Portfolio Reflection

Student Reflection

                This semester, I worked hard and tried my best in all of my subjects and I think my work in my portfolio really shows this.  In English, I worked hard to make my writing fascinating so that the reader would want to read on. In my English paper I used hooks in my articles to make them more fascinating. For History I included my “1968 Paper”. I am very proud of my “1968 Paper” because I researched the subject thoroughly and made sure to touch on all the topics about the fascinating months of 1968.  My Spanish and Science assignments show my dedication. In my Math project “Buy the Hour” I put a lot of work into my research to make sure it showed all the aspects of the project. My Science assignment the “Egg Drop,” I worked hard to relate our egg drop to Newton’s Laws of Motion.

                I also included my Spanish “Entrevista”.  Nate and I worked hard on making the transcript for an interview between Channing Tatum and an interviewer.  We spent many hours in Spanish class to perfect the grammar and spelling mistakes. In the end, we performed an amazing interview and got an A on our project.

                In the upcoming semester, I hope to keep up my hard working attitude and not slack off as it is easy to do in the middle of the year.  Team work has always been hard for me, but my Spanish interview demonstrated how team work can make something magnificent and worthy of an A. Next semester I hope to use what I have learned from this past one and apply my knowledge to become and even better student for my last semester at Calvert School.

This is a video we made for science class. I was responsible for writing the script. The piece I write is below:

It's A Car!

We made these reflective cutouts in art history. Each of them had a different theme. Mine is car-themed. I really like the way the wheel came out. It took a lot of effort to save all of the tiny pieces and add them in appropriate areas. I'd add a yield sign if I did it again, or incorporate the colors read and yellow to make it resemble a stoplight.

I chose this piece for my portfolio because it showcases how much progress I've made in the area of effort and time management. This was the first time I made a piece I'm proud of that didn't take more than one extra session outside of class. I was more focused and that led to success.

How Much Water Is In A Carrot?

We did this poster project in the fall. I'm really proud of the procedure we came up with to extract water from the carrot. If I were to do it again I'd change the poster to make the parts of the lab report more clear. These are a little hard to read because they're all over the place.

Art Project

This is called a blah blah blah. We learned how to do this one thing. I'm especially proud of the way my eyes turned out. I think they're really expressive. If I were to do it again I'd change the background to colors that had more contrast.

Green Dream House

 I made this.

Science Outside School

8th Grade ScienceMr. Ewen

Name: Emilie Date:10.21.2012Sources:http://www.travelchannel.com/video/six-flags-kingda-kahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingda_Ka#Records_Description:(Summary, Video, Article, Novel, etc.)The video is about the rollercoaster Kingda Ka which is the fastest and tallest roller coaster inthe world. In the video, you experience the same view that a front seat rider of Kinga Ka would.You can tell that one is going really fast, and that the rollercoaster is really high, but would youguess that this rollercoaster is going 128 mph and it’s going up a 456 foot steel mountain?Describe the most exciting idea:I think the most exicting think about Kingda Ka is that when it comes out of the starter its goingso fast that it doesn’t even need chains to pull it up. Connection to Physical Science:(Principles, relationships, theories, etc.)This rollercoaster has an instantaneous speed of 128 mph. The distance the rollercoaster goesis 3,118 feet and the displacement is zero.To whom would you recommend?I would recommend Kingda Ka to anyone who enjoys thrill rushes.Student Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10M.r Ewen’s Comments