My Movie

Curricular Competency Reflection

I found my journals to be incredibly helpful for my assessments. They allowed me to fully comprehend the themes and plot of my novel, and I was able to use the information and thoughts from them in my assessments. The graphic organizers were also incredibly helpful. They helped me to view everything visually and see how different points were connected. Participating in the circles about the novels also helped to make sense of all of my thoughts, and getting to hear the perspectives and opinions of others allowed me to broaden my viewpoint when it came to writing my essay. As for my personal connection piece, I chose to do an epilogue set ten years later. I chose to do this because even though the novel was very sombre throughout, it ended on a hopeful note, and I wanted to expand on it. I also enjoy creative writing, so I thought it would be a good chance to do some.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in my PowerPoint. In it, I was able to provide a lot of information and explain my personal connection piece. I was very clear when providing my summary, as well as explaining my protagonist and antagonist. As well, I explained concisely and efficiently my thoughts on the novel, as well as some of my thought process for my personal connection piece.

I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is in my presentation. When we first began doing speeches and other things involving public speaking, I struggled a fair bit and was given feedback that I was visibly nervous and difficult to hear. However, in my presentation of my personal connection piece, I was much more relaxed, and I would say that with the feedback given, I was able to meet the criteria of public speaking and improved greatly.

An example of where I took a significant risk in my thinking or the expected process was when I chose to do creative writing for my personal connection piece. Even though I thoroughly enjoy creative writing, it isn’t my strongest skill, and it makes me nervous when other people read creative assignments that I have written. That being said, I took the risk and tried it for this assignment, and I was very happy with the outcome.