Capstone reflection

 Who did a Ted talk about space? You mean capstone. Yeah, but what is capstone? Capstone is a big project that requires a main subject and a broad question. My capstone is about the potential harm earthquakes can cause and the government’s reaction when having these disasters. But what steps did i take to complete this project and what were my weries and excitements while in process. All this relates to my capstone experience and how I organized myself to have an amazing presentation.This was the order I followed in list form to be ready for the Ted Talk starting off with research, writing essay, typescript and memorize then final present.

Starting with research was the right thing to do. Because research got me to understand and learn more about earthquakes. Research also happened to help me to know about what I would include in my essay. However, the research wasn’t too easy and led me to some problems. The first bad encounter was when information was not clear. This happened to me while I looked to find out the impact of earthquakes on taxes. This wasn’t the only error as I also stumbled upon an article that wasn’t trustworthy and had a lot of people publishing different information. After these encounters I started to take my time because I was wired of finding mistakes in my research. This was a terrific idea because it led me to focus on the amazing fact that would be important for the ted talk. Somehow the fact that interested me the most was learning about the levels of magnitudes and the potential harm earthquakes can cause.

The second most important thing to do is to write my essay but before that happened I had to write my research in full sentences and then choose what I would include.This took a while because I had a lot of similar facts and information to write about. However I believe that writing the essay wasn’t the hardest but knowing what to include in which order would take time and focus. However this was not the case because I was prepared and had already planned in what order I would write. But what I most enjoyed while preparing my essay was choosing what I would include. This was fun and exciting because I finally got time to look and pick what I thought most interesting and sad because earthquakes are a disgraceful experience. Here is my essay. 

Finally, the script was the step that felt the easiest to complete. Because we really just had to trim the essay and then adjust it to the way we wanted it to sound. Trimming the text also made me think at the time if I wanted ted talk or wevideo. But I decided I wanted to improve on my public speaking skills. This was the only reason I really wanted to do a ted talk. Even though I picked Ted talk I had to focus on trimming the text because the due date wasn’t too far away. Trimming the essay was not simple because you had to time each body paragraph and it had to be less than 6 minutes. After trimming My ted talk was planned to last 4 minutes and 53 seconds long but this was just an estimate. My real ted talk took 5 minutes.This is my script.

After all the research, essay writing, and script writing it’s time for really presenting the ted talk. Before presenting I had to memorize my script and work on public speaking. Memorizing my script was not hard but being from a different country meant my accent was different and some words were a bit hard to pronounce. Public speaking was an important skill to learn as it took confidence and dedication. What bothered me the most with speaking was knowing when to talk loud and use hand motions. When the time came to present I was ready I felt confident but a bit weird but knowing what to say made me chill and excited. All this work and dedication led me to have an excellent presentation and an amazing time. 

After all the research, essay writing, and script writing it’s time for really presenting the ted talk. Before presenting I had to memorize my script and work on public speaking. Memorizing my script was not hard but being from a different country meant my accent was different and some words were a bit hard to pronounce. Public speaking was an important skill to learn as it took confidence and dedication. What bothered me the most with speaking was knowing when to talk loud and use hand motions. When the time came to present I was ready I felt confident but a bit weird but knowing what to say made me chill and excited. All this work and dedication led me to have an excellent presentation and an amazing time. 

 

Toss a Stone

Have you ever thought of a game on ice that is not hockey or ice skating ? Well there is one it’s called curling. It originated in Scotland. Scotland is a country that experiences very cold weather. But before curling was a sport they thought it was a silly sport that no one would like. But over time people started to enjoy curling so much it started to evolve. What is needed in curling are stones, brooms and a flat shoe. But what really matters was my experience playing curling. So I will advise what was easy and what was hard. I will also talk about the roles and rules of curling.

So let’s begin talking about what was easy and what was hard. Let’s start with the hard things to do. First, I thought  it was very easy to sweep. However through the process it became harder and harder till the point I couldn’t do it any more. The other things that were difficult are. Getting a bullseye. A bullseye is when you get a stone in the little circle in the middle. This gives you two points. now that you know what I thought was difficult. I will tell you what I thought was easy. There are many things. Like releasing the stone was easy because the formation was simple.However if you messed up your whole game could go wrong.

Now I will tell you about the rules and roles of curling. The first rule and the most important rule is that the sweeper can not touch the stone. There is also this other rule that says that no one can sweep the stone behind the tee line. The tee line is a line that spreads through the middle of the target. Now that the rules are clear, what about the roles? The most important role of curling is the lead. The lead is the person that slides the stone on the target. There is one more role that is called the sweeper. Sweepers are persons that sweep ahead of the stone to give it more distance.

After all, curling is a fascinating game, you should all try. Know that we know how good curling is, and we also know all the rules. Don’t hesitate any more, cause the game is on. Go find a friend or a neighbor to play with and have an excellent time.

Feature Article Reflection

            

Feature article? Oh yes a feature article is a piece of paper that explains  about a subject. Like math or animals. Feature articles can also be larger but they are mostly small , about 3 to 7 pages long. Feature articles also need to be consistent because if not it might confuse  the reader. Now that you know what a feature article is, I’ll tell you about the main subject. I will explain about my problems while making  my feature article.

My feature article is about soccer.However, my subtitles are about how to play, equipment needed, and players behind the story. This will all make sense when I start explaining. We firstly started writing about our knowledge of the theme. They told us to have at least 3 substitutes. Some people decided to write three big paragraphs about their theme while others wrote five paragraphs. While we were in the process of writing I found myself in a big problem! I forgot to talk about positions , so I had to go back and rewrite that paragraph. However, After that big problem we had.The next part was to find the best title and subtitles for our project. I got stressed because I didn’t know what to put. So I came up with an idea of adding a basic title but with good subheadings because then my writing would make better sense.

Designing was a humongous part of my feature article because if not it would look terrible. That’s why most of the time we spent was designing it might look easy. However it takes a lot of time because you have to choose a color, add pictures, decide layout , vocabulary, fun facts, and reread your writing . I chose a light green color because it matches the turf people play soccer on. For my pictures I chose to show a soccer field that explained all about positioning . I added 3 vocabulary showing hard words that are used to describe soccer. Coming up with a fun fact might be hard. However I remembered that the hardest kick ever went 215 kilometers per hour so that was super mega fast .

Writing, designing and rereading was fantastic because this project showed me that anything you practise or want to do needs to be made with courage and passion . because if not it will turn out to be the worst piece of writing ever And no one wants that. So never judge something by its cover .