My Journal
In my English class, I read a book called Lord of the Flies, and I think that I accomplished some ESLRs by reading this interesting book. This book was quite a long and detailed book, but I enjoyed it so much. I made a project about this book after I finished reading it. I played some music to represent the main characters of this book to my classmates and to my teacher, Mr. R.
I was a self-directed learner by doing this work. Self-directed learner is a person, who works very hard, accepts responsibilities for their work, using their own strategy of learning, and sets goals for oneself. I accepted responsibility of creating my project by reading the books and using my notes from classes. In addition, this work helped me to be an effective communicator, because I asked some people about whether my choices of music were excellent or not. I did well, being a self-directed learner, but I could have finished making another project, so that I could have got a higher grade on it. In addition, I feel proud of myself for taking a risk by presenting this project differently than I do regularly. I was the only girl in my class, who decided to choose exciting music to make a good theme song for the movie version of Lord of the Flies and the main characters of it. This helped me be a critical thinker, because I used variety of sources from my CDs to do this project.
I was an effective communicator by finishing this project. Effective communicator is a person, who interacts with others, listens to the others respectfully, and asks lots of questions. While I was completing this project, I had a hard time selecting music. In order to solve this problem, I asked my friends for ideas, and I tried to listen respectfully about their opinions. I also asked their opinions about my choice of music that whether they are good theme songs or not. By some helps from my friends, I was able to get some ideas efficiently. If I didn’t ask for help, I wouldn’t be able to get ideas, and complete the project. Also, I think I was an academic achiever, because I demonstrated the ability to work independently and collaboratively while I was working on the project. Academic achiever is a person, who uses information from many sources, is able to work independently and collaboratively, and adjusts their work to keep high standards.
The ESLR, which I couldn’t achieve, was involved citizen. Involved citizen is a person, who takes good care of the environment, takes responsibility when making decisions, works hard to improve the lives of other people, shows sensibility and honor for the right, and interacts respectfully with others. I couldn’t accomplish any of these, because I don’t think that this ESLR is needed in this work. So next time, I will try to be an involved citizen by thinking about the environment and trying to improve the lives of other people.
I was a critical thinker while I was doing this project. Critical thinker is a person, who tries to solve a problem by using variety of sources and methods, and evaluating and using sources effectively for problem solving. I tried to solve my own problem, while I was doing this project. For example, when I got stuck, I tried to solve the problem by thinking hard and analyzing information from a variety of sources. By solving this problem, I became a self-directed learner, because I accepted my responsibility. In conclusion, I wasn’t an involved citizen and I wasn’t a good critical thinker. So next time, I will try to be an involved citizen and a critical thinker too, by accomplishing the characteristics of these two ESLRs.
Overall, I was a self-directed learner, an effective communicator, and an academic achiever by doing a project on Lord of the Flies. Although I received a low project grade on this, I am proud of myself for completing my project in a different way than I do regularly. I feel regret that I should do two projects instead of one, so that I could receive a higher grade. Next time, I will try to achieve more ESLRs by working harder and trying to achieve more of the characteristics of the ESLRs.
