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My name is Jessica 

About Me

My name is Jessica Sommers and I am a current Junior at the University of Michigan pursuing a major in Communications and a minor in Writing. I am from the suburbs of New York where I live with my parents, my two younger brothers and my dog. Both of my parents attended the University of Michigan which in turn makes my family quite Michigan obsessed. I have been attending football games at the Big House since the year I was born and love nothing more than the frequent quality time that my family and I spend together in Ann Arbor. Outside of school, some of my interests include traveling, eating, writing, shopping and of course spending time with my friends and family.

About My Project

Throughout my semester in the Writing 220 Gateway course, I have been working with a short essay that I wrote during my senior year of high school about my childhood blanket. Over the past few months, I have conducted a total of three experiments revolving around this origin piece with each experiment working with a different genre. The three different genres that I worked with were fairy tales, blogging and children's literature. Through this work, I was able to learn about the multitude of different genres that exist and the ability to turn any piece of writing into any genre. Additionally, I saw that I was able to grow both as a writer and as a creative individual. 

After conducting my three experiments, I was able to chose which genre I thought would be best fitting to use for my final project. After much thought, I have chosen to turn my origin piece about my childhood blanket into a children's book. I thought that was a unique to showcase something that I am so passionate about while also allowing myself to take a risk and work with a genre that I have never worked with before. My book is specifically targeted to children between the ages of 6 and 8 who may need some reassurance that having a special childhood object is nothing to be embarrassed about and is hopefully something that will remain in your life forever. I really enjoyed creating this book and I hope that you enjoy reading it!

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