Week 4: Activity 3

Every night on Halloween, I like to celebrate by trick or treating like many other kids. However, before Halloween starts, I love to go to Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.When I go to Universal Studios, I go on all of the horrific mazes in the spirit of Halloween. Personally, I enjoy frightening events and things, so I love to go there. After, I go trick or treating with one or more friends. I wrap up my October with trading my candy with my siblings and my friends.

Week 4: Activity 1

For my blog I choose an orange background, and I choose a grim reaper in a tunnel for my header. I choose the orange background because orange is the color that represents October and Halloween. It’s in pumpkins and the leaves on the trees during the fall. I choose the grim reaper in the tunnel for my header because it is creepy for the spirit of Halloween. The grim reaper is widely associated with death, and I thought that was creepy. The orange wallpaper was from pixel1 at https://pixabay.com/en/wallpaper-orange-black-halloween-971634/ The grim reaper in the tunnel was from wolter_tom at https://pixabay.com/en/tunnel-passage-underpass-light-965720/

Week 4: Activity 2

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It was a dark, gloomy house with faded paint and chipped walls. It was always for lease; however, people found that renovation of the house would not work. It should just be torn down, many had thought. There was a rusty and black fence that lined the front of the house. The house was ugly with all of its features of dust, mold, and infestation. However, it was not always that way. It was owned by a small family of three; the mother and the father having respectable family names and occupations. Under their ownership, the house breathed magnificence with its vibrant colors and several house parties over the years. It was truly wonderful in all its glory. All of that changed when the family suddenly disappeared. Because of this strange incident, it was a daring move for children to go into the house on Halloween night. One year it was the anniversary of the family’s disappearance, and Ryan was dared by his friends to go into the house. Over the fence and through the front yard Ryan crept. He was hesitant; there was a drop in temperature as he approached the house. Ryan’s friends laughed at him; he was just too scared. Unexpectedly Ryan went into the house. Ryan’s friends freaked; he would usually never attempt something like this. They called for his name, but there was no response. However, there was a white silhouette banging and crying silently on the window. It was surrounded by three other silhouettes that where looking solemnly at the spot where Ryan’s friends stood twenty years ago.

The picture is from HiQ-Visions at https://pixabay.com/en/home-old-haunted-house-797031/

Week 3: Activity 5

With posting pictures, I learned that it brings aspects of visual learning and playfulness to a post. It can be interesting and attract more readers to a certain topic. However, although posting pictures is fun, it is also important to give credit to the person who took the image. It is also important to use them appropriately in a given topic and properly with credit.

Week 3: Activity 6

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Native Language Prompt:

I imagine that I am drop of water. By myself, I am weak and vulnerable. However, even though I am just a single drop of water, I make a big difference. I am a part a much greater system, and together with a group, I am strong. I raise the level of water in a cup, river, lake, ocean, or reservoir. I am small, but significant. I hold the rest of the water on my shoulders just as they do the same. I would let myself flow downstream as I get sucked towards the ocean. As a little droplet I would go through many different areas and change form. My journey is scary, but exciting. I am only a little drop after all, and I must go with the flow.

Picture from ronymichaud at https://pixabay.com/en/drops-of-water-water-nature-liquid-578897/

 

Week 2 – Activity 1

In this activity, we were given the task to make a practice comment on Mrs. W’s page. This is what I commented.

Hi Mrs. W,

I have thoroughly enjoyed the blog tasks. Since I don’t often use the internet to convey my thoughts, these tasks have helped me to be able to learn quickly from the guidance of others, and it has helped me strengthening my writing skills in a blog as well. Occasionally, I get lost with what I am supposed to do, but I always find my back on track.

https://joaqunajer6302.edublogs.org/

This is the url to my blog.

Thanks,

Joaquin

How to Comment

Commenting is way of communicating, collaborating, and conversing with others online. It can be an exciting and fun way of responding about other people’s passions, thoughts, and feelings. However, commenting should be follow basic guidelines to be proper.

1. Stay on topic. If someone is responding to a post and are not on topic, the comments following won’t add anything to the original statement. The following will be more centered around the comment and not the post.

2. Make sure the comment is meaningful. If the comment doesn’t add any significance, constructive criticism, or extra information to the post, than don’t post it. Also, if the comment is just a short, meaningless compliment, then it should have something after to be able to respond to, or it should have reasons for that compliment.

3. Be respectful. You don’t want to discourage or hurt anyone with a negative comment. Stay positive. If you disagree with something, then write your opinion and make sure it’s polite and respectful to that person’s beliefs or feelings.

4. Don’t give away personal information. Your personal information can expose who you are to most everyone. It is a safety hazard and should be handled with caution. Check every time that your full name, address, and your personal email is not in your comment.

5. Proofread the comment. If there are any spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors, fix them. They can make something hard to understand or eligible. The comment can also become a victim of grammatical ridicule.

Overall, the guidelines help to create a better commenter in the online world. Following the guidelines keeps a person’s comment safe, valid, and meaningful.

Hello, who are you: Activity 2

My avatar has short, black hair, brown and small eyes, and light skin. In my avatar, I have a batman symbol on my shirt because I am an big fan of the caped crusader. I enjoy the dark aspects of the modern batman and like to see the realism involved in a mostly unrealistic setting. I also have strips I my shirt of black and red. Black and red are my two favorite colors, and I choose something to represent them both equally. In the background, there is the city because I hold the city close to my heart as my home and comfort. I created my avatar on the website http://www.faceyourmanga.it/editmangatar.php.