Week 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These weeks coming up are going to be so stressful. I am writing this blog on April 16, 2015 and there is only one thing on my mind. The soccer game tonight. I am sorry to say that I am unable to focus on writing this blog right now! I'm going to write it anyways though. The final presentation for this project is rapidly increasing and that days are flying by. I am not ashamed to say that I am very nervous to present the final product. One thing that will make presentation process easier is that I will be presenting with two other people. Basically, this means that I will not have to stand up and speak all alone, I will have two friends to accompany me. Overall, this week has been good and I am kind of looking forward to the next weeks of school. 

Week 12!!!!!!!!!!!!

     It seems that every week the days get shorter and shorter! I can not believe a whole week has passed by and i did not even realize it. Today is Friday, so we are working on learning some new words. Maggie is sitting next to me on you-tube memorizing random words that she doesn't know and Angelle is sitting in front of me and we a re practicing carrying out a conversation. We started by saying hello to each and then started talking about food. If we come across a word we do not know we pause the conversation and look it up. I am hoping to do this every week and have the times we have to stop and look up a word go down every week. I was not very impressed with how many words I had to look up and I hope to improve that very soon. My problem is that I think i memorize the words, then i come back the next week and I forget them. The solution to my problem will be practicing the words I learn every week and making sure I do not forget them. 

Week 11!!!!!!!!!!!

     Wow! I can not believe that we have been working on this project for eleven weeks now! I am so impressed with the progress I have made! I am also very proud of my group because we have worked together to try and accomplish a goal that seems impossible. None of us have mastered sign language yet , but we still have time left so we hope to accomplish our goal. I am flabbergasted that a whole eleven weeks has passed by and i did not even realize it. For our 20 time this week, we did not very much at all. We hope next week will be more productive and we will accomplish more. We have some big plans coming up and we can not wait to attempt them!

Week 10!!!!!!!!!!

   I am very proud of myself and Maggie! We were able to sign an entire conversation. The conversation was very simple, but it was still something to be proud of. Angelle said her progress was okay with the sign language. Maggie is probably the most progressed and she is helping me out. We haven't made very much progress this week because we have been working on our essays for another class. There is about to be a three day weekend and I hope to make some real progress. I am very sad that there is only eight weeks for me to master the language of sign. I am not sure that I will have the ability to learn it all. I will not give up and I will continue to work at my goal. 

Week 9!!!!!!!!

     This week has been so exciting and I could not wait to write about it. We have finally come up with our name signs!! Maggie's sign is based off of her hair. While Angelle and I have our names based off of our spirit animal. I had such a blast making the names and everyone had a good time. My spirit animal was a koala so we found the sign for a koala. After we found the sign for a koala we made it our own. We changed the K to an M so my name sign in M bear. Angelle's spirit animal was a black bear so we used the bear sign in her name too. Her name is A bear. Maggie's hair is blonde and very curly and her name starts with an M. So we made her sign by waving three times sideways. https://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/KOALA%20BEAR/5302/1

Week 8!!!!!!!!

     This week has been very busy, so not much has happened with my 20 time project. I have not made very much progress over the week. I checked you with my group and they have progressed a lot, just like me. Maggie has been working diligently to learn new words and she is very good at signing. Angelle is also working very hard and she has mastered the same amount of words as me. Tomorrow we are going to work very hard to make sign for our names. We are a little behind on that task, but we can hopefully complete it soon. 

Week 7!!!!!!!

     This week was so good! We have had one snow day so far so I have had extra time to master signing. We also had a a one week break before this week and that gave me a lot of time to practice signing. I am very proud of the progress I have made over the past week. I am very excited to continue working because I am so close to signing fluently. The only reason I find signing challenging is because I am learning another language. I wish I would have chosen  to master one language at a time because learning a new language is very difficult, but learning two new languages at the same time is even more challenging. By next week I hope to make more progress and check in with my group to see how much they have improved.

Week 6!!!!!!

     This week has been very helpful and I have learned how to be polite in sign language. One thing that I am very proud is that when people ask me how to sign something I can usually answer them. I can not come up with the answer every single time, but most of the time I can help people with what they need to sign. My group and I have been working on a sign for our names. We are not supposed to give ourselves name, so we are working on finding someone who can give us our name signs. By next week, we plan on having signs for our names. Another thing we are doing next week is talking to our mentor, because we want to make sure we are on track and learning the language at a reasonable pace.

Week 5!!!!!

     We had another great week this week. I am very proud of how far we have come since the first week. I am impressed by how many words I can sign. I have accomplished our four week goal of signing three to four sentences. After we all finish our blogs for this week we plan to learn some not so basic words. For example, we plan to learn most of the basic pronouns like I, me, he she, etc. Next week we plan to learn at least fifteen new words. So far we have learned a total of 47 words and the alphabet. We have not talked talked to our mentor yet because we have not ran into any problems  that required us to contact her. 

Week 4!!!!

     We have successfully completed our pitch and it went off without a hitch. Everyone in the group can sign a sentence and we have learned five new words. The pitch consumed most of time so we didn't have time to master a lot of words. We also found a mentor and we chose Angelle's cousin. Overall this week was very productive.

Week 3!!!

     Today is the end of another very productive week. We have finally started our pitch and we are headed on the path to success. We have decided to use the form of power point to present out pitch. We are also in the process of finding a mentor that we can go to for assistance. We also learned some more basic words. I can finally say one whole sentence in sign language without an help. I am very proud of everything we have accomplished this week and I hope we can keep up the good work for next week.

Week 2!!

       A lot of important events occurred this week for my 20 time project. I have finally developed my idea completely. I have also decided to work with two other people who are interested in doing the same topic as me. The two people working with me on this awesome project are Angelle and Maggie. Our goal by the end of this project is to be able to sign fluently. We have learned and memorized about thirty words so far and we keep learning more words. Next, week we are planning to take most of the class period to develop our pitch.

First Blog!

    The twenty time project is a great opportunity to accomplish a unique goal. I'm looking forward to the project so I can accomplish my goal. The goal will be one year in the making and I'm ecstatic. Although I am quite excited about being able to complete my goal, I also have some fears going into this project. I am worried that I will fail miserably and not complete my goal. I am also a bit nervous about the final grade because I would have spent a whole year on he project and if I fail, I will be disappointed. Overall, I am ecstatic about taking on this project and eventually all of my worries will dissolve.