Hello and welcome to my blog! Today, I will be discussing with you my tPOL, and what I plan to talk about for it. I have a lot to cover, so buckle up!

Now, tPOLs are middle and end of year presentations to show how you’ve advanced in your learning and how you plan to improve on things. You then present this to your parents and a teacher, and are asked questions at the end.. and that’s about it. It sounds simple, but it’s a bit more difficult than that, since it has to be 7 minutes long!

Now that you know what to expect, I can tell you what I plan to present.

Now, I have improved a lot over the two years I’ve been in PLP. That seems like a while, doesn’t it? And I think there are a few projects that I’ve done that represents the better and the worse spots of my projects. Starting off with my first love, my presentations of the crusades and the feudal system. Now, I made this project 2 years ago and it’s STILL one of my favourites, that says a lot! Now, a few things I would like to change about this project is the amount of info I put in. I like it, I’d just add another paragraph or two to each block of text.

Now I find that I represented a good skill in seeking help for this project, as I distinctly remember asking for more time to finish it. I also remember sitting there and finishing it.

Another project that I find I did well on is my WWI comic project. I know, we just did that, but I cannot think about anything else to talk about right now. For my WWI comic project, we had to make a comic about a soldiers experience in WWI. This could be a fictional character, or a real person who was there themselves.

One thing I would want to improve on with this project is my “completing evidence”. My time management wasn’t amazing, and in the future, I would like to give myself more time to work on the project.

But, I did seek out help to the best of my ability, and got support by teachers. I am proud of myself for being able to seek out help so easily and without feeling embarrassed.

OK THATS ALL thank you for reading!

Hello, and welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be telling you about my most recent adventures in PLP; my WWI comic project AND exhibition. A lot of stuff happened, so I should quickly go through that with you!

Now, my WWI comic project. A project that my teacher couldn’t keep his mouth shut for 20 seconds about before it happened, and now… he is happy it’s over! My exhibition was very chaotic, but before I talk about that, I should talk about what got me there in the first place; writing a comic.

We were ordered to write our comic I think 2 weeks before the exhibition. Storyboarding took a week, and colouring and lining took another week. In fact, despite the fact that it looks like a good amount of time, I was on quite the time crunch. Drawing and writing a comic takes HOURS, like, a really long time. I had underestimated how long it would take, and had to stay up until 2AM to finish my comic… but it was worth it. Because when I was at exhibition, my comic was the goofiest and silliest looking one on the table. Wait… was that what I was supposed to say?

Yes, my comic wasn’t as… realistic, as everyone else’s… but it still looked great, so what’s wrong with that? Anyhow, onto the exhibition…

On exhibition night, I was sweaty, tired and hungry. I also only had one shoe on for half of it, but that’s a story for another day. I couldn’t eat what they had because I didn’t order anything, so I had some breadsticks and Soda that my mum had very thoughtfully brought for me. It was delicious, by the way.
I had my own little table that I shared with 4 other people, and I was at the very edge of it. While everyone else sat behind their tables, I sat right in front of mine because there wasn’t any more room for me. Very sad!

In total, I spent around 2 hours at exhibition. Which is actually a WAY shorter than usual, but, and don’t tell anyone this, the exhibition seemed very rushed. At least our part was rushed, everyone else’s was great,

Now, What would I do differently? There are a few things I would change, but the most prominent would definitely be getting less distracted so I have more time to flesh out my comic!! I get distracted by a lot of things when I’m in school, and I have a hard time focusing on one thing for more than 30 minutes (unless it’s a drawing I WILLINGLY want to do). I would also want to do this for my own sanity, and for my sleep schedule, because now it is ruined.

Though, I do like the cartoony style I did my comic in. Despite how I was picking on it earlier, I really do like it. Though a lot of people dislike or want to change their art, I am always confident and happy with my own.

OKAY, and that wraps up my WWI blog post. Thank you for reading, and come back later because I’m posting something else soon.