Eric Rivero's Portfolio 8th_Grade

Created September 8, 2003

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2003 - 2004 School Year

Religion

Vatican II Presentation

I chose this piece of work because it was a fun project to do and I learned a lot about or church and what influenced many of the important changes in it. I feel that I learned a lot from doing this project. I also learned about Pope John XXIII and about his papacy.

From this assignment I learned about how Pope John XXIII helped to update the church and how these changes are present to us today and what effect they had on the church. I believe that Pope John XXIII really made a big difference in the church because  of Vatican II and improved many things that needed to be made better.

One thing I want to tell you about this assignment is that now I know more about my church because of this and that it was my favorite project that I did all year.

Language Arts

Johnny Tremain Essay

I chose this piece of work because it is the best assignment that I have done in language arts this whole year and I think that this is one of the best books that I have read all year. I think that I did a pretty good job on this project.

From this assignment I learned the method of writing a Jane Shaffer Essay and I learned about some of the problems that led to the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

One thing I want to tell you about this assignment it was an easy project and I had a lot of fun working on this project with my classmates.

Math

Metric Conversions

I chose this piece of work because I enjoyed working on it and it was the only math project that we did.

From this assignment I learned how to make my metric conversions.

One thing I want to tell you about this assignment it was a challenging assignment.

Science

Pollution Project

I chose this piece of work because it was my favorite science project that we worked on and I felt that I did a good job on it.

From this assignment I learned about the the many dangers that oil has on our environment and how it affects us, and I learned how to use PowerPoint better than before.

One thing I want to tell you about this assignment it was fun to work on this assignment, and I learned a lot of interesting information from it.

Social Studies

Civil War Timeline

I chose this piece of work because it was my favorite project that we worked on in technology class this year and I enjoyed working and this and learning new information about the Civil War.

From this assignment I learned many of the events that led to the Civil War and many important events that occurred during it.

One thing I want to tell you about this assignment I had a lot of fun working on it.+

Art      

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