Title: Private Peaceful

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Page#: 84

Response to what I have read so far:

The book so far is about the everyday life of the main protagonist Tommo Peaceful, his two brothers, and his love interest Molly. The main conflict in the story is that both Tommo and Charlie (Tommo’s older brother) love Molly, however since Tommo is the younger brother, Molly ends up with Charlie.

Title: I Am Malala

Author: Malala Yousafzai

Page#: 158

Response to what I have read so far: The author Malala writes the book to show the struggles and problems that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis. The events described in the book were surreal to me, I could never imagine the oppression that Malala faced whilst her town was under Taliban rule.

Here are my two plans, I planned to make a police car that could make siren noises and has LEDs that could light up. I originally wanted to make 8 LEDs where 2 would red, 2 would be blue and 4 would be yellow, however, as time went on, I noticed that I would not have enough time to sew, stuff, and add 8 LEDs to the project, so instead I used the LEDs on the circuit express. Another thing that changed was the wheels on the car, when I made wheels, the wheels could not support themselves so instead, I replaced them with wings so that the car could look a little futuristic.

Here are the cutouts of the side of the car.

Here was the car after sewing everything together.

Here is after I put the wings and the conductive fabric on.

During this project, I have learned how to manage my time better, for example, I decided to create a timeline that would manage everything I do each day, for instance, I made myself plan the first two days, then sew the next 2 lessons and work at home to finish the sewing. If I see myself doing this again in the future, some of my ideas are making different types of vehicles such as motorbikes or a plane.

Here is the final product of the police car/plane, the toy could make a siren noise that could go on until you stopped reset it and there were LEDs that would have an animation that made the toy look more like a police car. Overall I am pretty happy with what the outcome was, however, I wish I was given more time so I can add more LEDs in.

1. This pin is made after my favorite food Pizza.
2. I had three designs in total including the pizza, the reason why I chose the pizza was since the other two designs were both too plain and simple, a pizza, however, included bright colors and multiple different shapes.
3. In this project, I am most proud of my sewing ability, although it was definitely not the best. Before this project, I had barely any sewing experience yet I was still successful for the most part.

4. Sewing and working with fabric was new to me but working with fabric was especially hard since I had to sew multiple layers on top of each other. I eventually overcame the fabric problem just by selecting thinner fabric making it easier.

5. To students doing this project next semester my tip is to be extra careful when you are sewing with conductive thread since the slightest mistake can make you re-thread everything.

6. I would like to learn new stitches to use in different situations.