by the moment she found her grandparents’ wedding book. The love her grandparents experienced was … Continue reading Reflection of the Past
I remember that moment being one of the most embarrassing feelings. One that crushes your ambitions and makes you feel totally incapable of doing something that you once felt confident about. I had been the top of my English class in sixth grade, always the example for good work and fast pace learning, but I … Continue reading Literacy learning-from benign sharing between adults and youths