9/2- I’ve noticed that dragon fruits come in many different shapes and sizes. I have two of them at home right now, and one is narrow and the other one is wide. The two I have are around the same size, though. I am planning on eating some tomorrow and possibly making a drink, but we’ll see. I wonder what the process is like for growing and caring for dragon fruits. I know they are grown in places like Central America, parts of Asia, and more. It would be really cool if there was a farm full of dragon fruit. I also wonder if they come in different colors because some fruits do. I am very eager to one day try dragon fruit on its own, and make my own drink!
9/3- I was curious about passion fruits because I was thinking that they were the same as dragon fruits. I went online and looked up the difference between the two. They are two different fruits. I thought that if anything dragon fruit was a subspecies or something of passion fruit, but that is not the case. Anyway, I didn’t make a drink with the dragon fruit, but I did cut it up and make a small snack! The process was super easy, I just Googled a simple cutting tutorial. My dragon fruit was bright purplish-pink on the inside, and I was able to cut it up into cubes. The video I watched featured a dragon fruit that was white on the inside. The ones I have at home are similar to the kind that Starbucks puts in their dragon fruit drinks. It was delicious and I shared it with my family and they gave me positive feedback. My mom said she liked how it wasn’t too sweet. I liked the taste and thought that the color was really pretty. In the future, I will definitely make a drink with dragon fruit. The seeds were black, but against the dark purple, they were unnoticeable. I would highly encourage everyone to try this amazing fruit.
Oh wow this is so good! I love how you incorporated many perspectives into your excerpt. I also enjoyed how I felt like I was with you during this entire process. I also like how light-hearted your excerpts felt. Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience with all of us. Great descriptions as well and usage of diction.
I loved that you used your prior knowledge about dragon fruit to write your entry, such as “I know they are grown in places like Central America, parts of Asia, and more”. Also, I loved how you were asking questions and making inferences about the dragonfruit in the first entry. Lastly, I loved that you included your family’s reaction to the dragonfruit. This give me a little insight about you and showed that you are very family oriented. I really enjoyed your writing!
I love how curious you come off right from the get go!! I think its super cool how you describe it mostly with your sense of taste! I could almost envision the fruit as you were describing how it was purplish pink on the inside. Good job!!
La’valle, to me, this piece characterizes you as positive and engaged, probably rarely bored. You have so much to say about something as simple as a piece of fruit. I love the combination of description, research, and interpersonal relations that come and go. Here’s an example of all three: “My dragon fruit was bright purplish-pink on the inside, and I was able to cut it up into cubes. The video I watched featured a dragon fruit that was white on the inside. The ones I have at home are similar to the kind that Starbucks puts in their dragon fruit drinks. It was delicious and I shared it with my family and they gave me positive feedback. My mom said she liked how it wasn’t too sweet. ” By the way, I really have to try the ones that Starbucks uses. The ones that I tasted with white inside didn’t have much flavor, but then maybe my taste buds are dying. My wife thinks that’s why I love hot sauce.
Thank you, Mr. Stephens for your nice comment and kind words. I would definitely recommend that you try the Starbucks drink, it is very sweet and healthy.