Month: June 2017

Yesterday we presented our Capstones for our parents. First we had our moving up ceremony. (I played the processional) Then we went to our rooms that we were split up the other day. I was the sixth. It went great! I messed up and forgot some parts, but it was still awesome.

The day before yesterday I didn’t have my business cards. So I asked Jasper to print them. The next day I had 24 business cards. So a big thanks to Jasper!

At first I was really nervous, but when I got up, I felt confident. I started speaking loud, clear and I looked up. Around the middle of my TED talk, people started laughing, so that messed me up. But when it was done I was relieved because I didn’t have to present any more for Capstone. If I were to do it again, I would make sure that I would switch the slides. One thing I learned is that if I look up, I’m louder. For future 5th graders, look up and be loud.

Here’s the video of my TED talk:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B11H9A93RqfpejdCWUJFQlNET2s/view?usp=sharing

 

Answering my main Inquiry question was a long process. The most reliable source I used was the CIA’s page, cia.gov. I also used nsa.gov. I also had a site visit to Trinity Church and and had an interview with “Mike”, a CIA officer. I researched and answered all my questions and now I’m working on perfecting my script. I’m also making my lead better. I presented yesterday (My birthday! It was awesome! 😀 ) and Ms. Boyer said that I should work on smiling and looking up. (So I’m going to make lash cards and try to remember my script more) I’m also going to talk slower. What’s hard right now is operating the slides while talking. So I’m going to work on my TED talk now.