Tag: Capstone

After SEVRAL long weeks of writing, researching, interviewing, and editing, I finally finished my capstone. For those who don’t know what capstone is, I will not review it three times so just look at my other blog posts.

So I finally finished my video and I am really proud of it. Mr. Casal, the tech teacher at my school, said that our Capstone project had to be better than the previous year, so I was worried that my video was not good enough.

So in my last blog post, I told you about my interview with my friend’s grandfather Rodger Hess, And I mentioned my aunt and uncle but I said that I was going to have my interview with them on the 19th of May. Well, right now it is June 13th, almost a month after my interview. Unfortunately, I did not get to interview my aunt because she was busy but I did get to interview my uncle whose name is Saamer Usmani from the Netflix series Inventing Anna.

He gave me great information on his experience in acting, and how he has witnessed acting changing over the years. I made sure to include him in my video. He told me, “Acting really responds to what is happening in society currently, and recently we’ve seen a shift towards more diversity in plays.”

Today we got ready for presenting, and the people who did ted talks and ignites had to record. Since I did WeVideo, I only had to introduce myself to the audience and had to tell the audience what it is about.

This will be my last blog post about capstone because what more can I add? Also, this will probably be my last blog post of the year. If you want more information about the history of acting here are a few good articles about Shakespeare:

https://kids.kiddle.co/William_Shakespeare

https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/William-Shakespeare/353763

As I said in my last blog post, we are doing a project called capstone project in school. Just a review, capstone is a project that every 5th grader has to do at the end of the year. You get to choose any topic you want, then research it, interview an expert (or two and three), and then put together this BIG presentation. Capstone is also the most important project in 5th grade.

Honestly, I am really excited to present my capstone. When I was in 4th grade, my friend in 5th grade told me about capstone, and I got really scared. Now I’m really confident in myself. Also now I learned that there will not be as big of an audience as I thought it would be. I learned that it is divided into rooms, so there would be about ten kids in each room.

On the 15th I had my first interview. It was with my friend’s grandfather who is a producer that has been producing for many years. He gave me a lot of information related to my question. He told me that the lights in the theater used to be the most expensive part and the sound was not that expensive, but now it is the opposite.

On the 19th I will have my second and third interviews with my uncle and my uncle’s wife. They are both actors and they are coming to have their wedding at my house, so it is perfect. Their names are Tedra Millan and Saamer Usmani.

In all, I am feeling both nervous and excited about Capstone. I am also really excited to Do my last two interviews. This will not be my last blog post because I am not done with this project, so you can find more information in my next blog post.

In school, we are doing a project called capstone. I know you might be thinking Camilla, you don’t need to talk about every project you do in school! Well, this is not any ordinary project. This is the most important project of the whole school year! Every 5th grader at the end of the year has to do Capstone. For this project, you have to choose any topic you want to do it on and then, make a curriculum wheel, research the topic, make a research question, interview someone, and make a BIG presentation to present to the whole grade and everyone’s parents.

I chose my topic because Acting is one of my passions, and I find it really interesting. At first, I was going to do water scarcity or twins, but we already did a whole science lesson on water scarcity, and in 3rd grade, I already wrote an article about twins.

My interview question is: how did acting evolve over the years? I chose that question because I have a lot of information about the history of acting and how it evolved. Also, I find the history of acting really interesting.

I chose my sub-questions because they help me answer my main question. some of my questions are: what is the earliest evidence of theater and acting? And, What role have women played in the theater and in acting over time? As you heard before, my main question is how did acting evolve over the years, and I think my sub-questions will help me answer that question.

At first, I was scared that I would fall behind but now I think that I am in a pretty good place. I am really excited to do this project and learn lots of cool facts, for example, a long time ago when girls did not have the same rights as girls, boys would play both woman’s roles and men’s roles.