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Story Blog Post #1 – (Title TBD)

For my second project this year, I’ve decided to do a story. It will definetly be a different experience than my first inquiry, but I am very excited to try a new type of project, especially since I love creative writing and haven’t done it in a while. I first […]

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Blog post #7- Reflection

a. Challenges and how I overcame themOne of the biggest challenges I faced while working on this story was showing Vaeloria’s internal struggles in a way that felt real and engaging, without slowing down the action. I wanted readers to understand her fear, self-doubt, and perfectionism, but I also needed […]

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Blog Post #7

Hi everyone, this is my last post for my story project. I hope you all enjoy reading my story, thank you so much for the support. 🙂 1. Address the following questions:Answer the following questions:a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this narrative project? How did you overcome them?I overcome […]

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ABOUT ME; MARY

My name is Muita Mary Ann Wanjiku from Laikipia county, Laikipia east constituency, Ngobit ward .Laikipia east seldom receive low rainfall because it is on the leeward side of the mountain. In my family we are five children, four girls and one boy   in which I am the fourth child. […]

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Blog Post #7: Reflection

Hi! My name is Lina, and this is my final blog post for my story project. In this post I reflected on my journey of writing this story. I hope you enjoy! 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you […]

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Reflection of my story “Beyond the Pom-Poms, It’s More Than Just a Hobby.”

Blog post #7 We finally finished! Our first semester-long project of the year. To reflect, this is my 7th (actually 6th) and last blog post for my story, “Beyond the Pom-Poms, It’s More Than Just a Hobby.” I hope you enjoy reading!  What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How […]

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“Beyond the pom poms, it’s more than just a hobby” (final story, Blog post #5)

Hi everyone, this is my final story for my semestre long project. I Hope you enjoy reading it. Ding, ding, ding. It’s May 2nd, 2025. The day that marks 10 years since Zoya tore her ACL and had to end her cheerleading journey. The second day of the cheerleading worlds […]

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Blog Post #5 “Vision Journal Through The Years”

Hi everyone, this is my final post for this term 🙂 It is a draft story so it can be a little messy. I have lived in Lima my life with my family and friends. That is how it has always been. Things can change really fast. In 2018 my […]

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Unplugged draft – Blog post #5

This is my final draft of my story Unplugged! Hope you enjoy 🙂 Day -1 – Prologue “Lola! Get up you’re going to be late for school!” Lola’s mother yelled from downstairs. “I’M COMING!” she screamed back, rolling over placing her phone on her nightside table. She yawned while looking […]

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Blog post #5- fear and forthcoming (draft)

Your biggest obstacles are often the ones you create yourself. Waking up in the mornings can be tough. Some days, your body wants to sink into the warm covers and never leave. However, responsibilities and tasks loom over your head while you get ready for the day, like a dark, […]

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Blog Post #5 – Short Story

This is a draft story. When we live, we perform. In Blancheur, truth is a document. Folded. Filed. Stamped. Put away. If it’s ugly, we call it “complicated” so it sounds less like someone lied. In Arenthe, truth is water. And water can be made to look clear even when […]

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Blog Post #4 “Vision Journal Through The Years”

Hi everyone, this is my blog post #4. I’m going to research about my story project with evidence that support my post . It includes the climax, falling action and resolution. Climax Emotional Effects of Loss The climax in my story is the moment when I lost my pets. Studies […]

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BLOG POST #4 – Lina

Hi! In this blog post, I will continue researching my story project. This time I am researching the second half of my story outline. This includes climax, falling action, and resolution. In this part of my story, I am focused on the political aspects of my story and the revolution in my falling actions. I will be researching other places […]

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Blog post #4- Research round 2

Hi, this blog post will the very similar to my previous blog post. I will be talking about how anxiety, overthinking and self sabotage can affect a person in a high stress situation. I will be focusing on the Climax, Falling action and the Resolution. Climax: Vaeloria (protagonist) is caught […]

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Blog 4 – Research

For this post, I am doing my second round of research to support the later parts of my story about Jorin, Arenthe, and their justice system. This time I am focusing on the more mythical and symbolic layers of the story, like gods of justice and time, curses, the idea […]

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Blog post #4

Hello again, my name is Jennah (once again), and this is my fourth blog post! This blog post will be very similar to my last one, other than the fact that I will be covering the second half of my story. This blog post will include the research I did […]

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Blog Post #3 “Vision Journal Through The Years”

Hi everyone, this is my blog post #3. I’m going to research about my story project with evidence that support my post . It includes the exposition, point of attack and rising action. Exposition: Changes in a child’s environment due to migration  When moving to another place it is a […]

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Blog 3 – Research

For this blog post, I’m doing some research to support the first half of my story about Jorin, Arenthe, and its justice system. This research round is mainly about how real courts are starting to use technology, how those systems can become biased or corrupted, how people lose trust in […]

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Blog Post #3

Hi it’s jennah. This is my 3rd blog post and I’m so excited to share my info with you guys. Today I’m going to be doing research about cheer to help justify and show evidence for my story. I’ll be covering half of it, this being, the exposition, point of attack […]

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    BLOG POST 3 RESEARCH  

Hi! In this blog post, I am going to be doing research for my story project. To be more specific, the first half of the plot outline. This includes exposition, point of attack, and rising action. This section of my story focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of digital technology […]

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Blog Post #2 “Vision Journal Through The Years”

Exposition:The story is about my family and I moving from Lima, Peru, to Iquique, Chile. It wasn’t my first time moving, but this time I understood where I was going. I was moving with my parents, but not with my two dogs; I could only take Pluto, so I left […]

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Blog Post #2 – Plot Outline

(So, I decided to do a fictional story. Still deciding on title though.) To live is to perform. Exposition: Who and what is my story about? My story will revolve around the costs and burdens of having a technologically advanced society, particularly of the justice system. It will be focused […]

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Blog post #2- Story outline

The photo I have chosen will the the backdrop/cover for the story!!! Main idea: Overthinking and self sabotaging; your biggest obstacles are the ones you create yourself Exposition: A young witch is about to take her magistrate entrance exams. She is from an influential family, and there is enormous pressure […]

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Blog post #2 (plot outline) 

-By: Lina Hi! This is the plotline for my story; the main idea is to show both the advantages and disadvantages of technology. I’m using the future for the ‘backdrop’ of my story to make the message clearer and more impactful.  Exposition: The main character Lola is living in the year […]

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Blog post #1 (story) “Beyond the pom poms, it’s more than just a hobby”

by Jennah brar When you first think of or mention cheerleading, you might think of pom-poms and a group of girls on a field cheering on a football team or basketball game. Some might say that that’s the only way to cheer, or that it’s only a hobby; nobody considers […]

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Blog post #1- Fear and Forthcoming (story)

Waking up in the mornings can be tough; some days, your body wants to sink into the warm covers and never leave. However, responsibilities and tasks loom over your head while you wake up and get ready for the day, like a dark, stormy cloud that’s raining on your field […]

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Blog Post #1 “Vision Journal Through the Years”

The fond memories of my childhood seem like they were yesterday, those nostalgic moments when time seemed to move more slowly. At that time, the world was as big as each person’s imagination. I remember the times I spent with family and friends, the laughter that was endless and without […]

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Story Brainstorm Blog Post #1

Confucius life story, life story fiction, explanation, exploring disorders explaining to others, how to, step by step tutorials, guide to ultimate hunts. Mythology greek mythology, achilles, how to properly differentiate between words that sound similar and spelled similarly but different meanings. Tragedy fiction, murder mystery, life story of a celebrity, […]

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#7 Story: Cancer, death, and grief

Hey guys! This is my last post. Thank you all so much for tagging along this journey! 1a. Challenges in Writing the Story The biggest challenge was writing about grief in a way that felt real but not overly emotional. The story explores missing someone you never really knew – […]

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Blog Post #7

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I took a lot of risks with this story, starting with second person POV. Second Person POV is a risky move as it is the rarest of the POVs in fiction, so readers […]

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#5 Story: Wind (Cancer, death, and grief)

Here’s my final story! Enjoy:) I plan on fully illustrating this into a short story when I have the time. Wind “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.” – William Shakespeare ** Death was easy. Nature breathing life, weaving through this fabricated world that is our reality. With […]

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#4 Story: Cancer, death, and grief

Blog post #4 for a story is the same as #3. Again, because what I’m writing is more of a personal essay than a fictional story with a clear plot line, Instead of studying how my story applies to a standard narrative (which would be difficult, because it doesn’t) I’ll […]

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#3 Story: Cancer, death, and grief

Hey guys! I’ll be putting a twist on my 3rd post because what I’m writing is more of a personal essay than a fictional story with a clear plot line. Instead of studying how my story applies to a standard narrative (which would be difficult, because it doesn’t) I’ll be […]

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Blog Post #5 – Astrophysics

The afternoon sun shines through the window of your physics classroom as you walk in. You don’t particularly care where you sit, and there’s no arranged seating plan either, so you choose the table in the front and center of the room, close enough to the whiteboard that you don’t […]

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Blog Post 4 – Research Round 2

Hello Everyone! In this blog post I will be researching ways to add symbolism to my story! So the main theme I want to go with is outer space and stars. The story takes place in a physics classroom so the theme of the cosmos works both on a literal […]

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#2 Story: Cancer, death, and grief

Hey everyone! This post is just a plot point of my story and will include some ideas I have for symbolism that could be integrated. Ideas for symbolism: Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action One: Rising Action Two: Climax: I don’t exactly want a climax to this story, but I’m […]

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Blog Post #3 Loneliness Research Round 1

Hello everyone! Today I will be diving into some research for my story! My story’s main theme is loneliness. Loneliness is defined as the mental or emotional discomfort you may experience from either being alone or feeling as though you are alone.(1) Loneliness is a very subjective feeling, as people […]

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#1 Story: Cancer, death, and grief

Everyone knows what grief feels like if you lose a deeply loved one, but no one talks about grief for a stranger – especially if that person was your grandfather. Hey guys! This is the first post of my second topic this year. This time I’ll also be writing a […]

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Blog Post #2 – Story Outline

Hello everyone! This is the general plot of my story, it contains significant spoilers so read at your own risk. Exposition: Who: Main Character: You, aka the reader/protagonist Supporting characters: Unnamed classmates Point of Attack: We know nothing about the protagonist other than that they are in high school, and […]

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Blog Post 1: Loneliness

Ah, loneliness. A quintessential part of any high school experience. To feel like a star in the cosmos, like you could vanish and the earth, nay, the universe will continue to spin on, oblivious to your presence and absence. I plan to write a story about this very topic, because […]

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Blog Post 5: Friends Forever

Hello everyone! Sorry for the super late post, I couldn’t quite figure out some of the transitions but I’ve finally banged out the story! Flash In the colorful classroom of their kindergarten, Avery and Caris sit side by side at the art table, each with a small box of crayons. […]

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Blog Post #7

Honestly this story was a little difficult, because it hit a bit close to home. I especially struggled with the “dreamscape” descriptions, the characters, and transitions and I don’t think I quite nailed the vibe I was going for, so I apologize for any confusion. Then again, this is also […]

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Isabella’s Story Post #7

Hello! This is my last story post, and I will be sharing my thoughts and reflections on my story project! a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I had multiple challenges that I had to overcome throughout this story project. […]

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Dear Laura AKA How I bullied a girl in elementary school (Blog Post #5)

Hey! Welcome to my story! Dear Laura, My parents were bringing me back to Canada for around two months. In their words, it was called “reconnecting with my culture” – but I never knew much of Canada at all. I didn’t even know Canada existed as a country until a […]

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Story Post # 5 Isabella W.

Hi there! This is my blog post #5, and this is my short story draft!   “I don’t really know what I plan on doing yet, I have so many dreams about traveling and discovering new places around the world. Since the social studies class with Mr. Stevens, I can’t stop […]

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How I bullied a girl in elementary school (Blog Post #3)

Hey guys! Re-doing my blog post #3 here. I’m going to be analyzing the specific theories behind adolescent psychology and more specifically peer pressure. I made sure to include references to my own story as well! Exposition: Laura, a young girl visiting Vancouver for a short stay, finds herself in […]

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How I bullied a girl in elementary school (Blog Post #4)

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 […]

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Isabella’s Story’s Blog Post #4

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! 

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Blog Post #4 – Friends Forever

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 […]

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How I bullied a girl in elementary school (Blog post #2)

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!

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Isabella’s Story Post #2

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 […]

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Blog Post #2 – Friends Forever

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 […]

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Blog Post #1 – Friends Forever

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 […]

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How I bullied a girl in elementary school (Blog Post #1)

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 […]

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Blog Post 7

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 […]

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Blog Post #5: Story

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 […]

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Blog Post #4 – Research Round 2

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 […]

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Blog Post #4 – Story Project

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 […]

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Blog Post #3: Research Round 1

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 […]

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Blog Post #3 – Story Project

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 […]

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Blog Post #1 – Story

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 […]

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Blog Post 4: Research Part 2

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. […]

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Blog Post 3: Research Part 1

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 […]

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Blog Post 2: Outline

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 […]

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Blog Post 1

 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 […]

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Blog Post #7 – Reflection

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 […]

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Blog Post 5: Story: Bad Feeling

“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. […]

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Blog Post 4: Research on Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution

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 […]

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Blog Post 3: Research on Exposition and Rising Action

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 […]

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Blog Post 2 – Story Outline

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 […]

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Blog Post 1

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 […]

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Blog Post #7: Reflection

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 […]

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Blog Post 5: The Forgotten Keys

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 […]

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Blog Post 4: Climax and Falling Action

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 […]

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Blog Post 3: Research on Exposition and Rising Action

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 […]

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Blog Post 2: Putting it Together

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 […]

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Blog #1: Story Project

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 […]

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Blog #1 : “Does money bring happiness?”

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 […]

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Blog #6: Reflection – “To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world & people in our society?”

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 […]

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Blog Post #5- Inquiry Research Round #3 – “To what extent does gender discrimination influence the world and people in our society?”

“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 […]

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Blog Post #4 – Inquiry Research Round #2 – “To what extent does gender discrimination influence the world and people in our society?”

“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 […]

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Blog Post #3 – Inquiry Research Round #1 – “To what extent does gender discrimination influence the world and people in our society?”

“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 […]

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Inquiry Blog #2 (Project Plan) – “To what extent does gender discrimination influence the world and people in our society?”

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 […]

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About me – Lokshana Groodoyal

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 […]

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Story – Using Film – Mitch Boucher

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 […]

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The Power of Multiple Stories

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 […]

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