Waiting for the Rain Feedback

5 themes of geography:
Movement: The movement of people ideas and goods.

• When the Millers sent their of school books (goods) to Tengo at Oom Koo's farm. (pg.36)

Region: Group of locations that have something in common.

• When Tengo first gets to the city and sees building that are similar. (pg.109)

Human Environmental Interaction: When humans and nature effect each other.

• When Tengo and Frikkie make biltong together (people kill animals).(pg.46)

Location: Where.

• The doring kraal (absolute location). (pg.34)

Place: What.

• Respecting the elderly. (pg.63)
  

The arms of the octopus are the main visual elements. This cartoon represents British Imperialism because it shows the octopus (England) grabbing (conquering) the countries it wants. The cartoonist thinks that Imperialism is correct because he shows the English man smirking, and he doesn't show the side of the people in the countries being taken over. This is true because he shows the countries as simply being islands of earth that all look the same, and he shows these countries (that in real life are far apart from each other) all in England's reach. The cartoonist could have drawn the octopus pulling in the countries instead of reaching for them to show that they are slowly becoming a part of England. This cartoon has good contrast between the red arms and the blue water and sky, the repetition of the arms reaching to several countries helps the piece, the piece is also aligned well, there is the same amount of arms on each side. The proximity of the countries to each other are unrealistic, for example, Egypt isn't close the Canada. All together this piece uses C.R.A.P. very well.

"Violence Leads to More Violence"

This quote is correct because the only only way peace can be achieved is through peace. Another reason why violence only leads to more violence is because of the human nature to want revenge, so if people strike each other it can only become worse until somebody realizes that peace is the only way to win. It is also true because violence is human nature and can not get better until an agreement is made, and violence can not be part of that agreement.

Leaders

A leader has many different qualities. One of which is listening to he or her subjects and speaking for them. Making and following through with decisions is another. The leader needs to have the drive to be a leader but needs to still not be bossy or constricting.

I found that SLAMS representatives are good examples of good and selfless leaders because they join SLAMS to make the school as good as it can be for students. They miss lunch to have team meetings (for the students), they spend there time at the dance selling pizza (for students). They announce new activities and follow through with organizing them.

Conference Prep

In quarter one I am proud of not having any overdue work. I handed in all of my assignments in on time. I am also proud of the Industrial Revolution museum because it was brought in on time and it fit most of the criteria.

The most challenging thing this year for me was Accelerated Reader because I don't normally read on my free time so it was hard for me to get into a rhythm where I read daily, but I am also proud of the outcome of AR. I was proud of it because I got 100% on my book quiz.

Feedback for WOW

WOW is a necessary part of the school year, it teaches you things that can't be learned in the classroom. It is letting kids experience things for themselves instead of being lectured or even being given a project. An example of this is when we did team problem solving on the beach with Ms. Nesbitt.
It gives kids chances to go outside of their comfort zone and experience something that they wouldn't have other wise. For example, some kids thought it was a little scary to go on the big rapids, but they did it anyway, and some kids found it uncomfortable to have to sleep in a sandy cot.
It also lets kids have a break from their stressful school life, they have a chance to free there minds and relax. Yoga was an example of this, so was only having to do a journal and not having classes or homework.

So all in all WOW should be experienced by others!

End of Quarter One Feedback

I am sure that I have accomplished both of my goals, for one, I wanted to be able to read faster and I can now. For AR i read everyday for about an hour, at first I only read 25 pages a night but by the end of the quarter I was reading about 30-34 pages each night.

My second goal was to be able to write better descriptive pieces. This was also a success, by learning to show instead of telling I got to practice how to write descriptive pieces better.

Three new goals:
1. Become a better reader (more than 30 pages a night if reading for an hour)

2. Stop procrastinating (do all my homework before doing anything else)

3. Try things to my full potential (don't shoot for a B+ in class, try to get an A+)