Blog # 6: Reflection on Body Bio
Blog # 6: Reflection on Body Bio
Overall, I think the Body Bio was an enjoyable and successful experience. I enjoyed working on the project (the actual butcher paper), developing a thesis about my character, trying to illustrate that thesis in a creative way, and then presenting it to the class. I think the project was very successful because it really forced me to delve deeper into my thesis than just finding quotations to support it, but also, having to illustrate it in a creative way made me ask questions like: What is my thesis really saying? What is the most important part of the thesis? I have discovered that questions like that are always questions you should ask about any piece of analytical work in order to discover the true essence of what it is saying.
I think the Body Bio also helped me in that it was an experience with a deadline in which me and two other people essentially had to create an analytical thesis and argument about a character, with supporting quotations and significant happenings, and illustrate it on a piece of butcher paper in three class periods (in addition to a few Free periods). I think the project improved my skills in working and communicating with other people. Although in some situations, I felt like I was being bossy and taking hold of the situation too much, I think it payed off in the end, but that was definitely really hard for me to have to do. I thought both of my other group members, Caitlin and Emily worked hard and diligently to create a successful project, and that we all worked together well and became closer through the experience.
Our actual project, as in the butcher paper realization of Jordan Baker and our thesis and argument about her, I think was really successful. We all worked hard to illustrate our argument in a creative way, and I think we were successful in getting our point across.
Although we did struggle at times with problems within our group, our working together was successful, with very few exceptions. I don’t think we went through any other difficulties besides that, which, when that occurred, it was very short-lived. My group and I used ichat to communicate about our ideas for the project, which really worked, with a few exceptions when we got distracted from the job that was at hand.
I personally thought our oral presentation was good, and I think we were able to further explain our thesis to the class when we explained the color and our choice of quotations.
Overall, I really enjoyed the project and I thought that it was a great, artistic way of communicating a thesis and argument without writing an essay. It was a great project that gave us a chance to express ourselves and our ideas in a very creative and artistic way, rather than writing papers.
