This is my third and final blog portfolio for my second semester of my freshmen year. This portfolio includes reading, discussion, and comments that I have made in class and online through the webblogs. I have to admit that I fall into a habit of occasionally missing an agenda item here and there, but through this course I have learned to stay on top of my work and catch up as soon as possible, or even better work ahead. I feel that these webblogs have helped a great deal in engaging me in the class and the readings.
1. Coverage: (contains all the agenda's I have completed since the previous blog portfolio):
Shakespeare, King Lear Acts 1, 2:
Name of Pure Evil: I talk about how the names symbolize the character’s personalities.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/name_of_pure_evil.html
Shakespeare, King Lear Acts 3-5:
Sweet Yet Tart: I reflect on the expectations of happily ever after.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/sweet_yet_tart.html
Kennedy, “Shakespeare’s King Lear”:
The Jolly Green Giant: I begin to realize that knowledge of history could further literary understanding.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/the_jolly_green_giant.html
Zunder, “Shakespeare and the End of Feudalism”:
Ding Ding Ding…I think I have the right idea!: I discuss in further detail the importance of history while reading and analyzing literature.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/ding_ding_dingi_think_i_have_t.html
Blogging Checkpoint for Portfolio #3
I refer back to my four first blogs of the third portfolio.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/blogging_checkpoint_for_portfo.html
Card, Enders Game Chapters 1-6:
Isolation Equals Creativity: I discuss the strange ways creativity is supposed to grow in the novel.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/isolation_equals_creativity.html
Card, Enders Game Finish:
Peter vs. Valentine: I look into the similarity of Ender in his brother and sister.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/peter_vs_valentine.html
WIT:
Difference Between Life and Your Life’s Work: I focus on the parallel between Vivian and Jason and the life lesson they learned through the events, which occurred.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/05/difference_between_life_and_yo.html
2. Depth (the blogs I felt were my best and most interesting):
Shakespeare, King Lear 3-5
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/sweet_yet_tart.html
Kennedy, “Shakespeare’s King Lear”
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/the_jolly_green_giant.html
Wit
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/05/difference_between_life_and_yo.html
3. Interaction (blogs that helped other students and discussion):
Derek Tickle
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DerekTickle/2007/04/what_bad_daughters.html
Jennifer Prex
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JenniferPrex/2007/04/irony_at_its_finest.html
Jennifer Prex
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JenniferPrex/2007/04/true_lies.html
Maggie Jones
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MargaretJones/2007/04/friend_of_manipulator.html
4. Discussion (interaction with my peers that helped support and challenge my blogs):
Shakespeare, King Lear 3-5
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/sweet_yet_tart.html
Kennedy, “Shakespeare’s King Lear”
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/the_jolly_green_giant.html
Wit
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/05/difference_between_life_and_yo.html
5. Timeliness (more often my earlier blogs, but they were posted early and let to discussion):
Shakespeare, King Lear 1,2
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/name_of_pure_evil.html
Shakespeare, King Lear 3-5
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/sweet_yet_tart.html
Kennedy, “Shakespeare’s King Lear”:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/the_jolly_green_giant.html
Zunder, “Shakespeare and the End of Feudalism”:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/04/ding_ding_dingi_think_i_have_t.html
Wit
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/05/difference_between_life_and_yo.html
6. Xenoblogging (things I did to help others with blogging):
Comment Primo:
Derek Tickle
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DerekTickle/2007/04/religion_and_literature.html
Corey Struss
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/CoreyStruss/2007/04/the_day_the_sun_went_out.html
Matthew Henderson
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MatthewHenderson/2007/05/smart_people_are_vulnerable_to.html
7. Wildcard (the one I want you to see!)
Wit
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/BethanyMerryman/2007/05/difference_between_life_and_yo.html
I picked this blog entry as my wildcard, because I think it showed the most thought, helped others the most, and started the best discussion. I also enjoy Wit the most out of all the readings this semester and was surprisingly excited to blog about it (don’t let that information out). Over this semester I feel that this blog would show the most growth in my analysis of literature and reading more closely.