At 10:00am, my social justice group and I will be interviewing the CEO of Period Piece. Period Piece is a YouTube channel that shows how periods were perceived through periods of time. We are so excited to meet her and learn from her!
Dai
Learning Value Post
Recently, we finished up our big science project. Io, Oni, and I made a device that eliminates “trash juice” from the side of the street. During this process I definitely had to problem solve and persevere. I could use these skills later in life which is one of my learning values.
Learning Values
Value 1: To me, learning is “meaningful” when it provides opportunities to develop skills that will help me make a positive change in the world.
Value 2: To me, learning is “meaningful” when it provides opportunities to develop skills that will help me be a responsible person in my community and in the world.
Value 3: To me, learning is “meaningful” when I can challenge myself.
Projects From the Past
伊薇日本菜 from Io Weintraub on Vimeo.
The password is: xin mandarin
Above is a slideshow and a commercial from my menu from last year. Io and I made a commercial for extra credit and the slideshow was required. The slideshow acted as a menu for our “restaurants.” I chose Japanese food as my cuisine. At the end of the unit, we all brought in items from our menus and we ate them!
七夕节!
七夕节 from Io Weintraub on Vimeo.
Password: niulang
This is our 七夕节 iMovie! The assignment was to create a movie or skit that tells the story of the traditional Chinese festival that we chose from a list provided by Xin. My group members were Io, Margaret and Mabel. We chose Chinese Valentine’s Day otherwise known as 七夕节! I hope you enjoy!
Mandarin Pen Pal Letters
In Mandarin, the 8th Graders sent us all pen pal letters and we had to respond to one of them. I chose 陈菲’s letter. We had to cover multiple topics and respond to all of their questions. One thing that was challenging was responding to some of their questions because we didn’t know some of the vocabulary that they used. Overall, it was a really fun project.
My Quizlet Set!
This is my quizlet set. We have all been documenting sentences/structures and vocabulary in our personal quizlet sets. We also include sentences from projects. For example, I put down sentences about my alien for my project so I can look back at those sentence structures for future reference.
Chinese New Year Celebration!
What I’ve Learned in Mandarin So Far…
This is the Quizlet set that we’ve been studying this quarter. One is about the different countries and languages in the world and sentences related to the subject and the other one is my personal quizlet set:
This is a script that Zoe and I wrote for one of our skits.
Here is a video that Io, Zoe, and I made for another one of our skits:
Here is another video that Io and I made with Emma D., Emma H., Meadow, and Grace:
I have learned so many words and sentences in this quarter! I can’t wait to study sports for our next unit!
My Mandarin Project!
This project I had to choose a character. I chose shān. Shān is a pictographic character. Shān means mountain and hill. The requirements were that we had to say the meaning of the character, write the character, and write a paragraph about why I chose the character. Here is a picture of my project: