Harry Potter Plagairism

J.K. Rowling was accused of plagiarizing Adrian Jacobs book "Willy the Wizard." According to Jacobs, both books have a wizard tournament and the wizards within the books travel by train. The US courts decided that they were going to throw the case out. I believe that this case is irrelevant because J.K. Rowling had already had 3 books out before this one, where the wizards were traveling by train.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/07/harry-potter-plagiarism-us_n_805814.html

Harry Potter Plagiarism

The cite below in for an article that has to do with the Harry Potter Plagiarism that collapsed. This is important becuase it is another credible source because it further proves the case that the case was dissmissed

Jones, Phillip. "Harry Potter Plagiarism Case Collapses." TheBookSeller.com. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 6 Oct. 2011. .

What I learned from today

      Denise Consorti

     Today I learned many things.  One of the things I learned is that the different groups in the class had many different takes and ideas for this project.  This is important for my project because I realized it’s okay to do the project differently than other groups because this project can be done through many different angles and they are all correct.  This is important for my development as a student because it showed me that you can brainstorm for a project in many different ways.  For example, you can draw your ideas like we did in class today.  I realized there are more ways to brainstorm for things than writing an outline.  What I learned today is important for my development as a writer because it showed me that there are many different ways to write something.  It showed me that you don’t have to use formal writing to get started.

     Another thing I learned is visuals can help with a project.  Visuals are important for my project because they will help me tell the story for my project.  They will also further explain the story in a more interesting way.  This is important for my development as a student because it has taught me to add things to my projects, like visuals, to make them more interesting.  This is important for my own development as a writer because I realized that I can create visuals to go along with my papers to make them fun and enjoyable to read.  These visuals can be pictures, power points, or actual objects.  There are many possibilities.

     I also learned this is not a standard project; therefore there is room for creativity.  This is important for my project because it will allow me to be creative.  This will make my project more enjoyable for the people reading it.  It will also allow me to go beyond the amount of work I would normally do for a project.  This is important for my development as a student because it has taught me I don’t always have to be so serious during projects and that it’s okay to make them fun.  This is important for my own development as a writer because it will help me make my papers interesting by being creative.

     The final thing I learned today is to have a target audience.  This is important for my project because it will keep my writing more focused by making me write for a specific group of people.  I also learned that groups can have a different target audience depending upon what they are writing about.  This is important for my own development as a student because it will teach me to make sure I always have a target audience for any project I do.  This is important for my own development as a writer because it will keep me focused on my target audience and help me have the same tone throughout my papers.

What I learned today

Today in class we did a project where we had to draw on a piece of paper about our ideas for project 2. By doing this project I learned many new aspects about the writing process. Though many people wouldn't think that drawing pictures could help you write and brainstorm about something, it definitely did.  While we were drawing pictures about the specific topics that we each had to do, it got our minds going and us thinking outside the box. At first we came up with our idea for our new blog project pretty fast, but then after that we were stumped.  Not having a lot of direction for the project was another road block we faced while trying to think about ideas. Since we were stuck about what else to do with our project, this activity in class really helped.  It made us think about other abstract ideas that we could make fit into our project. Before we did this activity we each came up with specific categories that each person would write about in their diary entry. The topics were: food, adventure, religion, and love/romance. This was as far as we had gotten before we came to class today. Once we started drawing and talking to each other we came up with different objects for each category.  For instance my category is religion.  All I could think about was to take a picture of a cross and have that relate to my diary entry about Bella (the girl traveling through Italy) while she was in the Vatican city. As my group and I were talking about my topic we came up with the idea to go and take pictures of crosses, a bible, a rosary, and other pictures that she may have seen in the Vatican while she was there. I do not consider myself very artistic, but I still found that this activity helped me think of more ideas for my specific role in the project. Not only did the drawing part of the activity help me think of more ideas for our diary entries, talking to my group members helped a lot.  We all helped each other and talked about each topic and how it could be improved.  I think that everyone in the group struggled with finding different objects to take pictures of that would relate well to the diary entry.  Especially since we cannot use pictures from the internet and have to take our own. Now that I have more of an idea of what to take pictures of, going out and taking pictures around campus will not be so hard for me to do. I think that this activity also helped me develop as a writer because in the future I can use this technique when I am doing other projects. Sometimes doing things that don't correlate directly to your project, like coloring on a piece of paper, help you in the weirdest ways. Overall I think that this project was a success and I really liked doing something other than just sitting on our computers!

Conventions of a Diary

Many times when people keep diaries they write about how they feel. People also sometimes write about their encounters with God and their prayers to God. This is similar to how people can go online to Prayer Journal to keep a record of their prayers.

The movie Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts is a good example of someone traveling to a foreign country and working on their religion. She travels to many different countries and along the way she develops an understanding of herself.  She eats in Italy and finds the power of prayer in India.
Eat Pray Love Movie Trailer - This movie is a great example of how someone can find themselves through travel, friends, food, and prayer.

Another website that focuses on writing down prayers into a diary format is: A Prayer Diary. On this website the host writes down here prayers for people to read.  She also incorporates pictures that go along with what she is praying about.  Her page is kind of like a blog.  She will post each prayer and there is an opportunity for  people to comment or simply just enjoy what she has to say.

Though many people think that diaries are usually just teenage girls gushing over a guy that they have a crush on, many times they are a lot deeper then that. Though keeping a diary about your prayers may not be people first choice when they write a diary, it is a great way to write down your thoughts.  Diaries are never one specific type of writing, merely because what is being written is all about the author and how the author views life. So there can never be a right or wrong way to write a diary.

Conventions of a Diary

In most diaries, people tend to write about love.  They are usually written by girls.  Girls really enjoy writing about what boy they may have met on a particular day.  They then write all about that boy.  They usually tell all about his personality, what he looks like, and how she met him.  Girls in diaries always seem like they fall in love with the boy very quickly.  They do everything they can to see him again.  Sometimes they spend time with him everyday for the next couple of months.

In many movies, girls go on vacation and fall in love.  They typically go to Rome.  Two movies that display a girl going to Rome and falling in love are Letters to Juliet and When in Rome.

Here is the movie trailer to Letters to Juliet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqva2klb9E4

Here is the movie trailer to When in Rome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsb8U014Hs0

Convention of a Diary

One kinda of genre that has recently been popular is one where a character will learn from cooking. People will write about how they learned how to cook and following recipes, they’ve learned how to fill other viods in their life or that cooking is their love. This convention genre has been shown in movies for about the past 50 years, but has became quite common in the past few years showing up in a lot popular movies. Two of the newer movies from this convention genre include Julie and Julia and Eat Pray Love. Some older movies that touch on the kind of convention genre are Like Water for Chocolate and Tampopo.

Trailers:

Julie and Julia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvJHsJD8ic

Like Water for Chocolate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spp68xWBQQo