In a minimum of one to two paragraphs; describe your thoughts and feelings on a specific topic. You will utilize these entries in the future when: writing your Thesis Paper, writing other Journal Entries (as a comparison) and creating your Final Presentation. These writings will be a part of your collected materials inside your Portfolio. There are a minimum of six specific subject areas you need to meet to completing the project. You may write more entries than that. All entries should be written with the graduation project in mind. (Other extemporaneous information, not having to do with the Graduation Project, should be avoided. For example: You’re happy you went to King’s Dominion over the summer break, but it has nothing to do with your Greenhouse Gasses project you’re doing for school. Unless, of course you did a tour of their power generating plant inside the park and learned about their use of Solar Panels for power).
1. Starting Out
- How do you feel about doing the Graduation Project?
- What are some of your thoughts on areas you would like to investigate?
- What do you think it will be like when you are done with the entire project?
- What type of Product would you want to create for the Graduation Project?
- What do like to learn or understand more by doing this project?
2. “What I Want to Learn” / Your Final Topic Choice
- Describe what you want to learn from this process.
- Give examples and your thoughts on how the process will work.
- Tell the reader the topic you have decided upon.
- Give reasons why you are going with this topic.
3. “Overview of the Year”
- What have you accomplished since starting the project?
- What have you learned during this time?
- What do you know now that you did not know before?
- Were there any setbacks or changes along the way?
- What types of changes have you made personally during this time?
- Who are people that you worked with (students, teachers, administrators, family, public) during this time?
- Who are the people you expect to work with in the future to complete this project.
- What do you expect to do over the summer for this project?
4. “Starting Out / Last Summer Overview”
- Write about the things you did over the summer break to get closer to completing the Graduation Project.
- What places did you go to, or people did you meet, that helped you on your journey to completing the Graduation Project?
- What did you do over the summer that was connected to the Graduation Project?
- Was it any different than the plan you set up at the end of last school year? How? Why?
- What are your thoughts and feelings starting school again in the fall?
- What things do you think you will do during this new school year?
- What are the things you want or need to get done during this time?
5. “Problems and Solutions”
- While completing the PRODUCT portion of the project, describe roadblocks or setbacks to completing the product.
- How did you overcome these problems?
- Who helped you overcome these adversities?
- How did you handle yourself?
- What were your feelings: when you first came across a problem and after you overcame those obstacles?
- What type of investigating, research or planning was needed to get beyond the problems or setbacks?
6. “Final Thoughts / Review”
- After completing the Product, Presentation and review your previous journal entries and matierials...
- What people have you come in contact while doing the project?
- How do you feel, now that the Graduation Project is over?
- Do you think or feel differently since the first journal entry? How?
- Will you continue in this field of study after graduation? Why or Why not?
- What would you say to yourself if you could travel back in time to when you first started the Graduation Project?
- What knowledge will you “pass on” to other KHS students regarding the Graduation Project
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