i remember

i remember making houses with my brother out of fallen leaves.
i remember playing in the snow with my brother
i remember my tile floor
i remember my mom and i fighting and slamming doors
i remember my dad staying up late and telling me stories till i fell asleep
i remember my dad sleeping outside my door when i started to sleep alone
i remember me and my dad dancing to in the mood
i remember drinking tea with my dad and watching the stars
i remember sitting in my moms lap as she sang happy talk
i remember playing crocodile hunter in my back yard when the rain water compiled
i remember watching fire works from my roof
i remember me and my brother wrestling
i remember getting my guitar
i remember swinging at night with my friends at avery
i remember i remember making ice-cream soup with my brother and putting sprinkles in
i remember making a restaurant  for my parents
i remember coming home from freshman focus camp
i remember helping my brother move out
i remember putting juice in snow
i remember moving my room around every month
i remember playing with my car rug
i remember getting ready for swim team before school
i remember putting makeup on for dance
i remember playing supper nitendo with my brother
i remember making videos with my friends at night for fun
i remember getting ready for prom
i remember my brother telling me there was a hobo living in the basement and i believed him
i remember watching the twin towers go down on the news with my family
i remember crying to my parents about the loss of my best friends mom
i remember my birthday party when there was a big storm and my friends mad a giant pile of blankets and hiding our faces in them every time the thunder hit.
i remember making my first pie without my parents
i remember drinking grape juice with my grandma and pretending it was wine

short story reflection

Why Don’t You Dance?

by Raymond Carver

His side, her side.

The desk was pushed against the garage door

Everything goes," said the man.

"Why don't you dance?"

Weeks later, she said: "The guy was about middle-aged. All his things right there

in his yard. No lie. We got real pissed and danced. In the driveway. Oh, my God. Don't

laugh. He played us these records. Look at this record-player. The old guy give it to us. and all these crappy records. Will you look at this shit?"

questions

1.  1.What kind of details does Carver choose to describe the “place?” he describes the people and the environment. He doesn’t directly describe the mood but it is set in the beginning of the story. 

He uses almost basic descriptions however the way he words them makes you think in order fallowing the story. He makes you think about the authors porous. 

2.    2.What do the following passages tell you about the place? 

“The girl sat on the bed. She pushed off her shoes and lay back. She thought she could see a star.”

It is close to night and the sky is open to were you can see the stars or almost. I’m assuming that the light pollution is making it harder to do so.

“Lights came on in the houses up and down the street.”

It is getting late and dark out also that his lights are not turning on and they are still outside. They are in a neighborhood.

3.    3.Now look at the passages that you chose. How do they talk about the place? Why are they important or unimportant? 

The passages I chose talk about the mood or help set the mood. How the characters reacted to the moment.

evaluation criteria: group project

Criteria: Group Movie Project


Describe your role in the production of the class movie. How did your contribution make things more efficient? How did you help make the movie better? What specific contributions did you make? Did you go above and beyond, or simply show up? Be honest. 
i contributed to this film with ideas along with everyone in my group. I also was a main actor which was a little different than what i normally do.i tried to help as far as doing what the " assistant director"  asked me to do to help thing move along. i also helped with the montage as far as filming and editing with a smaller team. 


Describe one or more things you learned about the writing process that you did not know before working on this project. 
i didn't know that you have different smaller groups edit scenes separately. however i already knew how to work with a big group and how to get things done with organization. i noticed not everyone in the group was willing to give the movie all their effort all the time and that was different to the environment that i normally work in.


Describe one or more things you learned about the production (filming) process that you did not know before working on this project.
I learned the editing proses and how you work with small groups to edit a scene.
 


Describe one or more things you learned about the post-production (editing, sound, etc.) process that you did not know before working on this project.
    i leaned the L cut last year during one of my last projects. Most of this was learning how to edit with a group and get everyones ideas in and work together to make the shot work.


Are you satisfied with the final product? Why or why not? Be honest.
Honestly i wish the group would have taken it more seriously and taken charge of their jobs. I also wish we could have been more productive with each day. I understood the purpose of the project and tried to take away as much of it as i could.



Suggest one improvement for next year’s class. What could I do to make it easier/better/more informative/more fun?
   in my opinion you were very organized with everything. Maybe a sign up sheet for whose running what, when and make the person who ran it prior to, to explain to the new person their job and responsibilities. 


Evaluation
Individual Contribution to Pre-Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor

Individual Contribution to Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor

Individual Contribution to Post-Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor