Senior Project (in progress)

My Decision:

1st: Wu Yi Shang, FuJian 武夷山,福建

2nd: Taiwan 台湾

3rd: Li Jiang, Yunnan 云南丽江

Here's the General Outline: (Discussion)
1.Airplane ticket:

•  requirements to travel
•  tips to make and save extra money before and during the trip
•  how to be frugal with the ticket purchase itself.

2. Shelter

• Hotel v. Hostel v. couchsurfing

3. Transportation

• buses v. taxis v. trains v.subways

4. Food

• Fine dining v. Eating like a local
• Street food

5. Safety

• pickpockets
• different laws
• health

6. Culture/Etiquette

• tipping and the like

7. Communication

• Language
• Wifi/internet access

Senior Project III (Outline)

"To Travel Is To Live"

1st-武夷山--Wuyishan city, Fujian (3-5days);
  (highly recommended by my parents)

• Raft Trip (竹排/漂流)
  
• Mountains/Rocks (玉女峰)

• Jiu Qiu Xi Rivers (九曲溪)

• Tea (Dahong Pao-大紅袍)

• Tian You Peak (天遊峰)

• "Thread of Sky" cave (一線天)

• Suspending coffin (懸棺)

• Local food/hotel (名宿/蛇酒)   

"To Travel Is To Live" -Senior Project Update II

 

    Senior Project! In addition to the  video we going to make as a group, Dulce, Matt and I decided to do a travel guide for students like us. There are many similar websites out there. For example: Let's go. I made few plans with friends and sibling to travel to different countries/cities within 5-10yrs. The difference between our "travel guide" and other traditional travel guides is that we are making/sharing the travel plan for future. For traditional type of travel guide, usually is wrote by someone who had been to the place; and then author writes/tells about their experiences. But, we are writing about the place we want to go and plan to go. Of course, if anyone wants to join us, just let us know. Welcome for any  suggestion of what specific cities/countries we should do!!

Senior Project Update

 Finally, Senior Project!! Well, Our group' plan of making a "video" that is full with memories needs to be organized; and then put it into actions. Also, my goal of keeping the Life Around the World Blog moving....yeh, I have few new ideas and topics in mind; I will keep it moving, starting next week...

Inventory

Inventory (1-10 scale):

Multiple Choice Question: 6

    Since we haven't really concentrated on multiple choice part, I give it is 6. However, multiple choice is the most common form of question; and I had done some practices on my own. I planned to do more practices on multiple choice this weekend and early next week.

Poetry Essay Question: 7

    My confidence in Poetry Essay Question has definitely increased through Poetry Boot Camp and Essay Practice Week. Through the practices, I can identify the center of the prompt and the literary techniques easily. The elements from the gridlock play important role of the essay and my understanding of the poem. I got the strategy and the thought process down; however, I need to perform/use it well on the day of the test.

Prose Essay Question: 8

    We did lots of practices on Prose Essay Question last yr and this yr. I was considering about the time; time management becomes very important because we can't spend too long time on reading/understanding the passage. Through the this week’ practice, I can always give myself the extra few minutes to check the grammar.

Open Essay Question: 8

     I am confident in Open Essay Question. Let highlight the prompt: “avoid summary”! Usually, my essay always emphasizes the fact that I knew the novel/summary well. Now, I always take time to read the prompt and focus on what the prompt is asking me to do. Also, “avoid summary”! The plot from the novel is used to support my analysis. I want to go back to my literature analysis and active reading notes this weekend; I need to refresh my mind with plot and theme...etc. I have to make sure I got enough "evident” and “analysis” to answer different Open Essay Prompt.

In Class Essay (May,3)

In Class Essay (May,2)

In Class Essay (May,1)

In Class Essay (April, 30)