I tried recording my audio reflection on genial.ly several times but the audio kept glitching and speeding up at times so I recorded it on Audacity instead and inserted it here.

I used creative and critical thinking for this project, shown in my Bento Box arrangement, written content, and troubleshooting. At first, I found it hard to come up with object ideas because of the constraints of the items having to clearly relate to book, yet still be an everyday object lying around my house. So, throughout the project, I tried to trigger some inspiration by reading passages from The Book Thief, writing my content on it, and walking around my house to see what I had available. Through a combination of these, I came up with new ideas for my Bento Box that I was satisfied with and fit the criteria. Once I had gathered my objects, I arranged them around my book in several different positions so that I could figure out which positioning looked best and fit on my painted background, resulting in an appealing and creative interactive image. I also used critical thinking to analyze my book and explore different facets of it with my in-depth discussions of theme, inquiry, character, and connections. I gathered information from the book and my group discussion journal to write my content, using evidence from the book to support my thesis and ideas. In the different sections, I expressed my thoughts from two perspectives, one as a formal literary analyzer and one as an informal reviewer. I also encountered some problems too with the audio reflection that I had to use critical thinking to resolve. When I recorded on genial.ly, it ended around three minutes, but when I tried to edit it, the bar only showed two minutes and the audio became warped and incomprehensible. I redid it three more times, but I received the same result each time, which frustrated me. To solve this issue, I had to step back and think about how I could fix this. Eventually, I decided to record it on a different program, Audacity, and insert it at the bottom of the Bento Box on my post so that it would be as close to the intended result as possible. Throughout the Bento Box project, I had to think creatively and critically to complete each aspect of the project, resulting in a finished product that I’m proud of.