This week our teacher let us go on our own, and explore our sections without his direction. Our group chose the book we were going to be reading first, The Time Machine. Then as group leader I created a google docs and shared with everyone so we could all keep our notes in the same place. Mostly this week we read and wrote notes, read and wrote notes. One other thing we did though was watch a twilight episode, which I was not able to watch due to a golf tournament. I believe that everybody has almost gotten into the swing of things with how the class works, and the next few weeks will go by really fast. Since our section of science fiction is Sci Fi through history, we choose the time machine as our first book to read. So far this book has been really interesting, and I can't wait to compare the Sci Fi in it to some of the other books we will be reading. If you may be interested in The Time Machine here's a link to reading it: The Time Machine
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This week we did a number of things, mainly around getting all of our projects settled out and talked about. We also posted our first SciFi/Sci fact blog post. Two of the main things we did though was learn about the definition of Sci Fi and what makes it what it is, and the other main thing was choose what area of science fiction we wanted to be in this Trimester. The definition of Sci Fi will help us understand it, and know the difference between that and other genres. To better understand it we learned about the 3 (+1) elements of Sci Fi. I understood the elements and that Sci Fi is not easy to define with just one definition very well, so I would rate my understanding a 5/5. There are so many areas of Science Fiction to go over in a tri, so we all picked an area that most interested us. I picked Sci Fi through time. Because we all picked a different ones, the people who picked the same thing were put in a group, so they could work together on a joint idea. This week sure was busy, I hope that it settles down a little more, the more experienced we are with the procedures. I'm guessing next week we will get through things a lot quicker, but we will see. If you would also like to learn about the definition of Sci Fi go here: Prezi This week we learned how to make a weebly webpage. With a weebly webpage people can create a site that helps with school, or helps their business. To understand weebly better, we created a site of our own, and added tabs and pages. Since I could not build a website until I had my passwords for the computer, I was a little behind. Due to how behind I was, I went home and worked on it, so I believe my participation in this class activity was very high. We also selected our SSR books. Our SSR time will help us comprehend words better, and help us become better readers. I made sure to read the whole fifteen minutes ( which isn't that hard since I love reading) so my participation in this activity was high too. Overall this was a good starter week, and I can't wait to see what is to come in the upcoming weeks! If you want some cool Sci Fi books to read visit this site: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/science-fiction |
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