ACADEMIC STRENGTH REFLECTION OUTLINE

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Description of the Quality of a Renaissance Graduate (QoaRG) that is your greatest strength

  • What does it look like to master this QoaRG?
  • How will a mastery of this QoaRG help you in college and beyond?
  • Explain how this QoaRG is a strength and what three pieces of evidence (from three different classes) you will use to prove this.

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Reflection on Piece of Work that Demonstrates this QoaRG

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  • What is this piece of work called? What class is it from? Describe the piece of work (LT, purpose, process).
  • How does this piece of work demonstrate the QoaRG?
  • Make sure to reiterate what this piece of work says about your strengths.

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Conclusion

  • Ultimately, what do these three pieces of work demonstrate?
  • Do you still have room for improvement with the QoaRG? Explain.
  • Why is this QoaRG important?

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ACADEMIC STRENGTH REFLECTION

My ______(name piece of work), from ______(name of course) is an example of______(name Quality of a Renaissance Graduate). The purpose of this piece of work was ______

______. The learning target was ______

______. In order to complete it, we had to ______

______. This piece of work shows that ______(name Quality of a Renaissance Graduate) is a strength for mebecause ______.

For example, I ____________ ______ (give a quotation from your work or a specific, detailed description of one part of the work). I also showed ______(name or description of Quality) by ______(another way that your work demonstrates this Quality). For example, I ____________ ______ (give a quotation from your work or a specific, detailed description of one part of the work). This shows __________

______ (reconnect your examples to the Quality of a Renaissance Graduate).

Exemplar:My 24-hour graph, from Algebra 1, is an example of Craftsmanship and Quality. The purpose of this piece of work was to show that I can calculate fractions, decimals, and percentages, and create a graph to show the data. The learning target was: I can create and interpret graphical displays of data. In order to complete the project we had to create a pie chart showing how much time I spend doing different activities (hygiene, school, homework, eating, travel, TV/computer, chores, and sleep) in 24 hours. This piece of work shows that Craftsmanship and Quality is a strength for me because I made sure my work was accurate by double-checking my calculations. For example, when I calculated the percentage of my day I spend on homework, I set up a proportion: . I solved for x and then checked my work by converting the values on both sides of the equation into decimals to verify that they were equal. I made sure my work was precisely drawn by using a ruler and protractor. For example, once I calculated the number of degrees that should be in the homework sector,I used the ruler to draw a radius of the circle. I placed the protractor’s center on the center of the circle and the protractor’s baseline on the radius, and I put a dot at 30 degrees. Then I used my ruler to draw another radius through my dot. This shows that by using my tools correctly and by double-checking my work, I created a piece of work that was well-crafted and accurate.

ACADEMIC AREA FOR GROWTH REFLECTION OUTLINE

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Description of this QoaRG

  • What does it look like to master this QoaRG?
  • How will mastery of this QoaRG help you in college and beyond?
  • Explain how this QoaRG is an area for growth for you and what three pieces of evidence (from three different classes) you will use to demonstrate this.

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Reflection on Pieces of Work that Demonstrate that this QoaRG is an area for growth

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  • What is this piece of work called? What class is it from? Describe the piece of work (LT, purpose, process).
  • How does this piece of work demonstrate the QoaRG?
  • Make sure to reiterate what this piece of work says about what you need to work on.

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Conclusion for this QoaRG

  • Ultimately, what do these three pieces of work demonstrate?
  • How do you plan on continuing to improve this QoaRG?
  • What will you do to make sure that your work in the future demonstrates this QoaRG?

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ACADEMIC AREA FOR GROWTH REFLECTION

My ______(name piece of work), from ______(name of course) is an example of______(name Quality of a Renaissance Graduate). The purpose of this piece of work was ______

______. The learning target was ______

______. In order to complete it, we had to ______

______. This piece of work shows that ______(name QoaRG) is something I need to work on because ______

______. For example, I ______

____________ ______(give a quotation from your work or a specific, detailed description of one part of the work). Another way my work shows that I need to work on______(name or description of Quality) is because ______

____________ ______(another way that your work could have better demonstrated this Quality). For example, I ______

____________

(give a quotation from your work or a specific, detailed description of one part of the work). This shows __________

______ (reconnect your examples to the Quality of a Renaissance Graduate).

My 24-hour graph, from Algebra 1, is an example of Craftsmanship and Quality. The purpose of this piece of work was to show that I can calculate fractions, decimals, and percentages, and create a graph to show the data. The learning target was: I can create and interpret graphical displays of data. In order to complete the project we had to create a pie chart showing how much time I spend doing different activities (hygiene, school, homework, eating, travel, TV/computer, chores, and sleep) in 24 hours. This piece of work shows that Craftsmanship and Quality is something I need to work on because I didn’t double check my work before creating my final draft. When I calculated the percentage of my day I spend on homework, I set up a proportion: . I solved for x but I must have made a silly mistake because I wrote down that I spend .08% of my day when the answer should actually be 8.3%. Double checking your work to make sure it makes sense is an important part of Craftsmanship and Quality. Another way my project shows that I need to work on Craftsmanship and Quality is because I wasn’t careful about drawing the pieces of my pie chart accurately. For example, I used a protractor, but I was probably rushing. I was supposed to measure 30 degrees for one piece of my pie, but my teacher pointed out that that piece of the pie chart is actually closer to 20 degrees. If I want to do my best work, I need to pay more attention to checking my work and working slowly and accurately.