For this project, we needed to create a book bento box with objects that relate to the book. We used Genially to create an interactive image and to write our sections. Lastly, we wrote a core competency reflection.
Here is my blackout poem on the Veldt. I did mine on paper. I found this poem on page 9 of the novel Red Rising
My poem named “Regret” explores theme 3 from Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt on Excessive consumption.
“I lived in peace but brought war”: Humans most of the time are happy the way they are but with advertisements being so darn effective it is hard to stop right? So they must buy all they can. In this sentence they brought war.
“Gold gnaws my heart”: They didn’t know that buying whatever they are buying would lead to so much pain and suffering all they care about is that they have to own it. All they see when buying is the “gold”.
“This is the noble lie that poisoned his eyes” and “It is not free”: This is regret and maybe them rethinking everything. They are “blind to underlying warnings related to our materialistic attitude” because no matter how much money it cost all they do is buy.
“Children do not know pain”: Adults have no self-control so why would children have it? It shows that children are getting dragged along with everyone else. This relates to The Veldt because the children killed their parents without a second thought and without any empathy. They do not know that that will harm them in the future because all they care about is the stuff that their parent’s bought for them.
“Thinks like me, subhuman, sharpened, strengthened, survive”: This shows that technology is getting better and better before our eyes. It’s subhuman, it has strengthened and it will survive. It will do all the things you ask and even know what you want or like.
Poetic devices- “Gold gnaws at my heart” and “This is the noble lie that poisoned his eyes” are both personifications because gold cannot gnaw at their heart and lies can’t poison something. The imagery created shows that this person is in so much pain, it literally gnaws their heart, poisoned his eyes, or stabbed their heart.” Thinks like me, subhuman, sharpened, strengthened, survive” is an alliteration because they begin with the same constant.
This poem “Regret” shows that owning more may not be the best. Sometimes things are best the way it is. Even if they have “gold” it might be the cause of their problems. What they bought may not make them any happier, but they might now realize the problem of consumption.
This assignment was to learn more about first nation communities and residential schools. I worked alone and I chose St Anne’s residential school.
Podcast:
-Your experiences creating this assignment.
My experience while working on this assignment was mostly pretty good. I learned a lot while writing and researching. I have never made a podcast before so I got to experience that, it was pretty hard. Some things were pretty shocking but also not at the same time. Surprisingly, I actually was happy to experience something new and have a challenge rather than write an essay or something.
– Your group’s path in researching the topic.
I wanted to do the residential school topic but was unsure what school to pick so I resorted to Google. I searched up “The worst residential school in Canada” and St Anne’s came up. While researching I found out that it fits the title way too much. Sometimes I would get distracted just because the torture methods were crazy and I needed to back it up even though I know I won’t include it. I also spent a lot of time reading stories from survivors. As expected they were heartbreaking and apparently most survivors only got to share their stories when they reach adulthood due to the lack of knowledge of the subject. Which goes to show how important it is to learn more about their experiences.
– Obstacles or items you learnt in recording.
Since I worked alone it was hard to make it sound like a conversation or “bounce your ideas off each other”. I tried my best to sound conversational but while recording I found out that I have a very monotone voice. When reading my script I found that my voice sounds un normally high and it doesn’t sound natural. My mom likes to listen to Chinese podcasts when she drives to school but they were usually two people or more. Before recording, I listened to other solo podcasts and tutorial videos and they recommend pretending you are talking to a friend but my voice doesn’t sound like me at all not matter how hard I try to control it. Another problem I ran into was getting the chance to record. There were some rooms but most people got them so I and someone else split the time we spent in it. Overall, stressful but doable.
Option 1: Critical Thinking … How does your artifact tie in with what you have learned before? How has your thinking changed?
During the process of this project, I already knew what residential schools were like but this one was beyond what I thought was bad. At first, I thought that the goal was to strip them of their culture but I think St Anne’s just wanted to kill them all. This project was to teach both others and me about St Anne’s residential school. Throughout my years at school, I learned many things about residential schools and their impact, the impact from this school was just as bad, if not worse. Before this project, it was just another residential school to me. After researching I understand why people called it hell on earth. I don’t think my thinking changed but I would say I am more educated now than before. Maybe you could say that now I know a lot more and can share a lot more. In conclusion, creating this project I used the knowledge I already knew and researched it bit more to teach other about it.
This is my One-Pager on the Pathways to Theme assignment. The story I chose was The Rabbits by Shaun Tan.
Communication- How does this artifact demonstrate how you present information clearly and in an organized way?
For this one-pager it is important to write neatly as possible so the teacher could see. Looking back, I think I should have printed it out and glued the text on instead. For things like questions and statements, it is important to get your point across or it becomes confusing.
Thinking- What aspects of this activity was challenging?
I found the statement and questions the most challenging. I feel like all I come up with is already used. Also I don’t think I am the type of person who can write deep and meaningful questions. The writing neatly and planning the layout was kind of challenging too but also slightly enjoyable.
Personal and social- This artifact demonstrates growth in creative thinking because?
For this project, I had to use all my creative thinking skills I could muster to try and create open minded human condition question which proved to be quite difficult. When we first started this discussion on the human condition, a lot of the questions I make are yes or no question and questions that can be answered. Now, although I still find it challenging, I think that not all my questions can be answered easily like before.
While researching I found out that it fits the title way too much. Sometimes I would get distracted just because the torture methods were crazy and I needed to back it up even though I know I won’t include it. I also spent a lot of time reading stories from survivors. As expected they were heartbreaking and apparently most survivors only got to share their stories when they reach adulthood due to the lack of knowledge of the subject. Which goes to show how important it is to learn more about their experiences.
Since I worked alone it was hard to make it sound like a conversation or “bounce your ideas off each other”. I tried my best to sound conversational but while recording I found out that I have a very monotone voice. When reading my script I found that my voice sounds un normally high and it doesn’t sound natural. My mom likes to listen to Chinese podcasts when she drives to school but they were usually two people or more. Before recording, I listened to other solo podcasts and tutorial videos and they recommend pretending you are talking to a friend but my voice doesn’t sound like me at all not matter how hard I try to control it. Another problem I ran into was getting the chance to record. There were some rooms but most people got them so I and someone else split the time we spent in it. Overall, stressful but doable.
at school, I learned many things about residential schools and their impact, the impact from this school was just as bad, if not worse. Before this project, it was just another residential school to me. After researching I understand why people called it hell on earth. I don’t think my thinking changed but I would say I am more educated now than before. Maybe you could say that now I know a lot more and can share a lot more. In conclusion, creating this project I used the knowledge I already knew and researched it bit more to teach other about it.
