The wilderness must be explored. Project was a part of our Oregon trip so we had to write down in a book in our iPads about our journey across Oregon and then we had to make an ad. I’ll talk with Dad so we had to make a series of different ads like an ad campaign, we had to talk about a bunch of locations. My group did three. I was with another boy named Griffin and we talked about Fort Stevens all the history and the other two groups. One of them talked about factory and the other one talked about the tidepools

and now I’m gonna talk about our trip and the driving question
no, we went to a bunch of different places we went zip lining go karting, which were the two funnest things we also went for lots of walks and somehow almost every day I got wet a lot of places went really good except the golden corral

our driving was How can language inspire adventure I answered this question was language fitness many ways to motivate us. It can encourage us to move on and see what lies ahead

 

“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.”

Here is evidence to demonstrate that PLP Success Behaviours have prepared me to advance to the next grade level?

Focus: I gave myself a Sometimes mark on Focus.  Focuses on task but may need frequent reminders.

In the fall, I was a lot less focused than I am now. Now I can focus a lot better but in the fall I couldn’t get anything done, I couldn’t focus on the lessons or the homework. I needed lots of help with my work.

 

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I chose the ——- project to show this. 

At the beginning, most of my work was late because I didn’t understand any of it. I thought it was confusing because there was so much work to do. So, I didn’t do any of it. In the lessons, I was just staring at the teacher. Nothing was going in or out. When I got the work, I got overwhelmed I couldn’t focus.

When I got in my group in the middle of the project I got most of my work in on time because my focus got better. I didn’t have to manage everything on my own. Working in groups helps stay on task because I am not worried about everything. Because it was just 3 or 4 of us talking together I could understand it more.

I only really asked my teachers questions about the lessons and assignments. I pretended I understood their answers even though I didn’t. I did that so they would think I knew what I was doing but I didn’t understand.

I decided to ask my mom for help. She helped me catch up on all my work, so I could work on the group project. Once I was caught up I didn’t fall behind because I got organized and  did the things that were due immediately and moved on to the next thing until there was nothing left to do. It helped me with focusing because I could take a break when I was on each step. Breaking it up did work because I wasn’t overwhelmed any more.

Knowing this now, I won’t make the same mistakes next year. I will tell the teacher that I don’t understand what they are saying even though they are answering my questions. I will break my work into chunks so I can get my work done faster. I won’t get too stressed about it and writing down my thoughts at the end of class. I know it takes me longer to get my work done on time because of my ADHD. I will try my best and not beat myself up. Next year I will ask can just tell them my final thoughts and then type it out later or use dictate.

 

 

Resilience: I gave myself a Rarely mark on Resilience: Gives up easily or becomes discouraged when confronted with challenges or setbacks.

I chose the https://www.blog44.ca/marcusr/2023/11/16/nothing-gold-can-stay

/. I struggled with it because it involved reading and I have a hard time reading. I also have a hard time sitting still for a long time and I had to do sit still to get work done. Not being able to get up all the time makes me agitated. I gave up at some point because every section we had to write about it. I forget things really easily so I saved up all the writing for one night. That made me really stressed. It was really hard compared to elementary. Last year I had time in between books in elementary.

This year we didn’t. I got overwhelmed by all the work and I wanted to give up.I asked my mom to help me typing out my ideas. I talked, she typed. I also asked my mom for help when I was getting frustrated. She helped me organize to catch up.

Now I try my hardest to get my work done on time. Before, I couldn’t hear my teachers, it was all white noise. That made me give up sooner. Now I can hear my teachers and I understand the lessons.

I had a lot resilience with my https://www.blog44.ca/marcusr/2024/03/11/this-is-my-mind-over-matter-video-game/ l really wanted to give up but I never did. The program was really old and barely worked. It took me the entire project (12 days) to figure out just one part. It was getting the molecules to change when they touched. I finally figured it out. There were still some problems with it but I felt really good about it because I knew I tried my best.

Knowing this now, for next year, I know that I should always try my hardest, be organized and on task. I also know I can do it. I also don’t ask my mom for as much help as I used to. I have  more confidence in myself now. The Spring Exhibition is an example of better resilience because I have a lot of confidence talking to people. I felt less awkward so I didn’t want to give up.

Outside School Preparation: I gave myself a Rarely mark on Outside School Preparation. Has difficulty managing time and tasks and does not use organizational tools; requires significant intervention and support.                                                                

My example is my https://www.blog44.ca/marcusr/2024/01/10/powerplay-and-my-renaissance-project/. I got a lot of outside help for that. My mom made me sit down for two days and worked on it for an entire weekend. I left it too long to work on. I thought I had way more time to get it done. It took a less time than I thought it would though.

I should have done it during class. I was just staring at my iPad. It was overwhelming again. Since the Renaissance Art Chart I have been working by myself at home and school a lot more. I have been getting my work done on time. I tell my mom what is due so she can help remind to get things done. I work alone in my room or my parent’s bedroom to get rid of distractions. In class,  I remember what I need to write down for later.  I am embarrassed to use dictate in class because people tease me. This means I have to work extra hard to remember group conversations for later so I can write it down away from other people.

Next year I won’t leave everything until the last minute and then I won’t need to ask my mom for help. I am going to ask my group mates and teachers if I can record my group talking so I don’t have to work so hard remembering conversations.

 

I think I’m almost ready for grade 9, but I’ll just have to toughen up and repel the homework storm like I did this year.

in this project, we learned about how to body has hole to the skin the hair and the snot. I thought this snot was just for when you got sick, but turns out if that helps you and the hair follicle. I thought it was just that help your hair was the most recent thing we were learning about

 

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