Learner Profile

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Keigo

I think I have been a good communicator through the past English classes.

I would like to explain a situation when I have been working hard and was a good communicator in English class. It is about the Oral Presentation, when we had to talk about the imagery, surface meanings and the deeper meanings of a vignette from “the House on Mango Street”. I contributed on giving some information, and contributed ideas from my own perspective so that everyone would understand and can be helpful for them. I also contributed to the group by thinking about what I should be talking about, what is the best idea I can present to the class and Ms. Clifford. I also made a Google doc and shared it the all of the group members, so that we can correct our own ideas, brainstorm of a better idea, and to create a great presentation that everyone in the group will be satisfied with. When editing the google doc, I shared some of my ideas to my group-mates, because I wanted to be helpful and to contribute on creating a better presentation, and I also got some advice for my surface meanings of the vignette.

Overall in the presentation, we were able to analyze our information that we worked on together. I have conveyed the Learner Profile “Communicator” the most in a Oral Presentation Project, and showed a good attitude towards the group. I think I made a good effort and contribution on this project, which shows that I have been a pretty good “Communicator” in the project.

Science Electric Device project

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Keigo

In this project, we were supposed to introduce a electric device and talk about its job, where electricity is used, as well as its advantages, and some issues/problems of the electric device. I think I have explained well on the job and how it uses electricity, but I think that there would be a improvement on the pros and cons of this device.

Script for “Global Warming Skit”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Keigo

First of all, James is the son, who always wastes stuff and gives an contribution to global warming.

I, Keigo is the father of James.

Skit

James - Hey, whats up, dad! (slap)

Keigo – HEY, SON. WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR TODAY? (big slap)

James – I came here today with my brand new cherry red Ferrari!

Keigo – It seems like you’re the only one who has a car comparing to your friends.

James – No. My friend Yongy Pongy (Yong Won) rides a blue Lamborghini, and my best friend Masaki rides an old station wagon!

Keigo – Wish Masaki good luck for getting a better car.

James – Hey dad, so I’m going to Las Vegas to gamble today. I’m going to drive with my awesome Ferrari!

Keigo – What are you thinking! We’re in Miami! That’s going to release so much CO2 from your car! You’re sure a big contribution to the progression to Global Warming.

James – Idc… It’s my time to shine. I’m going to show off my awesome to the world.

Keigo – No, your not even awesome. You’re just an spoiled old rat. Plus, I’m the Kung-fu Panda, so I’m way popular than you.

James – OKAY, STOP. So then how do I stop being the progression to Global Warming!

Keigo – Well first of all, your friends have cars that waste a lot of gas, so carpool. It’s common sense. Which is better, a car releasing gas, or 3 cars releasing cars in the same time.

James – Only one car.

Keigo – Yes, so riding with your friends will definitely decrease the gas going up the air. Second, you are such a heavy smoker, so stop smoking.

James – No, I’m not! I only smoke 50 cigarettes a day!

Keigo – That’s a lot. Stop smoking.

James – Fine..

Drama Reflection

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Keigo

Describe the progress have you made so far. (You may need to review the skills and knowledge area for the unit, either on your cover sheet or at the top of this wiki). Describe the story elements and techniques that you used and how successful it was.

I think I made a good progress based on the skills I have gained throughout the unit, and the skills that were able to be obtained.

research and collect stories from their own cultures

For this skill, I think I made a good progress. One reason, is that I have some knowledge about folk stories in Japan, and I was able to choose the most relevant story to present to the class. Our group was “Momotaro” (peach boy), and I think that there is a wide variety of people that have an idea of what this story is about. Eventually we ended up with a fairly good performance and we were able to understand the story.

adapt stories for a younger audience

We were actually planning to use un-sophisticated language for little children to understand and entertain them, but unluckily the day we were supposed to perform, I was out to the Math fields day, so I couldn’t perform in front of little children. However, I think we made a good progress where we changed our use of language again to entertain people like 7th graders.

use a variety of dramatic techniques to tell a story

This was half half. Watching the video, I noticed that I was sometimes talking in a non-45 degree angle, so I was showing my back to the audience when I was talking. I think this was the only huge mistake. Once I made a mistake, saying “This is the deep forest”. I was supposed to say “deep river” but I made a mistake. I am not sure if it is a technique, but I used my panda’s characteristics to cover my mistake. I said, “Sorry, I am a panda so I have some mistakes in vocabulary.”.

interrelate with a younger audience

I was supposed to ask where the Oni (ogre) was to the children, but I couldn’t perform to the smaller children… So we changed the story again, because no offense, it is really awkward if I do that to a 7th grade audience.

What are the strengths and weaknesses in your scene as a whole and as an individual?

I think that the largest strength of our scene, was that we gave so much laughter. This was really effective, I guess. One more, is that we all had a good understanding of the story, so we did not have any huge mistakes because we all knew the whole story. We used some techniques such as acting like real things such as trees. Nicolai worked really hard and he acted really good being the Oni. Eva had a really good voice like a grandmother. The weakness was that sometimes we turned back and talked with our backs facing the audience.

Is your scene successful? Why or why not?

It is fairly successful. It is because I was able to give a summary of the folk tale, and the comedy made the audience laugh. The comedy also effected the understanding of the story. My friend said he had a good understanding of the story. He said others were just storytelling, but he said ours was really funny and easy to understand. Although I THINK that all groups were really good…

What could you do to further improve your artistic process?

I think that I just have to be careful not to face my back to the audience, and to improve a little bit on making chants. When I reflect back, I was able to make a chant, because there was a chant in the actual story, like “Momotaro-san, Momotaro-san” so if we have some other project similar to this, I would like to be careful in the chants part, and increase my area of using techniques.

Below is my video..

Art Progress

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Keigo

The first photo is the place where I started from. I was half done with my mountain.

This is the place where I ended at the end of the lesson. Luckily, I got some advice from Mr. Mc Crory about using different tones of one color, or different colors in a single object (in a picture, such as the mountain). I have changed my style using the technique Mr. McCrory gave me.

This is the next week. I am completely done with my mountain, and I am starting with my ocean.

Here, I have started with my ocean. Using Mr. McCrory’s advice, I have use more than a color to show I have worked hard and spent some time on the collage.