During this assessment we had to make a poster about asteroid mining. We had to do research about asteroid mining and state the pros and cons of asteroid mining.

I think I did not do a bad job for writing down the information because I think I have detailed information about asteroid mining, but I think that are several point to improve my format. I think I should have made the paper straight not sideways. I could have added more information to my work. I should have added more sources.

If I would do my poster again I will change the format and add more detail to my poster because even though I have good information I think I could add more information and detail.

During music class, out teacher Mr. Patterson played Rokudan in front of the whole grade. He told us about the different techniques, for example, ato-oshi, Sha-Sha and etc.

Rokudan sounds like Japanese because of the techniques and the sound. I think Japanese music has a sound and technique that western instrument doesn’t have ,for example, ato-oshi, shan, sha-sha and sha-sha ten. Ato-oshi is a koto technique, which is when you pressed the string on the left hand side after you play the string. If we combine these techniques I think it makes the piece sound like Japanese. The tuning makes it sound like Japanese because in this piece they use a tuning called Hirajoshi (D G A Bb D Eb G A Bb D Eb G A) which is a traditional Japanese tuning.

In our P.E class we are working on our fitness. Today we were asked to make goals about our composition, power, fitness and etc.

I think I need improve on my agility, speed and power because I play basketball and we need those elements to play basketball. I chose speed because it is better to have speed and I chose power because if we have power I can be strong at rebounding. I want agility because I want to be able to run for a long time because we run a lot in basketball.

During music class, we had a guest that plays Shakuhachi. Shakuhachi is a Japanese instrument. Our teachers Miyama san and Mr Patterson did the koto and the shamisen.

The instrument I liked is the koto because I play the koto and I think koto has a good melody. I thought that the shamisen and the shakuhachi was good, but it seemed hard to play. During the music class one thing surprised me is that there are several different shakuhachi. There are ones that are longer than another. I liked the song called “Kaze no uta” which “means song of the wind” in Japanese. I like that song because it had a good melody and a rhythm. I think the song made it sound japanese because all of these instrument has a sound that western instrument doesn’t have.

7B Drama: Given Topic Speeches from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

During this unit in Drama, our class had to make a 2-3 minutes given topic speech. My topic was celebrity and I talked about Lebron James who is a profession basketball player.

I think my modulation was fine because I think I had a good voice and my pace was not really fast. I think I could have improve on my physicality because I did not use any gestures. I think I had good use of my palm card because my palm card didn’t fall out of my hand. My content was reasonable because I had good structure.

My best speech was the given topic because I talked clearly in a good pace. I think I used more gesture than the other speech. I should improve on my gesture and posture because I didn’t use any gesture and my posture was a little unbalanced. Another speech which was captivating was Taro’s because he had a similar topic and he explained the topic well.

I thing I am proud of it that I have good information. I think my information are detailed and it has a lot of content. Some information are not accurate, but overall I think it was a good element poster. I think I want to improve is that I want to add more pictures to my poster. It will look better if I had pictures on it.

This is a spanish project we are doing during spanish class. It is a description about my family

Mi Familia y Yo

Me llamo Tokuyama Toshihiro y tengo 12 años. En mi familia somos cuatro, m

i madre, padre, mayor hermano y yo. Mi grande hermano se llamo Tomohiro Tokuyama y tiene 15 años. Yo tengo el pelo negro. Yo soy alto. Yo soy un estudiante en la escuela Internacional de Yokohama. Me gusta pasar un rato con los amigos y jugar al futbol y baloncesto.

Tengo un mayor hermano, se llamo Tomohiro Tokuyama y tiene 15 años. Tomo es alto pero yo soy mas alto que Tomo. Tiene el pelo negro. Tomo es atletico y artistico. Tomo le gusta jugar al futbol y baloncesto. Tomo es un estudiante el la escuela International de Yokohama.

Tengo una madre se llama Chie Tokuyama. Mi madre tiene 46 años. Ella es baja. Ella le gusta pasar un rato con los amigos y mirar la television. Mi madre es artistico y simpatico. Ella es tiene pelo negro. Mi madre tengo una mayor hermano. Ella vive en Corea.

Tengo un padre se llamo Kazuyoshi Tokuyama. Mi padre tiene 53 años. Mi padre es alto. El es trabajador. El es tiene pelo negro. El es le gusta mirar la television. El es mucho simpatico. Mi padre no tiene hermano y hermana. El es un poco perezoso.

During this project we had to make a building that was built in the Renaissance in a program called Minecraft. I think this project was good because it is fun and we get to learn about different buildings. I am building Hardwick Wall with Taro and Sean. The Hardwick Wall tells that the British Monarchy has a lot of money and power. The next time I do it I want to make it the exact size and add more things to it, for example, decorations. The biggest thing I learned is that we can use Minecraft to make different buildings. Sometimes, games can be a part of education.

This is a mime skit we did in Drama class. It is about a CA spilling water on the passenger’s ipod and he gets mad and he hits the passenger that sits next to him. Please Enjoy!!

7B Drama: Group Mimes from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

During this unit in technology class, grade 7 had to make their own digital story. Digital story is a story that is on a computer. This unit lasted about 12 weeks long. Please enjoy my digital story!!

During the investigate session, I think I did reasonable because I think I had a lot of information in my research sheet and my time management wasn’t so bad. I think I had good content because I had many topics and I had a lot of application to use. I think I did good research because I gathered most of the information that I needed for the application. I think my time management was good because I finished most of it before time and I had extra time to think about my topics and to gather information. If I did it again next time I will change the application because I used Quicktime Player. When I was making my story I didn’t have a chance to use this application because I was doing voice over.

During the plan session we had to plan our digital story. I think my brainstorm was good because I had three topics and they were all different types. I think I had good tools to investigate because the application was easy to use and I knew how to use those applications. I think my storyboard was reasonable because my story was long and I think my storyboard was detailed. If I did it again I will change the application because I used an application that I use all the time. I want to use an application that I don’t use it a lot.

During the create session, we had to make our digital story. I think I had good resources because I had about 20 pictures and they were all creative commons pictures. I think my timeline was good because I finished my digital story before the due date. I had a lot of time to edit my work. I didn’t do any filming because my movie was a voice over. Since, I didn’t film I didn’t need to edit a lot of things. Next time I want to film it because I think it will be interesting because my topic was about robbery.

In conclusion, I think digital storytelling was a good unit because I got to learn new things. If I had another chance to do it I would want to do it using different types of application.