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English First Peoples 11 Final Reflection

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My Artifact

A slide from the PowerPoint presentation I put together for Photo Project task in EFP 11.

Comprehend & Connect Reflection

Through the photo project, I learned more about the level of value the Indigenous Peoples place on the environment and expanded my knowledge on how integral it is to their culture. This project allowed me to form a better understanding of how their history and practices shape their viewpoints and values in modern times. The learning I gained from this project will aid me in reconciliation by helping me to form a more comprehensive understanding of Indigenous perspectives when I view written works from their community and hear such members speak on current topics.

Core Competency Reflection (Communication)

I can inquire into and present on topics of interest and topics related to my studies.

In regards to the communication competency, I feel I grew in this area through this assignment. After having gone out to Mundy Park to gather photos and sifting through them, I created a presentation which thoroughly documented relevant parts of my trip and demonstrated how I was able to connect the images to the extensive knowledge I gained through my research which was spurred by the individual subjects in the project. I believe I was able to further refine my skills in the area of orienting the presentation of my work to a specified audience as well by narrowing down and identifying what the teacher was looking for in terms of learning outcomes for the work.

Social Studies 11 Mid-Term Assessment

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I can take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share.

Significance

Core Competency – I decided to take on the responsibility of writing about the history of the holiday. I believe I did more than my fair share and I am quite proud of the work I have done. In hindsight, I believe I went back to my mindset of doing as much as I can to ensure I pick up any slack left by my partners as I still try to outdo those in my group even though I often don’t know exactly how much work they have done at various points in time. In this sense, I believe I still have room to improve in my ability to communicate with my partners by following up more precisely on emails that I have sent or by more specifically communicating to my partners what I need from them.

Curricular Competency – I took great care in making sure I detailed my writing to properly enforce just how important the early history of the holiday is to everyone who celebrates it. I believe the finished project has a substantial amount of information which informs the reader on the aspects involved with making this event’s history significant. I demonstrated how its history is absolutely linked to an important historical event, how it is widespread, long-lasting and contains a vast amount of religious importance.

Choose Your Own Adventure: Forest Survival

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Planning “Forest survival”

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Communication Reflection

  • Describe what your project is about and how to use it. What program did you use to create your design?
  • This is a “Choose your own adventure” story created with the program “Twine” where the reader can choose how they deal with each problem they face. The premise is as follows: You are the only survivor of a plane crash and you must figure out how to survive long enough to devise a plan to leave the island. In the meantime you must deal with whatever this foreign island throws at you.
  • How did you communicate with one another? How did you listen to one another’s ideas and provide one another feedback?
  • We communicated through texts on our phones in order to tell each our ideas. I also wrote the main points and ideas down on the “Notes” app.
  • What were your responsibilities in the group and how did you make sure each member contributed to the design?
  • My responsibilities were to create the story, plot and branching paths. Chris’s responsibilities were to provide sounds, images and ideas for the monster that the reader encounters.
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  • How well did you work as a group? Did you use time efficiently together? 
  • I think that we worked very well together, I was quite excited to work on it whenever we got a chance. However Chris didn’t respond to my texts over the break so it was a little harder to get input from him.
  • How were decisions made? Did you face any problems—if yes, how did you solve them? We initially had two very different visions for the story, I wanted to make it a standard survival story based on a deserted island where the main opposing force was a long lost civilization of natives to the island whereas Chris wanted to transport the reader to a magical world full of dragons and all of these fantastical beasts where the reader would have to find a way to take them down. We eventually settled on a long lost island with an unknown apex predator that had sustained itself for many years, and instead of trying to take the beast down the reader would have to devise a plan to escape it.
  • Were you satisfied with the final product? How could you improve on this process for next time?  I am very satisfied with my work on this project, I described the actions of the reader and described details in the world around them very thoroughly. I would add a few more endings next time.