#class summary

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This printable works in the following way: for every class you take in school you write the main topics of what you learned in that day under Summary as soon as class ends.

Under Do After Class you will write tasks you want to do related to that particular class, not only homework: notes, extra exercises, google something etc. etc. (stuff that you might forget when you get home)

This is simple but it will 100% keep you on track with a rough schedule. As you can see, it doesn’t matter the order of the classes: it all goes to the same page where you will be able to get a precise overview of the content given in school, that you will have to review later.

It’s also a way to look back after a few weeks and check how much you’ve learned / accomplished in class so far.

I honestly wish I did this during high school, but I can’t wait to use it in university! 

Extra tips:

+ color code each class to make it look more fun and more organized.

+ mark the difficulty of each class with differently colored X’s or with a question mark

+ keep your most recent sheet inside a notebook, binder, planner or folder you always carry to school. Keep the full ones at home to a) keep track of what you need to study and b) remember the tasks you wrote under Do After Class.

Enjoy! Xx

PS: This time around I’ve included a black & white version for those without color printers.

PPS: Take a picture of you using the printable in your studyblr posts through out the school year!

Download it here

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Multimedia Adaptation

As I was introduced to the adaptation process, I understood that in essence, adaptation is a very difficult process that we unconsciously perform when writing. For my adaptation, I chose, “The Gift of the Magi” which I thought would be an easy adaptation. However, I noticed that the process demanded a lot of creativity to successfully keep the essence of the original plot. I wanted to take the story to the next level by having different points of view as compared to the original which just shows one. By doing that I had to eliminate the element of surprise. The exchange was obvious from the moment the items were purchased. Therefore, I focused on the delivery and made it unique by adding the element of surprise to the characters, not the audience. The main difference of my adaptation is the plot being plot driven as to the original being character driven.

An excerpt from an article I wrote for the promotional plan summarizes the adaptation:

“The story is set into motion when Tom, a high school student, is told that he will be moving to another state with his parents. Upon telling his best friend, Katy, they agree to get each other a parting gift.  They soon find out that sacrifices need to be made to cover the expense of a gift that represents their time together. Once Tom sells all of his games and Katy her charm bracelet, they find themselves not having access to the item. The story then takes the viewer to the last day of school where Tom sneaks his gift into Katy’s jacket and Katy sneaks her gift into Tom’s backpack. Once they say goodbye and away from each other, they find the gifts with a note and during they read the note, flashbacks show the viewer how they seemed to get the gift that appeared out of reach.”

I came to understand that to a certain level, as writers, we are always adapting. It may not be an adaptation of the plot of a story but the mechanics or the structure. We are always adapting to the needs of popular culture and that makes the adaptation process somewhat natural. Living in an era of change, adaptation in a way is a necessity to stay on track with the needs of the readers and viewers. Overall, this class has defined a process that was already in my set of skills. However, it made it clear, which helps a lot because I can now adapt in an organized way, I have tools that will allow me to better plan an adaptation. By adapting, The Gift of The Magi, I was able to appreciate the process in its entirety. The creativity that went into the adaptation created an interest that has propelled me to want to make another adaptation. Once I complete my degree, my goal is to make an adaptation of a more complex story and apply all the teachings from this class.

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Class: Guard

Guards are a lightly armored class specializing in blocking. They use no magic and prefer one-handed weapons in close combat. One of the rarer classes among the Dragonguard, there are only three potential recruits with this class.

Read all Guard bios here.

[yunilocke]

I’m a shit who forgot to update yesterday and skipped school today (because sick)

class summary 4/4/16:  Comsci101: elifs, while loops explanation Math190: power sets and russel paradox

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The Letter Writing Project Summary of Assignment Students will compose five letters for this project—a letter of complaint, a letter of inquiry, a letter of thanks, a letter of praise, and a letter of rejection. Students are required to submit at least two of their letters in ‘real-life.’ How...

Please carefully read the Letter Writing Project and be prepared to discuss your strategy on Monday, 3.14.16

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A SUMMARY OF TODAY’S CLASS: 10/27

Wrapping up the Declaration and getting of the meat of the Revolution

John Adams really wanted fireworks to celebrate Independence Day like really wanted them

Jefferson is like every student: cobbling together multiple sources to make something pretty and hopefully successful

Apparently making five-point stars was hard back then and only Betsey Ross had her shit together when making the flag

We had to stop class for a few minutes to laugh at the Nick Cage our teacher programmed into her presentation (it was the exact image)

We talked about how the British captured New York with its 32,000 35,000 soldiers and 500 ships. And to be completely honest, this was playing through my mind the entire time:

Washington escapes from Long Island and crosses the Delaware. The day after Christmas:

Shift focus to Canada and General Burgoyne who was forced to stay there through the winter by Benedict Arnold. He slowly makes his way through the forest, hauling cannons. Americans take pot shots at them (similar to how the French did the same during the French and Indian War). Howe could’ve helped but:

This asshole was currently kicking Washington’s ass in Philadelphia. The Battle of Brandywine Creek (apparently named by a way-too-optimistic drunkard), was Lafayette’s debut as a commanding officer (Sorry, you get shot in the leg); Germantown was also taken over by the British.

When winter sets in, Washington settles in Valley Forge, where he and his troops starve, freeze, and have a pretty epic training montage via Baron von Steuben.

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A summary of Today’s Class: 10/21

Beginning of the American Revolution:

 We had to momentarily stop class to appreciate this man’s beauty:

Also Baskin-Robins Cauliflower played his dad in a movie someone’s gonna have to link to me

Lafayette is actually the protagonist of a shittily written movie

A bunch of touring eighth graders entered the room and may have seen the wonderful alexander hamilton pin up by @publius-esquire hiding not so stealthily in the SHELVES

Paul Revere is WAAAAYYY too hyped

Hessians have really stupid hats:

Also, GUESS WHO GETS TO PLAY “GUNS AND SHIPS” TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE!!!!

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Class One Summary: 27.7.15

Summary of projects

1. Personhood: related to personhood generally, all about what it’s all about being a person. Connected to the human psyche and condition. Find artists as influences, explore their works and discuss them. Submission via USB and class presentation. (Due: W2)

2. Environments: Focus on exterior environment, looking outside of the self. exploring the relationship between the natural and artificial. An examination of an individuals place in the world. Submission via USB and class presentation. (Due W3

3. Open Theme: Acceptance of chosen theme through Consultation with Claire, self directed and independent. Same or more amount of research required. Also submitting a 300 - 500 word artist statement. Create a total of 5 - 10 resolved works. (Due W6)

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Exploring artists in class:  1. Claude Cahun: Explores “Personhood” through self portraiture. She explores the returned gaze, gender, sexuality and the representation of the individual. her subject matter of the self directly responds to “personhood” by presenting herself as the focal point of the majority of her images, documenting herself as the artwork being an individual and reaching a higher state of being. 

2. Julie Rrap: Strictly exploring the limits of the body, Rrap distorts and abstracts the human form to offer some sort of intrusive thoughts about how far the mind and body can be pushed into obscurity. Rrap in her images wishes to reduce the human body into individual forms. 

3. Ryan McGinley: I am personally drawn to Ryan McGinely’s images because they feature water than I am inherently bound to in my own life, but also the inclusion of people as subjects but are not the spectacle of the image. His images resonate a feeling of calmness and shared wonder at the beauty of water and the natural world. 

After reviewing this artists and exploring what has drawn me to them, at this point I am very interested in featuring people somehow in my works for “Personhood”.  --- 

Technical Skills

Aperture: Controls diaphragm to allow light to enter the body of the camera. Shutter Speed: amount of time the shutter opens ISO: Sensitivity of film

These three settings create the exposure.  Depth of Field: Small Aperture: f/22 (large depth of field) Large aperture: f/1.8 (Shallow depth of field. )

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Shooting activity getting used to manually altering exposure settings.