I have a dream (Do I ?....)

Last year, around this time we had a speech competition. It was just 1 month after I came to New Zealand. When I heard about this I got really excited about it. It was because I have really changed since last year and I have said "GoodBye" to stage fright.

Before we get into all the deep learning and creating, we had a task to do to train our brain. In order to set up our mindset for speeches, we used the 6 tools in the Mental Toughness toolkit to create a motivational drawing of ourselves. Mental toughness tool kit is like tools that help you with mental toughness. 

These are the tools:- 

• Positive thinking - Affirmations, thought stopping, self talk
• Goal setting - Setting small goals and finishing it
• Attentional control - managing interruptions, increasing    my attention span
• Visualisation - intentional imaging
• Anxiety control - controlled breathing, relaxation, distraction
• Self awareness - reflection and feedback

 We used google drawings and my DLO is below - a visualisation of me during my speeches learning. MY dream for how it will all go... 

While I was creating this drawing I thought about how this is going to help me. Then I understood that if you are stuck with the speeches you could refer this drawing. The hardest part in the speeches would be to present it really well. But writing the speeches would be the easiest part. These tips can really help me because it matches with worries and problems really well. 

Do you have speeches at your school?

Are you good at it? (If you are then suggest me some tips in the comments below. It would really help me)

Did you like the little joke that I added in the drawing? (The bottom right one)

Anyway give me some tips in comment below. 

By the way you could use these sentence starters to make a quality comment...

• Positive thinking:-  You are good at... / This is amazing because...
• Thoughtful:- The facts that you have used is really good...
• Helpful:- Next time you could...

And don't forget about a question at the end.

Blog Commenting

What do I know about blog commenting:

Commenting is the way we communicate with the blogger. You can share any ideas to improve the blog or maybe find them a few mistakes. You can give feedback to the author. You can also start a conversation with the blogger. You can also share your personal stories with them. A good comment is made up of three parts. Positive thoughtful and helpful. Positive means to say something good about the blog.  Thoughtful means to make connection with the blog and you. And lastly, helpful means to suggest some improvements for the blogger in their next blog. Or maybe improve their current one. 

Here is an example of my comment on my friend's blog. 

"Hello Dion

It is me Albin here...

That blog is really cool. I really liked your dlo. I looks pretty cool. I also liked the way you explained everything. That video that you choose also explains a lot about resilience. That quote is also really cool. 

I remember you writing this blog. Do you remember the time after writing a blog everyone clapped since it was your first full blog? I remember. 

Anyway to make the blog better you could add more illustrations in the dlo. That would really make the blog pop out. And also maybe you could increase the size of the font in the last few slides. It is kinda hard to read. 

Anyway that is it for today.

Kind regards,

Albin."

Here is a comment I posted on Te Mahuri. 

"Hello Zoe,

I am Albin from Rimu. 

I really liked your blog. I also liked the way you explained everything that happened in Te Mahuri. Your dlo was also fabulous. You got a tick in everything. Awesome!

By the way I know the column method. I was taught it in year 1. At that I was in India. We had lots to study there.

Maybe next you could make the pictures of the maths bigger. It would be a lot easier to read it then. By the way, do you like maths?

Is it your favourite subject?

If it isn't the which is yours?

Kind regards,

Albin. "

Here are a few sentence starters that I used for my comments. 

Do you like reading? Yes, then read this blog....

 I know why you are reading this blog...you like reading, right? Or you must be my friend or my relative. Well anyway you must have at least read something in your life, right? Well if you are a reading fan, then this is the blog for you. 

Last term we started doing a writing competition. We (the class) did it. I thought this was going to be easy but little did I know it was going to be really, really, really hard. We had to make sure that the word limit doesn't exceed 150. Trust me, it is really hard for a person who writes about 400-600 words in writing. 

But there was a catch. We had to include as many as these words we could include. 

I don't think I included lot of words. Anyway the winner is not confirmed yet. The winner is the person who gets the most votes. Next week is the final week for the votes. 

Click here to vote. 

Anyway vote for me. [Hint: My one has a illustration of fire]

Until next , bye....