For my self regulation I give myself 20/33%. My attendance in class is good, I am never late although I have had a few absences. When I am absent I always check edmodo to catch up on missing work since Mr. Neuf always posts all the assignments I can check it online and get it finished. The quality of my work is done with time and detail, although my recent assignments have been really late. Only five of my assignments were late, my Romeo and Juliet essay, summative essay and Who Killed Wellington post and a few more. I always come to class with my device and prepared and use it somewhat responsibly. Sometimes I can get carried away but I use my device effectively most of the time. In class my seating is with people that I know I will not get carried away with or will distract me, but I can communicate with in class during class discussions. These two people are Margarita and Avery. When completing assignments during class time I get it done mostly unless it is an essay I will not continuously work on it. When completing my assignments I research the topic, look at other classmate's blogs and then write my post if I do not understand how to do it, this gives me a good idea of what to write and is very helpful. I always give credit in my work if I used a certain source to get my work done. Looking at my other classmate's blogs really help me as well. I communicate with my peers in the same way they communicate with me, it goes both ways on how I am treated and respected. If I make a mistake and someone corrects me, I will improve on it such as my blog posts or any other assignments I will go back and see what I did wrong or look onto more ideas on how I can improve my work, I always correct my classmates even for a tiny mistake on their essay, it will still count so I make sure I read their work very carefully as well as my own and sometimes compare the quality of my work to theirs. This shows me my strengths in writing and weaknesses including a different view point. For example, in my Charles Bukowski- Change or Stay assignment I argued that Charles should have stayed the way he was, other classmates argued he should have changed his lifestyle which made me re think about my argument and make more valid points and proof to prove my point of view of things and this really helped me write. When working in class I will take a break on my phone and then sometimes give up and work on it at home or go back to working, I kept a really good balance when finishing the novel in class when we had to finish reading it. I read a few pages took a five minute break and go back to reading. If an assignment really interests me I will continue to work on it and keep a balance between taking a break, when it came to Romeo and Juliet assignments I got carried away, which made most of those assignments late. This was a really hard challenge, when I had unfinished work and then more assignments to do, but I did finish everything on time, including to take the time to look at other people's blogs and comment on their work as well. Overall, this class has taught me the many ways to looking at things from a different prospective and I think my self regulation is not the best, but it is okay as well as my learning.
Quality of Communication Skills
The PLOs I have achieved in English 10
1) A1 interact and collaborate in pairs and groups to
– support and extend the learning of self and others
– explore experiences, ideas, and information
– gain insight into others’ perspectives
– respond to and analyse a variety of texts
– create a variety of texts
An example of this work would be in class discussions and online class discussions posting ideas and discovering new ones on edmodo. Discussing a variety of new ideas and reading other people's opinions help you learn a lot about the topic and illustration of the work. An example of some class discussions are about the novel, when we talked about Christopher having autism which I did not know much about, classmates who talked about it gave me a clear idea on what it is and gave me a better understanding about the novel as well such as the characters behaviour. Another example is researching Walt Whitman and posting facts about him on edmodo, reading what other people had posted gave me a good imagination about him. Interaction with my peers in class and online helps me re evaluate my ideas and thoughts and collaborating with theirs to come up with a better understanding.
2) B8 explain and support personal responses to texts, by
– making comparisons to other ideas and concepts
– relating reactions and emotions to understanding of the text
– explaining opinions using reasons and evidence
– suggesting contextual influences
My reading and viewing strategies in English are good, I have read a lot of blogs and essays of almost every classmate commenting on how they can improve their work and how well they have done. I view other people's work very thoroughly, giving positive feedback. These are some comments and feedback examples to five different people.
– grammar and usage
– punctuation, capitalization, and Canadian spelling
– copyright and citation of references
– presentation/layout
The best formal representation of these skills are my formal essays.
http://sahota786.blogspot.ca/2015/01/romeo-juliet-relationships-unfinished.html
http://sahota786.blogspot.ca/2015/01/walking-mile-in-someones-shoes.html
http://sahota786.blogspot.ca/2014/10/charles-bukowski-change-or-stay.html
I think I did my best on my first PLOs. Some of my contributions in class could have been better and connecting my personal thoughts to my work would have made a huge improvement which I know to keep in mind for next time. This is my future goal to make better goals in my essays and assignments. I cut off marks for handing in late work although the quality of my work is very good and written formal when necessary. In this category I give myself 20/30% because of all my work done well and all my proof, I still handed in my work late.
Contribution to the Learning Environment
I take all my peers/teachers feedback and work to improve on my work. This also includes online class discussions where I have many examples of.
Example of editing after teacher comments:
http://sahota786.blogspot.ca/2014/10/what-do-you-have-in-english-10.html
Useful comments to my classmates to improve their work:
This comment is on Sukhdeeps blog, the top is hard to read.
Edmodo online posts/research ideas and class discussions:
In this category I overall give myself 30/33% since I have a lot of proof of all my class contributions and ideas, I may have missed commenting on a few peers and viewing their work by mistake. Other than online, I help my classmates in class as well whether it was something on their phone such as a technical problem or finding the page number to the novel while we are reading. My peers also helped me in many ways teaching me new things and looking at a new prospective of certain topics.
Overall my final mark I think I deserve is 71% including the plus 1%, I may have distractions and handed in multiple late assignments but I still maintained to get my work done with detail and good quality as well as connecting with my peers online to have a better understanding of things which made me grow in a positive way, This English 10 class has improved me and taught me what to improve on. This class was different from any other English class, that being said instead of using paper and pencil we used our phones every single day and sometimes worked in the library but online you can learn so many things one of the biggest helping factor was edmodo. All the class discussion really helped on every unit and topic we worked on. I loved being in Mr. Neufs class!
YAY! Thank you for finally finishing this Jasmine. I think your online comments were often quite good. I also continue to tell you that your writing is solid and that you can really take it somewhere if you want. Like you mention above, the biggest hindrance to success remains "life" and all the other stuff you have going on. There were days where you were present but "absent" from class, and lot's of days where you were wandering with friends while missing assignments. That said, your completion and competency is enough to receive the grade requested. Good luck in English 11… I really hope you keep working on the balance of benefits between social and academic. :) Both are important.
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