My Capstone Reflection

Have you ever done a project with multiple phases? If you have, you probably know what it’s like. The multiple phases are essay, script, and final product. I think the script is the hardest because you have to cut down your essay a lot, and you have to time everything. If it’s too long you have to cut it down again. The video is also hard because you have to find creative commons pictures that match what you’re talking about and sometimes that can be pretty hard if you’re doing a deeper topic.

 The first part of the process was the research phase. Sometimes it was hard but there were some parts for me that were pretty easy. For example, I found a site that has a lot of information and almost all of it was what I needed. There were some sub questions that were hard to find information on. Also I had to change one of my sub questions because I couldn’t find anything on it. I learned that the reason people get addicted is because of dopamine in the brain.

The pros of social media are you can connect with people and you can be popular. The cons of social media are you can get addicted and it can affect your health. The motivation behind people using it is dopamine gets released in the brain and makes you want to go back for more. Finding pictures and making my script was challenging. Adding final touches were enjoyable. You can take a look at my Capstone Essay.

I chose a movie because when we did the immigration movies I was behind and it wasn’t that good so I wanted to push myself to make my capstone movie better. Also it’s really hard for me to memorize a kind of long script. The process of completing my script was cutting down my essay a lot. Then changing the wording a little so it sounded like something I would say and not just all information. Then I took little parts of my script at a time, adding it into my script and adding the timing. You can look at my Script Template.

The process for completing my final product was putting in the pictures that match in the right spots, making my final recording without any background noise, and lastly I added the music that matched my Capstone. I thought that cutting down my essay and also making my essay was the easiest. Putting in all of the timing, finding the pictures and adding pictures were the most challenging for me.

In conclusion I mostly enjoyed making my Capstone even though some parts were hard.  I also made a poster so if you want to print it click here but if you want to view it digitally click here. I’m happy with my final product. If you want to see my video click here

Feature Article Reflection

It took a lot of effort to write my feature article and I wanted to share it with you. My feature article is about dogs and I put a lot of effort in it, and sometimes it was frustrating, but all of my effort was definitely worth it because my feature article turned out great and I 

 When I was thinking of my topic, I thought about dogs because they are my favorite animal and I own two! They have always been a part of my life and I love them so much. When I was thinking about my message I thought about how the amount of care for dogs is very underrated and that is causing a lot of dogs to be homeless in a shelter. Or just even trying their best to survive on the streets.  I also chose dogs because they mean a lot to me and I finally had the chance to write a whole  article about them.

It took a lot of effort to write my feature article and I wanted to share it with you. My feature article is about dogs and I put a lot of effort in it, and sometimes it was frustrating, but all of my effort was worth it because it turned out great and I love it.

Some parts of writing my article were a little challenging. For example, formating was a little challenging for me because making everything fit and figuring out where to put my pictures was hard. I had to get rid of some because they took up too much room and they wouldn’t fit. Making all of my writing fit and making sure the spacing was right. I had to make sure there weren’t any paragraphs close to each other. Making sure the title, subtitle, and name of each section was all the right size. Another part of writing my article that was challenging was really just thinking of what to write. Also I was out of school for two days and I had to catch up but I didn’t want to rush because then it wouldn’t turn out nice. The most enjoyable parts of making my feature article were finding all of the cute pictures of dogs. I loved picking the pictures because it wasn’t that hard to find ones that fit with the space I had. I also enjoyed adding color to my. I loved adding color because my writing looked so much better. Also because we got to pick our own color and I love my color. I’m very happy and proud of my writing. For example I’m proud of how well it turned out because I think it looks really good. I’m also proud of my writing because I thought I was going to finish late. I was writing my feature article knowing I’m behind and that put a little bit of pressure on me. 

I used some different techniques in my feature article. For example, for my introduction I stated a fact about dogs. “Every year, 6.5 million dogs are abandoned or lost and enter shelters. But of all these animals, only 3.2 million are adopted and many see shelters again after less than a year of finding a new home.” Another technique I used for my feature article was putting all of my writing in and I put boxes instead of the actual picture, and then I wrote all of the vocabulary words, I put all of the pictures in. I also got checklists from my teacher a lot and that helped me improve my article. We also switched our writing with our partners so we could comment on each other and we would get feedback from others.

Writing my feature article was very different from my personal narrative. I had to have multiple slides, I added pictures. A personal narrative is like a little piece of writing but our feature articles were very different. For our feature articles we were teaching the reader about our topic, but for a personal narrative you write about something about yourself.