Some of the pros that I have had about doing this project entirely outside of the school is the fact that I had a lot of freedom, and responsibility which felt very nice and fun to have. Another pro that I had, was that I learned so much about myself that I didn’t know! I also could do things more of my way, and not totally the planned way! Some of the challenges that I had along the way were finding good articles and research sites. Another challenge that I had was time management.

Some of the things that I have learned about myself are, I can be a good and bad time manager, I pick hard and over the top research questions that are almost too hard to solve, and I can also be a procrastinator. I have had to learn how to be super independent and non reliable of others to help me with things. In conclusion I loved doing the passion project!

Hello! Today I will be telling you a little bit about my final project! The first thing that you should know is that it is an iMovie that explains and presents my work in almost the perfect way! I chose this project because it could explain my work visually and in a way that people would find very interesting and interactive. Another reason that I chose this project was because I love doing videos and editing them. It is a very fun and good process that would fit my research in a very well and sophisticated way!

Here is my bibliography:

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Hello! Today I will be telling you about how I overcame my obstacles and what obstacles I had along the way of this long process!

The first challenge that I would like to tell you about is deciding and re-thinking of a final project. This problem is kind of simple. I decided on a final project in the beginning of this process, but along the way realized that it wouldn’t work with my research, so in the last week I had to think of a new project. When I finally found one, I knew that it was going to be better than the other choice! Another problem I had was finding reliable resources. I dealt with these problems by taking a deep breath and trying again a different way, or asking for someone else’s help if I was very stuck. Also, I was very happy when I was able to overcome all of my problems. One example of using this process was for the project thing. I was thinking for a while, so I reached out to Mr. DeBerry to ask for help. We chatted for a little and found out a good project for me!!

As I work on my passion project I am learning a lot about myself as a learner, reader and writer, and a time manager. As a learner I have realized that through this different way of learning and doing a big project, that I have become a stronger and more persistent learner all together! As a reader and writer I have realized that when I set my mind to it, that I am very good at getting helpful notes down on my note page! I have also realized that I am a terrible time manager, but if I am persistent enough that I can make up the time I missed for note taking! 

These are all the different ways that I have improved and made realizations of my skills in English class. I hope thatI can continue or start improving my skills in English. I will give more updates on my Passion Project soon enough. Bye for now!

 In my progress so far, I am kind of proud of how much research I have so far! I have almost one page! My resources are almost more helpful than I thought they would be! Mr.DeBerry’s note-taking sheet is very helpful and I am currently using it. I have changed my main question a bit and added a new sub-question. The reason that I did it was because when I started researching and found a lot of cool and new information that would add to my topic! I also found some more resources! I think the quality of my work could be a bit better, but I think that it is decent right now and not horrible. More updates for my passion project will come soon! Bye for now!

-Heather

 

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To identify my resources I looked on the school databases and found some good ones. I also searched it up on the web and found credible resources that I can trust. To make sure the resources are credible I looked on the top browser and saw if it either ended in, .gov, .com, or .org. I know that if it ends in these endings that it is reliable, because they indicate if it is credible. I think the resources I will be most helpful are the resources that I found in the library database because I know for 100% that they are reliable. For my note taking strategy I will be using the document that Mr.DeBerry gave to us to make note taking easier. I chose this strategy because it organizes my resources, questions, notes, and answers that I got about my questions. 

Project Proposal

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          My process for desiring my topic was very simple. I started by writing down the things that I love to do and watch. Then I looked at the list and crossed off the things that would be harder to research and had few questions to ask and research on. Finally I looked at the remaining options and chose the one that I wanted to research the most. So I decided on music! 

         To decide on my question I thought beneath the surface of the topic and dug deeper until I came up with the idea of effects. After I came up with the idea I thought of some questions I could ask about the effects of music on our bodies and lives. I then narrowed down the questions and combined some to make the questions more sophisticated. After that I wrote them down in my proposal and worded them differently. That is how I came up with my sub and main questions about music.