Literary Analysis Close Reading Week 11

Literary Blog Post

Week 11

Close Reading 

The section I chose to do for a close reading was from the story "Hedda Gabler", on pg. 790 in the middle of the first paragraph there is writing in italics that is describing Mrs.Elvsted. This section is rememberable because Ibsen describes in a style that makes me as a reader see the actors acting out the scene in my head. Ibsen says things like "Her eyes are light blue, large, round and slightly protruding"(pg. 790).  This sentence is so descriptive I can picture the ladies eyes just by reading this and makes reading the theater script even better. I can also imagine that this from the actors perspective is greatly appreciated because the scene is described in so much detail, that it makes it easier for them as actors to do their job. The section describes even the characters expression calling it "one of alarm" given more context into how this scene will look and feel as a reader or actor. This section all around is so attractive to me because it describes a women and makes me think how I would describe my girlfriend pointing out every beautiful feature. I really appreciate the part where it say's "Her hair is remarkably, almost a white gold and exceptionally rich and full". Bring the words to life and making the image of the theater spectacle is given also through reading Ibsen's work which makes it easy to understand he was one of the legendary writers. Especially when the novel was losing interest he applied his writing to theater and made a new lane which he dominated through his imagery and special effects. I understand that this section was necessary to give insight on the scene making his work not only for actors to read but for fans of Ibsen to read his script for the amazing theater they just witnessed making his work immortal. 

Feedback strategies with Vic

Feedback Strategies for the youth

Week3

The Difference between Praise and Feedback

By: Mindshift

In this article I read it opened my eyes to a bunch of new ideas and ways to think. Although at the moment I don't have any children this article I can use with my younger family and for my future children. I see in ways myself in this article from the child perspective but instead my mother did more of telling me that even though I did well in school I always could do better. I wish I was like these children where everything they do no matter how bad or good they get the praising response from their parent. Instead my feedback was more of the kind this article is saying children actually need. In the article they are challenging parents to show children more attention and to actually give them useful feed back like, "You made a great touchdown today. How long did it take you to get that route down in order to lose your defender." And not feedback like, "Great touchdown you're the best wide reciever on the team". The difference between those two sentences of feedback is the first sentence is actually praising the effort or strategy your child put into his route running. While the second one is less of a process they can actually grow from but a comment that makes them think I have no room for improvement and there's not a lot I can do to get better if my Dad or Mom already said I am the best. I understand the difference and will be sure to apply this to my everyday life and in the future with my children and in my education. This type of feedback will help me allow others to grow and actually show them I care with true feedback.