Our project was on "Poverty In Winnipeg"

The changes we made to make the project better was that we made my slides slower. Katerina noticed herself that she couldn't read the slides because it was too fast. Another thing we improved was the spelling mistakes.and grammar. The student comments helped us a lot because of the things I didn't see like my spelling mistakes.

Our First Draft:

My Final Draft:

We found our expert by calling to Winnipeg Harvest.Our expert we found was Kate Reynolds. Three important facs that Kate Reynolds told us was " There are over 300 agencies across Manitoba " " Half of the children who come for emergency services are under the age 18 "and " Poverty rates in Winnipeg get higher each year. " I learned that By raising money and donating it to Winnipeg Harvest, we can halp FIVE people. I also learned that some people can't get everything they need from Winnipeg harvest My because they have to give an even amount of food/other things to everyone who goes there. I that our greatest success from the two minutes video was learning and understand what being in poverty is like. Poverty honestly doesn't feel great. One skill I will take with me next year is how much we searched for information. We ended up having to leave out a lot of our information.Which really frustrated me! When it came to posting the video we lost a couple of marks because it was late because Katerina accidentally posted it up over and over again. I do believe that this two minutes project is important to grade eight to learn more about good time to learn more about it in the future. From this project learned a lot about poverty and all the bad things that are are still going on today and the different ways we can help!Of course I cant do much now because I'm still a kid,but definetly i will do something in anyway to help.

Video made by: Katerina, Krizna,and Jennily

Summer's two minutes two make a diffrence video response post

FIRST DRAFT



FINAL DRAFT



Group Members- Summer Temple

This is my two minutes two make a difference response on how my video changed from the first draft to the final draft.

My first draft had allot of spelling errors and i was missing a few pieces to it. but after i watched it and read the responses to it i changed some things like fixed the spelling and put more information into it. the final draft is far better than the first one but not as good as i would have liked it because i did not have an interview. the reason for that was because i emailed someone from the Winnipeg humane society some questions but did not get answers in time for the final copy of the movie. the greatest skill i got from this movie was probably finding out so much more information on animal cruelty and the skills it takes to make a movie. but i also learned about allot of great sites i can go to to find out more on animal cruelty or if i am doing another movie project i know were i can get music for it and how to make the movie all together. some things that frustrated me were that i could not get my voice in to the movie because it either wanted me to have music or narration but not both. so that was a big problem. i will make a difference in the future by making sure that everyone is aware of animal cruelty so that they too can take action because it is just so sad to see these poor animals suffer.

Maya's Two Minutes to Make a Difference Reflection

Group Members -

Emily P, Breanna M, Ana L, Maya L. 8-73

2. The changes we made between the first and final cut of my movie were the pictures, the way we organized it, and the text. We needed to know which pictures were going in, and which pictures shouldn't be in the video. We needed to organize the slides, and put voice into it. We also needed to fix our text, and to make sure our voice is clear. Lastly, we had to fix the interview, so it wouldn't be long. I think the student comments helped us, because we probably would have gotten a low mark, and we needed to improve of what we missed in the video.

3. Our expert for our video was D'Arcy from D'Arcy's Animal Rescue Center. We emailed him, and asking if they could book us to interview about animal cruelty and take pictures. He replied back a day after saying that he was free at some specific time and day. I learned from my expert that animal cruelty is an important issue, and that cats are being taken in every single day to his animal center.

4. My greatest success in this video process was finding the expert because, I didn't think that experts for animal cruelty would have time for us, but I was in the Philippines while my group talked to two more experts. The skills that I will take with me and use in the future for a project like this is to always takes notes so I can memorize all the important information I would need for my project.

5. The thing that frustrated me the most during the movie process would have to be taking time to find the materials and figuring out what information and pictures to use in our video because, we had to know which information and pictures to use that would make the audience go out to make a cause after watching our project. The strategies that we used were to use what was really important, what everyone would like to know about animal cruelty, and why we should prevent it from happening.

6. The 2 Minutes project is important to Grade 8 students because, we are getting more mature and we should know what is happening in the world right at this moment. Sometimes, we think about ourselves than other people or other animals. We should all be treated equally and nobody or any animal should be harmed at all. Especially, if they're innocent.

7. In the future, I will make a difference by donating money to the animal shelters. My project made me realize that animals are being abused for all the wrong reasons and we should care for them, like we do for our family and friends.

Hazel's 2 Minutes to Make a Difference Reflection

1.
Google Doc:


Version 1:


Final Draft:


2. Some changes we made to the first draft was we added more pictures and we shortened the time length of some slides. Another change we made was, we put where the money we raised was donated to. We also made some spelling and grammar changes.

3. Rebecca Irving is the name of our expert. She is from MCIC, Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. I sent her an email talking about our 2 minutes project. Then we asked her information about their organization and what they do to help. She mentioned fair trade. After, we had an interview with her and we learned a lot from it. Some information she gave us were: "when children are forced to work they can't go to school. Physically and mental effects being that they worked under very hazardous and dangerous conditions." She also defined what child labour is "forced labour under hazardous conditions where they don't have a voice and they don't have any of the comforts and amenities we would like to think a child has." Lastly, she told us about Fair Trade "Made under conditions and with people that are not children, and that they had good working conditions and they were safe. If they felt unsafe their voice was actually heard."

5. I think our greatest success in this movie is the expert part and the music. We had a lot of evidence when it came to the interview and we changed the mood of the music when it came to the making a difference part. The skills I will take with me is gathering information and pictures then turning it into a movie. Another thing would be adding music and other audio to a video/movie.

6. What frustrated me during the movie making process was putting the information together with a clear message, to make a difference! We didn't have enough pictures at first so had to search for more. At first, I was worried that the length of the video would be too short but it was okay in the end.

7. The 2 Minutes project is important to Grade 8 Students because it gives us a chance to show that we care. It got us to think outside the box and come up with a way to make a difference. This project also teaches a lesson, even the simplest actions can make a huge difference in another person's life.

8. I will make a difference in the future by paying more attention to what is happening in the world and find ways to make a difference. I will also donate food, clothing and money to a charity in the future.

Jomer's 2 Minutes To Make A Difference Reflection

1. Google Doc




Here is the First Draft of our video

Here is our Final Version of our video

Reflection:

Making this video was so much fun. Joshua and I basically rushed through our first copy. We had everything planned out, but windows movie maker wasn't cooperating with us. Our first copy didn't go through detail and explained animal cruelty. So, we had to add more pictures, and more information to the video. We needed to show that we made a difference. In the first version, we didn't add our difference because we were still raising money. The students comments were really helpful. If they didn't tell us about our grammar and spelling mistakes, we wouldn't of known. Also, they kept telling us to add more pictures, so we added a lot of images of animals being abused.

We interviewed many people. I was afraid that no organization would help us out. So i kept going on Google and searched animal shelters in North America. I emailed many people. Only a few replied back. I interviewed Tracy from Brandon humane society, Sally from Hull's haven boarder collie rescue, Michelle from Pembina valley humane society, Pete from Vancouver humane society, and Joey from PETA. We finally got a call back from D'arcy who runs D'Arcy's Animal Rescue Center. I invited Joshua to come since he didn't have the chance to experience an interview. We were suppose to interview D'arcy. But unfortunately a dog ran away, and he had to find him. So we interviewed Randi. We later went back to ARC to donate over Fifty dollars. We learned from our expert that cruelty to animals is unnecessary. It is against the law. But there aren't powerful laws to stop it from happening.

Our greatest success was baking the Chocolate Chip Cookies and selling them to students and teachers at our school. We made over fifty cookies and sold all of them. Besides selling cookies and raising money. We also did great in interviewing. At first I was really nervous interviewing them. Then I got use to them. Finally I got the hang of it and got used to it. The skills that I will take from this project is speaking to random people. I was so into my project, and I wanted everyone to know that cruelty to animals is bad! After the second interview I felt like I could speak to any stranger. I had to guts to speak my mind and let people know how I feel. I am no longer afraid of talking to random people on the streets.

Honestly, Joshua wasn't doing anything in the beginning. It was all me. I got so frustrated with him. That I told him off.. Joshua doing nothing was holding us behind. I he still didn't do anything. Until I made him come over and helped him. He later picked up his slack and started doing his job. He become so into it as I was. At some moments he was even picking up my slack!

2 Minutes To Make A difference is important to grade eight students because we're still young. The youngest kids could be the most powerful voice of all. Teaching us what's good and wrong lets us know what to do. We're the future, and if teachers set our minds up for the future, we can actually make a difference. This is also important to us because it was educational and fun to do.

In the future, I'll be making a difference by volunteering at a local humane society when I turn sixteen. If I ever see an animal hurt or being abused I will stop it right away. Even knowing I could get hurt. It's unfair how humans are hurting animals that can't even protect themselves. "People who hurt animals have a bigger issue inside of them." Also, if I can't do anything, then i'd just call the cops, or a shelter I know that can help.

Angelique's 2 Minutes to Make a Difference - Reflection

Japan Disaster Relief

Group members: Jasmin Lacap, Anna Gomez, and Angelique Marcial

1.

Google Document

First Draft

Final Draft

2. Our first video to our final draft had a big difference. We found adding voice narrations would make the video improve more, and also the slowing down the slides. The comments from the first draft really helped us to fix our video, like slowing down the slides. The voice narrations made it easier for the person who is watching to read, because they can just follow along or just listen. The comments were great help for us.

3. We found our expert while we were looking for information online. We found a site called, "ABS-CBN Kapamilya helpine." We found Edna Lupa, who is responsible for gathering information and organizations who help Japan. When we called, it was early in the morning, so she just she would email. Three important key points she told us were:

1. North and South America received warnings and evacuations

2. At least 20 other countries recieved warnings

3. Caramines Sur and Norte, Philippines was affected by the earthquake also

4. My group and I was successful on finding an expert.

5. Our greatest success for our 2 Minutes project were the information and pictures we found.

6. The thing that frustrated me the most during the movie process was my voice narration. This is because when I was talking I wasn't so sure if I was going to fast, to slow, too loud, or too quiet. I tried to hear myself after the recording and picked the best one I should use.

7. The 2 Minutes project is important to Grade 8 students because we can show at any age we can do something and help our world. We can make differences in the world.

8. I will make a difference in the future by helping or donating what I can, or do what I can do to help without anything in return. I can tell people the information I know and what I learned during this experience.

John's 2 Minutes To Make A Difference Reflection

Our topic was Child labour all over the world.

1.The Google doc slide.


First Draft


Final Draft



The changes that we made from our first draft to our final draft was adding all of our voices instead of just Alec. We also added the "How we made a difference." These adjustments and tweaks were made from the comments of other students.

We found our expert by emailing her at Free The Children. This is an organization that help children that are working illegally. We received an email from Bianca Gonzales, She answered thoughtfully to our questions. Things that I learned from her is that you can help stop child labor by spreading the topic, donating to organizations and buying products that help stop child labor.

My greatest success in the 2 minutes project was doing some voice overs for the video and help make the video, and add suggestions to make it better. A skill that I might take with me to the future is telling people my ideas or possible suggestions, because in the future I might come across something like this.

The thing that frustrated me the most was thinking of good ideas to add to our video. Strategies that I used to become successful was I brainstormed with my group and thought of good ideas to add to our video.

I think the two minute project is important to students because it shows them that there are people out their that need help. It shows them that life isn't about getting new things and worrying about little things like new fashion trends. This projects tells us to appreciate what we have and help out people who need help the most.

In the the future I think I will make a difference by donating money to charity, foundations, organizations, etc. that will help people who are in need.

Katerina's Two Minutes Reflection

Our project was on "Poverty In Winnipeg"



My First Draft:



The changes I made to make my project better was that I made my slides slower. I noticed myself that I couldn't read the slides. Another thing I changed was the spelling mistakes. I also corrected my grammar. the student comments helped me a lot because of the things I didn't see like my spelling mistakes.

My Final Draft:



We found our expert by going to Winnipeg Harvest. Three important fact the Kate Reynolds told us was " There are over 300 agencies across Manitoba " " Half of the children who come for emergency services are under the age 18 " and " Poverty rates in Winnipeg get higher each year. " I learned that By raising money and donating it to Winnipeg Harvest, we can halp FIVE people. I also learned that some people can't get everything they need from Winnipeg harvest because they have to give an even amount of food/other things to everyone who goes there. I think that our greatest success from the two minutes video was learning and understand what being in poverty is like. Poverty honestly doesn't feel great. One skill I will take with me next year is how much we searched for information. We ended up having to leave out quite a bit of information. What really frustrated me the most was how much trouble it was to post it! I ended up posting it over and over again. I did get it on youtube, after my fifth try. the strategie I used to be successful was to ask lots of questions about posting a video up because I had a lot of trouble. I do believe that this two minutes project is important to grade eight students,but I also believe it's important to all people because you learn about what is really important in the world. From this project I learned stuff about poverty, but from watching other videos I learned stuff about animal creulty too. I also learned about team work. Team work can be hard when doing a project like this but, there are many ways to get to success! In the future, I will make a difference by donating food to Winnipeg harvest more often and by raising money.

Video made by: Katerina, Jennily, and Krizna.

2 Minutes Reflection Post

Some of the changes that my group made was that we included more voices and not just Alec. This hopefully helped the viewer to stay intact and want to keep watching instead of hearing the same voice over and over again. I think that the comments in the first draft really improved our video. For example, we almost forgot to put what we did to help this issue, thanks to the viewers we remembered and we posted the site we made. Click here for the site :D

We contacted our expert by sending an email to Free the Children, a foundation that helps children in bad situation. And we received an email back from Bianca Gonzales. We asked her questions and she kindly responded back in a thought out answer. Things that I learned from the expert is that you can help prevent child labor by being informed and to spread the word about it so we can make a difference, she also says that in her opinion she describes child labor as harmful. I believe in that because what is so good and will help the children out in child labor? Nothing right? All it does is hurt the children, exclude them from living a normal life, and not having that special time in your life with your family. Also, she also tells us more about what jobs the children have to go through.

In this 2 minutes project, my greatest success was making the script because I really thought hard on what to say and how to say it in a way that people would hear it and keep it in their mind. A skill that I will take with me for the future is making the script. This will help me in the future because in high school there will be a lot of essay writing and writing a script would really help me.

The thing that frustrated me the most was trying to fit the expert interview into our video. It was frustrating because she had a lot to say, and we wanted everyone to know what she said because my group truly believes that what she says is true and will touch other people. A strategy that I used to help me be successful is actually rereading the script and making some changes. This improved the script because in the beginning I didn't have much to say but after, I read over all the things we found about child labor, and put it in the script.

The 2 minutes video is important to all the grade 8's because this project showed all of us that what Mr. Harbeck says is true. That there are more things than whats behind your hands. This project showed all the grade 8's there are a lot of people and animals in the world that are having a terrible life. All of us should be happy with what we have and try to make a difference in the world.

I will make a difference in the future by treating everything with respect. Every person, thing, and animal with respect. After seeing most of the videos, I now know that everyone and everything has a different lifestyle than what we have. I will spread the word of child labor and try to treat everything in the world as if it was my own family, friends, and loved ones.

Emily's Two Minutes to Make a Difference Reflection

Project Topic: ANIMAL ABUSE

Group Members:
Emily 8-73
Breanna 8-73
Ana 8-73
Maya 8-73

Here is my TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Google Doc:




Here is the FIRST DRAFT of my video:




Here is the FINAL DRAFT of my video:




REFLECTION:

I thought it was relatively easy to make the video. When my group made changes for the final draft of our video we had to change the speed of some of the slides so you could finish reading the points. We also had to change our credits so they were done properly. We also had to adjust the interview so it would start at an appropriate time and place. We also added a narration improve our video. I do think the student comments helped because it allowed me to know what could be done to improve my video, such as the evidence of my group making a difference.

Our expert was D'Arcy from D'Arcy's Animal Rescue Center (ARC). We got in contact with him by emailing the shelter and asking if they would allow us to interview someone and take pictures. We did get a reply back the next day and we booked an appointment to interview D'Arcy. To thank the people at D'Arcy's ARC we baked cupcakes and donated money. We learned from our expert that even though animal cruelty is a VERY SERIOUS issue because many people who abuse animals are not punished.

My greatest success in this video process was finding three different experts. Besides going to D'Arcy's Arc, we also went to the Winnipeg Humane Society and Winnipeg Pet Rescue. At all three places we interviewed an expert and took pictures of animals at the shelters that are included throughout the video. Each place was equally as helpful but we only recorded our interview at D'Arcy's ARC. During the interview we asked D'Arcy a few questions about what animal abuse was and the consequences of committing an act of animal abuse.

What frustrated me during the project was finding all of the material to use in the video. It was sometimes difficult to find images that were creative commons that applied to your topic. Eventually I got all of the pictures I needed. I also found it difficult to find two songs that were specific to the mood you wanted to create for the video.

TWO MINUTES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE is important to grade 8 students because we are at the age where we may take what we have for granted. Many children do not have the privilege of getting a good education and a good home. We may also treat animals with no respect but animals are just like us in many ways and they deserve to be treated like humans. These videos help us realized that when we feel like we have nothing, there is other people who have it much worse than us.

In the future I will make a difference by volunteering at animal shelters because my project was on animal abuse and I think it is a very serious issue and it should stop. I will also make a difference by volunteering at other shelters or centers that help people who live in poverty or places that raise awareness to many different causes.

Two Minutes Video Reflection

Two Minutes Video


2. For our first video it doesn't have the voice and we didn't narrate it. The comments said that our slides were to fast as well as the pictures so they told us that we should try to slow it down a bit. For our final video we made some changes. We decided to add our voice and narrate it so our viewers can follow along or just listen to our voice instead of reading it if the slides are too fast. The comments were really helpful and it made our video better .

Here is our final video:

We found our expert online while searching for information. We found a website called "ABS-CBN Kapamilya Helpline." We found Ms. Edna Lupa, she was responsible for collecting information on whats happening in Japan. Their organization is like news and current affairs, where they inform people from the Philippines on what to do and how to donate money for Japan. First we called her but It was too early in the Philippines so she gave us her email. She gave us helpful websites which led us to a lot of information. Three important informations we learned from our expert are :
- North and South America recieved warnings and evacuations
- Camarines Sur and Norte experienced earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6
- More than 20 countries are affected because of the nuclear incident.

Me and my group were succesfull on finding an expert.

My greatest success in our two minutes project was finding information and pictures that made our viewers want to help Japan.

This two minutes project is important to grade 8 students because as a teenager we can do a lot of things to help other people and make a difference to their life. Also, the videos that grade 8's made and the informations we gathered can convince not only grade 8 students but other people.

In the future I will make a difference by sharing what I learned when I was in grade 8 to teenagers and by spreading how to make a difference. Also, I will try to donate or get involved in other kinds of organizations, I will try my best to help other people without asking them to do something in return.

Jasmin's 2 Minutes to Make a Difference- Reflection

2 Minutes To Make A Difference
Group members: Angelique Marcial, Anna Gomez, Jasmin Lacap

Here is our Google Document-



Here is our FIRST DRAFT-

Here is our FINAL DRAFT-


2)
I think our video had a big change between the rough draft and the final cut video. We did not have voice in our first draft, so we decided to add voice narration for a our final video to make it better. Our friends and classmates commented on how our slides were a little too fast for our first video, so for our final video, we tried our best to slow down the slides but still meet the time limit. The comments of other students really helped my group and I improve our video as much as we could.

3) We found our expert while we were looking for information online. We found a site called " ABS-CBN Kapamilya helpline." We found Edna Lupa, who is responsible for an organization that supports Japan and gathers information. She gave us helpful websites, which led us to information that boosted up our video project. Three important points that we learned from Edna Lupa are:

- North and South America received warnings and evacuations.
- At least 20 other countries received warnings.
- Caramines Sur and Norte (Philippines) was affected by the quake.

4) I think my group and I were successful in finding our expert.

5) I think our great success in our 2 minutes project was the information and powerful images that we were able to gather. A skill that I will use in the future is to not fall behind and procrastinate, because this will only lead to stress.

6)
During the movie making process, one specific thing that frustrated me was trying to overlap our voice narration over the music on the right time with the slides, I always had to redo it over and over. I became successful after many tries, but this took a lot of patience.

7)
The 2 minutes to make a difference project is important to grade 8 students because we want to prove to adults that at our young age, we can make a difference in one way or another.

8) I will make a difference in the future by helping and being involved in different organizations and fundraisers that are trying to help other people around the world.

Sophia's "Pay it Forward"

Part 1
The movie: "Pay it Forward"
The movie Pay it Forward is about a boy named Trevor who has this idea of helping three people after he has helped those three people he will tell them to pay it forward to three more people. Trevor is a kind of boy who believes he can do something even when someone tells him he can't. He helps a homeless person by letting him live in his garage. Soon his mom finds out and freaks out and wants to see Trevor's Social Studies Teacher Mr.S They fall in love but Trevor's dad comes back and everything is screwed up again. Trevor has an interview on Pay it forward and he becomes popular at his school. When Trevor is walking home he finds a gang bullying a little boy. He tries to stop them but he gets a knife stuck in his side and dies.
Later that day at night time people come with candles standing and crying in front of Trevor's house. The homeless person who Trever took care of helped an other person who was going to jump of a bridge. He asked if she wanted a cup of coffee with him, It only takes a little bit to make a difference. I thought it was a really sad and happy movie at the same time. I even cried three times.
Part 2
What was your "Pay It Forward" act of kindness?
My pay it forward act of kindness was going to peoples houses to shovel their front yard then give them a paper bag full of candy canes with a note that said "Pay this act of kindness to forward to others. Paying it forward is when you do something for another person without excepting something back. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"
Why did you choose this activity?
I chose this activity because it was my second choice but then I changed it to my first one because I really wanted to make the paper bags.
Who did you help?
I helped my next door neighbour shovel their front and back yard.
What did you do?
I shoveled snow and handed out candy bags.
When did you do this act of kindness?
I did my act of kindness a couple of days before Christmas.
Part 3
How did your act of kindness go?
How did my act of kindness went? It went really bad. I was looking at front yard to front yard on four streets and only got three people. One person wasn't home so I shoveled there yard. The next person looked through the window and the last person answered the door but didn't want his yard shoveled. So a couple of days later it snowed and I didn't have time so I had to shovel my neighbours front and back yard a couple of days later.
How did you feel?
I felt pretty upset so I went down more streets but only got two yards done because I was supposed to be home in 2 hours.
How did the people react?
One person who actually opened the doors reaction wasn't mean but wasn't nice either.
Did you ask the people to "Pay It Forward"?
That was the problem. I was supposed to shovel then give them the candy bag but people said no when I asked to shovel their yards or weren't home so I didn't do that part.
Part 4
Why is the idea of "Pay It Forward" important?
The idea of "Pay It Forward" is important because there are a lot of people suffering and when we do an act of kindness it changes there lives, puts a smile on there face because of you.
Has your act of kindness made a difference?
I don't think my act of kindness made a difference but I tried.
If I had another chance to do this again my goal is to pick a day when it just snowed the night before.

Meldrick's Pay It Forward

Part 1
'Pay it Foward' is a movie about an 11-year old boy named Trevor. He gets a Social Studies assignment that says he must 'make a plan to change the world and put it into action'. He comes up with the idea of 'Paying it Forward.' If he helps 3 people and tells them to pay it forward, each of them help another three people, and another three people, and so on. The number of people helped gets really big. Trevor helps three people; a drunk who ends up saving a woman's life; his Social Studies teacher, who gets married to his mom; and a kid who is bullied a lot. Unfortunately, one of the bullies stabs Trevor, and Trevor dies (sadly).
Part 2
My act of kindness was to send a letter to a Canadian soldier. I wanted to send a care package, my mom told me to write a letter instead. I chose this activity because it's sad to think that you have to serve the army and be away from your family on Christmas. I think it's really important to show that someone cares for them. I helped a random Canadian soldier by sending them a letter. I e-mailed a letter to an e-mail address that would send the letter for me, as well as composing a letter to be mailed to a PO box. I did this on Tuesday, December 21st.
Part 3
My act of kindness went really well. I managed to send two letters online to soldiers in Afghanistan. I still have to mail the letter to the PO box. I felt really good to help a Canadian soldier with the fact that they would not be home for Christmas. I couldn't ask the soldier to pay it forward because they do that every day, serving the country and the thousands of people who live in it.
Part 4
The idea of paying it forward is important because there are always people to help, and helping another person means helping the world become a much better place to live in. I do think my act of kindness made a difference in the world, because with one Canadian soldier feeling better about serving the armed forces, it makes them all prouder to serve their country and to make the world a better place.

Brandon's Pay It Forward

Part 1

The movie Pay It Forward was about a boy named Trevor who had an assignment to try to change the world. So Trevor took a bum home and he fed him. Trevor hid the bum in the garage. It was pretty hard for Trevor because his dad left him and his mother is an alcoholic.

Part 2

What was your pay it forward act of kindness?

My act of kindness was I went to a community Center and helped kids

Why did you chose these activity?

I chose this activity because it was a great idea.

Who did you help?

I helped the community.

What did you do?

I handed out hot dogs, candy canes and helped Santa Clause.

When did you do your act of kindness?

I did it on December 18,2010 Saturday

Part 3

How did you act of kindness go?

I think that it went fine

What happened?

I was giving hot dogs and candy canes to little kids.

How did you feel?

I felt good because I did something good for another person.

How did the person react?

The people there we're surprised that kids we're volunteering.

Did you ask the person to Pay it forward?

No , I haven't

Part 4

Why is the idea of pay it forward important?

I think its important because you wanna be nice and that's a good way to show it. You are doing this so you can make other peoples life easier.

Has your act of kindness make a difference?

I think it have made a difference because I helped a lot of people and asked nothing in return.

Jennily's Pay it Forward

Group Members: Katerina Ferreira.

Paying it Forward is when you do something nice to someone, then that person passes on the cheer. Paying it forward is something that everyone in the world should do. Hopefully the whole wide world will be doing this and we would be living in cheer.
My pay it forward was gong to the store and buying toys for the Christmas holidays! Me and Katerina choose this because we thought that every kid in the world should have Christmas!
I have done my act of kindness and hope to do it some more. I did this on Sunday, December 12,2012.

When me and Katerina bought the toys we each payed half.
When we started this project it was all going down hill but at the end we were on top. Katerina and I went to the children hospital at first but they were closed so we couldn't donate the toys which was really sad. We didn't know where to go so we went to many place but we couldn't donate toys to anywhere, but after we had gone to the Christmas cheer board. The the man gave me and Katerina this note that said " It's people like you who help fill the sack, to bring Christmas Cheer to those who lack.. You're now officially a Santa's Elf! You've put others first, before yourself. Please accept this sincere "Thanks"For donations given.... and showing that you care, 'Cause it's only with your help that we can " LOVE and SHARE " and " Christmas should happen for EVERYONE ". I felt good that I have helped someone in need because everyone in the whole wide world should be able to have Christmas holiday. Yes, I did ask them to pay it forward. There reaction was " what is pay it forward?"I had told them what pay it forward is and they were amazed by what this school's assignment was, I told them that its not a assignment, it is something that everyone in the world should do.

I think paying it forward is amazing because not everyone is like me and you. Paying it forward is important because people in the world don't have a family or food or even a place to live, So I am grateful for what I can do to help someone in the world. I hope the children that gets the toy is happy. Have a Happy Holiday Everyone! And always remember to PAY IT FORWARD!!

Sorry I don't have a picture because I had to leave early before taking a picture with the man.

Joshua's Pay It Forward

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Paying It Forward means showing an act of kindness to a stranger, expecting nothing in return. In the movie ''Pay It Forward'' a boy in the 7th grade shows what Paying It Forward means. Mr.Simonette gives Trevor an assignment to Pay It Forward. He tries to help a homeless guy named Jerry. He also tries to help a kid that gets bullied. Also he tries to help Mr.Simonette and his mom to be in a relationship. When Trevor tried to help the kid that always gets bullied, one of the kids had a knife and stabbed him. The death of Trevor was very sad but the neighbourhood lit candles and gave flowers to show how they appriciate him.

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My group's act of kindness was giving out candy canes, cards and gloves to the homeless. I chose this activity because since its Christmas we wanted to give out candy canes and cards. Osborne St. was a great place to do it because theres alot of people walking up and down that street. The gloves were for the homeless people that had no gloves and were freezing. We helped the homeless and also the elderly. We handed out candy canes with cards attached to them and gloves with labels saying, ''Pay It Forward''. We did the act of kindness on Saturday, December 18, 2010.

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It went well I guess. We asked alot of people but they all said NO. But there was this one person that was thrilled and said YES. After that I felt happy because someone finally accepted the candy cane. It made my heart feel warm because the face that person made was priceless. It made my day. Even if it said ''Pay It Forward'' on the card and candy cane, we still said it.

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Paying It Forward is a very special and important thing in life. It shows how one person can make a difference. Osborne is a very busy street with people lying on the ground, sleeping without a home. When you help one person, that person continues to pass it on to another person and then another person and so on. If everyone was like that, this world would become a better place. Without killing, drugs, fighting, stealing etc. With help, we can accomplish that goal. My act of kindness has made a difference. The person that was thrilled will pass on that happiness to another person and the gloves for the homeless helped them feel more warm in this cold weather.

PAY IT FORWARD!

Ana Lopena's Pay it Forward

Part 1

The movie Pay it Forward is about an 11 year old boy named Trevor. His class gets anassignment from their social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet to try and make a difference in the world. He gets this idea called pay it forward and decides to help 3 different people, then those people will help 3 more people and so on. At first he helps a homeless guy, Jerry get a job. Second, Trevor tried to stop a kid from getting bullied, but failed. Then he sets his social studies teacher up with his mom. When Trevor saw the same kid getting bullied, he tries to help him again. But one of the bullies had a knife and stabs him.

Part 2

My group's act of kindness was giving out candy canes at the mall and we donated toys to the "toy mountain" at Polo park. We decided to give candy canes out because it was the Christmas season and we wanted to spread the word about pay it forward using a sweet treat. We donated toys because we know that some kids don't get much for Christmas. We did our act of kindness on Friday Dec. 17, 2010.

Part 3

Our act of kindness went really well. When we got there we went straight to donating those toys.When we were putting the toys in a guy from clear FM was really happy about our donation and decided to give Sargent Park a shout out. At first I felt a little nervous to how the people might react to us, but after we gave some people candy canes and donated the toys I felt really good. The people were very happy about our act of kindness and was really happy about getting a candy cane, but some refused. After we gave each candy cane we said "Thank you, pay it forward!"

Part 4

It's important to pay it forward because it can make people's day and put a smile in everybody's faces if it keeps getting passed on. I hope that our act of kindness did make a difference in people's lives.

John Chua's Pay it forward

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"Pay It Forward" is a way of helping people without expecting anything in return but to tell them to help 3 other people.It's like inspiring someone who is needs help so that they help other people and the people they help, go the same thing. It is to make the world a better place to live in. This idea came from a movie called "Pay It Forward" where a boy named Trevor gets an assignment to think of way to make the world a better place. His idea is to help three people and those people help Three other people.

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My act of kindness was to write a write a letter to a soldier from Afghanistan.I chose this to let a soldier know that we believe in them and to let them know what we think of there actions.I wrote a letter to a soldier. I wrote what I think about them and made them feel good about themselves.
I did my act of kindness today (December 19, 2010)



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I think my act of kindness went very well, it was better than I thought it would go. Everything went well I dropped the letter. I felt very good after I sent the letter, especially when I wrote the letter. I'm not sure how the soldier would feel but i think he would feel appreciated. I did not ask or write pay it forward because I had this feeling that there a soldier they're already doing a lot for our country.

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I think that the idea of "Pay It Forward" is important because it's a very good plan to make the world a better place because it showing that it doesn't matter if you get anything in return but the fact that if they help other people means that its good enough. I think my act of kindness made a difference in a way because not a lot of people are sending letters to soldier thanking them for their sacrifice.

Jomer's Pay It Forward

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Paying it forward is when you show an act of kindness to a stranger, and knowing to have nothing in return. The movie, " Pay it forward" was about a grade seven er boy named Trevor, His father would beat his mom up, which made things worst. His mom was an alcoholic. Trevor's Social Studies teacher Mr. Simonet was fully burnt from his step dad. Mr. Simonet and Trevor's mom had a thing. The teacher told the class to pay it forward. So, Trevor did. These kids would always bully Trevor's classmate, but he didn't really do anything. Until one time, Trevor stood up. Sadly The bullies had a knife. Stabbed Trevor in the stomach. He died at the age of 12.





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My act of kindness was buying holiday cards, candy canes, and gloves. Then handing them out to anyone on Osborne. We chose this activity because we knew that there were a lot of homeless people around. Also we knew it was a busy street. When we went to Osborne. We did our act of kindness on Saturday, December 18, 2010.

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Our act of kindness was poor. We asked over 30 people. We got the same answers. "NO!!"The first time the person said no, I felt so embarrassed and scared. But when it became the 10th person, I was frustrated. All the others that said no, had attitude with it. When we would hand the cards and candy canes out, we said " Happy holidays, Pay it forward." Some people even ignored our requested. And kept walking.

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The idea of " Paying it forward" is so important because, It shows that not everyone are snobs. Also, it can change peoples lives. Knowing that people like us, can walk down Osborne, by ourselves in the cold weather and hand out candy canes. Even though we had a simple idea, that one person who accepted our offer, would probably pay it forward. When he tells people to pay it forward, it'll hopefully go on, and on for years to come.
I think my act of kindness did make a difference. It can show that, not only adults care about others, but children can too. Also, for all those people who declined our wonderful offer, hopefully it changes their perspective about young strangers.