BsmithProcessJournal

2/15 So far i have gone through the choosing a topic stage. Many questions have come up in this stage. For example i am still not exactly sure how i am going to make this topic about a person. I am not sure what i am trying to get out of it. How ever I do feel as if i picked this topic because Lebron James is an idol of mine and i want to share why as well as have other people admire him as much as i do. I know this topic is one very close to me. I care about basketball a great deal and Lebron is my favorite player. I know i could write forever on this topic therefore i also know i must limit myself. As of now i think this is going to be a very interesting project and i can't wait to get to the next step.

3/2 Yesterday we did peer editing for the first time. I believe it was very helpful. It was great feedback and i know have a better understanding of what i should write about. I did a diary entry. I gave a bunch of reasons why lebron james should not go to the NBA as a junior but i did not give any reasons why he should. I am gonna add a point of view from the other side so that people know why the diary entry is so important because it is a big conference in LeBrons life.

3/14 For our 2nd genre we had two peer editors. I thought this strategy was more effective. We got to hear multiple opinions about our genre. For my second genre i chose to do a letter from lebron to his mother when they were separated. I was given some idea on how to make it look more authentic. For example maybe hand write it instead of typing it, and adding his signature at the bottom. Also maybe use more slang, i tried to write as a 13 year old who misses his mother would write but maybe purposely mis spell some words and switch some grammar.

3/21 For my third genre i did a flyer. It contains information about the upcoming games and a picture of LeBron james. It has a caption in bright colors to try and catch the readers attention. We did peer reviewing and i was told to maybe add some contact info which i thought was a good idea. Maybe to add a number and have a small caption saying call for more information. Also add in the team logos next to their names to make it look more authentic. I felt pretty good about my flyer, i just want to make sure it has a lot of pop and really catches your eye.

4/5 We are now beginning how to put our projects together. I am trying to decide what my synthesis should be. I am leaning towards a magazine article that is all about LeBron. I believe that is a good way to tie it together because Magazine articles are very common for athletes. But i am also thinking using my timeline which is a genre its self, but using that as a reference when to bring up my next genre an go in chronological order of events that happen in LeBrons life. Im torn between the two and i'm trying to find a way to use both.

4/14 Yesterday we did our gallery walk. It was nice to see other peoples projects and get a good idea of how people are bringing them together. I have been debating continuously what i am going to do with my synthesis but i think i have figured it out. I am going to do a magazine article all about LeBron, it is mostly going to be an informative piece but it will also show some challenges that LeBron had to rise above. It shows LeBrons view on everything and is a different perspective then just a fan looking at it. I am presenting tomorrow and am still not positive what i would like to do, but hope it goes well.

4/18 I learned a lot about LeBron James from my topic. Much more then i had ever expected. I planned on doing most of my project based off the information i knew, i was mistaken. Once i starting researching i found things i never knew of before. I also found a lot more detail of stuff i had already known. I was very surprised in how much i actually learned. For the actual project aspect i learned a lot. The peer reviews were extremely helpful for me. I always find it very hard to find errors in my own work and believe that it is perfect. Even though i know that in fact it is not. I really like the multi genre project. I learned so much more then i would have from just writing a paper. I had to find totally different aspects but they all related to the same topic as well as relating to writing. I put a lot more into this project then i have on any paper i have written. It is a fun as well as very informative way to get the same if not better results then writing paper.