5B:

1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?
EXAMPLE classmate Liz, component a My California authors blank blank blank

The classmate I choose was Oksana, component a My California authors Dumas, Major, Chabon and Goldmark.

2. What is something this classmate said about the choice that relates to any of the assignments in projects 2-3?

In Oksana's work she uses the same analytical tool that the class used in assignments 2 and 3. After digesting the readings she has learned a few new things. These things are new to her and she will compare and contrast the new information the the already stocked knowledge she has. In the story about Berkley Oksana learned that the town was built in a specific architectural form called " Berkley Brown Shingle". I did not know this either. So like she says next time Im in Berkley I will have to observe it. I think the both of us will have a new appreciation of the architectural design of the city next time. When you think of "cities" Berkley is one and the story gave her a good fell to the city. Writing these stories about towns and places in California is the same thing we did in 2 and 3, only structured differently. The stories have flare! They are made to read and to enjoy. The assignments are more factual but also could be the foundation for one of these flared up stories.


3. What is something different this classmate said about their choice that you did not realize before when you completed projects 2-3?

Oksana said that the story " Cotton candy mirrors" made her thing of her childhood and all the thing that teach you important lessons in life. Before reading this I did not really spend a lot of time relating the reading to me, more to people in general. I guess I did not realize that there is so much you can compare and contrast about these stories.



4. How would you relate this to Freire's ideas regarding dialogue? For example, you went in thinking one idea, your classmate had a different idea. What new idea emerged from this process?

This relates to Freire's idea of dialogue because it is dialogue. The class is interaction and exchanging information on an open ground where we are all teachers and we are all equally students as well. Also by reading Oksana's work I can learn about her and the way she receives information. She looks at some things different than I would but that is all part of learning. I think Freire would agree with me that by observing another person's work you can not only learn the work itself but you learn even more about the author. Learning about the worlds cultural differences as well as differences with your neighbor helps every one to come a step closer as a Global community.

5. How has project 2-3 helped you with the readings of the textbook?

Projects 2 and d3 helped to prep the work for the readings by doing the observing myself. Then when I read My California I had some ideas about the elements that make a town or city or any location in the world different than others. It also helped me to stay organized, it just fell in to place well by setting the assignments up in the order that you did.