Pieces of Me
'Pieces' Selection, Paragraph Writing, Presentations - Oh My!
Why do you think this project overall was important?
"It was important because we get to know ourselves and everyone else better." - Felicia
"To express myself in a different way than usual." - Fox
"You got to show what you like and what's about you so other people can know how you are." - Finnley
"I really liked this because I got to know a lot of my classmates and even though I knew some people really well, I learned more about them." - Hugh
How did it feel to collect items about yourself?
"It was weird. Unnormal. Something new." - LD
"I felt really creative when I did it because we got to represent ourselves with objects." - Felicia
"Felt weird because there was a lot of things that represent me and you could only pick 10." - Hugh
"Kind of confusing because I didn't know what to put, but I do know myself?" - Finnley
"I got to know myself better." - Meredith
"It was fun because we got to express what we like." - Viljo
"Interesting and new. Never done an activity like that." - Atticus
"It was hard to pick items because I wasn't sure. I couldn't think of what to put in." - Milu
What do you think is important about learning how to write a paragraph (topic sentences, starting sentences in different ways)?
"Writing a paragraph is important because when we grow up in our careers, we might need to persuade someone with what we write." - Felicia
"You want to become a writer or a news blogger you need to know how to write a paragraph." - LD / Jaivivaan
"You'll never know what job you're gonna have. You might get one where you need to write lots of paragraphs." - Hugh
"If you want to be an author you can write books with lots of words, you would need to know how to write paragraphs." - Finnley
"It felt good. I think it helped other people get to know me better." - Fox
"First I was feeling brave. Then when I tried to come on the stage I got a little bit nervous. I was reading the wrong parts. When I was done I felt calm again." SS
"At first, I was thinking I was a bit nervous, how am I gonna do it. I watched people doing it and thought this isn't so hard so I felt calmer." - Davyd
"Right after I did the presentation I felt relief." - Matin
"Right after I did the presentation I felt happy that it was over. I felt proud for trying." - Meredith
"I was super confident but being the first person there was a challenge. I pushed it aside and said nope I'm going to do this no matter what!" - Hugh
"At first I was nervous, but when I did the presentation I was proud of myself." - Zinat
