The Iran Hostage Crisis, the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War; all of these events became known as turning points in history. In which the world could have gone one way but shifted suddenly another way. I noticed a trend among the presidents who were in power during these events. That trend being; that these events, now considered turning points in history, played a role in the downfalls of the presidents who were in power 1.
President Lindon B. Johnson earned his disapproval when he sent more troops into Vietnam, a war that many knew was unwindable 2. Those who opposed the US’s involvement in the war vilified LBJ.
The final months of President Carter’s tenure were rocked by some major crises. With the Iran Hostage Crisis and the failed Operation Eagle Claw (an attempt to save the hostages and end the crisis), disapproval was high. These events played a huge role in his landslide loss in the 1980 presidential election 3.
Nixon’s blatant attempts to cover up the Watergate scandal and spy on American officials he claimed were “threats” lead to his resignation. The only time a president has ever resigned in US history 4.
Let’s Paint The Picture… Literally
I painted this picture! It’s meant to show the fall from power that these Presidents experienced due to their actions against these turning points. Also, I wanted an excuse to make a painting 🙂
Painting in Progress…
It was interesting to explore this idea and it left me with some questions. Are the downfalls of these presidents caused by turning points in history or was it the way these presidents handled these events that turned them into turning points? Perhaps it’s a bit of both. Let me know what you think in the comments!
For a little while now I’ve been working on this ongoing project of creating a Zettelkasten. I’ve been taking a lot of notes in and out of class in order to build what has essentially become a second brain. After reviewing the thoughts I had compiled I noticed some ideas that were starting to connect.
I wanted to explore this idea about distance and how distance can impact how we judge a problem. Because I think people have a hard time acknowledging a problem that isn’t directly impacting them 1.
It’s Just a Cold… It’s Just a Storm
Covid 19 Protocols
I can’t deny that in the beginning, I had my doubts about Covid 19. Perhaps I was afraid of what it would mean for me and my family if it reached Canada or perhaps I was confident in our Governments ability to handle a pandemic but in the beginning, my friends and I would treasure each other that it was just like the common cold and that it would never make its way to Canada. Silly me…
It wasn’t until the first case in Lynn Valley that it really started to worry me. More information about the virus was becoming available and suddenly the fear of a global pandemic was becoming a reality.
New Orleans before and after
In one of our lessons at school, we talked about Hurricane Katrina. After listening to people tell their stories about the disaster I noticed that some residents of New Orleans reacted to Hurricane Katrina the same way the people I know reacted to Covid 19 2. For the residents of New Orleans, hurricanes were not scary. They had experienced their fair share of them and to some, Hurricane Katrina sounded like another night of harsh winds and lots of rain. For this reason, many who had the option to evacuate felt they did not need to.
At Least It’s Not Happening To Us
Baader–Meinhof Group
It’s hard to look at something terrible that’s happening to people across the world and imagine if that were you. No one wants to place themselves in a difficult situation. Unfortunately, it becomes a problem when we detach ourselves so much that we are no longer prepared for the “What If”.
The Weather Underground
Terrorism was on the rise in the 1960s and ’70s, with groups like the Provisional Irish Republic Army, Black September, the Baader–Meinhof Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. However, all these groups were operating and fighting in Europe or the Middle East. Many American’s believed terrorism only happened on the other side of the world 3. It wasn’t until it made its way to America with domestic terrorist groups like The Weather Underground and the Symbionese Liberation Army that they realized terrorism is a threat to every country.
It’s interesting how we detach ourselves from these problem situations, whether it’s on purpose or not. With the people of New Orleans, it was a “boy who cried wolf” type situation. They’d witness so many hurricanes in the past that they were no longer perceived as a threat.
I think our denial of domestic terrorism reaching the west – in the same way as covid – came from this notion that our governments would be prepared to handle such a situation. Or that it wasn’t as big a threat as people say and would fizzle out on the otherwise of the world.
I created this comic strip to summarise the idea that people have a hard time acknowledging a problem that isn’t directly impacting them 1.
It may have been 20 weeks since I last had a class with you but clearly based on that letter you know I’ve not forgotten my Shakespeare! (totally didn’t use an online translator) But it has been a while and I’m sure you’ve missed me dearly which is obviously why you asked me to write a blog post about the things I’ve been up to.
My 20 Week Art Factory
In quarter 2 I was taking biology and had one spare and In quater 3 I was taking Physics and Photography. Having the spare for 10 weeks in Q1 was a great opportunity to do some of the things I love, that I normally feel too busy to do. Recently I’ve been getting back into painting. I’ve completed 5 paintings in 20 weeks and in all of them I’ve tried experimenting with different subjects.
Cool Lime and Ice
Reference Image
I did this painting during the winter when it started getting dark earlier. When that time of year comes around my mood and overall motivation get low. I wanted to paint something that reminded me of summertime and water better reminder than a glass of icy lime water. This was my first time trying to paint the intricate ripples of water and the reflections that the ice makes. Compared to the image I was referencing, I’m very proud of the final product.
Aries Goddess of war
Reference Image
Recently I’ve been practicing painting people. I’ve never been great when it comes to human anatomy but I find that using a reference is a great place to start. When I try to think of a person’s physical characteristics and put them on paper I just don’t understand how everything fits together. When I’m copying an image I have no problem.
This painting was inpired by a few different ideas. I wanted to paint this women in a powerful light. The symbol on her forhead is the symbol of the Aries astrological sign. I am an Aries and though I do not believe astrology can dictate your life, I am fascinated by the characteristic that Aries people are described as having. Aries’ are described as being passionate, motivated, and confident leaders and are represented by the colour red. Another inspriation for this painting was the greek god Ares who is the God war, more specifically the distanstful side of brutal warfare and slaughter. The women in the painting is supposed to represent power. I wanted her to look intimedating and strong like a goddess who’d have you on your knees the moment she appeared.
Notible Mentions
Here are some of the other paintings I did over the past 20 weeks that didnt have much meaning behind them. These were either for fun or just to practice some technique.
I still need to do the line art on this one
The Grind Don’t Stop
Here is a painting I’m currently working on. With quarter 4 (my busiest quarter yet) just around the corner I’m worried I wont have time to finish it but I will try my best! This painting was inspired by my recent and reborn love of greek myth. I wanted to painting Achilles and his lover Patroclus after the battle of troy. This is another paintig featuring human anatomy only this time I havent used a reference image. So far its taken me 4 hours to get this far.
I’ve been loving the quater system. Though it can be sad to say goodbye to a class you’ve been enjoying I do like only having to think about 2 courses at a time. I can’t believe I used to take 8 classes at a time! Having more free time has vastly improved my mental health. In previous years I was either on all the time, working almost every night or I had my school brain completly shut off during time like winter and spring break. This year I’ve felt like there is a perfect balance between those two and its given me time to do things that I love like painting!
In the past 20 weeks I’ve noticed my skills as an artist improve. I’ve learned new skills like painting the human body and understanding depth and refelction and its been a great way to relax. I plan to go to art school after highschool so having this time to adress my artistic side makes me feel more prepared for next year!
Five weeks ago the PLP English 11/12 class set out to tame a beast of a project. In just five weeks we read Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew, learned about the history of the women’s rights movement of the 20th century and wrote an essay answering the question…
How Can We Use Our Study of The Taming of The Shrew to understand how much, yet how little, has changed for women?
The introduction of this new project had me excited and also a bit terrified. I was very excited to study another Shakespeare play since I was a big fan of Macbeth, which we studied last year. The prospect of writing an essay scared me a bit. I had a vision like Lady Macbeth, of me, the night before the due date, writing an essay with no idea where it was going, and then someone getting an A on it? Not sure how that happened but look how visions turned out for Lady M. Luckily, our teacher wouldn’t let us get behind. Over the course of this project, we did extensive research and preparation, like mini-projects, so that we had no choice but to be prepared!
Getting Prepared
First of all, getting prepared means understanding the competencies being assessed. is essentially what it sounds like. It pushes you to think about how lives and conditions have changed or stayed the same over time. is harder to understand. Demonstrating this core competency means applying a variety of strategies, like note-taking or discussing ideas out loud, to comprehend and express how texts use features.
20th Century History… Women’s History!
As a woman (omg gender reveal!! let’s have a party 🔥 ), I was thrilled to be learning about women’s history and the women’s rights movement. Never in my whole school career can I remember focusing a whole project on the lives of women throughout history and surprisingly enough, I’ve not heard any talk of classmates outside of PLP doing it either.
Parallel to reading The Taming of The Shrew we began our studies of women’s rights throughout the 20th century. We read several texts written by or about women on a website called CommonLit. Common lit asked you questions at the end of each reading to help you analyze and reflect on the given text. After completing 8 CommonLit readings I could tell my ability to analyze text improved greatly. On the earlier readings, like The Lady and The Tiger, I got 81%, mostly struggling with picking out the theme of the text.
On the later readings like Susan B. Anthony, The Women & Serena Williams’ Catsuit Controversy… I was getting 95-100%, having improved on my ability to pick out the theme and tone of texts as well as reflecting on them in the written portion.
As you can tell, this project wasn’t just about writing an essay. We also did a short project on women’s rights throughout the decades. It was a group project and each group was given a different decade to create a presentation on.
The project had its ups and downs that is for sure! It was a short one so we only had a few days to work on it. My group chose the 1960s as our decade which I was super excited about. With the advent of birth control and new and cool fashion trends, it was a revolutionary time to be a woman!
Group Poster
Most of our project prep happened over the weekend and trying to organize everyone over the weekend was next to impossible. However, we managed to decide what the presentation would look like and after that, it was up to our individual work coming together for presentation day! Though this project was short it was a really great way to learn about women’s rights over the decade. Instead of listening to a lecture from the teacher we got to hear it from our classmates and in the end, we shared all our research links for people to refer back to when writing their essay!
The Taming of The Shrew
William Shakespeare, a brilliant writer and a very sexist one at that. But can you blame the guy? He lived in the 16th century after all! Women were a long way away from being eligible for that whole “rights” thing.
The Taming of The Shrew acted almost like a case study for this project. The story was like a window into the past for us to look at how women were viewed and treated. With that information, we could compare it to the history of the women’s rights movement to understand but has changed and what has stayed the same.
As we read through the play I highlighted and annotated quotes that I thought would come in handy while writing my essay. This strategy saved me a lot of time later because I didn’t have to go back and search for quotes. Instead, they were already in my research document! Another benefit of highlighting the text was that it was easier to see what changed over the course of the play and what stayed the same.
Research & Reflect
To make the essay writing experience much easier, we were assigned an ongoing research document to fill with quotes from the play and connections to the 20th-century history we were learning about. By the time we started writing the essay my research document was 16 pages long! I used a variety of strategies to comprehend each text we watched, read or talked about. Making connections from Shakespeare to 20th-century history was something we worked on last year with our Macbeth project and our studies of the cold war, so this process was not new to me. The note-taking style I used for the Macbeth project as well as the one I use most often is the Outlining Method. This works great for lectured but with so much information coming from so many different mediums, I decided to switch it up for this project.
Quote Charts
Notes on Key Idea
Presentation Notes
Reflection Questions
I made charts connecting quotes from the play to history or to the first reactions I had so that my thoughts were organized and easy to learn from. For notes taken in class, I used the Outlining Method because I like it best when listening to presentations so I used it for Women’s Rights Poster Presentations.
Outline and Thesis
To prep, for my essay, I created a thesis and started an outline for my essay. The outline listed all the points I was going to use to support my thesis and had a rough design of how the essay would flow. I had specific quotes listed as well as some basic sentences and paragraphs written to help me structure the essay.
Revision, Revisions, Revisions!
After all my planning was done it was time to write the essay. The first draft started off well but by the last few paragraphs, I was struggling with where to take it. When this happened I made sure to take breaks so that my brain didn’t feel overworked. Another strategy I tried out was talking about it with my parents. Getting feedback on what I already had written really helped me while deciding what to write about.
After my first draft was completed we did an annotated draft where I highlighted the places I used quotes, history, Taming of The Shrew, etc. After that, I got feedback from my teacher. I also wanted some feedback from someone else so I had my friend read over it and annotate it as well. Thanks, Tamara!
After the first draft, it was revisions revisions revisions! My teacher wanted us to do well so she pushed us to revise and correct anything we could. One of my biggest struggles was with writing transition sentences. Sometimes my transitions were too broad which can be confusing to the reader. Othertimes I skipped the transition altogether… oops. After three revisions my essay finally had the flow and consistency it needed.
The Final Product
Click Here For My Essay!
On the last day of the class, my essay was finally done! I had nothing more to worry about, it was all in the past. There are a few things I would have liked to do differently. I think my essay could have used some more history. Feedback suggested including more primary and secondary sources so I will be sure to do some extra research on the front for future projects. I also think I could have included some more outside research in my essay. I used a lot of the resources we were given in class but I think my essay would have been stronger with some more outside research. In future projects, I will try to include outside research to extend my learning.
The thing I loved about this project was that everyone created something different! Though we all had to answer the same driving questions, everyone had a different thesis, answering the question in their own way. I liked that we didn’t have to directly answer the question. If the thesis was approved that meant it answered the DQ so all we had to do was back it up! PLP is a project-based learning program so writing essays is a rare occurrence. I thought I’d feel unprepared but with each stepping stone complete I felt more at ease. I felt confident in my ability to write a succinct historical essay that I could share with the world and I think that’s exactly what I did!
Shakespeare & Game of Thrones – Weekly Reflection #4
Since the very beginning of our project “Shrew You!” I’ve been noticing connections between Shakespeare’s plays and the HBO show Game of Thrones (GOT). In class, we talk about how influential Shakespeare has been because of his universal themes about life the universe and everything and it got me thinking about whether those connections I was making to GOT may be related to Shakespeare’s works. Welcome to weekly reflection #4 where I explore my thoughts on Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew and Game of Thrones! Warning mild GOT spoilers ahead.
Game of Thrones & My Connections to The Taming of The Shrew
This year I started watching Game Of Thrones (GOT) with my partner (I know I’m super late to the party) and I’ve been loving it. The show has so much detail and there is always an interesting story to follow (except Bran’s story and I stand by that). With our recent study of The Taming of the Shrew (TOTS) by William Shakespeare, I can’t help but notice some similarities between the two.
Sansa’s Betrothal to Prince Joffrey
Kate & Petruchio in the 1967 film adaptationSansa & Joffrey
Sansa Stark much like Kate in TOTS had a man chosen for her. As an alliance between the Starks and the Baratheons, Sansa was set to marry Prince Joffrey Baratheon. Unlike Kate, Sansa was excited to be married and fair enough considering Joffrey was going to be king. Though Kate wasn’t as excited to be married to Petruchio we can see the similarities of marriage. In the 16th century and how Shakespeare describes in the play, marriage was a business transaction based on wealth and status and it’s just the same in GOT.
Renaming Your Identity
Your name is your identity, the very first thing you were interpreted by before you had thoughts of your own. Have you ever noticed that anyone named Jessica on tv is a popular snob? Yeah… that’s why I go by Jesse. Anyway…
Imagine you’re name was taken from you, someone one day decided that your name wasn’t to their liking so they changed it. If you associated with that name (and there are many people who don’t identify with their birth name) you’d feel ripped off your identity. We see this in the history of residential schools in Canada. In an effort to assimilate indigenous children into the white Christian way of life they were stripped of their culture by cutting their hair and changing their names (Miller).
The Lost Name in TOTS & GOT
As one of his many methods of taming Kate, Petruchio addresses her not as Katherine but as Kate stating it over and over again.
“You lie, in faith, for you are call’d plain Kate,
And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst.
But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate,
For dainties are all Kates: and therefore, Kate,
Take this of me, Kate of my consolation”
The number of times he repeats this pet name, completely disregarding the name she introduced herself as strips her of her identity so he can control her, thus taming her.
Ramsay (Left) & Theon/Reek (Right)
If you’re familiar with Game of Thrones in any way, you are most definitely familiar with Ramsay Bolton, the sadistic, manipulative bastard child of Roose Bolton and you are probably more familiar with Theon Greyjoy – who was kidnapped by Ramsay, enslaved and renamed Reek. After being constantly told by Ramsay that his name isn’t Theon Greyjoy and is instead Reek, it becomes nearly impossible for a once close friend like Sansa Stark to remind him of his true identity. Out of fear of what Ramsay would do to him, he insists he is Reek and this… is a truly terrifying form of manipulation that leaves lasting trauma on the character.
Shame For Your CrimesÂ
If there is one very similar thing between TOTS and GOT it’s that they love to publicly shame people who have violated community regulations or laws. In Act 1, scene 1 of The Taming of the Shrew Kate’s father practically begs suitors to court Kate to which Gremio (a potential suitor for Kate’s sister) replies “To cart her rather. She’s too rough for me”. “Cart” was a term used in old modern English referring to the act of parading bawds and whores in open carts around the streets to publicly humiliate and shame them.
Cersei Lannister – Walk of atonement
This exact idea of “justice” can be seen in GOT when Cersei is sentenced to “the walk of atonement”. The walk of atonement is a civil punishment in the 7 kingdoms meant to publicly shame women accused of adultery and prostitution. Cersei is forced to walk naked from The Great Sept of Baelor to The Red Keep which in short, is a very long walk. Cersei is followed by women of the church shouting “Shame” and ringing bells while virtually the whole city watches, throwing almost anything they have at her.
Shakespeare has had a huge influence on us because of his universal themes of life the universe and everything. We continue to study his works today and storytellers are constantly adapting his works and themes into stories of their own. Though I believe the similarities in Game of Thrones and The Taming of the Shrew are based more on inspirations from the 16th century I wouldn’t be surprised if some elements of Shakespeare snuck their way in too. Leave a comment telling me your thoughts on the similarities between these two texts. Do you think elements of Shakespeare’s plays had an influence on Game of Thrones?
Take your kid to work day! Every year all the grade 9s get to go with their parents to work. See there is a problem with this day because not everyone has a parent or a parent that work. These days there are so many jobs and most of them can be done from the comfort of their home. So no more going on a trip to NASA. But that’s all ok because it is, not just take your kid to work day. You can also bring friends with nowhere to go with you. So me being the nice person I am offered for three of my friends to come with me. It was a lot of fun!
Where did we go?
We went to my mom’s work. My mom is a teacher at a high school in Burnaby. Their school is much bigger than mine. It has 1800 students and two buildings. My school has one building and 600 kids. It’s twice as big!
What did we do?
We were given the task to video interview 3 people who worked at the same place and ask them questions about their work.
Throughout the day my mom gave us things to do. We helped her mark tests, we helped another teacher do some filling and we watched a movie that I had already seen three times in my moms last period class. We also got time to explore the school on our own which was fun! We took lots of photos too.
We ate lunch in the cafeteriaThis is what lunch in the cafeteria looks likeWe marked testsThe school is very nice
They have this random painted on doorThey also stole Frankenstuffies!
My mom’s school is a lot different than our school. It’s bigger, it has way more administration positions and their daily schedule is very different from ours.
They get out of school at 3:03 that’s three minutes too long for me!
What did I learn?Â
I learned a lot about the different workers in a school and what they do. I learned that that school doesn’t like the two building and don’t like the separation and neither do the students. I also learned that none of the grade nines go with their parents, at that school so it was very awkward to see them all eating together at lunch.
I learned a lot at take your kid to work day. I also had a lot of fun with my friends and temporary family Maggie, Morgan, and Maia. All my friend’s names had an M so we called me Maria because that is my middle name. GO check out my friend Maggie’s blog to see her post on take your kid to work day as well.
Safety is very important, especially when it comes to lab safety. This past couple of weeks we have been working on a safety video to show what we learned about being safe in the lab.
I had a lot of fun making this video with my group. My group mates Maggie, Lauren, and Melika where so much fun to work with. We all helped in different ways to make the video a group effort. Whether or not that is splitting up to film as much as possible in a day and bringing it together at the end or splitting up the jobs like writing and editing. Thank you, Maggie, for editing the final video and thank you to everyone in my group who helped bring so much personality to the base of the script that I had written. You made every character so unique and wonderful. I think that is what made the video really good.
There were little to no problems when we were making the video but if we got to do it again it would have been good if we focused a bit more. But practice makes perfect.
Trying to incorporate the safety criteria and make it funny was kind of hard but you can thank all of my group members who each have their own style and humour that helped make the video so funny and unique.
Showing everyone in the class our video was so much fun. I loved everyone’s reactions. Our video was longer than the criteria but most of my classmates said it was worth it.
I would love to know your thoughts on the video so leave a comment if you want. But I hope you enjoyed and learned a little something about lab safety.
This school year we went on a 7 day trip to Calgary. Here is a math problem for you, what do you get if you put 22 kids on a small bus for 7 days. A lot of singing, sickness, and teenage smell! But overall a really fun time! I love going on our school’s bus, some people may think otherwise but going on a road trip with all of your friends is so much fun!
Before we left for our cross country trip we did a crash course in history with our teacher Ms. Maxwell! We learned about the Canadian Pacific railway or CPR and we learned about famous people in Canadian history. We also talked about some of the projects we would be doing during this trip.
7 days worth of supplies and I’m ready to go. We hop on the bus, shout goodbye to our parents and our 5-hour adventure begins. The first half and our is pretty quiet I’m not gonna lie. We are all settling into our seats trying to get comfortable, and you’d think after an hour we would all get restless and start being loud and obnoxious. Let’s be honest its 7 in the morning and we are all sleeping on the bus.
Fist destination, first project! Our first task was to create a group video using the ghost town and the features it offers.
My group did a post-apocalyptic themed movie. If it were an action film playing in theatres the description would go something like this.
(And you must read this in your best narrator voice!)
In a world where an infection breaks out killing most of civilization. 4 brave survivors set out to find a supposedly lost cure to this zombie-like disease. They will face the danger of their lives. Will they return?? In theatres July 7th!
(Insert video when you get it)
I think our group did pretty good on our video in my opinion. If you wanna check out my group members blogs here they are. Kai, Alivia, Lucas, and Tamera.
Next, on our busy schedule, we went to Rogers Pass. Also the location of my next project! Each student was assigned a certain landmark that we would be visiting to make a video project on. This was my location and I was up for the challenge.
I created a pretty good video (in my opinion) about the tragic avalanche of 1910. Check out my video if you want to learn more about this historic event.
I think what I would have done differently next time is take more photos and better photos. Also, I need to start planning things out a bit more because I came to the stop without a really strong story.
An hour-long bus ride and we reached the destination that changed my life! We went to a park with wolves! YES, wolves! Northern Light wolf center. Whats even better is I got to pet the wolf! I. GOT. TO. PET. A. WOLF! Just writing about it fills me with joy. Also, my teachers wanted to take a group photo with the wolf and it sat down beside me! It was so much fun! The people that worked at the park were so lovely and we learned a lot about wolves.
We also got to make the wolves howl, it was so cute.
Finally, we get some sleep in our amazing hotel and the next day our teachers locked us in rooms! The teachers were already tired of us by the third day! Kidding, but we were locked in rooms. At the locked room in Calgary! The locked room is just like those games you play called “can you escape.” You are put in a room with different puzzles that you have to solve to escape. Some of the rooms are not locked but you have to leave with an item.
We were divided into 4 groups and each group went to a different challenge room. My group went to “The Great Train Heist” our challenge was to leave the room with a gold bar in 1 hour. That — didn’t happen. The time ran out. But as we were leaving one of the “Gamemasters” said we had an extra hour! We still didn’t finish. But neither had the other groups so we had even more time! Then finally after not solving it, the game master came in and helped us out.
We had to get into a safe. You had 3 tries to get into said safe. If you get it wrong 3 times you are locked out for 15 minutes. Once the game master came in to help we got the code and went over to the safe, which had 1 more try on it. The last part of the code was the letter A. When we read it to our teammate who shall remain nameless they thought we said 8. Thus locking us out for 15minutes that we did not have.
We were forced to quit but in my opinion, we technically got it. Plus my group had really good teamwork so it was a win anyway!
One of my favorite places we went was this art, engineering and science festival called Beakerhead. It was so much fun! I Loved all the art and interactive activities they had.
My favorite one was the Serpent Mother! It was this huge metal serpent that’s head moved. At 8 o’clock the whole thing shoots fire! It is amazing and it is a great representation of what art can be!
On our trip home we stopped at a place called the enchanted forest! Yes, just like in the fairy tales. It was literally a giant forest filled with fairytale creatures and stories.
Once we got there the teachers gave us 2 hours to make a fictional video in small groups. Here is my groups’ video
(Insert Video)
After being locked in a room and watching a giant lizard shoot fire we were finally home! We visited so many other cool places on our trip but these were really the highlights for me.
Something I’m very proud of this year Was my blue sky project. As you know this was a recent project. The thing that makes me very proud of this project is my presentation of my project. I think I’m very good at talking to people and presenting. I also think that my project itself was very good. I really hope people liked my game.
Something I valued the most was the SLCs last term. Having that one to practice has made it easier to do this one today. It has also taught me great people skills. This will help later in my life. Like doing an interview. Or the Tpols next year.
The most interesting project this year was the science light project. We haven’t actually presented it as it is tonight. Feel free to stop by. The process for this project was so much fun. I got to do something I really enjoy. Photography. I’m not very good at photography but that can’t stop me from loving it. In this project I got to make my own pinhole camera and I got to develop photos in the school dark room. It was so much fun!
The project I most enjoyed was destination imagination now I know that wasn’t really a class project but it was still a project. I got to work with a team of people to make an amazing performance. This thought me amazing teamwork! I loved the group I got to work with. The topic I got, improv wasn’t very fun at first. But if I was to do it next year I would be up to the challenge.
I chose these projects because they show different aspects of learning like, thinking outside the box, social skills, science, team work, passion for something and problem solving. All of these have also helped me to become a better learner. Most of these skills I can use later in my adult life.
Something I need to improve on.
I think I need to improve on not talking on work I might not be able to do. I know this isn’t PLP but in drama I have decided to stop saying I can do the editing in group videos because I have come very close to not getting it done. And I do not want to go through that again.
Another this I want to improve on is staying on task because that is definitely one of my downfalls. I also want to work on not telling myself I can do things at home because I end up not having wifi or not having time to finish.
I still need to work on my goal from last year about not taking offence to advice given to me by teachers, parents and peers. Along with a new goal I set for myself to prioritize my work. The stuff that is already late is just getting later but I can do the stuff that’s not overdue first.
Thank you for being here for my presentation and I hope you can have a better look I to what I have learned this year. Do you have any questions?
Blue Sky is back and bigger than ever! It’s the end of the year and what better way to finish it off then to solve a problem in this world. Sure you could say that all the problems in this world have been solved but we are pretty smart cookies. You’d be surprised at how many problems we managed to solve this year.
Some kids made solutions to making sure your animal wasn’t lonely. Others helped seniors drink more water. But I think the best of them all is Brace Face™.
If you didn’t already get the hint, that was my project.😂
Brace face is a tool used for Tweens with braces to clean their teeth. It is a bar made of silicone with little teeth cleaners on the ends so that you can quickly clean your front teeth when you are in a rush. Trust me I know how embarrassing it is to have food in your teeth.
We have this process we go through to do the best work called the launch cycle. It is made up of 7 steps. For each of these steps, we had to write a journal entry. Here is a compilation of all the journal entries so you can see them.
Here are some photos of the project and what I did to present it.
I’m so proud of the work I did for blue sky. it was very fun. I’m looking forward to it next year because I will have knowledge of the year before to do a better job.
