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Feature Article Blog Post

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Have you ever looked at a newspaper and an article caught your attention? Well, I wrote a feature article! A feature article is kind of like a newspaper. Read on to learn about what I enjoyed and thought was challenging writing and formatting my feature article.

I enjoyed writing my feature article about my camp but I found some parts to be challenging. I enjoyed writing about this topic because I am writing about something I enjoy and know about. Diving a little deeper into my feature article, my favorite part was writing about the activities. It reminded me of being there. At the beginning, finding a topic was challenging for me. It was hard because there weren’t any topics that I new enough about. But then I found A topic I knew a lot about, Trails End Camp!

I enjoyed choosing different layouts on each page for my article. I liked putting in pictures and seeing the final draft. For example, I have a really good picture of a map of my camp. The challenges I found were finding pictures because there were restrictions on what pictures were allowed. My solution was to create my own pictures by taking a photo of my sweatshirt and making one on google drawing.

In this blog post you learned about me both writing and formatting my feature article. Would you want to go through the process of making a feature article?

Satellite Inquiry Project Blog Post

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Have you ever seen a TED Talk? Well I have presented one about artificial satellites. Read this blog post to learn more about a few things in my TED Talk and the steps I used to make my TED Talk.

Two of the things I learned about satellites are their significance and about the first satellite that was ever launched. The significance of satellites is that they help humans with things like communication, weather forecasting, and gps. Scientists also use satellites for things like observing Earth/space and other planets. The second thing I learned was about the first satellite that was ever launched which was the Sputnik 1. The Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957 and it was launched by the Soviet Union.

During the research process, I learned that it is very difficult to create a TED Talk because there are so many steps that lead up to it.  Searching and taking notes about my topic was difficult because I had to put it in my own words.  It was hard to find information on my topic because there wasn’t a lot of information on my specific question. I found the narrative and the script much easier. The narrative is the notes in a different format. The script is breaking parts of the narrative into sections (slides).

So now you know about my TED Talk about artificial satellites. In my blog, I covered a few facts in my TED Talk and the steps leading up to the presentation. Would you do a TED Talk in the future?

American Revolution Jacob Blog Post #2

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The topic I picked was a TED talk on Paul Revere’s engraving (The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-Street). The reason I chose my topic was because at first I was studying the Boston Massacre and I couldn’t think of what my main topic was. Later on when I was studying I found a picture of Paul Revere’s engraving and that greatly sparked my interest. I am doing a TED talk because I am good at public speaking. I did not want to do an ignite because the slide auto advance.

When I was done with my narrative, I needed help with putting chunks of it into a script template. It was hard for me to even out and have enough information on each slide. I got help and I finished my script and moved on to memorizing it. My favorite part of the project was finding images and putting them in my slideshow. I also liked memorizing my script. I learned from this project that when you are finding information you can’t copy and paste you have to put it in your own words. Another reason I am presenting through a TED talk is because I have a lot of information and I needed more slides. I am very excited to present in front of the parents. Practicing has helped me memorize my whole entire script.

American Revolution Jacob Blog Post #1

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I chose to study about Paul Revere’s engraving (The Bloody Massacre that was perpetrated on King Street) because I was interested in how the engraving was important. 

At first, it was hard to find notes because a lot of websites about The Boston Massacre did not have info about the engraving. But my teacher Mrs. Rago found a great website for me and that is how I got all my information. In the beginning of the research phase I wished I had not copied and pasted every thing because it took a lot of time to make it into my own words. At first, I thought that would make taking notes easier, but I learned that if I just take notes in my own words it makes the work easier.

When I finished my research I started making it into a script and I was feeling good because I was actually doing good with the script.

I feel my project is going well and I am excited to present in front of the parents. I am good at public speaking so I have no problem doing a TED talk. I have a lot of information on my script, but I don’t think I will be able to remember it all. So I think I will take a long time  to memorize my script. I think I need help with memorizing my script.

Extreme Weather Reflection

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Before we chose our groups, I wanted to study earthquakes but when we chose the groups there were too many people that wanted to do that topic so I backed down and I did hurricanes. Then when I backed down I actually was happy because a bunch of my friends were in my group and I actually worked well with them. At first I stayed for a while but then I realized there are sometimes hurricanes in Scarsdale so I knew more about hurricanes than earthquakes. My subtopic was Safety and Prevention but there is no way to prevent hurricanes and it was hard finding a lot of stuff on just safety. A lot of members in my group helped me find information and I looked at some websites that had some good information. Before I made my script I took notes then when I thought I had enough I made a narrative using my notes. When I was done making my narrative I used chunks of it to make my script. When my group was done making our scripts we started to time our scripts and memorize them. We got two slides to speak our scripts. There were 15 seconds per slide and each slide got one picture. We had to make the pictures match the words you would be speaking and it was hard because there weren’t really that many pictures to choose from but eventually I found two pictures that match the words that I was saying. The thing that I am the most proud of is how much time I spent on the ignite.

My Expert Book: Baseball

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I came up with the topic baseball because my favorite sport is baseball and I know alot about baseball but, I did not include everything I knew about baseball. The first step was to come up with ideas. Next I had to pick one of the topics and do a brain dump. Then I had to organize the brain dump. Next I had to make chapters. Then I started writing on paper. Next I used the paper to know what type on the computer. Then I added pictures and links to make my writing better. Lastly my parents came in and read my writing. I needed the most help writing on paper and coming up with ideas to put in my writing because I did not know what to put in each chapter. The most difficult part for me was thinking of ideas to write about. I learned how to crop images and how to make a cover page. I also learned that I knew so much about baseball. When my expert book was done I was really proud of myself.

This is my expert book.

 

 

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