Category Archives: English 9

Novel Title Brochure

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During this assignment we were asked to select a character in the novel and decorate it with pictures and objects to represent the character. I decided I wanted to make mine about the main character Brent Bishop, in the novel, Whirligig. I wanted to make this shoe project about him as he had many changes and impacts in his life. That leads me on to my theme. The theme I choose to make my shoe about is Brents recovery. Brent was under the influence of alcohol while driving and he felt very sad to the point where he took his hands of the wheel and tried to kill himself. Comes the next day and he’s killed and innocent driver who in Brents eyes “had it all”. And the victims mother didn’t decide to press charges but send Brent on a journey around the United States building whirligigs alone. This is what most of my shoe is around, the guilt, the fact he wanted to kill himself, and so on.

 

Throughout my grade 9 year I have done multiple assignments using communication, creative thinking, critical thinking, positive and cultural identity, social responsibility, and personal awareness and responsibility. All of these skills are very important although during this assignment I used creative thinking in this assignment in many ways such as generating ideas. I also can develop small ideas into full grown projects and this is a perfect example of this project. When starting off with this project I only had a theme and idea, but when I developed this small idea into a much larger one it turned out well. Another skill I have learned is the ability to use deliberate strategies for quieting my conscious mind. I can do this skill in many ways such as walking away, taking a break from thinking, and taking deep breaths. All of these skills are very important in your work/school life or your relationships at home.

 

Although I did a very good job on this project there is always opportunity to improve and step it up. And during this project I could’ve done a better job of trying out more ideas and themes. I had multiple big projects and I did rush it a bit. But it’s in the past so I can’t change that but I can change my future projects. I will always remind myself to make sure I’ve thought of every possible scenario and idea so I can create the best work of my abilities.

 

 

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Poem Oral Presentation

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(have to scroll down to the audio)

 

Reflection:

 

During this assignment we we’re asked to find a poem and take a basic poem and make our version/make it better. The group that I was in we decided to change around half the poem as well as add expression, clapping, and snapping. Once we had time to practice it we we’re asked to present it in front of our class. We used many skills and core competencies during this assignment although one that stood out to me was our ability to creatively think and work. We as a group did a good job of generating many ideas many good and a few not so good. Our group was full of creative people and I wasn’t able to create all the original ideas but I was able to build from other peoples ideas. This is a very important skill that can be carried over into any job where you need to creatively think and solve problems. I’ve learned a lot during this project and in the near future I can use my positivity and past experiences to further improve my work.

 

Throughout my grade 9 year I have done multiple assignments using communication, creative thinking, critical thinking, positive and cultural identity, social responsibility, and personal awareness and responsibility. All of these skills are very important although during this assignment we only used creative thinking and communication. We needed to communicate our ideas to each other as well as memorize our poem. Without these skills we wouldn’t be able to the job we did. Communication is arguably the most important competency and being able to ask simple and direct questions to our group partners as well as be and active listener to your fellow group partners is very important. It’s also very important to positively collaborate, plan and create something great. I represented this skill while we we’re creating this project, I would actively listen and share my personal opinion politely. This skill is huge and it can be applied to any situation where you and someone else are communicating.

 

Although we did a very good job on this project there is always opportunity to improve and step it up. And during this project we could’ve done a better job of trying out more ideas with our poem. We only had one day to create, practice, and present but I feel if we spent more time critically thinking about ideas we could’ve done better. But it’s in the past so I can’t change that but I can change my future projects. I will always remind myself to make sure I’ve thought of every possible scenario and idea so I can create the best work of my abilities.