"A Christmas Memory"

For this blog post, I used Prezi to create the presentation below, which illustrates how I took a story read in class, "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote, and connected it to my life.  

This blog post connects to the unit theme, The Search for Identity, because my relationship with my grandmother helped me shape my identity.

I was inspired to create this because the story was similar with my life experiences and the relationship between the cousin and Buddy reminded me of my relationship with my grandmother. 

CHECK OUT THE PRESENTATION BELOW FOR SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF HOW I RELATED TO THE STORY!
                     

The three standards I used in this blog post are:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6 - I used technology, Prezi, to produce and publish this blog post.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5  - I used digital media in my blog post to give evidence.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1 - I  used standard English grammar/conventions in my blog post.

"Song of the Open Road"

What I created for my first blog for the unit, The Search for Identity, was a selfie in the road.
I was inspired by  The poem "Song of the Open Road."

What I did to create this was I went into the street and took the picture of me in front of an open road. I think it connects to the unit theme because in the poem Walt Whitman says "open minded I travel the open road."  He says this after he was done with all the negative things in life.  The words that Walt Whitman uses in "Song of the Open Road" make me feel like the person is much more confident in his choice to change and evolve. This is most evident to me in the lines "Henceforth I ask not good fortune,I myself am good fortune" and "Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing." These words are strong and confident and I can infer from these words that this person is choosing to get past things in life and concentrate on living life to the fullest. This person used to whimper and postpone, but they have decided not to anymore. 

I, for one, have had some bad experiences in my life but it has been a while since then so now I'm more happy and open minded.  Like the person in Walt Whitman's poem, I am choosing to change and evolve.  I am choosing to leave all the negativity behind and to be positive.  I've learned that I am in control of my choices and my attitude.  I myself am good fortune.   The picture relates to the theme in "Song of the Open Road" as well as the essential question in the Search for Identity unit because in my search for identity, I've experienced bad things but they helped me to grow as a person.   They are part of my identity just like choosing to be positive and travel the open road will be part of my identity.