Religion- genre 1
I decided to use a two person conversation genre because of the conversation I had with one of my friends about Catholicism. I had a lot of difficulties wording the conversation right to where non-Catholic people could understand. Also it was hard getting the conversation to flow good. I really liked using the topic religion because I am Catholic and I got the chance to research more on the Catholic faith. I also go the chance to expand on Catholicism and hopefully taught other people more about my faith.
important historic events-genre 2
For the important historic events I chose to elaborate on the Lateran Pact of 1929. I used an informative list to do so. I used the list so I could list the corrections the Lateran Pact made to the arrangement between the Vatican City and Italy. I had a lot of difficulty translating that changes that the Lateran Pact made into a modern style of writing and something easy to understand. I really liked learning more about how the Vatican City became its own country. Also it was fun and challenging understanding the original wording of the Pact.
Art- genre 3
I used Prezi and made a timeline to show most of the art in the Vatican City. The Prezi allowed me to show all the pictures I wanted to and putting them in the form of a timeline let people see the progress the Vatican City made in their forms of art. The hardest part was creating the Prezi and making it the way I wanted people to see it. Also citing all the pictures that I used was difficult too. I really liked using this topic because I knew there were a lot of religious works of art made by some very important and well known artists. Also being able to use my creativity to make my Prezi was also fun. .
Famous people- genre 4
I decided to make a newspaper article genre for the topic of famous people. By using the newspaper article I could tell people about the very difficult steps that are used to elect a new Pope. It was really difficult trying to keep my style of writing in newspaper form and figuring out how to write it as a newspaper article. I really enjoyed researching how Pope Benedict XVI got chosen and explaining all the symbolism in the rituals that are underwent to elect a pope.
Relation to america-genre 5
For the relation to America I chose to use a letter to explain the similarities and differences in the Vatican City and the US. I decided to write a letter so I could show my personal opinions on the country. It was difficult trying to narrow down what subjects I wanted to talk about and how to compare them to something in America. I really liked being able to show my opinion on how this country really is. I enjoyed talking about how great it is and their different cultures.
If I had the chance to this project again I would try to find better pictures to decorate the website with. I also would have tried to figure out a way to make my newspaper article into an actual clip of the article. I feel like a learned a lot more using all the different genres. I needed more information on the topics to create all the styles of writing rather than a normal essay.