This is my One-Pager on the Pathways to Theme assignment. The assignment was to choose a children’s short story and create handmade page containing information on the story that also includes some form of a visual aspect. The story I chose was “The Water Hole” by Graeme Base.
Reflection:
Usually when I read children’s stories, I am not trying to think about the deeper meaning in them. I like that this assignment challenged me to read between the lines and find different connections within the book. I was having some trouble thinking of a design that I’ d really like since I kept redoing because for me everything has to be perfect for me to like it. I wanted to choose a book on a topic that would challenge me as well as have a topic that I was passionate about. I wanted to find good text to world connections, themes and essential questions. I also specifically chose this book because I had read it in elementary school and never thought anything of it, but it talks about topics that I am very interested in now. The book “The Water Hole” represents issues that are a problem in our world today. It talks about climate change and greediness. I have always been interested in learning more about climate change and I think that’s really what this book was trying to communicate. That we are running out of time, and we aren’t going to have a second chance because we only have this one world, and we should be doing everything in our power to look after it. I wanted to do my one pager on something I could say a lot about and find good links too. This book helped me show my strengths in writing and my enthusiasm for art as well. I loved having to incorporate art into English because I am so used to having to just write. I found it very refreshing getting to do a project with paper and having more of a free hand and more room for creativity. All in all I really enjoyed creating this project in all aspects.
Questions chosen from the rubric:
(Included in the article)
- Why did you choose this artifact?
- What aspects of this artifact were challenging?
- How does this artifact represent you and your learning strengths?