First Spark Story
- Due Feb 5, 2023 by 11:59pm
- Points 150
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Visit a garden on the UF campus and compose a “Spark Story” in which you (1) describe the physical features that make the space a proper garden as per the definition developed in discussion using our readings:
(2) describe your emotional response to the garden, and (3) conjecture about the meaning of the garden to the UF community. Is the garden a site of contest as outlined by McKay:
This assignment aids students in the development of their visual communication skills, a desirable competency recognized by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Spark_Instructions_002.pdf Download Spark_Instructions_002.pdf |
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Rubric
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The Garden
For full points, please take at least two pictures of the garden; describe its physical features that make it a garden; relate the garden to the "definitions" or characteristics of gardens discussed either by St. Denis or Hunt, or both
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Emotional Response
Describe your affective response:
What did you see, hear, smell, touch? What was the weather like? What time of day? How did these temporal settings impact your experience of the garden? Were there workers present? Was it too cold that day? Too hot? Did the garden remind you of something from your past? Did the garden make you think about your future? Did the garden root you in the present moment somehow? You don't need to answer ALL of these questios: they are just starting points
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Meaning
What meaning do you derive from the garden? To what extent does this garden push against assumptions? To what extent does this garden provide space for critical thinking of some/any sort?
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Visual Communication
Use the Adobe Spark program to its best advantage; consider how the fonts, colors, size of image, placement of image, and text contribute to your presentation of the garden.
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Total Points:
150
out of 150
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