I used creative thinking to generate new ideas and find ways to form connections with the song lyrics by analyzing words. I have used critical thinking when trying to come up with ideas on how I can present my knowledge in a clear way. Organizational skills were also used during this assignment to help me complete all the needed criteria. Some other skills I feel that I used are Time management and Problem-solving. I used these skills when completing the 3 Artifacts in my assigment as I needed to problem solving skills when i could not find connections within the words from the lyrics. I used Time management to ensure i completed my tasks on time and did not procrastinate too much. The last core competency I used is Personal awareness, I think that I used this by being able to reflect about myself connections when doing this paragraph. I expressed well being when writting and journalling about why I chose my media source.
I have leaned that knife skills are actually a very important part of the culinary arts industry. Throught this course I have learned many ways and techniques on how to prepare different cuts. I have realized that knife skills take time and practice to get good at just like anything and I also feel like i have improved over the course time. Knife skills are an essential as it ensures that we are keeping ourselves safe and others when working with such sharp equitment. Throughout the time I have spent in the cafeteria, I would say that I have noticed a significant improvment in my knife skills. I went into this course not knowing any of the basics and thinking that knife skills are just a natural human instict to learning how to use a knife properly as well as how to ensure I do so safely. As I feel like i have the basics down I would still like to continue practicing these skills to gain more confidence in this area and I can not wait to do so in my day to day up coming classes.
What core competencies did you demonstrate with the Research Assignment?
In this project I feel like I have demonstrated the usage of Personal awareness and responsibility, Critical and reflective thinking, and Creative thinking when doing this assignment.
Personal awareness and responsibility-
I feel like I have expressed my use of this competency by reflecting on this statment. “I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.” This statment spoke to me as I had struggles with this assignment but got threw it and at the end I was overall proud of my work and effort that I put in with the help of extra support.
Critical and reflective thinking-
“I can analyze evidence to make judgements” I have chosen this statment as I feel that this assignment was basically all about analyzing data and reflecting on how that data helped out outcomes overal so we can make accurate judgments.
Creative thinking-
“I can develope a body of creative work over time” This sentence spoke to me as it really reflects in my overal task. I feel that I have gotten the chance to showcase all of my creativity skills and hard work in this assignment.
What has gone well for me this year was gaining confidence within my work and assignments I complete, learning new skills by talking to new people, and growing as a person while I learn more about my personal interests. Some ways i did this was when I was in culinary arts class. I learnt a lot of new skills by talking to many of my peers.
Areas to Improve
Goals
Action Plans
Don’t be too hard on myself.
I will try to do this by being less of a perfectionist.
Keep motivated when things get difficult.
I will try to keep motivated by asking for extra support when needed.
Class participation.
I can try being more involved in class activities and try to gain confidence within myself.
Better study routine.
I can learn what works for me when studying and also learn what doesnt work.
improve time managment.
I can do this by trying to find a better balance for myself and try to stay on task at all times.
I can identify my strengths and limits by always trying my best and completing my work to my fullest. I can find internal motivation by always asking for help when I need it and by continuing to challenge myself. I can act on opportunities for self-growth by practicing work that is difficult to me. This can help me learn and gain new skills.
To celebrate an accomplishment such as a good grade I figure out what made me succsed and what I can change for next time. For an example with this me card I like how colourful I made th e card, but I do not like how my card has to be flipped around to read each side so I think next time I should write the words all in one direction.
Communication. During this lab I learned that working together and communication was key. In this lab we were asked to keep one can hot and one can cold. We were aloud to use diffrent materials to achieve these goals. We were paired into groups of three or four and were asked to work together. Diffrent skills and techniques where needed to make this lab have effective results, so the more we worked together to generate ideas the more ideas and techniques we would have.
Reflection:
In this lab I used communication skills by talking to my group and sharing ideas. We thought by coming up with ideas together we would get more ideas that would work. In the end we decided to use snow from outside to keep the cold can cold. Then my group and I were wondering how we can warm up the hot can. We thought about using a blow dryer and a heat lamp but that was taking a while, so we decided to use hot water instead. The hot water made a bit of a success rate, but the cold can more. We noticed that the ice/snow from outside was really working, so we continued using that technique. I noticed that I used communication skills in maybe ways while doing this lab and I hope to continue that while doing future labs.
Creative Thinking: My group and I used creative thinking when writing this script. We used creative thinking to come up with topic ideas, word phrases and more. Our creative thinking skills were able to make our spanish skit easier as we did apply words and things that we already learnt in spanish class to this skit.
Collaboration: While doing this spanish skit my group and I used collaboration by thinking together in a group and by listening to each others ideas. My group and I also came up with ideas together.
Communication: We used communication by talking and sharing our ideas in a group. We also communicated by sharing and listening to each other. My group and I will also be using communication when performing this spanish skit in front of the whole class.
Critical and Reflective Thinking: My group and I were proud of our mark and that all our effort has paid off. After showing appreciation, my group and I thought of ways we can improve, such as reading over the rubric before handing it in.
What was something you learned that you didn’t know or consider before? Something I learnt in gym was CPR. I learnt that there was an old way and a new way of doing CPR. I also learnt the skills and information on when to do CPR. I was able to grow my knowledge in strokes and heart attacks as well. Some other things I learnt was what an AED is.
What is a key takeaway from the Theory or Practical CPR unit? From the Practical CPR unit some take aways for me were the fact that you must push as deep as a key on the persons chest. I also learnt that you are supposed to use an AED to try, and kick start the persons heart again. Some things that I leaned in the theory unit were the signs of a stroke and the signs of a heart attack. I learnt that the symptoms are similar in some areas for strokes but also diffrent then a heart attack symptom in other areas. I think that the biggest take away was the fact that a stroke and heart attack can possibly happen to anyone, anytime.
How does this unit connect to the nutrition unit learned previously? Nutrition and CPR unit correspond, In CPR I learnt that a healthy meal keeps your muscles and organs running properly. During CPR we even learnt about obesity because this can affect your heart. I leant that being overweight is unhealthy because a person’s heart must work harder but not in a safe way. I also learnt that working out and gaining weight through muscles is good for your heart because it keeps it pumping blood and words your organs and muscles in your body. We also learnt that people’s food choices can put them at higher or lower risks for strokes and heart attacks. Heart attacks can be more likely to happen if you have higher cholesterol or are overweight.
Core Competency Reflection:
I advocate for myself: I can advocate for myself when I do not understand something. I ask questions and get the support I need. For an example I was not fully understanding a question on our theory CPR work, So I asked for help.
I make choices that keep me safe in my community and online: When practicing CPR and walking to the classroom to do CPR I made good choices like being responsible and not fooling around in class and on the roads. I also sometimes help others stay on task as well.
I give, receive, and act on feedback to progress in my goals: I care about feedback and can take feedback from my teacher when doing CPR. An example of when I did this was when I was doing the practical test on CPR, and I did good at walking around the body and becoming aware of the situation the happened. My feed back was to try and drive my weight forwards and use my shoulders to be able to push more weight onto the body. I cared about this feedback, and I took it to help me improve for the next time I was doing CPR.
I can stand for my learning and tell how it connects to my experiences: I can think of my experiences to help me relate to what I’m learning in CPR. For an example while learning about strokes and heart attacks I related this to symptoms that one of my loved ones has experiences. I learnt why this could happen and what was a possible symptom that made this happen. This helped me understand the difference between a stroke and a heart attack beacuse a few weeks before I did not really know the difference. I was also able to figure out what kind of happened to my loved ones.
A goal I have for myself is to respond to questions more often in class. I ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener. I am reflecting on this goal beacuse at times I felt like I did not communicate and contribute a lot when responding to class questions. To achieve this goal, I will try to communicate more and respond to more questions in class to show that I have a true understanding and care for my learning education, If I am already not showing this as much as I think I am.
Explain what you see as the greatest strength in this paragraph. In other words what does this paragraph do well and why?
I think that this paragraph includes smooth topic sentences and a great concluding sentence because I feel like it attracts the attention of the readers. In Those two sentences I added interesting details to grab the readers attention. These two sentences added the most important part of the paragraph because it describes what I was writing about. The concluding sentence also wraps all thoughts up very smoothly which is great. So therefor I think I did this very well out of this paragraph.
Core Competency Self-Assessment:
How did you act on the feedback from your first literary paragraph in writing this one?
When I received my feedback for the first time, I was happy, but I wanted to improve my mark. I saw that there were few things that I needed to work on such as fragment sentences, spelling, and minor other things. So, when I got another opportunity to write another paragraph, I was prepared to make myself more aware of the changes I needed to make. I used spell check, got extra support from my teacher while writing my second paragraph, and I even got a fair understanding on fragment sentences. So, this helped improve my mark which I was happy about. All though there are trivial things I do still need improvement in.
