WH GCE Portfolio

For the third and final unit of my Humanities Stories class, Heroes, we studied the cycle of the hero throughout literature. In specific, Joseph Cambell created a chart of sorts called a "monomyth", which showed each stage of the hero's journey throughout the story. The monomyth can apply to any given story, as long as it has a protagonist in it. For this Action Project, we had to select a fictional hero and a real-life hero of ours, and find parts of the hero's journey in their stories. In my case, I chose Izuku Midoryia, from the show My Hero Academia, and S.H. both are people that I look up to, and admire greatly. Both show several parts of the hero's journey throughout their triumphs and failures. Midoryia is a relatable character in that he's around my age, and a bit nerdy. But he's also a hero both because he is literally training to be a hero in his story, but also because he saves and looks out for others without hesitation. I chose S.H. because ...

In this second unit of my Humanities Stories Class, we learned more about fables. Fables are stories with a moral at the end, usually conveyed through anthropomorphised animals or objects. For our FE, we went to the Field Museum to learn more about stories from Naitive American peoples. For this Action Project, we were tasked with writing our very own fable, as well as create a visual to go alongside it. Below is the fable that I wrote. Squirrel was on his way to school one day, carrying an acorn under his arm. It was a sunny day, but Squirrel was a bit gloomy because he had no one to look forward to seeing upon his arrival there. Squirrel thought to himself, pushing his glasses back up onto his nose, “I know I’ve always been the short, geeky type. I know I’m not strong physically, but at least I’m smart. So why won’t anyone want to be friends with me?”  As Squirrel walked through the halls of his large school, lost in thought, he accidentally ran into Bear. He let out a small...

In this first unit of our Humanities class, Stories, we learned about grammar and a little bit about the history of words as well as various stories about the creation of the universe and Earth. Our AP for this unit was to write out our very own creation story. Below is my story, along with a drawing to go alongside it. Before all else, there was nothing except Him. The Him we speak of has no name, but He is that which came before all else, that which lives in the void, that which is able to exist before existence. He is that which creates and destroys, the one who lazily rules over his creations, like it’s just a hobby for him. He only has the name he calls himself by, with no true name. The void gives off a cold feeling, maybe something like the feeling of nothing being there or no one being there for you. The void wasn't very bright or colorful at all, so He decided to create the stars in the sky. How he created them is by taking space dust left over from that one time he ...