Learning plan.
Speaking and listening: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of discussions, responding thoughtfully to diverse perspectives and expressing ideas clearly and persuasively.
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Language: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
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This year I will gain language proficiency through:
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Reading: Comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a wide range and level of complex literary and informational texts.
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Expository writing: Produce clear and coherent writing for a range of informative and analytical tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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This year I will gain expository writing proficiency through:
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Project work.
Weekly writing prompts.
A lot of my English work the first semester consisted of research. Thinking back to the beginning of the year, I wish I had made writing a priority. I had wanted to wait to start writing until I had researched more. Climate change is such a dense, controversial topic, I have always been nervous to use incorrect information or to talk about something that I do not know a ton about. It made sense for me to use the majority of my first semester researching, although I wish I had also been writing. You become a writer by writing. I definitely could have used prompts that did not go too in-depth into the details of climate change. - In December while I was reflecting on my semester, I knew I had not done enough. So, I decided to add bi weekly writing prompts to my learning plan. In these writing prompts, I respond to a section of text relating to climate change. I planned for these responses to be at most several paragraphs long. - These prompts count towards proficiencies for Expository Writing, Reading and Language. |
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Climate change lesson plan.In November I started to create a short video lesson plan. I shot the video in late December and finished editing in March. After an editing session in late March, I decided that I need to reshoot. The video is pretty low quality, the lighting is bad and you can tell it is very scripted. I decided that continuing to edit the video would be a waste of time. I have started to rewrite the script to sound more like me and I am planning to shoot it again sometime towards the end of April to start of May. This lesson plan is a relatively short introduction to climate change with a brief overview of human impact on Earth. I am considering going a little more into depth with the topics I cover or possibly adding a solutions section. By reshooting this video and comparing the two, I will be able to show growth in my overall knowledge of climate change as well as improvement in script writing, shooting and editing videos. - This project is for science as well as english, and counts towards the speaking and listening, and expository writing standards. |
One thing I have struggled with over the past year and a half in my climate change study is summarizing climate change. There are so many areas to cover within the huge topic that I have easily gotten overwhelmed. Writing these scripts has been much more difficult than I originally thought but it has been a good exercise when it comes to having conversations with people about climate change as well as conversations that involve big topics such as climate change. I am learning how to talk to people who are learning and I am also learning how to summarize topics in an efficient manner. |
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Personal essay.
As my time in Pilot was coming to a close, I knew I needed more written work. With help from Amy, I decided a personal essay exploring my connection to the climate crisis would be a good way to end my study. Due to the time constraint, this essay is not quite where I would want it. It is short and sweet. |
"Throughout my time in independent learning, I realized I need a reason. I realized that I had been searching for this reason my whole life, and maybe I hadn’t quite yet found the reason that would stick because I didn’t know I was searching for my reason. For a long time, climate change was my reason. Everyday I would go to school, lay in bed, sit in a creaky library chair, or snuggled on my friend’s sofa and I would learn about the massive complex web that is climate change. I learned the horrors of global starvation and dying species. I watched streets and homes flood during unearthly hurricanes, as well as during normal days throughout the year when the ocean would swallow up more of the land than it did the day before. I read of the growing global economic disaster caused by destruction, drought, outdated technology and systems and so much more. And I learned of the trash, oh how much trash. We have polluted, killed and destroyed. This was my reason"
- An excerpt from my personal essay
- An excerpt from my personal essay