Since this response wasn’t up in time to be posted with the other responses, I’m putting it up now. This is in regard to Johnna’s remix which was the backstory for Lily.
Link to Krista’s Final Project PowerPoint
I can’t remember who asked me to post it this morning, but if you wanted to comment on my project & can’t remember what was in the slides I’ve got a couple of links for you! First is the presentation by itself in Google Slides, but with the video removed so you can see the info I had underneath it: [link]
Second, here’s the video I had a clip from in the presentation (the clip I use is from 1:35 to 2:08): [link]
Finally, if you just want to download the original PowerPoint file (or, at least, I hope it’ll let you download it), here’s the link to that: [link]
If you’ve got any questions on my presentation, I can answer them in the comments!
Last Journal
Advertising in Harry Potter
For my last journal, I looked at Phillip Nel’s article “Is There a Text in This Advertising Campaign Literature.” I do believe and agree that advertising is key within our culture. Growing up, every movie or show that came out had at least some kind of toy or game that came out as well. Now that I think of it, it would be weird if merchandise like that was not around, as a culture we are so accustomed to mass production and mass marketing. We obsess over these series and manage to produce more and more of these marketing ploys. Our society is full of consumers and we keep getting further and further into this lifestyle. It is true that corporate influences have taken over things such as children’s literature and turned it into a multi-million-dollar business. Continue reading
Journal Draft- Gabby
The Harry Potter series showcases a world of magic and wonder for a young boy who never knew he had such powers. For some, the world of witches and wizards is a fun realm of fantasy meant as a harmless escape from reality. For others, the series is a dangerous and slippery slope that leads young children to actually make a pact with the devil and become witches and wizards themselves. Further, some of those people decide that the proper way to handle the evil they see in the book is to ban and/or burn the Harry Potter books. However, burning is less about preventing evil, and more about having and maintaining power. Continue reading
Journal Draft- Ginny Weasley
For my journal, I looked at Ginny Weasley and how she was changed in the books compared to the movies. I used the “Fitting the Glass Slipper” journal by Jack Zippe.
Last Reading Journal
Johnna’s Re-Mix
The Re-Mix I am writing about Johnna’s flash-fiction story about Lily Evans Potter’s life. Lily Potter is also one of my favorite characters in the series so I really enjoyed that someone else was interested in her life, not just her death and that she was the mother of Harry Potter. It was creative and insightful, and I felt like she really captured the image of Lily very well. I enjoyed that she started when Lily was young and started noticing her powers and went up until Lily passed away. Even though it was a short story, as flash-fic’s are, I felt completely satisfied with what she wrote. Many of the students did amazing stories, so it was hard to choose which project to write about. However, seeing as Lily is the center of this particular re-mix, I had to say how good Johnna did with it!
Katherine’s Re-Mix
I really enjoyed the Howler project that Katherine did for her remix. I thought that the idea was really interesting. It was something that I had never considered but was a great idea. It would make sense that there would be howlers for more than just yelling at your kids especially since Petunia gets onein the Order of the Phoenix that is soft spoken unlike the one Ron gets in the Chamber of Secret. I really liked that Katherine went into more detail about what the other howlers that could exist would be like.
I think that her project was well thought out and looked amazing. She obviously put a lot of thought into what colors would mean what and also how they would sound and act upon completion. I loved that she decided to present it like she was a representative for the company who sells the howlers. It worked really well for what she was doing and was a creative way to go about it. It was really clever and is actually where I got the idea to present my final project like I was the president of SEA.
Those origami howlers were absolutely beautiful and looked like they took a lot of time and effort to make. It looked like they were hard to make and I was pretty impressed with them when I saw them up close because they were really detailed and expertly done.
In all, I thought they project was really well thought out and executed. It was extremely creative and turned out really well. She must have put a lot of thought and effort into it and it showed. The PowerPoint was very well organized and looked amazing. It looked like she had a lot of fun putting it together and if I could I would have bought a few howlers off of her.
Last Reading Journal – Krista Shellhammer
For this journal I focused on Cho Chang and her subversion of the stereotypes associated with the archetype of the fairy tale role of the princess.
Madisyn’s Re-Mix
Madisyn did a cook book for Harry and Ron from Mrs. Weasley. I found it hilarious that Madisyn does not like British food, since I think it is delicious. I looked through some of the cookbook items and loved that she wrote the recipes as if she was Mrs. Weasley. Madisyn used her imagination in this remix, and it added to the outcome of the project. She also brought in jam tarts for everyone to try. I ended up taking some tarts home. I had them in one sitting, with a cup tea and watching Doctor Who, no regrets. I liked that Madisyn did a cookbook, because it brought another character, Mrs. Weasley, into the remix presentation spotlight. Also who doesn’t like it when people bring in snacks.