Module 5 - Zoom In Photos

        The animal I was trying to be is a mouse.


        From a mouse’s perspective, my 1st photo shows my living environment which I share with humans. Everything is high, but that is okay because I do not care. As long as I have a smooth floor that I can easily escape on, it is good enough!

        The 2nd photo shows that I need to be really quiet and careful when the house owner walks around. I do not want to cause any attention from her because that means I will be in trouble!

        The 3rd photo shows what my true passion is about: FOOD to fill in my empty stomach! I do not see anything (including a mice trap) but FOOD!

        The 4th photo shows that what I would choose between - money, which is what humans care much about, and a sandwich. I would definitely choose the half sandwich, because money means nothing to me in my world!

        Enjoy!


1st photo

2nd photo

3rd photo

4th photo

Mouse Xin Wang ;)

Module 4 - How do I love thee assignment

Annotation

        My content area is teaching Chinese writing and speaking to non-native Chinese speaking students. Based on my teaching experience, students have found it difficult to recognize Chinese characters as they are different than phonetic letters, and it is even more challenging for the students to remember the correct order and rules that govern written Chinese characters. Thus, developing a strategy to help students remember the rules when they are writing becomes crucial.

        In writing Chinese characters, the rules in general follow a specific order: left to right; up to down; start from outside, but finish inside first, then complete the outside; the dot (a Chinese character stroke) should be the last step. The Chinese character writing process can be analogized as building a house backwards: instead of from the bottom, this funny house will be built from the top; instead of completing from the outside first, this funny house will start from the outside, then go to inside before finishing up the outside; the person stands on the top to have a view once the house finishes is analogized that the little dot should be the last step. Thus, below is the poem that applies this analogy to my teaching content.

Poem:

To write Chinese characters

Is like to build a funny house

Just remember—

They both need to follow rules

And they are—

From left to right

From up to down

Start from the outside, but finish the inside first

Before complete the outside

Oh, you want to have a view?

Sure! Please stand on the top of the building~

What do you see?

To put a little dot as the last step to complete

Great job! Builders and writers!

Xin Wang

Module 4 -- Zoom In Assignment

Abstract -- Movement

Abstract -- Fashionable

Abstract -- Texture

Original piture -- My favorite shoe :)

Module 3 -- How do I love thee assignment