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Hanging Fire: Poetry in Voice Reflection

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My Poem

Curricular Competency Reflection

  • I chose a poem that contained 25 lines or more and presented it to the class. I was not allowed to choose a poem that someone else had taken and all the short ones had been taken. So being the genius that I am, I used a super-secret technique to find a poem that no one else has even laid eyes on, that would be fun to read and meets all the requirements. When I first read over this poem, I was able to see that there were a lot of moods to unpack. I felt as if I could portray these moods when reciting the poem which influenced me to pick it. 
  • Reading the poem to a partner helped me the most and prepared me for the presentation. This exercise was enjoyable and helped me remember the poem the most because I enjoyed reciting it. It also made me a lot less nervous in front of the audience.
  • Another thing I did outside of class that helped me prepare for the presentation were recitations on my own time. I would go over the poem in my head whenever I was doing something that did not need much thinking. Things like walking home and doing chores do not really use much brainpower so I was able to go over this poem in my mind. 
  • Completing the paragraph writing about the poem did not help me much at all. My theory is that we were told to do a paragraph write on our poem to help us find and bring out the moods of the poem during recitation. However, being someone who could already bring out the poem’s mood, I did not find this helpful.

Core Competency Reflection

  • Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen within my pauses, exaggerations, and slow speech during certain parts of the recitation.
  • I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in the tones I used during the poem. I read between the lines and used that as evidence to make decisions on the tone that would work the best for that line. 
  • This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: I would select words that would provoke an emotion in me, that one singular word that could add meaning to the line. Once I had selected that word, I would apply my tone and exaggerate that word during recitation. 

My House

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I have been building a house during my time in Drafting 11. I found this challenging because making a house takes a certain amount of creative thinking. Apart from the challenging bits, making this house was exciting and I enjoyed building it. 

✔️ I can develop a body of creative work overtime in an area I’m interested in or passionate about. 

✔️ I build on others’ ideas and add ideas of my own or combine other people’s ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straight forward problems. 

✔️ I can usually make my ideas work within the constraints of a given form 

Cabinet Reflection

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I made this cabinet over many days using SketchUp. I found the app quick and easy to use once I knew what I was doing. Making the cabinet was a long process however it was kind of fun making your own cabinet. I would highly recommend SketchUp to new users as it is a great place to learn and have fun. 

I didn’t do well during my last dimensioning assignment but when you check my dimensions for my cabinet, they came back a lot better. I could say I grew in the communication sector because I was able to get measurements across the screen a lot better than how I did before. If I were to do this project again, I would ask for more help when I needed it. 

I Can Statements

✔ I can evaluate credibility of sources of information 

✔ I can experiment with different ways of doing things 

✔ I understand that there are different points-of-view, and I can disagree respectfully 

My Parabola

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My Equation: 𝑦=4(𝑥+1) ²−2 

The parabola graphed in blue is the basic parabola while my parabola is the one in red. Altering the a, h or k in the graph will drastically change the parabola’s appearance. 
Modifying “a” made the parabola appear wider or thinner. In other words, when a > 1, the graph compresses. When 0 < a < 1, the graph stretches. You can even determine whether the graph opens upwards or downwards based on this number.  
“h” represents a horizontal shift of how much the graph moves left or right from x = 0. While “k” represents a vertical shift of how much the graph moves up or down from y = 0. 
A as 4 on my parabola made my parabola thinner, k changed the vertex of my parabola by 1 to the left and h altered the parabola by moving the vertex 2 down. 

Self Reflection

I represented the same mathematical idea in 3 different formats. The way in which I presented this idea in 3 different ways was through an equation which is y= 4(x+1)2  -2, then in words explaining how the graph can get wider and narrower based on the value of “a” in the model equation represented by y=a(h-x)2+k, or how the graph can be moved right or left based on the value of “h” in the model equation or how the parabola vertex is changed by the value of “k”; and the third way is by the graph as above with the basic one in blue, and a second one based on my equation has changed to the one in red. 

When explaining my parabola in words I used mathematical terms like vertex shift on the y-axis, vertical and horizontal shifts on the x-axis to represent my understanding of a, h and k in an equation. 

I used formatting to help get my point across. I did this by making my parabola red vs the standard which is blue. 

Romeo and Juliet Reflection

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During Romeo and Juliet, we discussed themes like morality, loyalty, love and cultural differences. I believe Shakespeare was trying to tell us that fighting is not a way to do things in society and it only results in tragedy. From my point of view, we should not be fighting about the little things such as history and different cultures. Instead, we should be building bridges between people or parties. 

Japanese Canadian Internment

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It is simply wrong to put Japanese Canadians in internment camps. I say this because most Japanese Canadians are innocent, and we must trust them when they say that they will not act hostile towards other Canadians. Under the law it states that “Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law” and “All persons are innocent until proven guilty.” Which means that under the law everyone is equal no matter of their race or gender and that everyone is innocent until it is proven that they have committed an act of wrongdoing. I also say this because what goes around comes around. For example, if you were to do a good deed one day, that deed will most likely come back in a positive manner. However, if you were to put Japanese Canadians in internment camps, that action will most likely come back in a negative way. Lastly the golden rule for an exceptionally long time has always been to treat someone the way you want to be treated. Implying that unless you like working at an internment camp, do not put them in internment camps and that is why I believe that throwing Japanese Canadians in camps is wrong. 

Reflection on Japanese internment

Core

✅I worked with others to achieve a goal. 

✅ I analyzed evidence from the research I did and made judgements. 

✅ I now understand and can appreciate diverse perspectives on issues and can resolve problems effectively and responsibly. 

Curricular

✅ I did assess, understood, and explained the significance of the threat of the Japanese army and its treatment of people it conquered, in British Columbia, in my research handout and paragraph. 

✅ I made an ethical judgement about the action of internment the Japanese Canadians in my paragraph. 

✅ I did assess and explained the justification for different views of Japanese Canadian internment in my research handout and paragraph. 

My American Revolution Flipbook

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Media Fluency Reflection

A. How was the ease of access in building your flipbook, despite this being the free and limited version of the software?

Answer: Using Flipbook was hard at first but it got easier after I started to understand how the software worked. I don’t really know the difference between the free and paid version of the software since I don’t have the paid version, but I’m going to say that the free version got the job done.

B. Were you able to apply the skills you learned in the planning stages appropriately to a digital environment?

Answer: I was appropriately able to apply the skills I had learned in the planning stages to a digital environment after a few trials and errors.

C. What were the sources you researched that made this an “authentic make-believe” American Revolution flipbook?

Answer: Some of the main sources I used to make this authentic make-believe flipbook were Wikipedia and History but there were many other websites I visited along the way.

D. Is there other software online that could have done the job better? Did you use another software instead? Explain.

Answer: I know that there is PowerPoint and I know PowerPoint could have done the job better than Flipsnack but I stuck with Flipsnack because I wanted to try something new out.