Blog #20: TEWWG Fishbowl Discussion Feedback

To Yash Patel:
http://patelyashapenglish2016.blogspot.com/

Congrats on completing your food memoir and Socratic seminar! I thought your voice really came through in the video and through your writing. It was neat how you made the "mama's boy" comment at the end of the video to have the relationship be the last thing the audience remembers after watching. Later in the fishbowl discussion, I found it interesting that you made the connection between TEWWG and Rapunzel. Your question about outside powers diminishing voice and power of Janie sparked a good conversation about the role of society in regards to your prompt. As a member of your Rapunzel powerpoint group, I completely agree with your analysis there. Great work!

To Abbey Marshall:
http://marshallabbey2016.blogspot.com/

Congrats on completing your food memoir and Socratic seminar! I thought you did a great job telling us the background of your story and how the oranges/orange juice connected to it. The editing of the video made it really fluid to watch as well. It was a nice touch seeing family pictures while you were speaking, as I think that helped everyone envision your story. I also noticed the orange color scheme on the digital poster which is a small, but cool addition. During the fishbowl discussion you raised a lot of good questions to the group, and interpreted questions from others very well. Overall, nice job on this project.

To James Zhu:
http://zhujamesapenglish2016.blogspot.com/

Congrats on completing your food memoir and Socratic seminar! I liked how you talked about being stuck in between two cultures, so it was interesting how you combined that idea into your thanksgiving food. Your subtitles were also very humorous! I think you did a great job asking questions of the other people in the Socratic seminar that helped the group delve deeper into many issues regarding your group prompt. The most interesting part of the discussion to me was when you mentioned how she did not like to work in the fields with Logan, but did not mind working in the muck with Tea Cake. That really shows her progression and a deeper level of complexity on your part.

To Charlie:

http://yucharlieapenglish2016.blogspot.com/

Congrats on completing your food memoir and Socratic seminar! I thought your memoir was well written and the voice in the writing was very apparent. It was also cool how you related that to your upbringing and your family heritage, specifically this quote "o some, fish stew is just a food. But to me, it became more: it became a reminder of sacrifice and hard work..." That really summarized your overall attitude toward the fish stew. In your fishbowl discussion, you mentioned many hypothetical scenarios about the novel that showed a deeper level of understanding with the text.