Hey guys! I’m here to explain my story by offering some more detail on how it will go and backing my points with some research. Exposition: Laura, a young girl visiting Vancouver, Canada, for a short stay, finds herself in the unfamiliar environment of Chaffey Burke Elementary School. Raised in […]
Hi there! This is my Blog Post #4, and I have added more details and sites to my story plotline to prepare for my story to come together soon! I hope you enjoy reading it!
Hello Everyone! Another aspect of my story deals with friendships, specifically friendship break-ups. Friends, defined as people attached to one another by affection or esteem, (1) are import figures in our lives. Friends offer each other emotional support, which includes listening without judging, validating your feelings, offering words of comfort […]
Here is the plot point outline for my story! Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Rising Action One: Rising Action Two: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution: Themes and Takeaways: Let me know if this is alright! Thank you!
Hi there! This is the current story plotline for my short story! Hope you enjoy reading it! Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution: This is the basic plot of my story, though I might change a few parts when I’m writing […]
Hello everyone! This is the general plot of my story, it contains significant spoilers so read at your own risk. Exposition: Who: Main Characters: The POV switches between Caris and Avery, but Avery would be the main character Supporting characters: Professor Moose, Lady Amaya, Tress, Adawnis, Galiena, Caris’s mom and […]
My story idea for this semester is a study on friends. SPOILER WARNINGS AHEAD As stated this will contain spoilers because this is my 5-minute rambling summary. The characters Avery and Caris are neighbors and best friends, until they go to different high schools. Avery finds a job coaching fencing […]
Although my story is a real-life event that had previously occurred during my life, I decided to continue with a free-write anyways to capture some emotions that may have occurred or events that I may have forgotten. It was a pretty interesting experience picking up new details of an event […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I experienced challenges like actually writing part of a speech for Faye to recite. I wanted to depict something realistically related to youth crime, and it was kind of hard to link youth […]
Smile as pretty as a poison apple Faye sat at her desk, scrolling through her presentation slides. It was the end of the semester, and the students of Law 12 had been assigned a semester-end presentation project based on what they learned. While bullying wasn’t directly in the curriculum, its […]
Moving onto some story specific facts! There are a lot, so this blog may be a little scattered. Heterochromia is when a person or animal has more than one eye color. (1) Heterochromia is relatively rare and is caused by a mutation in the gene that affects melanin, the pigment […]
Hello everyone! Today I did some more research for my short story. For the climax of the story, it will be set in the archives of a small town. I’ve never written about archives so I had to do some research about it! Originally, my plan was to make the […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog post! Today, I have decided to focus on the more societally-relevant parts of my story rather than what makes my story unique, as this sets the foundation for what I will write in the future. Bullying, defined as the abuse and mistreatment […]
Hello everyone! Today I did some research for my short story. For the exposition, I wanted to include how snow is formed. Snow is going to be a big motif for secrets in my story, and it has a lot to do with the death of the main character and […]
Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution:
Hello everyone! For my final project in this class, I decided to do a story project because it’s the only one I’ve never done before! For my first blog post, I did free writing in my journal. I chose to do it with a pen and paper instead of my […]
This blog post is more focused on Andy’s social life, including school and friends. As stated in the last blog post, Andy has few friends due to prioritizing studying and grades. (1) This stems from his family being influenced by Confucianism, a series of teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. […]
In this blog post, I will expand on some of the main themes in my story. This part specifically focuses on Andy’s parents’ parenting style and the effects on Andy, as well as how his “only child” status comes into play. Andy’s parents primarily use the Authoritarian Parenting style, the […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my story project! This post will have the rough outline for my story. So, instead of the traditional start-building-climax-falling-end type of story, I have decided that this story, which features themes like coming of age, bullying, teenage drama, and all the other things associated […]
My project for this semester will be a story project called “two minutes”. Through telling a tale of first-generation and second-generation Chinese immigrants this will detail the hardships that Chinese face in Canadian society and their journey to the west. I chose this as my story topic because as a […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A challenge I had was logic. For Kaya’s little flashback about Jun, I knew that Jun used an underhand tactic to get the gift that Kaya had given him, and which […]
“I got you something.” It was a chilly mid-winter afternoon, nearly 5 pm. The sun had set, and the once-aquamarine sky was slowly fading to sapphire. Two high schoolers stood at a Starbucks’s doors. Kaya and Hyuck were on their first date, a day after their unexpected but welcome confession. […]
Hello everyone, in this post I will be expanding on the latter half on my story and picking up where I left off. At the start of their gift exchanges, Kaya gives Jun a box of agates(1), and abalone shells (2). Jun notices a Geode (3) and re-gifts Kaya one […]
My project is a story of a young girl and her first experience with love and growing up. Short summary of my story: High Schoolers Kaya and Hyuck are on a date, but not all is as well as it seems. Exposition: The story starts with Kaya and Hyuck finishing their […]
Blog Post #2: Exposition: Who: Kaya – main character, a high schooler and Hyuck’s girlfriend Hyuck – a high schooler and Kaya’s boyfriend Jun (mentioned only)– a middle school friend of Kaya’s Where/When/Why: At a Starbucks a day after they confessed for their first date. Point of Attack: Kaya sees […]
Hello All, I have decided to do a story project again this semester. This story will also be about a real person whose name has been changed to protect her privacy. The story’s focus is on Kaya, a girl who has just gone on her first date with her first […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I originally wanted to go with something more abstract and fictional but decided instead to retell the interesting experiences of someone in real life. It was kind of a struggle to get them to remember the details, and we […]
Miri rummaged through her backpack anxiously. It was a sunny afternoon on Thursday August 4th. Miri and quite a few other teenagers were currently in a classroom attending Summer School, which ran from 12: 00 pm to 3: 30 pm on weekdays. Normally Miri would be paying attention to the […]
My project is a story which, with the consent of the subject of the story, I will try to recreate the real-life scene that happened from approximately 2 to 5 pm on August 4, 2022. This post is focused on the climax, falling action, and resolution. Short summary of my […]
My project is a story which, with the consent of the subject of the story, I will try to recreate the real-life scene that happened from approximately 2 to 5 pm on August 4, 2022. Short summary of my story: A high schooler is locked outside of her home and tries […]
Here’s my story outline: Exposition: Main Character/Protagonist = Miri, a high schooler currently in her summer school classroom. Careless but stubborn and innovative. Point of Attack/Problem: Miri needs to get inside her house, but she forgot her keys and her mom – who is not coming back until around two […]
So… This is my second brainstorm session. During my first one I stared at the screen for five minutes and came up with nothing since whatever I wrote seemed too religious and complicated. I’ve decided to write about a real event involving a real person, with the names in the […]
Hi guys, I decided to do another inquiry project and my question is: “Does money bring happiness?” I chose this topic because I want to know who’s life is better: the Poor or the Rich ( with a stable income, not necessarily a billionaire). I’ve always learned about poor countries […]
Hello guys, I am ending my round of research on gender discrimination with a short reflection by answering the following questions… What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? While I was working throughout this inquiry project, I struggled a little […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “The impacts on females (morally, personally, professionally, etc…) ” – December 11, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Similar to my previous research on the impact on males, the question that most […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “The impacts on males (morally, personally, professionally, etc…) ” – November 20, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Firstly, the question that most people ask: “are tougher men also affected by gender […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “How & where does gender discrimination occurs.” – November 11, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Gender discrimination has been a very popular and active problem, not only in our society but […]
My research is about Gender discrimination based on gender (or sex) is a common civil rights violation that takes many forms, including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and unequal pay for women who do the same jobs as men. It has been proven to be very active in worldwide countries. Whether […]
My name is Lokshana Groodoyal, but my friends call me “Lana” because Lokshana can be hard to pronounce for others😉 I’m 17 years old (enjoying my last year before I’m legally an adult 😊). I live in Coquitlam, BC and currently attending Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My favourite subject […]
I would like to make a video showing us the a multiple of day to day things/activities both of us take for granted yet are very unique. For example filming how students get to school here in Canada, compared to how the students in Kenya get to school. This idea […]
I’ve always felt that it is impossible to engage properly with a place or a person without engaging with all of the stories of that place and that person. The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity […]
