English Essay
This year our teacher wanted us to enter into an essay contest. This contest was about writing an essay or making a video about voting barriers in the U.S. I decided to write an essay.
My essay is about voting barriers that where against women and other barriers restricting peoples right to vote.
For this project we could have worked in groups but I decided not to. I did this project over a period of maybe 2 weeks. We had to create a rough draft, and so on. I had a lot of ideas that I wanted to go into the essay but I had to take a lot of that out of the essay.
What 21s century skills did you use throughout this project?
The 21st century skills I used where, self directional skills, civic literacy and engagement, and Information skills.
Civic literacy and engagement was the skill that represents this project the most. We had to research a lot on what is happening now in the voting poll. I found out that some states make it a lot easier for people to vote and others don't. I think its important that we have our own right to vote, and that its the easiest it can be.
I also used my information skills a lot throughout this project. I had to do research all about the past of voting and of things to complete the project.
How does this project represent your learning?
This project really opened up my eyes to all the voting barriers that the U.S. had in the past. I learned a lot of things during this project. I also think I did a pretty good job on the wiring portion. I do think I could have done a bit more editing but I think this project helped me learn a lot and thats why I chose it.
What could improve in his project?
I think this project was pretty good but It could have used more work on the structure of the whole essay. It needed something that would make the whole essay flow. I had more than one focus for the essay so I think that negatively influenced the final product. I really wanted to focus the whole essay on voting barriers that are up agains woman but today there are not really any voting barriers that are up against woman. I had to add a few other subjects in the mix of the essay and I don't think that was the best choice.
My essay is about voting barriers that where against women and other barriers restricting peoples right to vote.
For this project we could have worked in groups but I decided not to. I did this project over a period of maybe 2 weeks. We had to create a rough draft, and so on. I had a lot of ideas that I wanted to go into the essay but I had to take a lot of that out of the essay.
What 21s century skills did you use throughout this project?
The 21st century skills I used where, self directional skills, civic literacy and engagement, and Information skills.
Civic literacy and engagement was the skill that represents this project the most. We had to research a lot on what is happening now in the voting poll. I found out that some states make it a lot easier for people to vote and others don't. I think its important that we have our own right to vote, and that its the easiest it can be.
I also used my information skills a lot throughout this project. I had to do research all about the past of voting and of things to complete the project.
How does this project represent your learning?
This project really opened up my eyes to all the voting barriers that the U.S. had in the past. I learned a lot of things during this project. I also think I did a pretty good job on the wiring portion. I do think I could have done a bit more editing but I think this project helped me learn a lot and thats why I chose it.
What could improve in his project?
I think this project was pretty good but It could have used more work on the structure of the whole essay. It needed something that would make the whole essay flow. I had more than one focus for the essay so I think that negatively influenced the final product. I really wanted to focus the whole essay on voting barriers that are up agains woman but today there are not really any voting barriers that are up against woman. I had to add a few other subjects in the mix of the essay and I don't think that was the best choice.