Quote: “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.”

Welcome to my MPOL, even though it’s not the middle of the school year but who cares (I do). In the beginning of the year I felt uncmfortable, with my work and class environment. Now I feel much different, more so happy, comfortable and confident but what changed. I’ll take you through my year so you can get a clearer picture. 

For me It all started with the big Alberta trip. Personally I’m not sure how too feel about it and I can’t say too much except that it made me feel bad. There will always be big problems in the world in terms of objectifying, disgracing and everything a long those lines. I just didn’t think it would all come so soon at this age. 

Here’s a link to the Alberta trip:

Alberta through my eyes

That’s where everything was complicated but it got better, as everything does. I’ll never forget our re-do trip, Loon Lake. I’ve never had so much fun without my phone glued to me, I got to rock climb, do archery, high ropes and so many other great activities. Most importantly our class bonded together. It brought out a lot that we didn’t know about eachother. We were all just strangers that spend hours together almost everyday, now we know. I know. 

Here’s a link to learn more about my loon lake trip:

Buildings bonds?

I’ve felt that I have grown more in my self awareness but also confidence. I got closer with new people and cheered them on. I felt good about how I’ve improved and my learning plan can show that:

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I feel I have reached the social level in which I’m now comfortable and confident, and able to be involved in any class discussions. My work does get done with the level of proficiency but to get extending I have to sharpen my learning plan. I need to create a plan such as a schedule to balance sports, school and work, so I can keep proper track of assignments. I can use things and calendar to keep track but also modify my days so I can study and balance homework so I’m not stressing. My goal is to achieve this plan and my reward is an extending. I will work hard for it. 

Humanities is all year round, which means plenty of projects to demonstrate my learning and growth. 

Two big projects I feel and impacted me are the Revolutions and Louis Riel. French Revolution made me learn a lot on history. Especially on how society collapsed, bringing down the monarchy, Napoleon coming out on top.

I feel like this project was an example of something I’ve done well due to many examples like my infographic:

And this was also my winter exhibition. My group involved me, Neko, Liam, James, Alva, Kaia, Gino and Kainono. Our project was to make a Rube Goldberg machine representing the French Revolutions through metaphors. I think we nailed it. It worked one time, but not everything’s perfect. We had costumes, theme, documentary, setting, so many components that all tied together. I loved this proeject in the way the way that I learned new things but also got to use my skills when crafting and creating. I feel like I work better with a mix of hands on learning, rather than just typing on iPads for endless amounts of hours. This project involved plenty of teamwork but we were happy with the result, happy enough to show our parents. 

Here’s a link to this project:

Winter exhibition again…

Secondly Louis Riel, I learned a bit about him but also it was a project all about improving our writing. It took a lot of effort but now it has benefited me in everyday life and will help me in the future.

Here’s a link to this project:

How did peoples portrayals affect Louis Riel?

 Maker, more so DI (destination imagination). DI was the biggest project I’ve had in my life and Mr. Hughes was right. I’m glad I did it but only after it was done. This is an amazing example of things I did well and things I flunked at. 

Here’s a link to my regional reflection:

DI regionals!

Things I did well: Decorating, designing and especially presenting. Presenting was my favourite thing because I just got to have fun on stage, with my lines, humour, actions and improve. Again I feel I’ve grown more confident in myself as a learner and a person. My team did so well infact that we won second place in Provincials but most importantly we won the Di Vinci award! With our Star Wars theme, funny dance and smiling faces we achieved something we thought we had no hope of getting. I’m glad, not just for getting the award but for beating the odds in our heads, because we are so much more than what we think of ourselves. And we ended up delivering a high quality product. 

Here’s my medal: 

Things I didn’t do well: Building is not for me. As well as it took me and another group member some warming up to do, but in the end we preformed at our best. For next time I would like to start well with all so to be sure that it doesn’t created an unpleasant environment or affect our finished project. 

I would like to continue working on my relationships with people because to me it matters. It affects you as a person because who wants to be someone who has an issue with everyone they work with. You wont get anywhere it that continues in your life. This is our time to change and improve ourselves for the future. 

Science with Ms. Kadi was my favourite class. I had a lot of fun especially because we usually always got to work with others. No matter what if I failed at simply turning on a battery, I at least failed with my bff Hunter (I love his mom). We spent most of science laughing our faces off and goofing around but there is a project I really enjoyed. Elements and compound chemhistory. First we got to learn the history of any element we wanted, then we created an article about it:

I picked fluorine. I learned about the history about it and how it actually use to be in water and later got removed. 

Here’s a link to learn more about my science project:

Science + Math = What?

My favourite part though was creating this into art. I love art, all of it. We got to make stencils of some sort and cover them in paint, creating a print. My end result was a toothpaste tube painted with purple. It took me a couple of attempts, correcting and revising but I was satisfied with my end product. 

Overall for all the countless projects I’ve done so far this year I’ll admit I’ve had plenty of revisions, but that’s motivation. It’s helping me create something even better than before. “Why be good when you can be great.” With all this I’m aiming high for an extending and I’ll only become better. 

Finale. How have I demonstrated growth as a learner so far this year? Everything I’ve written here gives evidence to that. I’ve become a better version of myself and by the end of the year who knows. I’m glad I’ve gotten to share my experiences so far this year because it does get better.