In this unit we learned about percentage, precent change, and how to convert from decimal to fraction, fraction to precent, precent to decimal, etc. We also learned how to calculate precent change, or the amount that we will save.
We ended with a project with calculating which is better buy, and I did on a Christmas tree on Amazon with a fairly equal prize to make it a fair comparison. We have to calculate how much is the discount rate, how much is the discount, the amount of tax that me need to pay and compare the final price to find which one is the cheapest after all the discount and sale tax.
My smart goal on my vision board is improve my beep test score by at least 10 laps, and I cannot measure it yet because the next beep test is in spring. I believe that I have improved from last time, because I had run more daily and on the football field
I have encountered some challenges like my knee hurting oftenly that stops me from running, and not running definitely stops me from achieving my goal of running more. I had solved my knee problem by not playing football for about 2-3 weeks and let my muscles rest for a short time and eventually solved the problem.
Doing my vision board brought me some new insights like I actually did a lot of things that are related to football and running throughout the year, like playing a lot. Also, I realized that some of my teammates on my team can do a lot of more laps in Beep Test than me, so in the next game I observed them and found out that they run more than me on the field, which make sense that they scored better in Beep Test.
Some achievements that I am proud of are like watching professional Football games oftenly, like Premier League, CSL, and Champions League. The players for those games are some of the best players in the world, watching them play can improve my skills like to see how do they pass the ball and how does the team score a goal.
I do not really want to revise my goal of running 10 more laps in the Beep Test, because if I can run more in the beep test, it means that I can run more on the Football field and it can increase my performance on the field and the amount of time that I am on the field.
Some supports that I received while I am working on my goal are mostly from my parents and my Football coach. My parents supported my goal by bringing me out to run sometimes in the night, and also my football coach pointed out that there is something run with y running posture, like landing on the wrong part of my feet during a game, and changing the posture can really help me run faster.
Next step of working on my goal is to continue to run more and to play football more often and run more in each game or practice.
I want to work on the TTG Critical Thinker more in Math and Science more, like developing more ideas about the same problem.
How would I work on my goal?
I can think more about the question, like more unique angles, consider more perspectives in Math questions. For example, for a question that we need to give examples in, I can think more than just objects like cube, but like a stack of poker cards and an apple. And also I hope that I explain my answer more clearly and linking it back to my process the the problem itself, which is something that I am now failing in. I also hope that during Science, I can link everything we learned in that class to another class, like if we are learning about genetic, I can try to connect it to our last unit that is about animal cells and plant cells. For example, we are currently working on DNA right now, and in the last unit we learned that DNA is stored in the Nucleus and contains the code to construct parts of the body, which we reviewed in this unit.
The task of this visual presentation is to use any sort of presentation way such as poster, stop motion, or board game to show what is our transportation or communication technology, what impact did it create, positive or negative, and how did people work to solve it. I chose a poster to show my technology Airplane because I think that I am capable of making a poster and I am kinda confident of making one.
One thing that I think I did well is that I wrote everything that is needed on it and included a time line, also that drew a few planes by my hand that look fascinating. One thing that I still need to work on is how does the poster look, because now even though every thing needed is on it but it doesn’t look good and it is not very neat. I also have to improve on work efficiency.
To write the essay, we first have to fill in an research organizer that includes every data or information that we need to write our essay. We have to annotate 3 articles about the positive and negative impacts of our technology, and than fill in the research organizer with the information from the articles that we had annotated. And then, there is a template that we have to fill in that includes the body paragraphs, introduction and conclusion. And after that, we have to write the actual essay, according to what we have in the reflection organizer and what we filled in the template.
One thing what I did well in the essay is that I finished the template extremely fast, about one or two classes ahead. One thing I did terrible is that for some reason my document wasn’t closed properly or what and my finished essay isn’t saved, which means I will have to start over. After that incident, my essay is terrible because that happened on the day that the essay is due.
We have to make a specific clock for our client in this unit. My client is Ms. Neil, who is the 8th grade Red Science Teacher. She required a Earth clock with a random wavy shape. I made my clock with the random wavy shape with the Earth on it, and she liked it. I used linoleum for the green and blue part, wooden back, and the number is wooden too.
I am proud of that I finished my clock on time with a OK quality, and my client liked it. Also, I assembled it pretty quickly with glue and stuff with in about one and a half class.
My weakness is my process journal, I didn’t finish my process journal on time and Mr. Hatt said it is not specific enough.
If I could do it again, with the experiences I have this time, I believe that I can make a better looking clock and finish my process journal in time without getting an approaching.
In this unit, we did scale factor as the main part, and we also extended into proportional relation ships, geometry, and identifying which one is proportional and which one is not. We also need to calculate the length of the missing sides with information.
I am proud of I fully understand the terms like dynamic characters, round characters, internal conflict, and mirror. Also, I was able to find a few mirrors throughout the text.
What were some challenges for you?
A challenge for me was that while I was writing my CER, I forgot what does window mean, and I took a guess of what does window mean, which is a window that you can see the outside world from.
If you could redo the assessment, what changes would you make?
If I could redo the assessment, a change I would make will be rewriting the window CER, because I forgot what does window mean, so I wrote a different mirror for me. Fortunately, it is pretty close to the term window.
What will you do between now and the next formative to ensure you meet standards?
I will understand the terms like window more, because there might be some luck that I got a meeting because I was test on this in my old school, and I luckily got the term window correct.
What advice would you give yourself moving forward?
I would give a piece of advice to myself moving forward of understanding the terms more, also better at finding the windows in the text.
I did explain the purpose good, but not perfectly. I explained what the creator’s purpose is, like entertaining or promoting a product, with full evidence and explanation of the evidence. I can add more evidence to make it even clearer than now, with more reasonable explanations for the evidence.
Evidence for Purpose (RI.7.6)
I added a lot of evidence to my formative, but I did not use a lot of good language to explain it. I can improve by finishing the whole thing before writing my evidence, so I can include more evidence and examples.
Vocabulary (RI.7.6)
I tried my best to explain the connotation of words or phrases in the video, and I did explain it ok, but not good. I can go deeper by fully understanding the word and including more details in the word’s meaning.
Connection to Audience (RI.7.6)
I didn’t quite connect my connotations, but I did not connect them fully. I tried to write about what the audience will think or feel when they see this phrase or word, but I failed to explain it properly. I could make these connections better and stronger by explaining them more and trying to bring myself into the audience’s view.
Balance
I did better in the purpose explanation part than the Vocabulary part. I didn’t explain the Vocab clear enough in my formative, but I explained my purpose of author with evidence in the formative.
Future Application
I can understand more stuff after these few classes about commercials, especially when I was forced to watch an ad. I can catch phrases or other designs that persuade the audience to buy this product.
Purpose (RI.7.1.6): How well did you explain the influencer or commercial creator’s purpose in your analysis? What made your explanation strong, and what could you add to make it even clearer?
I explained the influencer, Ryan’s purpose clearly. I written that he mentioned his own candy brand, Joyride, on the plane back to US. He showed many different products throughout the video, such as beef jerky and a car brand. I could add more details about how did he advertise Joyride and the beef jerky brand to make it even clearer.
Evidence for purpose(RI.7.6): Did you use specific examples of languages to show the influencer’s or commercial creator’s purpose? How could you improve the quality or clarify of your examples?
I used some specific examples of languages to show the influencer’s or commercial creator’s purpose such as pointing our when did Ryan add an advertisement and how. I could improve the quality or clarify of my examples by showing my understanding of how and why Ryan add advertisements into the video.
Vocabulary(L.7.6): How well did you explain the connotation of words or phrases from the video? What help you succeed, and what’s one way you could go deeper?
I explained the connotations, but I did not do it so well. I wrote the actual definition of the word or phrase that appeared in the video, instead of what feeling the word or phrase gives to the consumers.
Connection to Audience(L.7.6): Did you connect the connotations to the audience’s emotions and understanding? How can you make those connections stronger next time?
I misunderstood the term connotation when I was doing this formative, so I failed to connect the audience’s emotions and understanding to the connotations.
Balance: Which part of the rubric (purpose or connotation) do you feel more confident in, and which part do you want to practice more? Why?
I feel more confident in the purpose part, and I want to practice the connotation part more. I can easily identify the purpose of the influencer’s video, but I struggle to find strong words in the video and understand the connotation of the phrases or words.
Future Application: How will you use what you learned from this assignment when you analyze another influencer video, or commercial, or a different type of media?
What I learned from this unit helped me a lot with identifying the purposes of many influencers’ videos, some that I watch in my spare time, and some that my parents watch. For example, at the Team Eagles meeting, Ms. Shah and Ms. Curry showed a video, and a suggestion of a time management website pops up, and I realized the real purpose of this video is to advertise this website.
