Genre Knowledge
We used music to express a feeling of inspiration at the end of our video. This occurs when Victor is describing his accomplishments and him proving that if given a chance undocumented citizens or refugees can be extremely successful in America and support their own individual communities they belong to.
In order to save time we put the questions we were asking Victor on the screen before he responded. These slides served as reflection points of what the audience just saw and a smooth transition to the next section.
We learned about different genera types including poetry writing in which we used the skills we learned in our I am from poems this was mine:
I am from locked television cabinets and spinning weed whackers.
I am from the brown house one house away from the white house and two houses away from the post office.
I am from soccer and basketball balls.
I am from saying "what happen was."
I am from an Irish family history.
I am from slag and horrible leftovers.
I am from the smell of sap and syrup
I am from people telling me pink should not be my favorite color.
I am from every little ting is going to be alright.
I am from our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate but that we are more powerful beyond measure.
I am from Andover Connecticut, Holland Patent New York, Manchester Connecticut, and Montague Massachusetts.
I am from those moments when you feel like you have to give up but knowing you wont because you are living for more then just yourself.