Final Project

WHOOO!!! Final Project!!!

This is a tale of my family history and the wonderful amazing things associated with my family!

To start off, I interviewed my mom to get some background information. Click Here to see her responses!

Then, I interviewed my father to learn more about his life and growing up! Click Here to see his responses!

Then I sent an email to my sister in order to learn more about my family and our history, she did not respond :( but you can see the email I sent to her, Here.

Then I made a family tree using FamilyEcho.com, you can see it here!

Then I made an info graphic with things about my family!



And finally a Prezi with pictures and facts about my family...

Monday April 28th 2015

Read THIS blog post by a teacher. I mean actually read it. Take it in. Think about it. And then, write about it. What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is.

I think that this is a very insightful blog post by a teacher. It shows that teachers are actually concerned wit the welfare of their students and not solely concerned with themselves like many students believe. The teacher is trying to tell us not to give up and to preserve everyday and work hard in everything you do. To me, the main event is learning how things work for YOU and making decisions that will help you in your life and that will lead to your growth.

Friday April 17th, 2015

GIANT blog post of the day:


Answer the following questions thoroughly on your blog.

What was your stop motion animation about? Why did you choose your video to be about this? Was it because it was easy, because it would be fun, or it would be challenging? Explain your reasoning behind your project (and be honest).
If you could rate your stop motion on a 1-10 scale. 1 being low effort and no very good and 10 being out of this world/mindblowing, how would you rate your project? Explain why.
In hindsight, what would you do differently the second time around? Better lighting? Time management? Explain yourself.
Explain what makes your stop motion animation unique. How do you believe you thought "outside of the box" on this project?
What grade do you feel you deserve on this project? Explain your reasoning.

My stop motion animation was about a happy family of birds that went swimming for  the first time. They are shown going across the screen and going into the water. I chose to do this because it was fun and easy and I like folding cranes. I enjoyed making this presentation because it was a lot of fun and it was nice to make. It was also one of the easier project ideas that I had so I decided to do that.

I would give my project a rating of 8, I think that it was a simple project that was very well done and that had a good story. I think that this could have been better but I was tight on time.

If I were to do it again I would have more characters in the story and maybe have more photos so that my project could be longer.

I had the only bird stop motion animation in the entire class - unlike some other fools who all had skittles moving around so there's that. Also because not everyone knew how to make a paper crane so I know that my idea was original.

I think I deserve a mid-A on this project: it had all of the necessary items for the project but probably could have been done better.

April 14th, 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
3 day weekend... how was it? Give me a good story or something funny that happened this weekend. Go.

PROOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend I had Prom! My date, Rachel Trout went to the dance together. We went to Brio Tuscan Grille at the Plaza. We ate dinner and then went to the dance. At the dance we danced a lot and had a lot of fun. We then to after-prom here at the high school; I gave away all of my tickets to my friends to win prizes. We went to our after party and stayed up until 5:30 AM partying the night away. Here are some pictures of us from our night.

Tuesday April 7th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me ALL about what your idea is for your stop-motion animation. I need detail. Who is going to help you take photos? What props do you need? Where do you plan on shooting? EXPLAIN everything.

My idea for my stop motion animation video is to have a family of origami cranes fold themselves and then come to life and take flight across the screen. I will fold a series of 5-7 paper cranes and will take images between each step of the folding process. I will also show the birds "swimming around" in a pool of blue paper. My story will take place in a backdrop of a shoe box that I will make using a shoe box with blue paper in the background to look like the air that the birds will fly through. I will use natural light to film this because it will provide a better light that florescent lighting. I plan to shoot this at my house because I have all of the supplies that I need at home.

Monday April 6th 2015

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your weekend and please share photos!

This weekend flew by! On Saturday morning I took a practice AP English Exam! It was a 4 hour long test that was very mentally taxing. Later in the day I started blowing up balloons so that I could ask Rachel Trout to Prom. I filled her room with 200+ balloons that Hannah Valentine and I filled up. I also made a poster to accompany the balloons. On Saturday night I went to Church for the first time in my entire life at Church of the Resurrection. On Sunday I "celebrated" Easter by doing homework and going into work.

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