May 19

“Taming of the Shrew” Stop Motion Induction Scene Project

The play “Taming of the Shrew” is written by William Shakespeare. Our group of three did a stop motion project on the induction of “Taming of the Shrew”. Jacob downloaded the app and took the pictures, while Ethan and Dima moved the set and set up the scenes. Our project was just the induction which is the introduction to the main play of “Taming of the Shrew”which is called the inset, the inset is the main play within the play. In the induction of the play a drunk man is tricked into thinking he’s a lord, this leads to the inset. For the project we used an app called Stop Motion where we took lots of pictures while moving the characters which made a video. We also put audio into the video to explain what was going on. This differs from a stage performance because it’s not live and we can edit our video. It was difficult to keep the lighting the same and everything in the same position. We learned how to use the Stop Motion app and how to use Text to Speech to put audio into our video. Overall the project was good and we had fun making it and using the app.

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May 10

The Life of a Genetic Mutation

Part 1: Mutation Story

 

I am a gene named Jacobsen Syndrome and I am only in 1 in 100,000 newborns, so I believe the body I am in is quite special. I take place right as someone is born. I am not liked because I cause mental retardation and many other birth defects. The host of myself gets very depressed easily because of all the others who make fun of her. I only come in if genetic material is missing from chromosome 11 which affects 340 genes which is critical to the normal body development. I do not know for sure which type of gender I am in right now but I predict a female because females tend to get it twice as much than men. I am not passed on by family or inherited by anyone. I happen because of a mistake during reproductive cell division when a baby is being formed in the womb. Many infants with others like myself have central nervous system defects. This can affect how the brain and spinal cord function. This results with impaired intelligence, learning, speech, and motor skills. My host also has problems walking, standing, speaking, and sitting often. Later on in her life she started to have some behavioural problems such as: compulsive behaviour, short attention span, and are easily distracted. To the day all I believe, is that I cannot be helped.

 

This picture shows some of the physical defects of Jacobsen Syndrome:


Part 2: The Making of Mutation Story

 

Questions Needed:

What is Jacobsen Syndrome?

Is Jacobsen Syndrome Treatable?

What are causes of Jacobsen Syndrome?

What are symptoms of Jacobsen Syndrome?

How is the host’s life affected?

 

Throughout this project I mainly used the internet

 

Process I used to investigate Jacobsen Syndrome:

  • Made questions and researched them
  • Recorded information needed
  • Made a story based on this information

 

Citations:

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Genetics Home Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Diseases.” Jacobsen Syndrome. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Healthline. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

“Jacobsen Syndrome.” Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

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