Thursday, March 27, 2014

Post Nine - Reflection about the panel “Mini Sagas: My Creative Process” supervised by Dr. Mildred Lockwood.


I attended to the second discussion panel “Mini Sagas: My Creative Process” supervised by Dr. Mildred Lockwood on Tuesday March 25, 2014. The students that participated in this panel were students from the PSAE Program. In this panel the students defined the mini saga concept and they presented different mini sagas. The students that were participating as panelist were Kathyria Sánchez, Paula Mysonet, Ashley Dalmau, Maricel Vargas, Manueli Cabrera and Brian Aldiss. They defined mini saga as a very short piece of writing containing exactly 50 words. In my personal opinion I like a lot this panel because they incorporated the dramatization in their presentation. In my opinion Maricel Vargas had the best performance in the mini saga. I remember she said: “Girl you have taught me that together we can save lives”, which showed the message transmitted through the mini saga.


Through the mini sagas student exposed important topics such as: physical appearances, health, racism, expectations, live, goals and beliefs. My favorite mini saga was about Expectations; because it really made me laugh. Ashley mentioned in this mini saga: “Expectations? Challenge: Evaluations. The cruel reality of has a husband”. Kathyria Sanchez’s mini saga was incredible. I really love her mini saga about the bulimic woman. I remember when she said: “Mirror, mirror. Beautiful is only thin. I am awake. I see my enemy, me ugly fat. I only desire to be like the one on the TV. This mini saga impacted myself. Here I quote Ashley's mini saga, Expectations, that was my favorite.


Expectations

By. Ashley Dalmau

Some are intelligent, some are dumb.
Some have manners, others don’t.
Some are loving, others rude.
Some are gentle, others sour.
Some are handsome, tall, strong, energetic…. Others careless,
Small, fat, lazy.
Some love the family, others love their PlayStation.
Expectations?
Challenge evaluation…
The cruel reality of finding a husband.

Definitely, the panelists explain that most important thing of a mini saga is that it should have theme, conflict and solution in exactly 50 words. In my personal opinion the mini saga panel was the best part of the different student conferences. This experience allowed me to learn knew concepts. For example it was the first time I heard about mini sagas. In conclusion I think that this experience was very educational and useful, because this opportunity helped to develop different communication English skills.


4 comments:

  1. I also attended to this panel and was one of my favorites. Nevertheless it was also my first time discovering what mini sagas are, but they just amaze me. By the way you did an excellent job presenting your essay in the student conference.

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  2. I don't see this panel but everybody's that assist liked a lot. Thank you to put the Expectations mini saga,is very funny.

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  3. You also posted the mini-saga about Expectations. I believe all of us girls that attended the panel could relate to this mini-saga. Great job Laura.

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  4. I couldn't assist to this conference, but what you have written, I can infer that each of the mini saga topics were very creative and interesting, especially the one you posted called Expectations. Overall, good reflection !.

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