Reflection of Unit 2

This is the second unit about pop culture. We read textbook, wrote essay, listened Mixer, had speech and watched movies. It`s a really good week. First of all, we read guide: Introduction to Students. It`s from our textbook and I knew the definition of popular culture. Also, I got pop culture was made up of objects, people, events, and places. After I read the content and checked the website, I knew objects were like rap songs and TV shows; People was like Harry potter; Events was like the Super Bowl and places were like shopping malls and Hollywood. Aha! That`s very interesting, right? Secondly, we finished a mini fad report from www.crazyfads.com. It`s a special website which told me the popular things from different decades. For example, ant farm was famous in the 1950s. People liked to take a real ants’ farm in a glass framed box and they said it was very funny. Thirdly, we thought about stars, such as movie stars, sports stars, and TV shows stars. Also, our teacher gave us different websites to show what makes a star. She gave us 5 example include Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and etc. Besides that, we thought about our pop stars. Definitely, my pop star is Marlon Brando. I made a presentation of him and had a speech. After that, I knew Marlon Brando was not only an America actor, but also a film director. He won twice of Academy Award for playing. And he was called the most important people of the century. What`s more, we prepared team work and my part is describe the fad movie, technology as well as sports in the 2000s. Our group made on prezi.com. Fourthly, we sought many different resources about pop culture students. I went to blackboard and found 3 folders. In addition, I watched “Major Theorists”, “Media Theory Sites” and I also wrote the questions from paper. Moreover, I watched 9 minutes video and wrote some notes. Then, I finished team portfolio and review midterm. I found them from blackboard. Finally, we listened a radio about how to make a conversation. It`s included how to start, how to continue and how to end the conversation. In addition, we watched a famous biographical film called Ray and wrote a review. I did not know that blog was so interesting before and I put my movie review record on my blog. It`s a interesting unit which attracted my eyes. The special thing was that I never ever felt nervous when I had a speech. That`s a good news, right? I became more confident than before and I believe I will be more and better in the future.