Aksel's Portfolio

I understood percent change, original amount/new amount, whole, percent increase/percent decrease, percent equation in maths for unit 3. I felt confident in percent increase and percent decrease because I understood it and it felt easy for me, I understood percent equations also because of how easy it was for me. I also felt it was very easy, for example when the questions were “what percent of this number is …..” or when it was “45% is 80 of what number?” I liked it a lot because it was mostly really fun and I loved the topic itself because I felt confident.

The new strategies and information that I learned in this unit was how to add tip and tax to an amount, I also learned how to calculate the percent change from an original number to a new one which seemed pretty odd to me. Percent equations were also a new strategy but it stood out for me a lot.

The topics that I found interesting about this unit was the percent decrease/ percent increase because I really found it interesting and fun to do because I understood it very well and was very confident in my math when it came to percent decrease or percent increase.

I had a very difficult time in tax, it seemed very difficult for me and I just couldn’t understand the strategy because of how it confused me. In my CFU’s whenever a tax and tip question came, I would always get it wrong, even in my summative or in my assessments which frustrated me a lot because I kept getting it wrong and each way that I tried I couldn’t get it right.

When I was placed in table groups, I always collaborated with my classmates whenever we had group projects or had to talk about something. When we would put away our notebooks and binders I sometimes volunteer but not always but most of the time I do volunteer to clear our table. When I was asked to turn and talk to a partner I always tried to spark a conversation with the person next to me even if I didn’t know them but I still turned and talked with them quite well. When I am asked to contribute to the class I think that I contribute well but I need to start asking more questions and raising my hand more often in class to be more participative. When I worked with my partner fr the dystopian story, I always stayed focus and encouraged my partner’s idea and also included mine and we shared our opinions about our ideas. When I worked with my partner for the product branding in unit 1, we worked quite well considering that he was one of my friends, we cooperated very well and got our work done staying focused and always being on task. I would say I can get a meeting for the grade as a collaborator. To improve my collaboration I will raise my hand more and be more attentive in class.

To compare the summative in unit 2 and formatives in unit 2 is that the summative felt more harder and that I had to study more compared to the formatives which was like an ordinary exercise paper. i am proud of how I did on the presentation in front of the class and that I didn’t use my notecards during the presentation. Some challenges I faced during this unit was the CERER and the conventions, I felt like I struggled a lot on both of these. I used feedback from my friends and teachers like going over lessons and just studying more in usual. If I could redo the summative, I would read the questions more carefully and should’ve studied more. The advice I would give myself is to be focused at all time and always to be sin questions in class and to study more. One of my goals is to be more focused during class and to study more.

The intended audience and message of this Artivist art piece was intended towards people that want freedom or feel like they are being refrained by the government or by anyone to do something that they want.

One of the two design strategies that I used are cooler psychology like the red represents Martin Luther King Jr’s passion for speeches and wanting freedom for African and coloured people living in America, the blue on his suit also evokes a feeling of trust to the audience because of its calm and subtle colour. The second design strategy that I used was Focal points, I used this in a way to make Martin Luther King Jr stand out so that the audience’s main focus is him.

The things that I am proud of for this formative are that I provided at least two pieces of evidence for the CERER and that explained how or why the evidence supports the claim.

The challenges for me in this formative was that I didn’t really understand the concept of the CERER, I also was challenged for the conventions because I didn’t understand it very well.

If I could redo the assignment, I would bring my notebook and cheat sheet home before the assessment day and take a good look through my notes and even write a short CERER to see my errors and what I could improve on before the assessment day.

To ensure I meet the standards for the summative I will take my notes home and also listen attentively in class. I will also practice writing CERER’s with the help of Flint to correct me on my errors, I will also listen attentively in class every day until the summative to also help me in the summative.

To keep moving on forward and getting my work done, I will always try to be organised, keep listening in class, and to stay focused on my work at all times during class.

1: My final name drawing and clay projects reflect on my identity by including a basketball on the name drawing which shows my love for basketball and that I play the sport. On my “evil eye” plate it is a part of Turkish culture and also seen a lot in street art in Turkey or even vendors. On my spray paint canvas, I included a person skating off the edge of the “A”, this represents me in a way because when I was younger I skated but I stopped because I got bored of it. As you can see on the spray paint canvas, I also included a basketball falling from the sky, which also repeats my love for basketball.

2: I proved my persistence with clay by learning the skills of: wedging (cubing the clay), kneading (kneading the clay), scoring, slipping and blending (making little cuts in the clay, putting water on the clay and applying or sticking another clay piece then blending it on the first clay piece). For spray painting, I faced the challenges of how to apply the spray paint.

1. Purpose (RI.7.6): How well did you explain the influencer’s purpose in your analysis? What made your explanation strong, and what could you add to make it even clearer? 

I explained well but lacked detail and didn’t emphasize enough. To get better, I could try add more detail and try to explain as much as I can. 

2. Evidence for Purpose (RI.7.6): Did you use specific examples of language to show the influencer’s purpose? How could you improve the quality or clarity of your examples? 

I used some words from the vocabulary sheet and a little bit of formative language but not enough. I could improve by committing more and looking for other ways to include even more formative language. 

3. Vocabulary (L.7.6): How well did you explain the connotation of words or phrases from the video? What helped you succeed, and what’s one way you could go deeper? 

I explained the connotation of words well but not well enough. The things that helped me succeed or explain more is the fact that I looked at our previous lessons and the exemplar. I would want to go deeper by being more open minded and not doing the least but doing the most. 

4. Connection to Audience (L.7.6): Did you connect the connotations to the audience’s emotions and understanding? How could you make those connections stronger next time? 

I did connect the connotations to the audience’s emotions but did not fully understand it. I could make those connections stronger next time by watching or reading the video more thoroughly and looking for harder words instead of always choosing the easy connotations. 

5. Bant to practice more the yubric (purpose or vocabulary) do you feel more confident in, and which part do you 

I feel the most confident in part 1, in the part 2 I kept not being sure of what  
I was writing 

1. Growth: If you could revise your analysis, what specific change would have the biggest impact on your score? 

2. Future Application: How will you use what you learned from this assignment when you analyze another influencer video or a different type of media? 

• If you include audio or video, you MUST do so via a link to your OneDrive so that it’s only viewable to people at SAS. 

For this Unit 1 Media Project I chose TV commercials because I feel more flexible with video making and promoting a product. TV commercials showed my purpose by persuading the audience to buy my product which was a blanket. If this was a slideshow assignment it would’ve affected me in a bad way because when it comes to presenting, I am more comfortable on having a stand and people come up to you and listen to you, on the other side, slideshows are just reading off the slides plus that isn’t very productive, there are also multiple pairs of overwhelming eyes looking at you which make you mess up even more. I think that I have improved a lot since the beginning of this unit, for example:in the beginning of the unit I was scared to ask questions and didn’t understand the unit very well. I am proud of how much I have improved and am very proud of how I did on the media project. The most challenging parts of this unit was the media project because I stuttered and was very stressed talking in front of a camera and friends. If I could redo this media project, I would keep practicing my presentation so I could be confident and prepared during the video taking process. For the next unit, I will try my best next unit and be more prepared.

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I learned about proportional relationships, tables, ratios, unit rate, equations, using graphs and independent and non independent variable. I felt very confident in all of these but struggled a little bit on some tables. I didn’t understand tables and ratios at first because of how strange and unique it was. Equations stood out to me a lot because of the concept of including letters in math. When I had my first exit ticket I thought it was just a paper where we do exercises, I didn’t know it was graded and at the start of the year I couldn’t understand the questions on these exit tickets and kept getting bad grades. I think I have improved a lot and I’m slowly starting to get better and better grades on exit tickets.