Inquiry Project Reflection

When I first got accepted into Stuyvesant High School, I heard countless of rumors stating: “Oh the workload is terrible”, “The competition is so fierce” or “Out of schoolwork, extracurriculars, or sleep: you can only pick two.” I found it hard to let it faze me, since I graduated from one of the most prestigious middle schools. However, the rumors transformed into reality when I stepped into Mr. Nieves’ Freshman Composition Class. The workload at the beginning of the year was brutal, coupled with assignments from other core classes that seem unaware of the workload of other teachers. Reading assignments were a regular, and there were journal entries and occasional quizzes to keep us in line. What made it bearable was the friends I made in that class; everyone had their own opinion about the topic we were talking about, and listening to other perspectives really broadened my horizon and enriched my learning experience in Stuy. Another thing that this class has taught me is the importance of time management, a skill that I will carry on for the rest of my high school career and life. When I choose to sign up for Mr. Nieves’ AP American Literature class in my Junior Year, I was hoping to relive the discussion-based lesson plans and meet more outstanding peers. I was not disappointed, to say the least, reflecting through all the experiences at the end of the course. The lesson plans he laid out for us were an interesting mix between small lectures and class output, and what I

It is still so surreal to reflect back on my first semester as an incoming college student in the ENC1101 course, analyzing at my progression as a reader and writer in literacy. Since the first day of class I set in stone my goals for this class: receive a 4.0 GPA, develop my connecting theories skills in writing, and become more aware of objectives for each Unit throughout the course. All of these goals became achievements that not only make others proud but most importantly give me self pride. In order to earn the grades and achieve these goals, I went after every opportunity that I was given as an incoming college student, such as office hours and extra credit. By taking this course I have gained confidence with the utilization of literacy, and made an addition to my group of impactful literacy sponsors. Once students are finished with high school they assume that there is nothing else to learn beyond the stereotypical five paragraph essay, but they are so wrong. I was able to obtain so much knowledge about numerous course concepts from Writing about Writing, articles, and my professor. These concepts will carry on with me throughout a bright future of writing courses, job interviews, and any other skills that require literacy. The four outcomes listed below will help illuminate how I improved as a writer, by being a driven college student and going out of the way to earn my achievements in this course. In the first outcome I improved comprehending scholar texts,

All students need direct instruction of vocabulary, but it is especially imperative for ELLs. They need much more exposure to new vocabulary than their native-English-speaking classmates. ELLs need to learn cognates, prefixes, suffixes, and root words to enhance their ability to make sense of new lexicon. Beginning ELLs and more advanced ELL students should actively engage in holistic activities to practice new vocabulary because learning words out of context is difficult for these students. If they memorize the meanings of the words on a list, they will not be able to use the words in their own writing or verbal production until they really understand the meanings. When vocabulary instruction includes explicit, implicit, and strategy instruction, students are repeatedly exposed to the target vocabulary in a variety of contexts which increases their individual vocabulary development and the other resources that help in doing so is the Semantic Mapping primary focus on visual relationships, which is helpful to students from all backgrounds.

o Provide activities which promote the development of vocabulary and the enhancement of language skills.

I gathered student written inventories and held personal interviews and conversations with students and their families in order to help my students grow and mature in their vocabulary usage. This information told me they value who they are and what motivates them so I could design innovative practices and utilize proven methods of vocabulary instruction that promote learning for all my students.

All the students in Dr. Hoch’s class had note books which they used as their journal and these little books were given to them by Dr. Hoch. They used it to record important notes as the presentation proceeded. This was a good trait for effective learning. By so doing the students are able to identify the most important materials and the key areas of study. They are also able to concentrate and follow through the teacher’s presentation. This practice enables student identify areas that have not been clearly understood and seek clarification. In each class the students gets an opportunity to give their critical reflection on a major recent book on leadership and extended book report. They seem enthusiastic and willing to participate in the lesson, students reported on assigned readings and they were just bubbling and eager to share their readings and even give additional information without the prompting of the teacher. Participating in the lesson enables students to master the content, build self-confidence and apply what they learn in their day to day lives.

My project was to showcase my abilities in makeup and sfx makeup. I practiced individual cuts and bruises on myself first. My mother donated her face to be the bulk of my project, and I transformed one half into a zombie, and the other, made up traditionally. I used several reference photos and videos during the process. It took about 7 hours, including clean up time. I was fighting off the flu at the time, and it was important to frequently wash my hands. I hope to get a job as a cosmetic/fashion makeup artist, whether it be freelance, at a set location, or in the special effects field. I would love to be able to do makeup for movies and TV shows in the horror/fantasy genre. I am also interested in skincare, which

My capstone project is to provide education about cyber bullying cyberbullying. During the course of the capstone project and after finished it, I have learned many leadership skills and developed myself as a nurse. I also discovered my strengths and weaknesses during the course of doing the project.

I am a student in the Masters of Science in Information Security and Assurance at Western Governors University. I am currently working on my Capstone Project. The capstone project deals with a significant real world business problem that integrates the component of the degree. I have chosen to do my project on how blockchain technology can improve banking and cross-border payment system. I my project I am interested in implementing the ripple payment system using BaaS platform in Azure I my scenario: “ Bank of the People” (fictitious) With 10 billion in assets and process about 12 billion in cross-border transactions a year. I need to know the following for a cost analysis in the three models that Earthport offers financial institutions

If I set my students up for optimal success by giving them the tools they need to be successful, then in turn, I will be more successful. The Fisher & Frey article, “Content Area Vocabulary Learning” has a great point in saying that “content area standards also emphasize the importance of learning words.” This statement is profound because it is important that we, as teachers, are not just teaching students vocabulary words for the sake of teaching vocabulary words. In math, a student will never be able to complete a Geometry unit if they are not taught what an angle is or the number of degrees in certain shapes, among other things. In Science, a student would have a difficult time being successful with a Biology unit if they did not first understand the meaning of the word. One of my future goals in the classroom is to set my students up for maximum potential by giving them avenues to explore and dig deep into specific content

The career I chose was history teacher and yes I am still thinking about going thru with this career. Because history is the greatest thing on the world to know it involves the past and present time and it’s just really exciting to learn about all the wars that went on the historical markers that went on during the span of life. The four qualities that were most important to me to become a history teacher was Graduating High school because that is just one of the stepping stones to be a history teacher and is the first most important thing before anything. Earning a bachelor’s degree and minor in history is important because that’s how you get places is with a piece of paper saying you did it. Obtaining a state

When working with Isaiah to figure out unknown words, I used prompts to help him think of his reading strategies. I prompted him to look for chunks and reread words until they made sense. For example, I said “let’s reread that” or “let’s try that again”. I continually guided him to use his finger for tracking, as well pointed out words we needed to go back and study in more depth. I made sure to praise him when he utilized a strategy that lead to him to figuring out an unknown word. For example, when he used the syntax cueing system and read where for why; or when he chunked the word hill. I also had him reread sentences or phrases until they sounded fluent.

Although vocabulary is the sub-skill of a language, it plays a very important role in language learning and teaching. In fact, vocabulary is central to language and is of paramount importance to language learners. On the other hand, words are the building blocks of a language that are used to label objects, actions, and ideas. In other words, people cannot convey the intended meaning without knowing vocabulary. It is widely accepted that vocabulary is a very important part in English language learning because no one can communicate in any meaningful way without vocabulary. As McCarthy (1990) stated, the single, biggest component of any language course is vocabulary. Nation (1990) also affirms that vocabulary can be considered as the most important element in language learning because Learners think that many of their

Use of visual materials. The classroom is full of billboards, flash cards, big images, cardboards which from what I observed are suitable to teach vocabulary. They enjoy visual activities such as pointing things in a cardboard, etc.

Vocabulary plays a significant role in English as second language learning process. For the majority of English as Second Language(ESL) learners, the ultimate goal of learning the language is to understand (read and listen) and communicate (write and speak) with little difficulty and the lack of sufficient vocabulary may be the constraint of such goal (Folse, 2004). As the bedrock of English and as well as language, vocabulary also facilitates the development of other language skills: lexical richness leads to the progress in the use of language, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing skills (Nation, 1994). Reversely, The improvement in such skills may enhance learners vocabulary size as the exposure to more learning materials improves the capacity to acquire new vocabulary. (The importance of learning vocabulary/ why vocabulary?)