“In the end, the greatest snowball isn’t a snowball at all. It’s fear. Merry Christmas.”-Dwight Schrute, The Office It almost the holiday season! The happiest time of the year where nothing ever goes wrong and nothing scary ever happens. The perfect time to make a thriller! Also, I am under your bed. Now, you might be wondering, “Adam, what the heck is a thriller?” Hold your horses, I’ll tell you. A thriller is generally classified…
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How do our choices impact our future path? The answer lies in the murky depths of Loon Lake. Recently, we went on a life-changing 5 day workshop trip to Loon Lake with Pinnacle Pursuits. The main goal of this spectacular expedition was to create a stronger, safer PLP 9 team. With Pinnacle Pursuits, we went through a number of team building activities like rock climbing, shelter building, adventure racing, ropes courses, archery, and trust falls.…
Reading the future. Sounds pretty cool, right? Also sounds like something a wizard would do! Well, did you know that there is an actual viable career in which you do that? A few days ago was Take Your Kids To Work Day, so I went to Environment And Climate Change Canada where my dad works as a meteorologist. In the Environment Canada building, there were two sections that we toured: the Environmental Protection Agency and…
Hi! Recently in Maker, we were given the opportunity to create a remake of the short film “Run!” Here’s the original: The original follows a jogger on a trail, who is being chased by a monster. The original uses a variety of sounds and angles to portray emotions and create suspense. To remake this film we learned about how to use angles and sounds to make a more immersive experience. For this project, we worked…
“Now my advice for those who die (taxman!)/Declare the pennies on your eyes (taxman!)/‘Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman”-The Beatles, 1966, Taxman Recently in PLP, we played a simulation called Nation X, which is based on the French/Russian Revolutions. In this game there are 4 groups: A and B (The 3rd Estate), C (The Nobility), and D (The Clergy). Pay and jobs were distributed like this: A: Write 100 words a day about daily…
I am climbing a mountain of brimstone. The steep hill I’m walking up seems to go on forever. But, in the distance, I can see light at the end of the tunnel: the top. I’m sure of it this time! I pick up my pace. After what seems like forever, I make it to what I thought was the top. But now, as I look up, I realize I can’t be more than half way…
Recently, PLP 9 went on a field school to the Rocky Mountains. It was amazing! Seeing all the nature and wildlife, it inspired me to go back to school to answer our driving question of “How might I use the moving image to tell a story.” Silent Film This film was filmed at the Three-Valley Gap ghost town. By making this video, I learned how to plan a video in advance by using…
Hello everyone! Welcome to my tPol! The tPol is the transitional presentation of learning, in which we have to answer the driving question of “why do I feel that I’m ready to move up to the next grade level?” As evidence, I will show examples of places where I have improved and places where I have room for growth. I have taken some of these categories from my statement of learning intent, which says: “This…
“And all the people bowed and prayed/to the neon god they made/and the sign flashed out it’s warning/in the words that it was forming/ and the silence said the word of the prophets are written on the subway walls/ Teniment Halls” -The Sound of Silence Recently in Humanities, we worked on a project about advertisements and did our Spring Exhibition. Keystone 1 For our first keystone, we did a survey on advertising and how it…
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Recently, we went on our first field school on the Oregon Coast. Let me tell you about it. (If you don’t want to read a 1,600 word blogpost, you can read this book at the end of the post that we had to do on the trip.) Day 1 The day didn’t start off too well. We were supposed to get on the bus by 6:15, but the teachers were late, so we stood around…