Look @ Me Now
Look at me now is a project in which we study ourselves and what defines who we are. We use literary devices to inform the reader on our past experiences and how they shaped what we are today. To summarize my writing piece, I am an independent person who likes to learn and grow from his past mistakes. I have fond memories of cooking and playing with my brother as a child. To read more, click the button below.
This project was difficult for me because I had do dig deeper than I usually do, and I hit some sensitive content about my life. Normally when we do an assignment about ourselves, I put information that I could tell anyone. But this year I decided that it had become boring to write the same words every year, so I opened up and gave people more information about myself. The easiest part of this project was talking about my past memories. I had some very easy ones to share. I have no problems remembering the nice parts about my life. I was not called up to present, but I would not have felt comfortable sharing this information with my classmates at all. I do not like to share my personal information with anyone. In fact, sometimes I refuse to share things like this with my peers.Because of this, I only received critique from Mrs. Howard. However I did give critique to multiple classmates such as Olivia, Sam, and Matthew. I was on task more at home than I was at school due to some seating mistakes I have made. I still believe I deserve a B on this project, because I wrote sensitive information with correct grammar and a high vernacular,and I combed it for mistakes multiple times. In the future I would like to write on less personal subjects.
To Kill A Mockingbird Review
This project was a bit challenging for me, because the book i chose to read was not much to my liking. In my opinion the whole book was slow which made it extremely hard to finish. That being said the easiest part of the project was reading the book. The other part required me to create a video review. I have no experience in doing this so it was quite a task. In my attempts to make the film I was very uncomfortable because I do not like being in front of a camera. This is one of the many reasons the video was not finished. I received no critique on my film because I did not get enough made to critique. I did read the book I chose. The themes were good but due to the blandness of the book, they became dull too. I have nothing against this book because it is such a highly acclaimed piece of literature. It was just not to my personal taste. It would make sense if I received an F on this project because the biggest part of it is incomplete. And if i were to change something about this project it would be the reading responses. I have never been a fan of those
Day of the Dead
It was hard to get information on my grandfather who was the main focus in my projects. I do know that I loved and respected him but those feelings didn't make much for a presentation. So I spent quite a lot of time digging up information on him. Surprisingly, one of the hardest parts was finding pictures of him. The thing I liked the most about this project was looking at who other people picked to create an Ofrenda for. Some people picked family, while others picked famous actors and musicians. It taught me a lot about my peers. I mostly received critique from my inner circle of friends, and Mrs. Shields. None of it really stood out to me, but my final product came out a lot different than my original thought so I guess there was some good critique somewhere. The grade I believe I deserve is a B. This is because of the amount of research and digging I did behind the actual project. My final product did not dry the way I wanted to and therefore looked a lot less presentable than I thought it would. But I still put quite a bit of effort into it. The only thing I would add to this project is a field trip or something similar to that, to get the students into the mood of the Day of the Dead theme. Below is a picture of the ofrenda in honor of my grandfather Rocco Di Pietro. He died when I was in 1st grade. He lived in florida and was an amazing cook.