Animas High School Model Senate
The Model Senate project required us to act as United States Senators. For instance, I was assigned senator Bill Nelson, who is a Democrat. We debated three core issues; specifically, we focused on climate change, immigration, and college debt.
Legislation
Speech
Writing Goals
I would like to improve my ability to provide evidence. In my seminar reflection, I was unable to provide more than one piece of evidence for the entire paper. I believe this is primarily due to me simply being lazy. I think it's difficult for me to get motivated to cite an external source. What I often overlook is that this will save me trouble in the future. Simply keeping this fact in mind will likely be enough to remedy this issue.
Another important writing skill for me to focus on is properly understanding the prompt. It's difficult for me to determine exactly what is being asked in most of the prompts provided to me. Usually I get the gist of it, but when I don't fully understand it, it would be helpful to re-read the document or ask for clarification. A lot of this happened last year, and I had to rewrite several essays in Humanities multiple times.
I think by far the most important thing that needs work is my organizational and time management skills. This has been something I've focused on over the last several years, and have been slowly making headway. During my earlier years of high school, I was already far behind by this time of year, and would only really catch up a few weeks later. I will continue focusing on this and continue to make improvement.
Another important writing skill for me to focus on is properly understanding the prompt. It's difficult for me to determine exactly what is being asked in most of the prompts provided to me. Usually I get the gist of it, but when I don't fully understand it, it would be helpful to re-read the document or ask for clarification. A lot of this happened last year, and I had to rewrite several essays in Humanities multiple times.
I think by far the most important thing that needs work is my organizational and time management skills. This has been something I've focused on over the last several years, and have been slowly making headway. During my earlier years of high school, I was already far behind by this time of year, and would only really catch up a few weeks later. I will continue focusing on this and continue to make improvement.