Artist Statement

Title: My Children

Name: Edgar Garabito

I chose to make this artwork out of a TAG bottle and some white and black paint, because I wanted to make an authentic piece of folk art. I drew my grandma in white with five children and on the other side I drew Harriet Tubman with five slaves which she considers her children. Harriet Tubman is the biggest figure on the white side; she is painted black, as well as the slaves. My grandma, Beatriz Garabito, is the biggest figure on the black side painted white, as well as her children. I chose to make this artwork the way it is because I felt like My Grandma and Harriet Tubman had the same love for there children/slaves, and found a good way to show that.

Trial Paragraph

One challenge I had in the trial was that I wasn’t prepared enough and my questions for the witness’s weren’t strong enough. Strength I had was my closement argument, even though, it also didn’t go as well. I came in during the morning with Ms. Staff so that I can do my closement argument with her because she is super smart and knows how to right good closement argument. She helped me a lot and I tried my best in putting smart words and making it longer. I think I should get a C+ on this trial because I messed up and let my teammates down.

Short Story Reflection

Title: The Door

Author: Edgar Garabito

Genre: Fantasy/ Nonfiction

Pages: 5

Menor Text: Part of it was from Lord of the Rings. The parts of the elves and the action in the story were based of it. Another part was from a picture shown in class about a little door in a basement, and a kid walking down the stairs. The caption for that photo said that the kid saw the door knob turn.

Audience: Youth kids-Teens

Writing Process: When I wrote my story, i had waited to the last minute, so I got help from Ms Staff. She told me how to write a story, and how it was supposed to be formated, which helped a lot. I had problems with my grammar, but Ms Staff read my story and showed me were I needed to correct my spelling mistakes.

Publishing Process: I went to staples to print out my story and a picture for the cover i have made in Photoshop. They put my book together, and only had to show them the file they needed to print out in my flash drive