Review on how-to-article.

   Characteristics that make a good how to article are the topic, writing your instructions in the form of steps, photographs, font, and lots more.  This article had all of that.  The topic "How to Make Perfect Cheesecake" was very catchy and caught my attention right away.  Also the pictures caught my attention as well, there were plenty of pictures of a deliciously perfect looking cheesecake.

   I felt it was a good how to article because it was very catchy, had lots of pictures, steps, and tips.  I didn't feel there was anything weak about the article, it was easy to navigate through and it described every thing you need to know.  The article also provided lots of helpful tips and I didn't feel any changes needed to be made or it needed to be improved.  What I really liked about the article is it gave all the ingredients, steps and it provided helpful tips.

   The link to the article I chose is    http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-perfect-cheesecake-recipe-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchen-110760 .  Out of 20 I would give the article a 19/20 because the article could get a little boring if you read through it all, but overall it was very well done.  I think another statement that could be added to the rubric would be:

• The article includes pictures and other features to catch the readers attention. 

Pitching a new character

Film Review: Finding Forrester

      Who would have thought a city boy and an old man could have such a strong bond? In the film “Finding Forrester” you will learn all about it.   The film was produced in 2000 and is a Columbia pictures film.  Older teens, adults, and seniors would most likely enjoy this film more than anybody else because it would probably be boring to younger people due to them maybe not really understanding the film. A few quotations from the film are “We walk away from our dreams, afraid we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed”. Another one was “The object of a question is to obtain information that matters only to us”. I think these quotations hold great meaning and they give us an insight on William Forrester’s (Sean Connery) Character.

      In the film a smart city boy finds an old man who’s disconnected himself from society only to later learn he’s not just an ordinary old man he is actually a long-lost famous author. As the two bond and begin to understand one another Forrester helps Jamal (Rob Brown) with his writing, however, Jamal faces some hardships of developing his talents and figuring out which direction his future should go while his friendship with the author begins to grow. Finding Forrester can be compared to the film “To Kill a Mockingbird” because they both have characters in the film very similar. In “To kill a Mockingbird” the character Boo Radley is very quiet, never leaves the house during the day or when people can see him and prefers to be alone. In the film “Finding Forrester” The author William Forrester is similar because he to prefers to be left alone and never leaves his apartment and doesn’t have very many friends because he chooses to stay shut in the house and away from society like Boo Radley did. Both characters also had people that tried their best to get them to come out of their comfort zone. The children tried to get Boo Radley to come out of the house by torturing him and they tried to get a peek at him, Jamal in “Finding Forrester” kept going and visiting William until they bonded and Jamal eventually convinced William to leave the house.

      The actors in the film “Finding Forrester” were what really made the film as good as it was, the actors and their way of acting was the strongest part of it because without their acting skills “Finding Forrester” would probably be boring or not very entertaining. I think the film had very good quality mainly due to not only the acting but the setting as well. setting also played a big part in the quality of the film because it took place in a city which made it better especially towards William’s character who didn’t enjoy being in crowds of people whereas in cities there are lots of people everywhere. Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) and William Forrester (Sean Connery) were both the main characters. Jamal was a city boy who enjoyed playing basketball and was very smart and enjoyed writing. William Forrester was an author who prefers to be alone shut in his apartment, he never leaves it and has very little friends because of his disconnection with society. Although the characters are two very different people they bond and help each other as they both face struggles along the way and I think that’s what made the film so good and the acting the strongest quality because of how different they both were but they had a strong connection and they did have one thing in common which was writing, it was their thing. There were a few struggles and conflicts during the film, a few conflicts were Jamal with his writing teacher, his teacher didn’t believe Jamal could write as good as he did, another conflict was William with society, he prefers to stay shut in. Also there was a bit of conflict between Jamal and the father of the girl he has a crush on, he doesn’t approve because Jamal wasn’t as “high class” as them.

      
      The main message or the theme of the film is attaining your dreams and holding onto them because in the film William is helping Jamal with his career and he shows him to not give up on the world before it gives up on him because that is what William did and he became a recluse and realized his failures but were able to get over them. The film makes me think I should hold onto any dreams I have and to not give up on the world or i’ll become a recluse like William.