Audience Insight: What key message do you want your audience to understand about you as they view your artwork? How did you communicate this message?
I want them to understand the things that define me and the things that build me as a person. I demonstrated this by using a lot of different colors. I also wanted to demonstrate some of my hobbies and things I like, for example, the cookie and cupcake symbolized my passion for baking. The music notes symbolizes interest for music.
Risk and Experimentation: During the creation of your artwork, how did you take risks and experiment in order to effectively express your intended message?
I first tried using clay as my collar to make my shirt stand out more. However, the clay didn’t work out to the outcome I wanted. So, instead I used tissue paper and made a necklace. A first, I was scared that it wouldn’t turn out nice, but now I’m glad I chose that decision, since it clearly demonstrates what I was trying to express (colorful &creative).
During the pickle ball unit, we focused on serving properly and returning the ball. I learned how to play doubles and singles and the proper serving areas (kitchen). This allowed me to strengthen my hand-eye coordination and collaboration skills when playing doubles, since we needed to communicate with each other.
My strengths are watching the conductor, identifying correct notes, and reflecting on my performance. I showed these strengths through reflections and formatives, and also reflecting our performances through the rose, bud, thorn method.
My areas of growth in orchestra are articulations and dynamics. To improve, I will practice more pieces with dynamics and harder articulations, breaking the sections down to small parts and practicing the parts that are harder for me.
To further extend on my learning, I will improve from the feedback and try more L4 assignments
In what ways did you showcase your abilities as a Creative and Active Learner during this project?
During making our group clay vessels I demonstrated my abilities as a creative learner since I collaborated with my group to create a unique design and we worked together during the process of creating our vessel. We were also flexible with the time since we figured there wasn’t enough time for us to add a handle and a foot. We also navigated through challenges, for example, the clay to make the umbrella was too dry. I demonstrated my abilities as a active learner since I participated in group discussions and helped my group mates when they needed help. I was also persistent when something doesn’t work out and had a growth mindset.
How does a sketchbook contribute to an artist’s creative process? Provide examples from your group’s experience to illustrate your points.
The sketchbook is really helpful during and artist’s creative process since it can help you document your ideas and allows you to add on to your thinking. For example, designing our vessel in a sketchbook allowed us to add labels and details to the drawing to make it more clear.
One strength I bring to math class is having a positive mindset. Another strength is being prepared for class. For example, I always bring my materials like a pencil, my math notebook, and my laptop. A third strength is cooperating with my table. I involve in the conversations and make sure everyone is included.
An area of improvement in active learner is raising my hand more in class and being more engaged. This is an area of improvement for me because I don’t really raise my hand and contribute when the teacher is asking a question and by raising my hand more I can practice my active participation.
I will work on this habit by trying to raise my hand in other classes too, and try to raise my hand at least 3 times in one class.
Math Notation and Communication:
My math work has improved since at the start I had a unorganized and I didn’t have a lot of notes. Now, I have more organized work and clearer notes that shows my learning.
Evidence of Understanding of Key Concepts:
The designing your own problem project showed my understanding of inequalities and equations. The sticker project showed that I understood transformations and congruence.
Overall, my works shows that I can fully understand inequalities and equations and implying it to real world scenarios. I also developed growth in understanding transformations, translations, rotations, and congruence.
In this unit I improved on how to serve and return ball in badminton, by learning how to back hand serve. We also learned how to play doubles, singles, and serving in the right way. I really enjoyed playing doubles with my friends and working together. A goal that I would set for myself is returning the ball better. I also want to improve by not using stop sign hits. I effectively collaborated with my partner, and gave constructive feedback to help us improve.
How your artwork expresses your identity (in at least two ways)
My sketchbook cover involves a lot of elements that I consider representing me. For example, the cookie in the corner that is larger in scale compared to the others represent me as I really enjoy baking and making different things as a hobby and I feel like it is a big part of my identity. Another example is the Taipei stamp in the middle as I feel like my culture and my nationality is part of the most important and a really centered element about myself.
The design strategies you incorporated into the planning and creation of sketchbook cover
I really liked the idea of a scrap art because I feel like it can really help combine all the things that represents me into one piece of art. I also used some yarn and buttons to add different textures and making my cover more interesting and fun.
How you intended the audience to engage in the layout of the composition (use art vocabulary.)
The cover is arranged in a way with lots of movement involved. The flow of the cover is from the bigger elements to the smaller ones, as you can find your eyes following from the cookie in the corner and slowly make your way to the center and notice different elements on the way. The buttons and twine also add a texture and contrast to the cover as it stands out more than the other. I also used overlapping to increase the depth and make sure my piece is balanced.
Describe your story and what real-life situation it modeled?
This story modeled the cooling rate of the cookie from a cookie company. The story is about the cooling rate of the cookie in different situations.
What did this project help you understand better about piecewise functions?
it helped me understand how to relate piecewise functions to real life situations and have a deeper understanding of what a piecewise function actually is.
What part of your project are you most proud of? Why?
I am proud of how we worked together to complete the project and thought of a creative story to show our learning.
What was the hardest part of creating your piecewise function?
I think the hardest part of doing this project was making sure our story is consistent. For example, the cookie should be cooling at a constant rate and not sometimes faster and sometimes slower. It was also hard to think of a story that includes all the criteria we should be demonstrating.
If you could revise one part of this project, what would you improve and how?
If I could revise one part of this project, I would add more detail to the story to make it more fun. I also want to manage my time better so I wouldn’t have to be rushing at the end to complete it. I could do that by communicating with my partner more.