Archive of ‘Core Competencies’ category

Essay Writing

My Essay

Core Competencies Reflections

Evidence that I can acquire information about complex and specialized topics from various sources, synthesize it, and present it with thoughtful analysis can be found in my connections made from examples in the novel to the title, with different levels of depth.

I show that I value feedback from others in my group by asking for their opinions or thoughts on my work and adjusting my writing based on constructive feedback given.

I compile and synthesize information to draw reasoned conclusions, such as when I researched through the novel for examples of Holden’s connection to the title through knowledge of his personality and feelings to connect the ideas.

When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I… am working towards improving being able to work well with people I don’t know by learning to be able to take the first step and initiate discussion about the topic.

Diffusion Lab Self Reflection

Critical Thinking

Initial
After 24 hours

Critical thinking was very important for this lab in order to figure out which molecules diffused through the membrane, which way. Part A of the lab contained the molecules water and IKI in the beaker creating a yellow colour, with starch inside of dialysis tubing submerged in the water with a translucent milky white colour. After 24 hours the starch inside the tubing had turned deep blue and the water in the beaker had turned colourless. We used our critical thinking to identify that it appears the IKI and some water had diffused through the membrane and into the tubing. The evidence that the IKI had diffused was the change in colour, and evidence of the water diffusing was the increase in weight. For Part B the experiment started with glucose inside dialysis tubing submerged in a beaker of water and a glucose test was conducted in the water with the result of 0. After 24 hours the tubing had expanded and a glucose test was conducted again with the results of 300. This glucose test makes it appear that the glucose had diffused out of the tubing and a change in the weight of the tube makes it seem that water had diffused into the tubing. Without using critical thinking we would not be able to have identify what made it possible for the glucose, IKI, and water to move in and out of the dialysis tubing.

Communication

Communication was essential for this lab because we worked in partners to complete it. My partner and I completed Part A of the experiment and needed to be able to work together to efficiently put together our beaker and dialysis tubing. My partner and I split up to obtain the materials needed and then came back together to help each other assemble the tubing and beaker. To fill the dialysis tubing we decided one of us would hold the tube and the other would use the pipette to fill the tubing with ten millimeters of starch. After the tubing was filled, my partner twisted the tubing and I tied the string to secure the starch inside. Finally when one of us was finding a clip to hold the tubing, I filled our beaker with distilled water. None of this could have been possible if we didn’t work well together and communicate well enough to divide up our tasks and efficiently complete the lab.

Where I’m From Essay

The Writing Process

I enjoyed all the steps throughout this process, some more than others , but I enjoyed them all nonetheless. My favourite part of the process was conducting the interview with my Opa since it was interesting to sit down with him and talk about stories that I would not have known otherwise. It didn’t feel like an interview, it felt more as though I was just chatting with my Opa and sharing stories and experiences, which made it easier to find an interesting enough story to write about. I learned a lot about how to ask the right questions to receive the answers I was trying to find, for example I learned that asking well worded open ended questions elicit a much more thorough response than a simple close ended one. The last thing that I really enjoyed throughout this process was the peer editing portion. It was very helpful to have my peers give their suggestions and it helped me find mistakes or parts I could improve on that I would not have seen otherwise. I like having feedback on my work in general but my peer editors gave exceptional feedback that was detailed and really did help me improve my essay quite a bit. Writing this essay was a bit of a new experience, especially the interview part, so it was a bit awkward at first but by the time I had my final draft I realized that I enjoyed all the fun parts, and I didn’t mind the not as fun ones too much either!

Core Competency Reflection

Evidence that I can acquire information about complex and specialized topics from various sources, synthesize it, and present it with thoughtful analysis can be found in… I proved that I can demonstrate this competency through my collection of information from my interviews, using that information to write a proper essay, and present the final product containing all of the relevant information verbally to the class.

I show that I value feedback from others in my group by… During the peer reviews I was given lots of feedback, which I took into account and added parts that may have been missing and followed advice about how to improve my essay further.

I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is… I demonstrated that I can follow and work with criteria because I had to rewrite portions of my original draft to make sure that it had all of the points necessary. After my work was reviewed by my peers I compared their suggestions with the criteria and added parts that would improve the final product and check off all of the criteria.

An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is… I spent a long while talking to my Opa to hear his stories and asked him to clarify when I wasn’t sure of a detail. This ended up taking quite a long time and I had many recordings of different interviews that I took to go in depth about the stories he told me.

My Paper

Social Studies 10 Reflection

WWII Propaganda Poster

Socials Reflection

Self Reflection

This assignment shows my artistic abilities I think because I drew the entire poster myself and I colored it all in too. I think that this shows the Creative Thinking Core Competency because I had to think creatively to come up with a design for the poster that would meet the criteria and I think that it made me think creatively to find something that looks good and promotes the idea of going to war during WWII. During this project I learned about how the government wanted young men to join the army and fight during WWII so that they didn’t have to make conscription a rule.

Core Competency Reflection

I ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener, I chose this competency because I think that I demonstrated this by asking questions about the criteria and the limitations of this project. I asked about different ways to do this project and different forms of media to demonstrate my learning, but went with the design of poster.

I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself, I chose this I can statement because I was proud of myself for this project and I liked what I did with this poster and my work was reflected in the marks that I got for it. I did feel and express a feeling of joy when I received a good mark on this project and I’m glad I put in the work for it.

I work to inform myself about issues surrounding me, I demonstrated this because the poster was a project about WWII and that is a past issue that we were learning about. I think that even though it is not a current issue it is still an issue that is relevant.

I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others, I demonstrated this because I formed my own idea for the design of the propaganda poster but I also looked at past examples of posters for inspiration and to get me to think. I built on the ideas that others had come up with and I had combined it with my own ideas to create something entirely new.

I recognize my emotions and use strategies to manage them, I think that I need to work on this because my emotions dictate my life and can end up with missing assignments and being behind in class for me. I think that if I can regulate my emotions better then I would be able to be more productive and not fall behind in class.