For the first half of the year, I believe that I have constructed high quality work, that I have put a lot of effort into. I have good work ethics and I am a productive learner.
I am a good listener, whether I’m with my teacher, my peers, or my classmates, and I take other people’s opinions and ideas into consideration when I’m learning. An example of this is when we were working in groups and acting out a skit about a group of people called the Luddites, I listened to everyones ideas and thoughts about what we should do, and we ended up with a skit that we were proud of.

Below is part of the work that we were asked to complete as a group, as part of the activity:

Sometimes, I procrastinate on work that can be important to my learning. For example, when we were assigned to read a certain amount of chapters from the book, “Into Thin Air”, I sometimes waited until the last day to read them, and I was unable to finish the required reading. Also I can get very stressed if I am assigned any work that I might not understand. This can affect my learning because if I don’t understand, then I am unable to complete the work correctly. In order to fix this I should ask more questions, to my teachers or classmates, that could help me with difficult work. And I need to prioritize my time to give myself enough time to complete work assignments and or study for quizzes and tests.

In class, I like to work with others, in groups, because different people have different thoughts that I maybe don’t have. I find it interesting to see what others have to say about something that I have different opinions on. I usually work well with others, and it is relatively easy to get our work done and handed in on the deadline.

For the first half of this year I have already felt myself becoming a more mature and efficient learner. I have made good choices. I used my time wisely so that I could study and do my work, I was at all the classes I could be at, and I have made friendships with my classmates so that we can work well and easily together. I believe that these all affect my learning in a positive manner, this is some evidence of how I have grown as an individual learner!

Through the first half of the school year, there have been times where I have noticed that I could be doing a better job at something, or there is an area in my learning that I need to improve. Setting goals for myself is a big part of my learning; a way that I can help myself become a more successful student.

My first goal is for my humanities course: I would like to be able to confidently work harder at becoming a leader, whether it’s as a class group, in small groups, or individually taking charge of my own learning, better. This goal can affect my learning by giving me the chance to be the “comfortable-with-being-a-leader” person in a group, that I am striving to become.

The second goal that I am going to be discussing is for my science course. “I would like to be able to interact, share my thoughts and ideas, and ask more questions in class”. This can affect my learning by giving me the drive to ask more direct and complex questions in the classroom; whether I’m talking to my teacher, peers, or classmates. Because, as I stated in my science post, I find that I am quite a quite person in science. I can achieve this by not being afraid to speak up for myself and give myself the opportunity to get the answers to work or assignments that might not be clear to me.

This next goal is more of a personal development type. I would really like to improve my time management skills; to give myself time for studying, but also leave time for my extra-curricular activities. I feel like sometimes I get really stressed with everything going on with school, sports, family, and I think that if I developed better time management skills, it would make everything a lot easier to deal with. For example I could give myself an hour a day without my phone to focus on school/home work. Overall, this goal can help improve myself and my learning because I will have had time to finish homework/schoolwork .