The website I chose is www.jambajuice.com.
This smoothy place, Jamba Juice, is very popular in California, but I do not think it is very much so here in Philly.
The website is very colorful and easy to maneuver. The colorful colors act to mimic the colorfulness of the different types of fruit. The eye popping colors are like eye candy, drawing the viewer in to the website.
A big pull that the website has is the fact that they are promoting the healthy side of their food choices. The three main links on the page are all referring to the health of a person. These all are used to help pull in people who are trying to be healthy. They make it so choosing healthy beverages are easy, fast, and good tasting. They used the fact that so many people are trying to be healthier now to their advantage and dedicated part of their website to that.
The lack of ads ensures that the viewer is not getting distracted while on the site. The ads tend to take away from the actual website and therefore the message that the creators of the website are trying to portray.
The simple yet decorative layout allows for easy browsing through their site, lessening confusion and frustration so as to keep the viewer on their site.
They provide links showing that they are on Facebook, twitter, and tumbler. This is to get their name out there so people will come to their locations.
It is surprising at how much you notice about websites when analyzing them!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Portfolio Reflections
Oh portfolios, gotta love them!
The thing I am most proud of this year is the fact that I was able to write new papers than I have never written before. I also never have written a legit essay using "I" and "you" before. This was very new to me because my teachers always told me to never use those words. It was interesting using them and kind of difficult to get use to using them.
I have learned that I need to reread what I write more closely. I have the habit of just completing my paper and saying "DONE!" I also need to improve on sticking to what the topic of the paper is about. I tend to go off topic a bit and stem away from the point of my paper.
I hope to continuously improve my vocabulary and command of language. I also need to improve my grammar because it can get sloppy at times.
This term has helped me improve greatly and I know with putting in the time and work I will improve more next term as well.
The thing I am most proud of this year is the fact that I was able to write new papers than I have never written before. I also never have written a legit essay using "I" and "you" before. This was very new to me because my teachers always told me to never use those words. It was interesting using them and kind of difficult to get use to using them.
I have learned that I need to reread what I write more closely. I have the habit of just completing my paper and saying "DONE!" I also need to improve on sticking to what the topic of the paper is about. I tend to go off topic a bit and stem away from the point of my paper.
I hope to continuously improve my vocabulary and command of language. I also need to improve my grammar because it can get sloppy at times.
This term has helped me improve greatly and I know with putting in the time and work I will improve more next term as well.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Project 2!
My project 2 was a disaster at the point of the rough draft. I was not following the assignment in the slightest! I have much to work on still with my paper.
My main focus is working on the exploratory part of my essay. I was trying to prove one side over the other and my paper was steering very far away from the point of this whole project. I feel this will be easier for me to write now, but I am starting over which will be difficult. I plan on working on it more throughout the week, each day writing a little bit more every day.
I think that I should definitely look over my sources and make sure that they are all scholarly. I need to go through them and reread them to get a better feel for what each says and how I can use the information in my research. I will do that tomorrow to make sure I have enough time the rest of the week to include the info in my paper.
Finally, I need to find a good table or diagram or photo to use in my paper and be able to use it effectively in my paper. I have found two tables so far, but incorporating them in my paper might be difficult for me. Once I finish looking oner my sources again and look at the tables I can go on to include them in the paper. I think tuesday or wednesday is when I will have how to place it in my paper.
Wish me luck!
My main focus is working on the exploratory part of my essay. I was trying to prove one side over the other and my paper was steering very far away from the point of this whole project. I feel this will be easier for me to write now, but I am starting over which will be difficult. I plan on working on it more throughout the week, each day writing a little bit more every day.
I think that I should definitely look over my sources and make sure that they are all scholarly. I need to go through them and reread them to get a better feel for what each says and how I can use the information in my research. I will do that tomorrow to make sure I have enough time the rest of the week to include the info in my paper.
Finally, I need to find a good table or diagram or photo to use in my paper and be able to use it effectively in my paper. I have found two tables so far, but incorporating them in my paper might be difficult for me. Once I finish looking oner my sources again and look at the tables I can go on to include them in the paper. I think tuesday or wednesday is when I will have how to place it in my paper.
Wish me luck!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Project 2
I decided to choose two articles that I used for my annotated bibliographies because I found some pretty good ones for my project.
http://www.handwritingpro.com/
I think this website provides amazing information on what different styles of writing says about a person. I would love to include what certain loops of letters and the way people cross their "t's" mean in my research. It feel that someone could really get interested in what their handwriting says about them, and that is exactly what I want people to think about after reading my research paper. Too bad I cannot use this in my actual paper. :(
http://www.divinecaroline.com/22323/73133-personality-written-handwriting
This site was very interesting! I really liked when the author made note that everyone's handwriting is different from one another and the fact that identical twins, with identical genetic makeup, do not even have the same handwriting. It's something to think about. I love what she had to say about the way writing in a straight line versus writing in an upward or downward slope. Although short, this article was very entertaining to read. I even made my roommate write out a sentence so I could try to analyze it! Did not work out too well, however. :)
http://www.handwritingpro.com/
I think this website provides amazing information on what different styles of writing says about a person. I would love to include what certain loops of letters and the way people cross their "t's" mean in my research. It feel that someone could really get interested in what their handwriting says about them, and that is exactly what I want people to think about after reading my research paper. Too bad I cannot use this in my actual paper. :(
http://www.divinecaroline.com/22323/73133-personality-written-handwriting
This site was very interesting! I really liked when the author made note that everyone's handwriting is different from one another and the fact that identical twins, with identical genetic makeup, do not even have the same handwriting. It's something to think about. I love what she had to say about the way writing in a straight line versus writing in an upward or downward slope. Although short, this article was very entertaining to read. I even made my roommate write out a sentence so I could try to analyze it! Did not work out too well, however. :)
Sunday, October 30, 2011
New to Me
Firstly, lets just say that my vocabulary is lacking at times. I'm not good at remembering names so why would I be any better at memorizing new words and their definitions?
Hoops is where I come across many new words that I haven't seen nor heard before. I like and dislike that about the poems. Its interesting hearing the words, but a pain in the butt to have to look them all up! Here are some of the words that I recently have discovered from Hoops:
In the MG, new words are thrown at me all the time. New ways to help me become a better reader and writer are always talked about in this book. Here is a word that caught my eye:
Hoops is where I come across many new words that I haven't seen nor heard before. I like and dislike that about the poems. Its interesting hearing the words, but a pain in the butt to have to look them all up! Here are some of the words that I recently have discovered from Hoops:
- memento mori (59)- This is a Latin phrase that can be translated to "remember your mortality". This phrase is definitely one that will make you think about your own life. It makes me want to think about my place in this world. This is the title of a movie made in 1999. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266075/
- afronaut (30) - It was hard for me to find a legit definition, but from what I found this is an african person that has been in space. I thought that it had to do with being an astronaut, but the spelling of it caught my eye and so I thought that was interesting. Urban Dictionary defines this word. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=afronaut
- panopticon (22) - As Mr. Warnock said, this is a building used in prisons to insure round-the-clock surveillance. We talked about it in class and I just instantly became interested in it because I had never heard of such a thing, nor would I have ever thought of something that clever! There is a Wikipedia page dedicated to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
- festoon (25) - This means to hang with chains and flowers. I just absolutely adore the way this word sounds so I had to choose it! There is a salon in California with this name. http://festoonsalon.com/
In the MG, new words are thrown at me all the time. New ways to help me become a better reader and writer are always talked about in this book. Here is a word that caught my eye:
- synthesis (559) - The way by which someone creates their own points from the research of others. I have not heard this word used in this way before so I thought I would share this one. Here is an article on synthesis writing. http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Synthesis.htm
Sunday, October 23, 2011
These are a few of my favorite... words!
Just to start off, most of these words are some of my favorite because they simply sound amazing! They roll off the tongue so well!
Sassafras: This is a code word that my friends would use if there was something in my teeth. I am a very random person and it was the first word that popped in my head when we tried deciding what the word should be.
Pensacola: This is a city in Florida that I have never been to, but I like the way I say it when I talk.
Cute: I use this word all the time, and my best friend absolutely hates it. I guess it can be considered one of my favorite words because I use it all the time.
Homely: I use this word a lot too. I mainly use it instead of saying ugly.
Low-key: We say this a lot in California. I don't know why I like this exactly, but it reminds me of a lot of my friends.
Legit: In stead of saying legitimate, I will always say, "that's pretty legit!" I use it to mean awesome and fun.
Gnarly: I do not say this very often, but it definitely reminds me of California and my really close friend, Hannah, who is one of the funniest people I know.
Mall: I love this word because malls are some of my favorite places to be. When I hear this word, I immediately perk up.
Leon: I do not know if I can include names in this list, but I am going to take the chance. Leon is my absolute favorite name for a boy. My first son will be named Leon, whether my parents like it or not (they hate the name)!
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: This became one of my favorite words the second I figured out how to say it! This is the fear of long words.
I really enjoyed writing this list; however, it was very difficult trying to figure out the reasons why I like these words so much. I wanted to simply write for all of them that I love these words simply because I just do.
Sassafras: This is a code word that my friends would use if there was something in my teeth. I am a very random person and it was the first word that popped in my head when we tried deciding what the word should be.
Pensacola: This is a city in Florida that I have never been to, but I like the way I say it when I talk.
Cute: I use this word all the time, and my best friend absolutely hates it. I guess it can be considered one of my favorite words because I use it all the time.
Homely: I use this word a lot too. I mainly use it instead of saying ugly.
Low-key: We say this a lot in California. I don't know why I like this exactly, but it reminds me of a lot of my friends.
Legit: In stead of saying legitimate, I will always say, "that's pretty legit!" I use it to mean awesome and fun.
Gnarly: I do not say this very often, but it definitely reminds me of California and my really close friend, Hannah, who is one of the funniest people I know.
Mall: I love this word because malls are some of my favorite places to be. When I hear this word, I immediately perk up.
Leon: I do not know if I can include names in this list, but I am going to take the chance. Leon is my absolute favorite name for a boy. My first son will be named Leon, whether my parents like it or not (they hate the name)!
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: This became one of my favorite words the second I figured out how to say it! This is the fear of long words.
I really enjoyed writing this list; however, it was very difficult trying to figure out the reasons why I like these words so much. I wanted to simply write for all of them that I love these words simply because I just do.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Confusing Words
I ALWAYS get complement and compliment mixed up with their proper usage. I remember talking about a complement that I received for part of my college essay. I asked my teacher to read over it and help me with my essay and he noticed that I used the spelling "compliment" instead of "complement". He just laughed and told me the difference of both.
Another word that almost my whole senior year english class and I mess up on is "separate". We all would spell it as "seperate" in stead of "separate". It was actually funny because every so often we would have verbal quizzes in class and my teacher would have us spell out the word as one of the questions. You would be surprised at the number of people that would spell it wrong even towards the end of the year!
Before reading MG Handbook, I did not know that there is a difference between "everyone" and "every one". Looking over what is said about the two in the book, I now understand completely that there is a difference.
(I also noticed that Professor Warnock used "cite" properly and it made me chuckle a little because that word was in the MG Handbook and after seeing it in the weblog assignment I looked it up just to make sure he wasn't trying to trick us).
Another word that almost my whole senior year english class and I mess up on is "separate". We all would spell it as "seperate" in stead of "separate". It was actually funny because every so often we would have verbal quizzes in class and my teacher would have us spell out the word as one of the questions. You would be surprised at the number of people that would spell it wrong even towards the end of the year!
Before reading MG Handbook, I did not know that there is a difference between "everyone" and "every one". Looking over what is said about the two in the book, I now understand completely that there is a difference.
(I also noticed that Professor Warnock used "cite" properly and it made me chuckle a little because that word was in the MG Handbook and after seeing it in the weblog assignment I looked it up just to make sure he wasn't trying to trick us).
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Commas are the Death of Me
One main problem that I encountered while writing my rough draft for Project 1, and now final draft, is comma placement. This problem happens every single time I write a paper a ndI am still in the process of writing a grammatically correct paper. Since I was just writing my rough draft I decided that grammar was not the most important part to worry about at the time. Thankfully, I have my roommate who is AMAZING with grammar and she said she would help me out. I love her! Also, the McGraw-Hill handbook will come in handy a lot because I saw that there are sections on the proper usage of commas. As you might have already noticed with this blog entry, I probably made mistakes with comma placement (fingers crossed that I didn't). Funny thing, I recently talked to my junior high english teacher about school and one of the first things she said to me was, "so you still having trouble with commas?"
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Blog Entry #1
The first of my blog entries; lets make this exciting!
The essay The Dancer in Me was very interesting to read all together. The part that really struck me though is when Divya said that her instructor, Ramaa Aunty, was intimidating: "I was nervous my first day because she was very intimidating." I immediately thought of my ninth grade english teacher who was very intimidating to talk to at first. I felt exactly the same as she my first day of classes. This quote, reminding me of my teacher, got me into thinking about how I wanted to write about the way he helped me grow as a writer and thinker.
In the McGraw-Hill Guide about Reading actively, the questions that the book said we should be asking while reading are really good for anyone to use. The question that I always think about is, "What is the writer's thesis or main point?" This question is helpful for everything that we read, whether it's a newspaper article, a novel, a play, or a biography, the author always has a some kind of message they want to get across. With my upcoming project I hope to be able to convey the right emotions and messages across to you as a reader.
Clare Cutuli
The essay The Dancer in Me was very interesting to read all together. The part that really struck me though is when Divya said that her instructor, Ramaa Aunty, was intimidating: "I was nervous my first day because she was very intimidating." I immediately thought of my ninth grade english teacher who was very intimidating to talk to at first. I felt exactly the same as she my first day of classes. This quote, reminding me of my teacher, got me into thinking about how I wanted to write about the way he helped me grow as a writer and thinker.
In the McGraw-Hill Guide about Reading actively, the questions that the book said we should be asking while reading are really good for anyone to use. The question that I always think about is, "What is the writer's thesis or main point?" This question is helpful for everything that we read, whether it's a newspaper article, a novel, a play, or a biography, the author always has a some kind of message they want to get across. With my upcoming project I hope to be able to convey the right emotions and messages across to you as a reader.
Clare Cutuli
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