Mural Reflection:

Name: Timothy Zaragoza

Project Reflection

Project Title: Aztec Mural Project

Letter: _____ Dates: 4/13/08 -5/02/08

PURPOSE

In this section, explain what you were supposed to learn and what you were supposed to do.

Sentence Starters

• The purpose of this project was to learn about…

• In order to learn about _________________, we had to create/perform/ write/etc…

The purpose of this project was to learn about Aztec civilization, religion, and culture. In order to do this we Mrs. I had make groups of 4-5 people. Then we had to pick out the leadership roles that everyone in the group had to have. The roles were emperor, graphic organizer, color coordinator, and lead artist. I was one of the graphic organizer. We also had to fill out a hand out that had a lot of topics on Aztec's life style.

WHAT I LEARNED

In this section, tell what academic information or skills you learned or improved.

Sentence Starters

• I learned about…

• I explored the concept of …

• In this project, I learned how to…. (skills)

I learned about Aztec life style, culture, and religion. We learned about Aztec warriors. At the age of 12 Aztec boys have to be warriors for 5 years with out pay after 5 years the 17 year old boys could get paid to fight for the Atzec army. There were social classes of the empire first was emperor, government officials, priest,warriors, merchants, peasants, and slaves. Pregnant Aztec women were honored because they either gave birth to a good warrior or a skilled weaver. Girls that were excellent weavers were the most respected because weaving was the skill of youth, and love.

REFLECTION

In this section, reflect on your experience. Did you like the project? Why or why not? How did you do? What would you do differently next time?

Sentence Starters

• I enjoyed this project because…

• I feel like I could have done better on this project because…

• Next time, I would…

I enjoyed this project because we got to sketch and make a mural based on Aztec life

style. The mural my group did was probably one of the most complicated one because

we had to do a Aztec Sun Stone. I feel i could have done better on this project because

when we finish sketching it we had a long way to go on painting it and we had a little bit

of time. Next time I would try to convince my group to do an easier mural.

WORK HABITS

Complete the following section about your work habits. How did you manage your time in and outside of class? What parts of the project were you responsible for? What strategies did you use when you had difficulty understanding or completing the project?

Sentence Starters

• I was responsible for…

• I had difficulty…

• Next time, I should have…

I was responsible for so me of the artist statement and painting some of the mural. I had difficulty on working on the mural outside since so many people were talking and some times i got caught in a conversation. Next, time i should have stay focus more of the time because currently my groups mural isn't done yet.

ARTIFACTS

You should have at least one artifact from each project on your DP. What document, picture, or link will you have for this project?

I will have my artist statement on my blog.