When I started my Down Draft, it was about the first time that I tried going vegetarian and how it went for me. I wanted to write like how hard it was for me to being a vegetarian and why & how i dealt with it. Also why I stopped being a vegetarian because I actually enjoyed being one but I stopped.
I've expanded it by also writing about why i started to get interested in being a vegetarian. I talked about my brother in my piece because he was the one who got me interested in being a vegetarian, so I decided to add why HE started getting interested in being a vegan and when he started. The most helpful feedback I've had was from the teacher, he was the one who gave me the idea to write more about my brother which helped me a lot. In order to make my piece awesome, I'd really like help with more things I can add to my piece or how I can make my piece more specific!
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There was a lot of things that we did to prepare me for the interview. One of the things would be actually practicing with someone and it was actually really help full because it was a way for me to kind of get new questions and think of what to do if I get stuck on the interview. Another thing that we did was watch the teacher do the interview with another person, and that also helped me a lot because I could see what was their body language and kind of get and idea on how to get your interviewee feel comfortable. Something that really surprised me was the steps we needed to do, to actually do a good interview. I thought that the only thing you needed to do was write about what you wanted to talk about and that's it, but its actually more than that. You actually have to think about the questions that you are going to ask the interviewee & you have to come up with questions that will lead up to what you want to talk about. You also have to do a little research on what you guys are going to be talking about, like you have to relate what you want to talk about to a historical event and research a little bit about it. Something that I used on my interview, that I learned in the past weeks is the body language, because I tried to make the person I was interviewing feel comfortable. Even though its someone I knew, I still wanted them to feel comfortable. The next time I turn research into a piece of writing, I will remember to always check my work twice because thats something that I always forget to do and its super important to do. Even if you think you didn't do anything wrong, you still have to check it again just to make sure, and it doesn't hurt checking it again. Look over the attached document, "Week 8 - what we did and why we did it." What, from what we did this week, do you think will be most helpful for you when you're conducting your interview?
I think watching other people do their interview was the most helpful thing that we did, because it gave me ideas on how to do the interview and what kind of follow up questions to ask. Even though you can't know what follow up questions to ask before you do the interview, you can kind of learn how they asked them and on what. How will you apply what you're learning about interviewing to other aspects of your life, now or in the future? There are going to be a time when people are going to interview me or I am going to be interviewing, so I think everyone should defiantly know how to handle an interview. How care you going to take your work on this project to a higher level than the work you've done in the past? I'm going to be putting more time into the work, so I can later be proud of it. I am going to be organized which is something that I always like to do. What do you remember best from the interviews you heard/read this week? Why do you think that is?
Something that I remember is that you have to pay attention to the way that you are sitting because that tells a lot about how much you are interesting in the interview. I remember this because that was something that I though was really interesting, because you don't want the person who you are interviewing feel like you don't care about what they are saying because that's not a good feeling. What was the most interesting interview you witnessed in class? Were you a participant or an observer? What made it so interesting? An interview that I though was one of the most interesting ones, is the one that Victor & Daniel did, because I remember that Victor was the one asking questions and he tried to ask questions that required more that a one word answer. Another good thing was the way they were sitting, it looked like he was paying attention and really into the interview. Who do you want to interview? Why? What do you want to hear stories about? I would really like to interview someone who works at a fast food restaurant, because it is really fun to get to know someone, and I just think it would be a really interesting and fun interview. I want to hear stories about his/her family, and what stuff they are struggling with and what they do to get through the problems. What did you do in order to make your description more vivid in this poem, that you want to use on your next writing piece, NO MATTER WHAT IT’S ABOUT?
I tried to think of the small stories that my partner told me, because in my opinion those will be the things that will be more interesting and it will drag the readers in the poem. What did you learn about doing effective research about your “client” through interviews? (We’ll be conducting interviews with strangers in our next project). Something that I learned would be that you can get to know someone by just 20 minutes of the person talking. You can get to learn stories about their life with just three general questions, and I think that's pretty cool; If its just him talking for twenty minutes, they will be telling you small stories that thy can think of and maybe it could be something their friends don't even know. What parts of the revision process were most useful to you? What do you want to make sure you do to revise your next writing piece, based on your experience with this one? I think that doing the 20 minute interview is obviously something super important, because its their time to talk and to not get interrupted. Also something that I think was as important as the 20 minute interview is to be able to go back with your partner and ask him questions about what he was talking about, and just ask questions that will help you on your poem, or things they weren't clear about. Week #1 Out of everything we did this week, what did you find most interesting? Why? One of the things that was most interesting was when we did the circle game. It was the most interesting activity we did because at first I had no idea why we were doing this activity. It looked like we were just playing silly games, but it actually means something. It was meant to begin to built the physical skill, focus and comfort with each other because we are going to be together for a whole year. What advice do you have for Dr. P to help you excel in Humanities this year? Something that every teacher should do is give the students choices for projects to do, and let them be creative, because that's what makes a good project, and it makes it fun. You have to let the students have a voice and say their opinions, which is what I think this question is doing. What do you want to get better at in Humanities this year? I want to get better at writing, from essays to poems. If we are talking about essays, I feel like i'm not so creative when it comes to it, because I just cant think of a lot of ideas or come up with them. Now if you talk about poems, something that I really struggle on is with the rhyme, and also with creativity. Week #2. Look over the attached document, "Week 2 - what we did and why we did it". How did what we did this week CONNECT to what you've done before, either in past years or in Week 1? (give SPECIFIC examples) I think the activity that we did on Friday which was the quick write about the connections and wonders about the book was something that I did on 9th grade when we were reading the book "The House On Mango Street'. Ms.Britt would make us read 2 or 3 chapters a day and really talk about all the metaphors & connection we would have about each chapter. It was something that I actually really appreciated because it made me understand each chapter even better. How did what you learned and did this week EXTEND or push your thinking in new directions? (give SPECIFIC examples) Something that we did this week that made my thinking go in a different direction was when we went back with our partner for the"I sing to you.. poem" and we got the chance to ask them more questions that will be able to help us write our poem. At first I was going to write about how my partner Miguel loved his mother, but after I asked him questions, and talked about his mother and him. Then I really thought about the poem and decided that instead of writing a poem about how much he loves his mother, I would write about their relationship, and not only talk about Miguel's perspective but also his mother's. What is still CHALLENGING or confusing for you about what you learned and worked on this week? (give SPECIFIC examples) Something that i'm still confused about is on turning in the homework on the google classroom, because I have never really used this before. I think that it is pretty easy but I still need time to get used to it, because i'm also trying to get used to website that Mr.Carter showed us. |
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