L.A

L.A

L.A What is the project? The project that I had to do was to write a closing argument for a court case called Thomas Carter vs. People. The case is about an 18 year old male by the name of Thomas Carter who was looking at being charged with second degree murder involuntary manslaughter. He was charged with killing a little girl in a drive-by. He claims that he did not mean to kill her but was trying to teach another man a lesson. What I had to do was write a prosecuting closing argument. I found this to be very interesting it gave me the chance to work on my writing skill and a chance to voice my opinion to a group of people while making sure that I spoke slowly and clearly. What quality did I show during this project? The quality I showed most was persistence. Persistence allowed me to sustain a problem solving attitude while remaining focused and producing multiple drafts much like a skilled artisan would to achieve success. To me persistence is the will and determination to keep doing my best in everything I do and how I did this was by completing four to five drafts of my paper before submitting my completed document. I asked Ms. Harris for help constantly to make sure that when I did turn in my paper it reflected my best writing. Early in the year I considered myself to be a terrible writer but over the course of the year my writing improved putting me closer to my goal of being a much better writer.



Second Project

What is the project

What is the project? In language arts the project was to create a Novelette for the end of the school year. The class split up in into different groups of 3-4 people. Each group was to write an apocalyptic based novelette containing a minimum of 7,500 words. Turns were taken writing and each person was to write a minimum of 950 words on the night they were assigned. Each person in the group was to create one major character and one minor character. In the apocalyptic novelette the characters could not be of the same sex or ethnic group of the writer. The point of this project was to help each writer become a better writer and prepare for college courses in writing.

What qualities did you I show doing this project? In this project of creating an apocalyptic story I showed two qualities, collaboration and communication. The definition of collaboration to DRSS and my classmates is working independently while contributing to members of a team; accepting and reacting to improve oneself based on feedback and criticism; and demonstrating compassion and honesty in all interactions with others. I displayed this quality by talking with my teammates with discussions on what the book would be about. The definition of communication to my fellow DRSS classmates is communicating their ideas clearly and having the ability to reflectively consider others ideas even when those ideas may differ form their own. I showed this by sharing my ideas about the book and discussing how the ending should be and also by carefully listening.