Journal
Lord of the Flies is a book that we read In English it is a book by William Golding. My class did a project on it we could choose from a variety of different assignments and I chose to write a blurb on the book and do a new front cover. I wrote about the themes of the book and what it is about and who the characters are. I explained what the characters represent and the importance of what they represent. We are using the ESLR on this project so we can get a better understanding of them. We also used the Blooms Taxonomy to help us as well.
I wasn’t being a self-directed learner in this project, because I didn’t really take responsibility in making my own ideas and also developing untried ideas. If I had done this it would have affected my grade and would have made it better. To me this means that I should have developed and made my own ideas from scratch. Next time I will not look for ideas before making my project. I would grade myself C+ because I used this well on writing the blurb because I just made it off the knowledge I had of the book, but making the front cover I used the Internet to find ideas.
I thought I was an academic achiever in this project. I was an academic achiever in this project because I used a variety of sources from the internet .This means that accessing info from a variety of sources. In my opinion this means that that I should use a variety of sources to research information to help me with my project. To put it in a better perspective I should use the internet and books to gather information to help me with my project. I think I used this on my project quite well but there could be improvement so I would grade myself a B. Next time I will do just a little bit more of gathering information from the Internet and from books that I could borrow from the library.
During this project I thought I was a critical thinker. I was a critical thinker in this project because I used my prior knowledge that I had and I also researched for new knowledge. This means that I have to build meaning and understanding using knowledge I already have, and researching for new information. In my perspective this means that that I should use knowledge that I have and incorporate it in my project, and also gather new knowledge from sources like Internet, books, and also incorporate this into my project. On my next project I will use prior knowledge and knowledge that I gather from the internet and books and use that knowledge and incorporate it in my project. I think that I did this just average about a C+ to a B-.
While I was doing this project I wasn’t an effective communicator. This means listening respectfully and facilitate understanding and achieve insight. If I had achieved in doing this it would have made my grade higher. I believe this means that I need to ask more questions about the subject with my project and also to achieve more and a better grade. I mean that I should ask a lot more questions to achieve my best grade and to achieve more out of this project. On my next project I will ask more questions to get a better understanding and to get a better grade and I will also listen respectfully. I would give myself a D because I didn’t really do this at all and I think this affected my grade the most because I didn’t ask questions to understand what to do more.
When I was working on this project I thought I was kind of a self-directed learner. I used this in my project by adjusting my work and proof reading it but I didn’t it as well as I could have. This means monitor, adjust and document work in progress. This means that I should change and adjust my work that is in progress. I need to change and adjust what I am doing with any subject on my project for a better outcome and grade. On my next and a better grade, so basically I will just try harder to make the document better. I would grade myself a C because I didn’t do this that good and I could of done it a lot better, and if I did I would have got more out of doing this project I will monitor and adjust my project a lot or than what I did for a better outcome and a better grade.
In conclusion I need to work more on being a self directed learner because I didn’t really make up my own ideas and didn’t come up with any new ones so I am going to have to work on this for my next project. Another eslr I need to learn to do better is being an effective communicator respectfully and facilitate understanding and achieve insight, so I need to ask more questions and listen with more enthusiasm. In this project I was an ok self-directed learner in monitor, adjust and document work in progress because I changed my project a little bit but not enough and maybe I made it to short, so I should of made it longer to get a better grade and get more out of doing this project, so next time I will have to do this better. All of the eslr’s that I did well in this project, there is still room for improvement to make these better so I will just have to work harder in all eslr’s, to get more out of English and a better grade out of English and maybe not just English every class. Overall I need to work on my self-directed learning skills and my effective communicating skills.
