Capstone is the biggest project of the whole year. It is challenging, fun, and interesting at the same time. You had to research a topic, mine was JK Rowling. You research for weeks to find information and it’s hard to think that it’s soon over. I put a lot of effort into this project, and I’m very satisfied with my product.
The process all started by thinking of my main inquiry question. I am so happy that I chose to research JK Rowling because I had a lot of fun researching her. I learned a lot about her process when she was making Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. It was hard to take only the information I would end up using and leave the rest of the information because all the information was important. It was also a bit hard to make my script. It was fun to find information and write it in the notetaking template. It was kind of easy because my resources were very good and gave me a lot of information. I learned that Rowling had a very tough life while she was writing her books. I also learned that her books got her really famous. I would not have expected JK Rowling to get 1 billion dollars from Harry Potter.
For my presentation, I chose to make a TED talk. I chose this because, in my opinion, TED talks add value to your work because it is in person. I also don’t like doing movies very much because they can glitch and they are harder to work with. I like the feeling of performing in front of people. Memorizing the script was not that hard because I just read the paragraph a few times and then said it out loud again and again. One thing that was very important for doing a TED talk was the practice. Every time you practice, you get more and more familiar with the words and your script. Something that was a little difficult was making the script because I had to figure out how to make my notes into a speech. Also perfecting everything in my presentation was very challenging because there was always something missing or wrong with the slides or my talking. Performing in front of my class was helpful because it gave me the feeling of what it would be like to perform in front of everyone, but it was also a bit nervewracking because when I go from performing in front of one or two people to the whole class, I get a bit nervous. But overall with my presentation, I am proud of how it turned out and happy that I can have a good presentation.
I learned a lot about JK Rowling during this project and was super invested in the research. I didn’t know a lot about JK Rowling before this and my knowledge has only grown from the start. There were a few bumps and struggles along the way but overall the project was perfect. The capstone project is amazing, and it is super fun. I am happy we could do a project like this in 5th grade and I am super excited to perform it in front of everyone!