iMovie Peer Reflection

For a homework assignment we had to wright 4 peer reflections including mine, for our pharoh imovie...



Mao and Cheyenne
~Khufu~

I think that their imovie was really good. They had a variety of information and they had good transitons. They also were very clear and they made the imovie funny and interesting. They knew exactly what they were talking about. They were clear in when Khufu ruled, what his accomplishments are, etc. I think their presentation was absolutely fabulous.

Jung Hun (Edwin) and Shivank
~King Tutankhamun~

I think their imovie was good. They tripped on some words but tried to fix it which was good I guess... I think they should have put a variety of information instead though because they basically only explained about the curse that his toumb has. Their transitions were good and they had a loud and clear voice which made it easier to understand what they are talking about.They also made their imovie interesting and funny!!! I think that they did a good job on their imovie!!

Dania and Johanna
~Queen Nefertiti~

I think their introduction was really good. They made it interesting and funny which I liked. They also had a loud and clear voice. I think they did a good job and in their transitions, ruling time and more. They did such a fantastic job that there isnt much to comment on good Job guys!!!

imovie Reflection

In humanities we made an imovie of certain Pharaoh's with a partner. The Pharaoh we picked was King Tutkhamun. My partner was Raissa.

We have already finished presenting. And now we have to Grade ourselves.

I think we did well entertaining the audience. They seemed amused at our slides although most of the pictures didn't come up... I felt proud that everyone liked how funny it was! It took me ages to write the script...

I think we needed more time though... We didn't have enough pictures for the slides, the bloopers went too fast and we forgot the source's... We definitely needed more time and I wish I wasn't absent so that we could have accomplished a better grade...

I think that me and my partner did good over all but we missed the sources and explanations about buildings and monuments... Raissa and I panicked in the end so I think we should have calmed down and worked our way through we would have done a much better job. I also think we should have put in transitions but whenever we tried it messed the hole imovie up! I panicked a little too much in the end and said that I would do all the work but I shouldn't have done that... My partner and I should have done it together because this was not only my presentation but it is OUR presentation. I think our narration was good because it was loud and clear.

We had some difficult obstacles. Collecting information, writing the script and more. Another obstacle was that whenever we finished the imovie and we try to put in transitions the hole presentation deleted... We were both very upset. While I was writing the script I realised that I didn't get the rubric so I completely missed out on some vital information that was needed in the script. Raissa and I needed more time to work on this project... However here is some advise for you!

1. Never panic in a tough situation

2. Read the Rubric throughly or ask the teacher if you dont have one or if you were absent for one

3. Team work is important so don't do all the work by yourself or else things will get mixed up

City Connection Reflection

1) What did you do well on the project? I think I did well with speaking with a clear voice, grabbing everyones attention, explaining the details, etc.


2) What would you improve for future presentations/projects? I think I want to improve on finishing the project earlier so that I have more time to practice, find more information, maybe put some sound effects in my presentation to make it more interesting and more.


3) What did you learn from your preparation in addition to the presentations of others? I learned that being confident with your work is very important, I also learned that repeating the same words such as 'like..." because it may irritate the audience, in addition to that I think that I should change the tone of my voice and look at the audience more offen to keep there attention (although I already had their attention...).


4) What did you learn from the city presentations of others? From Mao's presentation I learned that, because of the great samurai sanada's house, that was full of cherry blossom tree's (Sakura tree's) the national flower of Japan became the cherry blossom tree.


5) How did you meet each of the requirements on the rubric? By following what the rubric said. If I don't then I would get bad grades.


6) What is your analysis of your performance? I think I did well, I felt good because I satisfied the audience. I think I should make my slides more interesting instead of just a prize so next time I am going to have to have a quiz to get a prize so they have to answer it right!!! Better pay attention to my presentation if u want a prize!!!

Learner Profile

1. I learn best when I am not stressed out. I get stressed out easily like when I get shouted at, when I am trying to work, I get stressed out when I am lonely too and other people are talking and when there is something moving while I work. I also learn better when I am listening to music to comfort me. One thing that will help me best is if the class is really fun.

2. I need to get something squishy so that I dont move around because I cant stay still when I am listening to someone talking. I need a good work  space so that I can stretch out and chill-ax while I am working. I like art so maybe working with something colorful or working around some art in the class (I think working a little artistically can help everyone improve in class).

3. The strategies that would help me in my learning is if you give me longer time to read (SSR). Give us free time when we are good to do like board games, drawing, reading, etc. Another thing that will help me learn will be where you place me (desks). In addition to that 'WHO' you place me with as partners or as desk buddies can really effect my concentration.

4. I would like my teachers to know this about me: I see ghosts (so when I am a little abnormal then maybe there is something spiritual going on) I like to dance (LOL) I also like Warhammer 40,000. They are mini figures that you have to put together and paint. I got some from my friend and my mom is going to get me some when she goes to Singapore (tommorow). I painted one at Dylan's house when I went over.

Well thats about it!!!

Picture of Warhammer that I painted at Dylan's!!!

My New Year Resolution Post!

My first resolution for the year is to get organized. My locker is so messy ( and so is my room...) that I can't find anything in it and I get worried that I might have lost something like my library book but it is still in the messy piles of things in my locker! Plus one thing about organizing that I really need to improve on is to put things back. In my house I leave my things in the living room then I think that I lost something and it is actually downstairs in the living room. Thats why I need to improve organizing during 2011.

Another resolution is to remember things that I did in class so that I can get my grades up to its maximum. I need to start remembering what I have learned in class I keep forgetting what we have already learned and so my test results were not as good as last years results. I need to remember and study hard on things that we have already learned so that my test results can be really good ones. I really need to carve all the good information into my brain. I need to remember things especially in Math and Science... My father always says "Reviewing every day even for 10min is better than reviewing once a week for 2hours"  I am going to take my fathers advice and study everyday for 10min and get those grades up!!! ( Not that my grades are bad or anything)

This Christmas Holiday was really good! I went to Sipadan for Diving. We stayed at a resort that was ontop of the sea so if you were to jump in it would be pretty steep and fun!!! We dived 3 times a day and if we were lucky we could go for 4 dives. There were a lot of things to see like Sharks, tornado of Barracuda and Jack fish, Tuna, etc. Diving wasn't the only thing we did though. We jumped off the jetty when it was low tide and when it was high tide then we jumped off high places like the bench on the resort (Real high).

We also rented a canoe. My dad was getting ready like putting sunscreen on etc. Then we got on the canoe and went to a resort not too far away from ours. The resort looked like a huge ship (it was a cheap resort, lucky we didn't stay there). So we slowly paddled there and when we got there we tied the canoe onto the ladder that the resort had. My dad told me to get off the canoe first so I got off and went up the ladder (it was a short ladder). Then a few seconds after I got on the platform of the hotel my dad stood up and the whole canoe sank, just like that. I jumped back into the sea and tried to pull up the canoe before it sank to the bottom but me and my dad together could not get the water out of the canoe so we were stuck there trying to keep the canoe from sinking. Couple minutes later 2 boat men came to our rescue one got on the plat form the other jumped into the sea. The man in the sea lifted the  canoe enough so that the man on the platform could get all the water out by tipping it towards the sea. As soon as he got the water out of the sea he dropped it and luckily the canoe was still floating. My dad and I got cuts while we were climbing the ladder because of something growing on the ladder. After me and my dad got on the platform my  dad asked has anyone seen my sunscreen? we all bursted out laughing as the boat man handed my dad's sunscreen back to him. We looked around this boat hotel and they had never had a child in there hotel before. When we got back my mother was worried because we took so long and we told her the whole story.

A talent that I have that hardly anyone knows about is that I can see ghosts. In fact me and Mao have the same talent. Mao saw ghosts at the MS party and so did I. Let me tell you about one ghost that I had spotted  at the MS party. It was in miss Narsiman's room ( Not that I was in there) I was walking looking from side to side to see if there was anything interesting and at the corner of my eyes I saw a head (sort of blue). It was impossible for anyone to stick just a head at that window because there was a book shelf there. I would have seen her body but I only saw her head. When I turned to  look at it however it had vanished. I was scared I described it to Mao. I had said " OMG it was so scary the head was sort of blue the head had long hair so I knew it was a girl, she had big eyes and she was smiling freakishly at me!" At that moment me and Mao were terrified. We ran back to the canteen and took deep breathes and tried to calm down. And that is my scary talent that I don't think many people know about.  

Here is a picture of a barracuda tornado.

   






And here is a picture of a jack fish tornado and in the corner you can see the back of a grey reef shark.





Here are some youtube video's of a tornado of barracuda and what it looks like while you are sort of inside it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSv36lJb6w4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNyFWATYhw

Collaborate Constructively ( Lit Circle)

The benefits of working with a friend is that you can correct each other's mistakes and you can help each other to get a better grade. To get a better grade you can help one another make the writing more complex. By working with your partner they can help you get better on your weak spots. My weak spot is writing an important passage. While working with my partner he helped me get better on my weak point.  It is also enjoyable because you don't have to have so much pressure doing the lit circle as your friend/ partner can help and correct your mistakes. This is why I think it is so great working with a partner.

One obstacle that I overcame was my weak spot in the lit circle passages. My partner helped me improve on this by giving me advice like put alot of details, take some evidence from the book and write the page number of the sentence for the evidence you took from the book.  He also taught me to put in a simile. An example of a simile would be: " Just then it hit me like a boulder".

I don't have a new understanding of the book because I think I already understand it very well.

Lit Circle Reflection

In humanities we are doing lit circles. Lit circles is when we read a book and write a mini report on the chapters we are assigned every week. In lit circles we must write 2 important passages, 2 questions that cant be answered very easily, 2 answers for each question, make 2 connections reactions from the book an we have to find 2 vocabulary words that we don't know from the book.

During my literature circle discussion my group tends to get really exited of our book Hatchet. In the lit circle we were talking alot about the book hatchet we soon came to an understanding of the book to make it clearer. However we also found out even if we read the same book we had a different point of view of the story. With this we were able to learn more about each others point of view which is a good thing. In our discussion we made connections about our life. One of my connections are of our past literature circle Call it Courage. I said that it was both a survival book.

Our group managed to come up with a obvious prediction that he will survive and be able to make a fire to help him survive. We also know he will be able to get out of the forest because he is the main character so if he doesn't make it there is no point on making the book.