Thursday, 16 January 2014

Self assessment

This year English has been one of my favorite classes. Although I struggled when using the electronic devices and the whole course was on computers it was different, so I liked it. The people in the class were so loud and friendly. The group of people I always sat with were always so talkative, some days it was hard to work. Using our iPhones and iPods had its ups, and it's downs. I personally always got distracted by it. I should have shown more self regulation, like when the teacher was talking or for novel study. But I did use it wisely at times and ignored it when needed. Showing up to class on time and missing days was a big problem at the starting of this course but as the year went on I was late only a few times and missed very few classes. My work habits will have a big impact also in my letter grade. In the end I finished all of the assignments but some of them were done late. To finish every assignment in class was very difficult to achieve. In class when I had to work I would get distracted by my twitter, Instagram, talking and leaving the room. Doing novel study for the most part I payed attention and listened but like everyone else some days I couldn't just sit and listen. When it came down to do the assignments for novel study i finished, like for example our opinioin on the book. When I had the opportunity to read I would. For the most part my self regulation started off to a bad start but as the year went on it got better. For this plo i give myself 25/33 In this course we did two major essays. He wanted this essays to have a proper formal format, I struggled with doing this. But if it was a creativity or making connections essay I did very well. for example the essay about pressure had a proper format. When writing about connections to something I thought I did well. Making connections was one of my strong points in this class. One assignment we had to connect to for example was the essay about relationships. I thought i did very well. At the beginning of this year one assignment was to pick a literary term and write the definition and a visual image to show that definition on a page on our website. I finished one or two but should have done more to contribute to the class so the people and myself can learn. If i were to get tested on this literary terms I would do pretty good. In the Romeo and Juliet character study I finished every assignment but the major essay. An example of me finishing the assignments was the act 4 soliliquy. I finished that a little late but still did it. In the class anytime we had an opportunity to contribute creativity i did so, especially in my assignments. An assignment we had to do was about creativity. So I wrote a story called "always check to see your windows are shut." For this piller I think an appropriate mark would be 29/33. Contribution was a big impact on your letter grade, especially commenting. When people published there assignments we had to go and read them then comment are feelings on there work. I did this sometimes. For example when Melissa wrote her story I commented on it. When we did the literary terms I contributed to that by writing a definition. When we had to contribute to learning or reading out loud I did so. When we had class discussions I contributed to that by listening. My contribution to other people's learning is commenting for them to fix something on their assingment, also in class if they didn't get something i tried to help them to the best of my ability. For myself i could have done better by reading my comments that people left for me and fix what needed to be fixed on my work. For this third piller i think i deserve 28/33. This is one of my favorite classes this semester and it's sad to see it end. I loved everybody in my class and espicialy the teacher to making it so fun and different then any of my other classes. By the end of this course I can now say I can write proper essays, know more definitions and how to work electronics way better then I did before. I also know how to take criticism and turn it into something that can benefit me and make whatever it is I'm doing, better. For this course if I add up all three pillers together my percentage for this course is 82%/100%.

7 comments:

  1. Great start Sarah! Try to finish your final report card post!:)

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  2. Don't forget to add pictures to support your thoughts!

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  3. Sara you are sure shooting for a nice purse with a final mark of 82% ;) Your assessment of your ups and downs seems to suggest you are learning about yourself and taking ownership over your choices and that makes me happy. I still think you don't quite realize just how much you were away or off task, but that takes time too. Your writing assessment is pretty accurate too, but I wish we could figure out how to better improve our weaknesses after recognizing them. you need to be careful with basic grammar rules like CAPITALS, paragraphs, quotations and spelling. It is awesome that you write so much when connected to a topic but if we are going to write effectively for many types of audiences we need to develop more mature/complex writing styles. :) I think you made up for a poor commenting habit by volunteering during in class discussions. The last thing is that you sort of glossed over the Romeo and Juliet essay. That was one of the two biggest assignments of the year.. so that is kind of a big deal. Overall I'm proud of your efforts at self regulation and writing this year Sarah. I think if we take into consideration a missing major essay and the number of "walks" both real and mental you took this year perhaps a 73 is more accurate than an 82? what do you think?

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  4. You're still missing your 3 PLO examples? Do you know how to find them?

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  5. I agree with you. I think I 82% is a little high for me so maybe a 73-75% would be a better mark. When I write anything on my phone or computer I do write it in paragraphs but I guess when I publish it, it doesn't show the proper paragraph formats that I did. English isn't one of my strongest subjects, I know I need to work on my grammer and capitals and that's something I work on all the time. I don't know how to add pictures for examples. And no I don't know how to find the 3 PLO examples.

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  6. I think 77 percent is around a good mark for you, the best part of the writing pieces you make is the personal connection. For many people I think it is very hard to say or even write, for this reason i think 77 percent is fair for you.

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  7. Ok.. thanks Sara. It was one of the first lessons of the year to learn how to take screen shots and add them in, but I realize technology is harder for some than others. The PLOs are linked right in the assignment post... you can just click them and start reading. :) You also have twitter and email to get help from me, so perhaps this is something to consider about your "learning" moving forward. That said, I think English could be a very strong subject for you. Abhi's comment is worth a second look. You have the ability to learn and grown and get better at anything you choose, but YOU have to choose to. You are not innately good or bad at subjects, you may currently struggle but you can improve at them all... with a whole whack of hard work and a "more knowledgeable other".

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