“Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.”
Hello welcome to my 2024 Mpol, today I will be reflecting on my work so far in grade nine I will be talking about my growth as a learner in my most significant projects.
Our driving questions:
How have I demonstrated my growth as a learner this year?
I’ve shown growth as a learner this year by looking at various projects! I remember being excited to explore different topics and trying new learning techniques. I’ve become more confident in my abilities and have been tackling challenges. I’ve been exploring new topics and trying out different ways of learning. It’s been fun to see myself and others grow and become more knowledgeable. I’ve also been challenging myself to think critically and ask questions. I hope that the work I am about to reflect on will show my growth as a learner and will reveal what my work says about me as a learner.
How can I sharpen my learning plan to ensure I reach my learning goal by the end of this year?
To make sure I reach your learning goal by the end of the year, I will try to break down my work into smaller, manageable tasks. This way, I can track my progress more easily. Second, I can create a schedule or routine that includes dedicated time for learning.
Consistency is key! Third, I want to make sure to ask for help or seek additional resources if I need them. Learning is easier and more fun when I have support. And finally, stay motivated and celebrate my achievements along the way.
Circular competences:
Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Oral Communication, Quantitative Literacy, and Written Communication.
Core competencies:
Creativity, communication, critical, thinking, collaboration citizenship, and connectivity for future education.
Revisions and critique:
I have gotten a few revisions this year but I am happy I did! Revisions and critique from both peers and teachers, help me improve my work to its full potential. Without my revisions, I wouldn’t be able to get the grades I was reaching for this year.
An example of why feedback is so important is when I was making a short thriller with two of my classmates. I liked this project because we were able to be creative and use our ideas to make a story. After filming all of our clips the first time we looked back at the clips and realized we wanted to change many things about our film. We gave ourselves revision because we knew we weren’t happy with it. We later tried again and refilmed every clip and changed a couple of things about our story. After editing and making more changes, we were finally very happy with our movie because of all the changes we made!
What does my work in PLP reveal about me as a learner?
I would like to say that I am quite Creative and I say this because I love art and I love thinking outside of the box. some evidence of this would be, my frankinstuffy story our most recent project. People that I showed it to said I was very creative and they liked my funny story. my creativity forms when I am doing projects like this. I would like to do more things like this in the future since I find that they are super fun and different!
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Writing
I have improved my writing skills a lot this year and I would like to continue to develop my writing to its full and best potential. I can achieve this by using my curricular competencies like creative thinking and literacy.
For example, when we were writing our story for our Frankenstuffy film, we practiced using descriptive words in our stories to make them more engaging. Using descriptive words in your stories instead of simply telling your readers what’s happening makes your story more immersive, and allows readers to experience it alongside your characters. Projects like this help me explore both my circular and core competencies like creativity, and creative thinking.
Communication
I have met many new people in PLP thanks to random seating plans and group projects! This has helped me get to know more people by developing and expanding my communication. It also helps me get to collaborate with different people!
Before we started the year didn’t know everyone very well. Now, I’m confident to say that I have met new friends and connected with different people. I would like to expand my communication with other people in PLP that I don’t know as well in the future. I have used my core competencies like communication, and collaboration.
My learning plan!
I am really happy with how I made my learning plan this year because I set big goals for myself. I don’t think it will be necessary to make changes because I’m still working on achieving these goals. high expectations for yourself can be beneficial! When you set high standards, it pushes you to strive for excellence and reach your full potential. It can help you grow, improve your skills, and achieve things you never thought possible.
Plus, it’s a great way to challenge yourself and discover what you’re truly capable of.
In maker and humanities, my learning goal was to get proficient.
(that I achieved)
My Rockies field journal
This was one of the first projects we did in humanities I am super happy with how my book turned out. I used many of the core and circular competencies like creative thinking Quantitative Literacy, and Creativity throughout the process.
I have taken away so much information and not only learnt but grown as a learner throughout a week. This project has helped me appreciate Alberta’s history and natural beauty, and I was able to use my creativity to design my book overall it was a fun trip and an interesting project.
Another project I think helped me improve in various ways was “Let’s get Reil”
I improved my writing during this project, and I used core and curricular competencies, such as Written Communication and Quantitative Literacy. I’m adding this because I think I improved my writing skills a lot and I did a good job of collecting information and summarizing it.
Another project I liked was in science where we learned about the historical significance of an element of our choice.
I chose arsenic because of the interesting history behind it for example, women would use it in their makeup ,cloths, and as rat poison! sometimes they even used it to poison their husbands! Our task was to write a paragraph on the historical significance and make a drawing to go with it. I decided to focus on the fact that they would put our arsenic in their makeup which would burn their skin and cause a lot of permanent damage.
I am proud of my art, because I came up with it myself, I had a vision and I had and I made it come to life!
As a learner, my strengths come out when I am designing things or coming up with ideas. (usually when I am doing artsy things.)
For example, when we were learning about the French Revolution, one of our first tasks was to make infographics. I like how mine turned out because I used the colours that symbolized France and the revolution. I also added small things to symbolize the revolution and country. For me, it’s fun to use apps like Canva, because I can use different effects and tools to get the outcome I like.
Conclusion
PLP has been fun for me and I would like to continue to do this next year. I think that I have improved a lot as a learner. I would like to keep getting better at everything I have improved on. PLP has helped me be more creative and it has helped me meet many new people overall, I think that I have done a proficient job at reaching my learning plan this year. Thank you for listening to my Mpol!