Presentaion

Introduction Letter

Dear Reader,

I choose to base my project on how Jeannette's childhood and the way she was raised affected her as an adult. Some of the choices her parents made were obviously not the best, however Jeannette’s unique childhood definitely contributed to her being a successful hard working adult. I tried to represent Jeannette's childhood through the style of my blog. I chooses a desert background not only because her child took place a lot of the time in the desert, but because it represents the freedom she had as a child and the adventures that lead to.

    To show Jeannette's journey through childhood to becoming a successful adult, I started with a Mis en Scene Analysis of Jeannette falling out of the car and her parents leaving her there. I thought that this showed not only her parents carefree attitudes but also the loneliness Jeannette experienced when her parents failed to give her attention. The next thing I chooses to include was a found poem of Jeannette and her brother going hungry at school. This represented Jeannette fending for herself at a very early age. I then included a timeline of some significant event in Jeanette's life that lead to her being successful in the future because of the lessons she learned from those situations. n I chooses to do a map of the different cities the family lived during Jeannettes childhood because part of my thesis was that the constant moving around made her more adaptable as an adult and also made her crave stability.

    The next genres I picked focused on Jeannette becoming a successful adult. I choose to do a graduation invitation to Jeanette's graduation to show that she was able to use what she learned to make it on her own. I also included an advice column of Jeanette’s advice for raising children. I think it not only reflects the writing success Jeannette has in her career but also what she learned from her parents choices. The last thing i included was a Personal Narrative which was about my house that I have lived in my whole life, to show the contrast between my viewpoint and Jeannettes.

Group 4 Timeline

Group 5 Personal Narrative

I have lived in the same house my entire life. There is no where else in the world that I have ever called home. It’s where I learned to walk, where I learned to talk, and pretty much where I learned to do everything else. It looks like a little stone cottage, it has a white fence with flowers all around, and a backyard full of trees. There has definitely been times in my life where the house seemed too small for five people, I even shared a room with my older sister for 10 years which made me long for the comfort of more square footage. However, there is no way that I could ever imagine my childhood anywhere else but this little stone cottage.
I couldn’t even imagine moving when I was growing up. Everything about that house was perfect, from the great sledding hill in the backyard, to the cul de sac where all the neighbor kids would play football and capture the flag. For me there has always been a comfort knowing that I would always come home to the same exact place. It made me feel safe and gave me a sense of consistency growing up. I’m sure it would have been fine if my family had to move around and my house was always changing but I’m really glad I have been able to live in the same place my whole life. I think growing up with consistency is important but that doesn’t mean your actual house has to stay the same. What make a house a home is the people in it, and the love and support they give you, so even if you can’t keep a consistent house like I have, you can keep a consistent home which is what kids really need.

Group 3 Map of the cities Jeanette has Lived

Invitation Group 2

Group 1 Advice Column

Found Poem

Lunch Time

The other kids made fun of Brian and me

 We were so skinny

 Spider legs, two by four, stick woman,

 I could stay dry in the rain

 Standing under a telephone wire,

Other kids unwrapped their sandwiches

Bought their hot meals,

I hid in the bathroom during lunch hour,

Other girls

 Threw away their lunch bags in the garbage

I’d go retrieve them

And return to my stall,

To polish off my tasty finds.

There was, at times

More food in the wastebasket than I could possibly eat.

I stuffed it in my purse for Brian,

I started worrying

How I’d explain to Brian where it came from.

I was pretty sure,

He was rooting through the trash too.

 

 

 

Mis en Scene