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Ninth Grade
My First Story: Projects Class
Self directional is what I used to finish my fundamentals writing assignment. For fundamentals I chose to write a short story, and we've been working on it for some time now. Since we started, I always would get on my computer on the weekends, and go over it. I hope it will be a success because I put a lot of work into this project.
- Ninth Grade Simon
The Heist
Ninth grade was a hard year for me. The terrible period of middle school just ended, and I was thrust into high school. I was insecure and anxious about my future. I had difficulty adjusting to high school and the way this particular one worked. Amidst my struggles, I had a jumble of ideas in my head about stories and characters.
This is technically the first story I have ever put down onto paper. This two page stretch of mediocre text cemented my passion for writing fiction. This sample shows how my learning process started; where the series of rewrites, corrections, and periods of writer's block thoroughly latched on.
My First Story: Projects Class
Self directional is what I used to finish my fundamentals writing assignment. For fundamentals I chose to write a short story, and we've been working on it for some time now. Since we started, I always would get on my computer on the weekends, and go over it. I hope it will be a success because I put a lot of work into this project.
- Ninth Grade Simon
The Heist
Ninth grade was a hard year for me. The terrible period of middle school just ended, and I was thrust into high school. I was insecure and anxious about my future. I had difficulty adjusting to high school and the way this particular one worked. Amidst my struggles, I had a jumble of ideas in my head about stories and characters.
This is technically the first story I have ever put down onto paper. This two page stretch of mediocre text cemented my passion for writing fiction. This sample shows how my learning process started; where the series of rewrites, corrections, and periods of writer's block thoroughly latched on.
Tenth Grade
Benjamin Franklin: Humanities Class
For Humanities me and a partner were supposed to create a “movie trailer” of our American Heros. Each trailer had to compete against another hero’s trailer in order to progress to the next round.
While not exactly a trailer, our slideshow was a VERY informative slideshow.
Tenth Grade Simon
The Exhibition Slideshow
The Movie Trailer
Tenth grade was a major improvement over Ninth Grade. I got over the insecurities that I had as a ninth grader. I was much more confident and comfortable;especially when I had something creative to do. I was also very keen on working with other students on bigger projects.
This project in particular I had a lot of fun with. I was grouped up with Nick Norton, a ninth grader. We had to create a movie trailer about Benjamin Franklin. This trailer was to go up against another student's trailer on Neil Armstrong. The goal was to compete at who was the best American hero. I created the trailer myself, Nick gave me the facts. Inserting some idiotic and surreal humor into the trailer (Watch it, you will see what I mean) brought us our victory.
Benjamin Franklin: Humanities Class
For Humanities me and a partner were supposed to create a “movie trailer” of our American Heros. Each trailer had to compete against another hero’s trailer in order to progress to the next round.
While not exactly a trailer, our slideshow was a VERY informative slideshow.
Tenth Grade Simon
The Exhibition Slideshow
The Movie Trailer
Tenth grade was a major improvement over Ninth Grade. I got over the insecurities that I had as a ninth grader. I was much more confident and comfortable;especially when I had something creative to do. I was also very keen on working with other students on bigger projects.
This project in particular I had a lot of fun with. I was grouped up with Nick Norton, a ninth grader. We had to create a movie trailer about Benjamin Franklin. This trailer was to go up against another student's trailer on Neil Armstrong. The goal was to compete at who was the best American hero. I created the trailer myself, Nick gave me the facts. Inserting some idiotic and surreal humor into the trailer (Watch it, you will see what I mean) brought us our victory.
Eleventh Grade
Creative Invasion: Humanities/Field Ecology
Ancient Civscape: Historical Board Game
The game we developed was based off Military Strategy games (Warhammer, Heroscape, Stratego, etc.). The player masses an army based on what ancient civilization they choose. The goal is to eliminate the other player’s army with your own. No army is the same, each one requires a different strategy to play.
-Eleventh Grade Simon
Eleventh grade went by in a blur like a semi truck with no breaks. I had a total of two standout projects over the course of the year: An environmental awareness campaign video I co wrote/narrated, and a Board game.
The board game was a cool and creative project. I worked on this project with my Partner in Crime, Tristan Riley. Together we assembled a well thought out historical faction based strategy game.
Tristan and I struck again when we came up with this rad environmental awareness video.
Big Trouble on Little Maui
Creative Invasion: Humanities/Field Ecology
Ancient Civscape: Historical Board Game
The game we developed was based off Military Strategy games (Warhammer, Heroscape, Stratego, etc.). The player masses an army based on what ancient civilization they choose. The goal is to eliminate the other player’s army with your own. No army is the same, each one requires a different strategy to play.
-Eleventh Grade Simon
Eleventh grade went by in a blur like a semi truck with no breaks. I had a total of two standout projects over the course of the year: An environmental awareness campaign video I co wrote/narrated, and a Board game.
The board game was a cool and creative project. I worked on this project with my Partner in Crime, Tristan Riley. Together we assembled a well thought out historical faction based strategy game.
Tristan and I struck again when we came up with this rad environmental awareness video.
Big Trouble on Little Maui