Dystopian Film Trailer

Assignment/Activity Title— Dystopian Trailers

Year— Sophomore

Skill— Creative, Media, Group Dynamics
Portfolio Category— Media & Comm.

           In this project, we had to script, film, and edit a two minute trailer for a movie. The movie had to be about a dystopian society and include certain elements.

            Our first problem occurred when we went to film. Everything was running smoothly until one of our group members decided she had to leave to meet up with a friend. She rushed a couple of our shots, and then took off back to Julian’s house to get her backpack. This made me realize that not everyone is as committed to projects and school as I am, and that everyone had different priorities. And although I respect that this may not have mattered as much to her, it was not cool for her to mess with the group because of her personal schedule.

Unbroken Project

Linguistic Unbroken Project

Assignment/Activity Title - Unbroken Project
Year— Freshman
Skill— Writing
Portfolio Category— Social Awareness

            After reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, we were assigned an English project on it. Before we began, we were split into different groups based on our learning techniques (we took a test). Out of the multiple groups (bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, spatial, etc…), my dominant learning technique placed me in the linguistic group along with Neida and Camille.

Washington v. DuBois Essay

Washington v. DuBois

Assignment/Activity Title- Washington v. Dubois Essay
Year— Freshman
Skill— Writing, Research
Portfolio Category— Critical Reasoning

     This assignment was basically a summarization of two arguments on racial separation, and how to make African-Americans equal to whites. We were assigned to choose between two arguments; Booker T. Washington’s argument that the path of racial equality led to economic independence first and foremost – and from there to racial recognition as they became indispensable to American economics. W.E.B. DuBois argued that the only way to overcome segregation was to win political power and voting rights. In the assignment, we were instructed to pick a side and argue for it, while countering and explaining the ideas of the opposition. Somewhat like a debate.