The process of finding the percent change is this: you need to first find the difference and divide it by the old value, then multiply by 100, so last, you can find if the old value is greater or less than the new value, if it is less, then put a negative sign before the number, if it is positive, put a plus sign or put nothing in front of the number.
I think I did pretty well in this project because I understand how to use the formula and pretty much understand all the types of problems about percentages.
I can also give examples of real life situations related to this unit.
This is a video of my visual model for social studies class unit 2: Airplanes having an impact on the society.
Description
This is a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Minecraft Visual Model that I made for social studies class. It includes most of the features of the real aircraft, and all the positive and negative impacts that this jet emissions, including contrails, fuel leak. But for positives, there are more seats, and more comfortable seats and easier controls for pilots, more sustainable and convenient flights, faster flights and more. I chose to use Minecraft as my way of creating the visual model because I think in minecraft, I can use various types of materials and it is a lot faster than other types because it is just build build build. Another reason why I chose Minecraft is because I really like playing this game especially building things in the game. I not only like building online but also offline like laser cutting, 3d printing, legos, and others! I think I did a great job on creating this model because it is incredibly detailed. But, I think I should work on showing the positive and negative impacts in the model. I also think I did pretty well on presenting to peers and parents. I didn’t really use the note card or script because I just introduced the jet and its things inside, and finally explaining why I chose to do this.
This is my essay. First of all, I chose my topic, which was airplanes in this case. Next, I did my research, which was in another research document so I know all the basics about my topic. Next, I created a essay organizer, which gathered all of the information or evidence and put everything into a whole. Lastly, the essay formed by just copy and pasting all the information and the paragraphs from my essay organizer to the actual essay page.
Something I did well
One thing I did well in my essay is the amount of information in the essay. My essay is able to teach someone that doesn’t know anything about airplanes to how airplanes having an impact on the society.
Something I need to improve
One thing I need to improve is to not mention evidence multiple times in the essay. I might have mention the same piece of evidence or just restated the evidence in my reasoning, but after I proofread, I improved a lot.
I think I should give myself a meeting on the active learner grade because I don’t really raise my hand and answer questions that much in class.
I think other students in the class should describe me as a group worker because I participate and talk more when we are in small groups of 2-6 people.
I will start improving my overall answering questions in class so I can improve on my talking skills and my answering skills.
The CERER is only a part of the unit 2 summative. Another two parts are the pitch presentation about our novel outline and a multiple choice quiz. I think I did not bad because I only got 1 2.5 in the whole process of the summative. I did really well on the pitch presentation but I went a little bit over time.
My dystopian story outline was about a 12 year old boy called Parrox and his friend Theo. Parrox was known as the one and only string player and the one and only violins because he is the only person who was playing and had passion in a string instrument. The conflict is both internal and external because the internal conflict is when Parrox fights with his own thoughts about too much pressure and making the decision if to quit or not since everyone was teasing about his instrument except for theo and especially the three exposed friends: Wifies, Marlow, and Verda. They were all child prodigies and playing a different type of band instrument. Parrox wants to reach his goal of inspiring other people to think differently about the string instruments by using either verbal argument or physical contact. In the end, the problem gets resolved when Parrox realizes that the true inspiration actually comes from the music itself. So, he starts practicing and performing even if every time he performs, people boo him. Finally, hard work pays off. Theo was inspired by him and changed his passion from flute to cello.
I think this summative was somehow both interesting and boring at the same time because I think the presentation and sharing our own story part was really fun because you get to share your thoughts to your friends and classmates. But, I think working on the CERER every class is pretty challenging for me because the only thing you are doing is just practicing with the bot everyday and you don’t really see your improvement unless if a summative or a formative is coming up.
I am proud about the plot of my story plan. I think I had some creative ideas and the ideas were related to my hobbies which can also help me keep interest of the whold process and not get bored of the plot.
Formatives compared to summatives: I think I did a lot better on the summative than the formatives because of the clear grades.
I would give me an almost meeting because I sometimes don’t listen to feedback very much.
I would work harder on the formatives
I goal for my future works are to also work very hard for formatives.
I am proud of having to use correct punctuation and improved on explaining and using evidence and reasoning. I also kept my reasoning around the topic/my claim.
One of the challenges for me was to use the right claim and use accurate sentences especially after the “by” part.
If I would do this assessment again, I would re-read the story so I understand all the parts, then, start thinking about the claim that fits into the story plots.
I can practice with the bots with punctuation and claims to strengthen my claim and my confidence of the punctuation. I could do this 2-3 days per week.
Some advice I would give myself while keep working forward is to try harder and work more on the bots. This could help me improve on the challenges I had before in the formatives for the summatives.
I am proud of explaining my mirrors that has a relationship with the text and why it reflects me and when it seems similar to some things that have happened to myself before.
One of the challenge is as my teacher commented: “You are developing your understanding of literary elements. Your work shows growing comprehension, and with continued attention to how these concepts connect, your analysis will become more precise and insightful. Please see paper for details.” I think one of my challenge is to work on my windows because I did pretty well on the mirror part but in the window part, I could do a lot better by explaining how that point is a window for me.
If I could redo the assessment, i would explain more what I learned from the article and explain more about the windows.
Something I could practice to prepare for the next formative to meet standards is to think before I write, and don’t write things that doesn’t show how it is a window or a mirror for me.
Some advise I would give myself is to focus and take notes in class so I can remember all the vocabulary and remember how it works and how it should be used in a sentence.
