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Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 3

Video reanaction of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 3:

 

Script: Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 scene 3
In a room, Friar Lawrence enters the room, seeing Romeo crying on the ground. Romeo looks up at friar
Romeo: Father, what’s wrong? Has the prince declared my sentence? Am I going to die and leave my poor Juliet behind? Oh, how I can’t stand the thought.
Friar: Son, you are a lucky one. The Prince has given you a light punishment. Rest easy. You will not be sent to a coffin, but outside the walls of Verona.
Romeo: You say rest easy? Rest easy?? Banishment?! Do not utter that evil word in front of me! My life is in Verona, and outside lies only pain and punishment! Being banished from Verona is like being away from all I know and love. I might as well DIE! Banishment is just an easier synonym for death!
Friar: You insolent piece of paper! You committed a crime that should’ve given you a death sentence, but the prince spared you by banishing you instead. he has bestowed grace upon you, but you don’t even acknowledge it and instead resent it!?
Romeo: In no way is it grace, in fact, it’s far from it. It’s torture! Why must they torture me like this? Do you know why I can’t stand away to be from Verona? It’s because in this town resides the fairest maiden of unparalleled beauty. Guess who it is? It’s Juliet of course! And all these frogs can rest their eyes upon this beauty, and possibly woo her! But I can’t! It’s disgusting to think of these insolent garbages trying to encroach themselves upon MY Juliet! Father, if you truly are a priest and help the hearts of men, why do you hurt my heart with this word, banishment?
Friar: Boy, listen to me! I have a plan!
Romeo: A plan for me to live outside the walls? Without my poor Juliet? Father, surely you jest! Let me wallow in my misery and leave me alone. I want to cry, so go away.
Romeo starts crying
Friar: Listen!
Romeo: Shut up, father!
Romeo: Juliet’s in pain because of me! I killed her cousin and broke her heart! Kill me now! End my despair and let me sink into oblivion, freeing Juliet from this pain! Just thinking about her suffering destroys me!
Friar: Stop! You bumbling buffoon! Don’t act like the beast that you aren’t! You are a human, not a wild animal! Are you not a man of intelligence? To kill yourself is to deny the lives that are connected to you, especially Juliet! You want to end the love that you started? Juliet is alive, and so are you! Be happy. Be glad that Tybalt was the one who died, and not you. Be glad that you were not ordered to be killed, but to live! Being alive is the greatest blessing we can have.
Friar: Go! Comfort Juliet and leave for Mantua before you get caught by guards.
Romeo: Epic
Romeo rushes out the door

 

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Abridged Story

The book I read doesn’t really have the normal plot graph settings, as it is mostly expository and world setting for the next two books, where the Journey to the West only barely starts near the end.

Powtoon only allows 3 minute Powtoons so I have it split into separate parts + a plot graph:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Plot Graph:

 

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French Revolution Radio Broadcast

Core Competency: Communication

During our social studies project, I did not know what to do at first. However, I asked a group member and was ale to receive the proper help I needed. I was able to communicate my problems and solve them through confronting a group member. When we were coming up with ideas of how to do the project, I had a general understanding of what I wanted to do, but I still listened to my group members as we worked together to incorporate our ideas into one that suited all of our tastes. What I could work on next time is to communicate how the work is being spread out among the group members. Because we did not do this, I ended up doing most of the work. When Mr. Chaffee asked for the percentages of work each group member put in, I was unsure of how to present it in a way that was accurate without coming off as arrogant or full of myself to my other group members. In the end, we talked about it respectfully and logically and ultimately decided on certain percentages for each person.

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English Poem Video

Critical Thinking Reflection:

The average amount of people in a group was around 4-5. However, our group had 6 people. This was a problem, as we had to make sure everyone had an important role in the making of our project. We couldn’t allow someone to do too little, or too much. This was when our critical thinking came into play. We looked through the poem book to find a poem that had a lot of characters. As a result, we found the poem, “Aunt Sarah Died One Summer Night”. There were enough characters and enough opportunities for each member to contribute. Some people did not want to play acting roles, so we decided to incorporate other supporting roles such as video editor, director, and a manager of the miscellaneous things required for the project. Overall, our group ran into several problems, but we overcame them through logical and straightforward thinking.

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Invention Project

Brainstorm:

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Invention Proposal:

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Core Competency: Communication

Here is evidence that I can… collaborate, teach, be considerate to others, discuss, contribute to class discussion, explain, justify, share ideas, etc.:

During our project, we worked really well to communicate our ideas together and decide on the best one. An example of this was when we were doing our brainstorm. We all had different ideas, but that did not deter our cooperation and we slowly reasoned each idea out. After talking for a long time, we decided on what we have right now. Sometimes, one of us would come up with an invention idea that was slightly sub-par compared to others, or was already invented in the real world. However, respecting each and everyone’s opinions, we politely moved on and did not talk in-depth about the idea. We had long conversations and it felt like each one was meaningful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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English Myth Audio

Core Competency: Critical Thinking

Anchor was a new app/tool to me. Beforehand, I mostly used my phone’s camera to record my audio, and never a podcast tool such as Anchor. As a result, figuring out how to operate around was tricky at first. However, because I was able to use my critical thinking, I solved many problems. An example of a problem I had was I didn’t know how to record segments as well as undo or keep recording after pausing. But because I’ve had past experience with recording audio (through my camera), I knew there was a button to delete a segment, re-record, etc. An another example of critical thinking was when I didn’t know how to add music to the recording. Instead of painstakingly searching online or through the app, I just put on some background music while I was recording, which probably works just as well.

 

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Take Your Kid To Work Day 2018

 

 

Name of Host: Caroline Li 

Relationship to you: Parent

The Interview

  1. What is your job title: Accountant
  2. What is your job description: Accountants normally look at a company or group’s financial statistics, and then sort and organize them.
  3. What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job: The normal duties and tasks of an accountant are reporting on the financial situations in the company and/or group. In summary, they do financial reporting and taxation.
  4. a) Training: Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) – b) Education: Masters Degree in English (from China), Masters Degree in Business Administration (from USA) – c) Experience: 20+ years – D) skills and attributes: Good at paying attention to small details.
  5. What are you some of the things you like about the job: Calculating with numbers is fun, as there is always a different answer to the equation.
  6. What are some of the things you dislike about this job: Because accounting is mostly related around numbers, it’s sometimes repetitive.
  7. How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years: Unlike other jobs that change along with technology, accounting is based mostly on calculating figures, which shouldn’t change in the next coming years.

Student Reflections:

  1. Give three reasons why you would like this job: a) Accounting is more logically inclined, meaning it fits how I use critical thinking the most. b) There’s not much physical activity, as I want a relaxing and not intensive job. c) In the workplace, it’s normally very quiet.
  2. Give three reasons why you would not like this job: a) Could be repetitive, as I’m doing calculations for the whole day. b) I’d be staring at a screen for long hours without moving around much. c) A quiet workplace is good, but always quiet is not that good. Limited interaction is something that I don’t really like.
  3. Is this job for you? Why or why not: I do not think this job is for me, as I do not like the idea of doing calculations all day, and having limited interactions with my co-workers.
  4. Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary (after high school) plans (education?, training?, travel?, work?): The TYKTW gives me a good idea of what I want in a work place, as well as broadens my horizons on how a company and each employee works.

 

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Science Safety Poster

 

Creative Thinking – Here is evidence that I can generate new ideas, build upon or combine ideas of others, develop ideas through experimentation or writing, use setbacks to advance my thinking, take significant risks with my thinking:

In this Science Safety Poster, I showed that I can think outside the box through making my poster be more unique than others using certain creative elements. An example of this is when I wrote how drinking things during a lab isn’t safe. Instead of saying something casual and simple like, “Don’t drink things during a science lab”, I wanted the slogan to be something scary, something that people wouldn’t normally forget. In this case, I thought of death, and how most people are scared of it and don’t like to touch upon the subject- which was then incorporated into my poster. Another example of creative thinking in this poster are the different shades of blue blocks. When I finished with what I wanted to put on the poster, I noticed that there was a lot of left over space. Instead of just colouring it in, I wanted to make it unique and make it stand out. To do this, I used the rectangle tool (in the paint app) and filled the space with blocks. I then colored them in in different shades of blue. Going from this creative thinking reflection, I realized that I have a good aptitude towards thinking creatively when it comes to aesthetics.

Ways that I can improve are:

Although I think I did some elements of my poster creative, I think I could’ve tried to present my poster in an entirely new way. What I mean by this is how my friend made his poster using a piece of paper. His examples of being safe in the work lab were not drawn on the paper, but physically represented on it. This meant that there were tears, cuts, and burns on the paper to represent the safety hazards in a lab.

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Woodbug Lab

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Communication: Here is evidence that I can collaborate, teach, be considerate to others, discuss, contribute to class discussion, explain, justify, share ideas, etc.:

During the creation of our Wood Bug Lab, I collaborated, contributed, was considerate to others, and shared ideas with the rest of my group members. Examples of this are when I heard an idea that I didn’t like so much. I didn’t outright say I didn’t like the idea, and instead, I even encouraged the idea. This is because each member’s opinions and thoughts are valuable, and maybe the idea that I didn’t like might turn out to be good. I contributed ideas, food, and other miscellaneous things that were required for our experiment. After writing this, I realized that I like to give priority to every individual’s ideas.

Ways that I can improve in the communication core competency is by taking the initiative to generate ideas, and to lead the group in a positive direction (basically being a leader).