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My TED Talk: Red Wolves

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In our Language Arts class, each student had to create a TED like Talk about something they love. I, naturally, chose the Red Wolves.

Choosing a topic was challenging for some classmates, but for me, it was really an easy choice! The next step was to research. That fact part was not to hard, I used two to three sources, but the photo part was very challenging. We had to use copyright free photos, and it took a while to find photos that were one, copyright free, and two, of actually a Red Wolf, and not of some random wolf.

After that, it was creating a slideshow. That went smooth, and my slideshow looked awesome! One of my favorite slides was a slide that asked you to find the difference between a Red Wolf and a coyote.

The actual presentation part was the most scary. I had to stand up in front of all my classmates and speak my TED like Talk. Sometimes, this can be very nerve wracking, since I don’t know what my classmates are think. But after I got started, that feeling slowly dissolved.

After I presented, I felt really good! My classmates liked my talk, and I loved talking in front of people. I had so much fun!

Reflections

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In my Language Arts class, we read a book called The Last Cuentista. It was basically about keeping stories alive. It’s really important to keep precious stories alive because they might be lost forever!

In class, we also made Ideal World Stories! They are basically what we think is the ideal world. Mine is Planet Canis Dragon. Based off my love of wolves, horses, and dragons. The only animals in my ideal world are wolves, dragons, horses, cats, and hybrids between any two of these species. It’s really a beautiful planet, though I am the only human allowed to visit it. Hunting is strictly forbidden on my planet. Anyone who hunts or kills another animal is automatically killed themselves. I had such a great time creating my ideal world!

For a few classes, we made handmade books with the artist Peg Gignoux. We used pieces of nature make Akua ink printing, then we collaged the artworks into scenes. I made mine about my ideal world. I even created little collage animals!

I had so much fun making this book! I really think the ideal world for me is just me and my animals.