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From Little Islands to Long Island
By Jhané Gibson
Slide2My Project
A series of reflectionsBased on my personal observations
Comparison of The Bahamas and The United States
Slide3Why
I wanted to writeTo give others an insight to my situation
There’s more to The Bahamas than meets the eye
Slide4Readings
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E.B White Brown Girl,
Brownstones
by
Paule
Marshall
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Favorites
Griffin and Sabine An Extraordinary Correspondence
by Nick BantockThe House on Mango Street by
Sandra Cisneros
Slide6Process
Slide7First Attempt
How It Was
Here I sit in the chair that’s always unkempt surrounded by little people in the orange and white house owned by Grammy on Wool Road. On this road, in this yard, my cousins and I grew up. This house is so old we’ve witnessed multiple renovations. Here we broke things and we created things. Here we learnt about life and what it meant to be happy.
In
this house we learnt to be independent; we cooked, we cleaned and we took care of one another. In this house we lived, and on this road we ceased to exist. This is where we said hello every vacation and this is where we said until next time. Lately there hasn’t been many greetings or farewells.
After
we all go our separate ways we have to meet back here at least once every year we told each other. We broke our promise. I left and soon after so did my older cousins. We attempted to keep in touch, but after a while our lives became so disparate that we talked only when we saw each other. I suppose one day we’ll all go back to that little orange and white house on Wool Road, I just hope it’s soon.
Slide8Kia
Slide9Meeting Ms. Walker
Slide10Final Product
In the form of lettersImages that correlates to each letter
Slide11Goals
Attempt to educate the public on Bahamian culture
What it’s like to move to a different culture
Slide12Challenges
Writing styleSitting down to write Being satisfied with my results
Presenting. Public speaking? No please.
Slide13Discoveries
I can be a good writerBahamian boarders might think differently
Slide14Future plans
Continue writingSet up an independent study electiveTake a class or two in college
Slide15Thank You
Susan WalkerMy mom100
Wainscott crewMy friendsRoss School
Slide16Questions, Comments
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From Little Islands to Long Island
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