ELA component

JOURNAL ENTRY #1: October 4,2013 My topic for my PBL project is Geometric Town and I intend to do this project because it is related to architecture. When I graduate from high school with a great SAT score, I want to go to a college with a major in architecture. This project will help me by allowing me to understand how buildings are able to stand still and straight. I will create an image of the project in my head and know how do and what to do in it. In my head I see myself creating blocks of objects and making a whole city or town with them. I will see which way of creating that building can look the best and stay the longest in its position. I will be creating a map that will use a variety of geometrical concepts. The map will contain roads, buildings of 3 dimensional figures, and parks.

JOURNAL ENTRY #2: October 6,2013 In my project I intend to make a 3 dimensional map. I want it to have different shapes and sizes. I think it will look like the downtown of Houston mixed with the suburbs. I will put grocery stores, schools, houses,skyscrapers, and more.I will name all of the streets related to geometry such as Optical Octagon street. I plan to make rivers all around the city to make the map look real. I want to name my city New Houston; a mixture of Houston and New York City.I will make the city look functional by adding a highway onto the map.

JOURNAL ENTRY #3: October 11,2013

In task one I had to create a G mail account and share my new account's information with my math teacher. The email address had to follow a certain format: name.lastname.harmony2013@gmail.com. Out of the two options for the subject I had to do my project on, I picked geometry. I had to pick either a level three or level two project. Next I emailed my subject that I will do to my math teacher. When she responded she told me I could do my project in the subject geometry.

JOURNAL ENTRY #4: October 15,2013

For task two I had to create a blank Google Site and share my account information with my math teacher. I had to log on to my new G mail account and create a site with a blank template naming it hsa2013alpcakir81. Next I shared the site with my math teacher, my ELA teacher, and my social studies teacher. After that I made my teachers the owners of my site by clicking "owner" next to the invite box in the share selection. When my teachers are the owners of my site, they can edit it. The next step was to adjust my Google Site for mobile phones. After I did that people can look through my website on their phones.

JOURNAL ENTRY #5: October 22,2013

In task three I picked my PBL project. I had to go to the harmony PBL website and pick a project from the level two section in geometry. I picked Geometric Town as my project. When I gave the project name to my math teacher, she said I have to use cardboard as my building material instead of paper if I intended to do my project 3 dimensional. Next she scheduled a time so we could discuss my materials and my background research. When we discussed a few days later, I said I would need cardboard, glue/super glue, a cardboard for my project's land, colors, and scissors. My research would be about geometric history.

JOURNAL ENTRY #6: November 1,2013

For task four I will present my background research and maintain my project materials. I prepared a background research to present it to my math teacher. I used my textbook, online sources including videos and the handout for my demonstration my teacher had given to me. When I presented I talked about all these kinds of shapes humans have used to create large buildings from the past. After I finished we discussed more of my project format and then I finished task four.

JOURNAL ENTRY #7: November 6,2013

For task five, I had to choose my ELA component of my level two project. I turned in my project title, my ELA component choice, and my reasons why I chose this specific ELA component. The options are, 20 journal entries, an argumentative essay, a narrative essay, a newspaper, an interview, or something of my own choice. I picked the 20 journal entries because it was the easiest of all the options.

JOURNAL ENTRY #8: November 10,2013

For task six I had to Choose my Social Studies component of my Level II project. I had to get in contact with my social studies teacher and inform him about my PBL project. I asked my teacher to help me find out a related social studies topic for my Level II PBL. My connection was based on the different types of historical buildings.I finalized my project the next marking period and I will presented my assignments on my website.

JOURNAL ENTRY #9: November 14,2013

In task seven I had to create pages for my social studies connection and my ELA connection on my website. To create a new page I went to my Google Site and clicked new page right next to the save button. When I got on the page to create a new page, I named the new page ELA connection. I put the page so that it does not move to the top of my navigation bar. I did the same for the social studies connection. This is where I typed my connection for task eight.

JOURNAL ENTRY #10: November 17,2013

In task eight and nine I had to create an "about my school" page in my PBL website. In this task I had to post a video and information about Harmony Public Schools. I had to link other sites to my website such as the Harmony Public School's Facebook page. I had to write information about the school that I am attending now, Harmony School of Discovery. There was a piece of information that I had to copy from the Harmony Public School's website.

JOURNAL ENTRY #11: November 24,2013

For task ten and eleven I had to create a "My PBL Project" page. I took the pictures of my materials. I took pictures of the steps in my project too. These pictures helped my audience to understand my project. I have to make a video about my project that shows what I am actually doing in it. So far I haven't done my video, but I will make a video that shows me attaching the buildings on the main board.

JOURNAL ENTRY #12: November 26,2013

In task twelve I didn't do anything. I only had to do this project if I did a level two chemistry project. If I did have a chemistry project I would have to insert the "investigation part" of level two. All I would have to do is copy and post something onto my PBL website. This is the procedure to post it:Go to "My PBL Project" Page. Click on the EDIT icon on the right top corner. Click on the insert menu option at the left top corner. Choose DRIVE.Choose DOCUMENT. Click on the document you want to add or enter its link.

JOURNAL ENTRY #13: December 2,2013

In task thirteen I had to post the ELA component to the "ELA component" page. I went to the "ELA component page and clicked on the edit button. Then I clicked on the Edit button. Then I chose my drive by clicking Document. Then I clicked on the File and entered the link for my Google Site.

JOURNAL ENTRY #14: December 7,2013

In task 14 I posted the social studies connection to my "SS Component" page. I had to edit my website to post the SS connection. I wrote about the history of geometrical towns. Before I started writing about the history of geometrical towns, I examined many pictures of historical buildings. I added this to my SS connection page.

JOURNAL ENTRY #15: December 28,2013

For task 15 I wrote my script for my PBL project's video that I will make in the next task. The script included how I used geometry to craft the buildings of my town. I wrote what buildings my town included. I wrote the shapes I used for my buildings. I included the types of buildings in my town such as a hospital and hotel in my script. I wrote about all of the functions I used to craft the buildings.

JOURNAL ENTRY #16: January 3,2014

For task 16 I had to make my video and publish it on YouTube. I first took pictures of my project with a digital camera and I recorded myself speaking about my script with an I phone. I added a video at the beginning of my video to introduce myself. I edited my video with Windows Movie Maker and posted it on YouTube.

JOURNAL ENTRY #17: January 14,2014

In task 17 I designed my brochure and Published it. First I generated a QR code from a website that generates codes. Next I changed settings of homepage to make it available for attaching files. Finally I added the brochure download link to my homepage.

JOURNAL ENTRY #18: January 18,2014

I wrote 7 more journal entries to my ELA component page on my website. They all include the 7 last tasks for my PBL project. I finished all of my journal entries on February 24. I will continue to write my last 2 topics after this journal entry.

JOURNAL ENTRY #19: February 13,2014

On the PBL website task 19 says that I should have a video that speaks of my ELA connection and my SS connection for at least 10 - 20 seconds. Task 19 says that I should make my script and show it to my teachers before I begin my actual video. This is so I won't have to remake the video if I mess up on the first one.

JOURNAL ENTRY #20: February 24,2014

For task 20 I had to send my PBL project video to DISTCO. I had to send my video before March 25th. I could win an Ipad, Ipod, or a gift card