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Spoken Language 11 Debate

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Drugs Without Incarceration

Resolution:

Individuals should have the right to determine which drugs they wish to consume without the threat of incarceration.

ProCon
Sienna Angelee
SophiaEshana

My Debate Reflection

Through the debating unit I realized I learn best by watching other debates and picking up strategies from those to help me improve. By doing this, it helped me learn and gain more strengths. I also tend to work better in a quiet environment and discussing certain debate strategies with my partner. This helped us work through the debate preparation smoothly and led us to win our debate. Although, something that I could have worked on is to speak confidently and could’ve practiced presenting my debate in front of someone to improve in that area. Throughout this debate I learnt that communicating is a big step to success to win a debate. When I was having difficulty with something in the debating unit, I usually asked my parents to debate against me to help me improve and look for possible outcomes that could happen during the actual debate. I also would ask my teacher to review my finalized work the morning of the debate, this helped me make some changes and/or add things to my debate. I also found that asking Chatgbt for counterarguments to help with my rebuttals and the debate itself was very helpful. I’m most proud of accomplishing and winning my debates, I really enjoyed debating and it helped me figure out what I may want to do for post secondary.

The Best Resource I Found

Economics of Legalizing Drugs | Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov)

I chose this link because it provides a lot of information that helped me throughout the debate. It helped support my arguments, especially during cross questioning. It also helped me learn more about the debate topic itself. I will most definitely be using this resource in the future.

My Favorite Quote

“The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not to end them” – David Gemmell

This is my favorite quote about debating because it’s true. Instead of ending the debate with the last say, we should further explore, learn and perhaps resolve issues. At the end of my debate it really unfolded how it was just done, when I wanted to say more. Which also ties to what I am saying now. I feel like I can say more and actually make a change by speaking up or even better by debating.

Works Cited

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Core Competency Reflection

Communication:

My strategies for collecting relevant information when I researched for my debate includes using Chatgbt to help provide me and my partner with counterarguments to rebuttal. We researched under each one of those counterarguments and used it to also help with our speeches. I also asked my parents what I could possibly add and asked them to debate with me to find any counterarguments within the debate between my parent and I.

Collaboration:

One of the ways I ensure my partner and I are clear on the common purpose is to share a document with each other and write up any information, links and our speeches under one. This helped understand which points and arguments each of us would do and to not use the same argument in each of our speeches. By doing this we also helped each other improve on our speeches. We also both worked on debates and discussed which ones we would use during the actual debate.

Critical and Reflective Thinking:

I remain open minded as I explored my topic and how I would develop my argument as evidenced by how much research my speech and my rebuttals had. Researching helped improve my debate a lot, as well as helped me be more clear on what I say during the speech. For example, during cross questioning I was able to back up my question or response with my research and somewhat rebuttal what they had said or questioned me on.

Creative Thinking:

When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I listen to music, take a break or re-read my whole debate to help calm myself or create space in my mind to think about what I can do or add. When I listen to certain music, it helps me stay calm and leads me to have a focused mind when doing work such as my debate. If I take a break I can take a breather, maybe a glass of water just to gather myself up again which then leads me right back on track to getting those good ideas for my debate. If I re-read my debate, I can stay calm and focused. By doing this I can add or change things to my debate.

Core Competency Self-Assessment – Titration

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Communication

Throughout this lab, I listened and followed directions with my partner. My partner and I carefully grabbed each equipment that was needed and got started. We knew who was doing what and began. If we needed help we would ask the teacher for help and approval before going further. In this lab my partner and I communicated well, especially the teacher and were very careful. As we went through each trial, we improved each time. This is because we talked out our successes and failures and improvement each time. We would get confused time to time or some things but would ask for help from those around us or the teacher, and we would try to understand and learn from it. In the end, we successfully accomplished our goal.

Son of a Trickster – Personal Connection Piece

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My Movie

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Curricular Competency Reflection

How did your journals support your preparation for your final assessments?

It helped my organize individual pieces of information. By doing this, I was able to collect that information and idea and use it for my other assignment. It’s an easy access of information that i can understand because I put it together.

b. How did the graphic organizer help you connect your novel(s) with the sub-themes?

I had different ideas and key points that helped me understand what the sub theme may be. For example, at first I thought my novels sub theme was identity but as I wrote down key points and ideas, I could see that the sub theme was actually relationships.

c. How did participating in the circle help you formulate your ideas for the essay write?

I could get an idea of how others may see the book, I could use that on myself and my own book. I noticed how thy might come up with certain ideas or how they may use their critical thinking skills. I gathered these ideas and kept it in mind for when it came to writing the essay.

d. How did you choose what you would do to create the personal connection piece?

I knew that I could use my creative thinking skills and apply that to the personal connection piece. I also knew that I can apply my knowledge of how to write to my piece as well and that exactly what I did.

Core Competency Reflection

When I need to boost my mood or re-focus I listen to music to stay on task or to concentrate. I also try to get things done on time so I can get things done and have nothing left to do. I re-focus when I gather up my idea and thoughts and then get back to working.

I appreciate feedback on assignments, projects etc and prefer it comes in the form of a criteria sheet or from an actual teacher. I always like it when they advise ways to improve so I can improve in my writing or just in general.

Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are by improving my work by using the feedback to improve. I have also gained more confidence from developing those skills and applying it to multiple things. These things could be either my school work or at work etc.

Brain Disorder Story Assignment Reflection

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  1. I take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share 

During this project, my partner and I set a plan of what to do with each slide. One person would make make the cartoon and write one cartoon on one slide and the other partner would do the exact same thing the next slide. 

  1. I work with others to achieve a goal 

My partner and I planned out what we would do each slide and step. While doing this we had been communicating throughout the whole project. By doing this we got our assignment done and got an excelling mark. 

Social Justice Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Collaborating

The power of narratives assignment really goes in with this prompt. This is because before doing this assignment or any, we get together and discuss about the issue before hand. We discuss what it is, who’s involved and we discuss our opinions on it. We all respect and listen while doing so. This helps us gain information, change our opinions and get ideas. I feel as though there are more strengths involving this prompt because of how much we collaborate throughout each unit. I give and share my ideas and opinions and so do others while respecting there’s. Myself and other peers listen and share. This way before doing an assignment we know what to do after and if one of us has a question on the topic, we discuss again and help one another. While doing the power of narrative assignment, we did just that. we discussed as a class or in group then shared our opinions and idea, this helped us understand each other and the topic itself. One thing I could improve on is sharing more ideas and opinions when sharing to the class or group.

Chapter 6 test and/or Chapter dialogue

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Core Competency

I feel like I could have done better on the test as I made some mistakes on the first part of the test as I did not study that part as much as I needed to, next time I will make flash cards for the ones I’m not so sure or confident about. On the other test I got better than I expected, I think I did pretty good on the spoken part. The tests itself I think I could’ve studied more and done more to improve.

Research Assignment

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Core Competency

What core competencies did you demonstrate with the Research Assignment?  Explain.

One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to…

 I ensured my group to stay focused and that we all get an equal share in the work. each person assignment to do a part in the project and eventually we all share what we’ve done to make improvements. 

I ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener 

As we did the project we’ve all asked questions to help one another. As we discussed and planned the project itself we were all open to ideas. Listened to each persons ideas on the project. By communicating and listening, our project improved each time. 

English Core Competency

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Something that I am proud of from this course is the Poetry Sheets we had done in class. This was an exciting part of the course. We learn how to write different types of poems in different ways then presented it in class. This was very exciting to do with my peers.

This was an representative for my Communication and how I shared my thoughts through poetry. Not only this but among my peers and teacher as well.

Games Written Assignment

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1) What strategies did you start with?


Once we formed our group of three we started working right away. Our first game idea didn’t go as to planned so, we started to think of basketball. Our last game was going to be a balloon popping game but it wasn’t approved. That got us thinking and we came up with the game idea called “All Star”. This was the start of our beginning. As we started to build our game we made changes throughout it. We planned as we made our game. We thought of the name of our game towards the end of our building process and what paints/designs we should use to make our game stand out.


2) How did those strategies change?


We were just going to have the game against a wall but we made a cardboard stand instead. Instead of using golf balls to shoot our shots into the cups we brought ping pong balls in instead. That way our game won’t become damaged and no one can get hurt. We also changed our points for each cup. As we kept testing our game we thought about the probability and the different chances people would get. This made us move around the ‘How to play the game’ and ‘point score’ of the game. We also changed the distance form the shooting area and where the game was. We moved the two closer for a better probability of getting the ball into the cup.


3) Were your new strategies successful?


As we made sudden changes we realized our game was really successful. Nothing broke, people understood the game and rules. This made many more people want to come to our game. We guessed that no one wants to play a game that is hard to understand so as we worked on those changes the game became a lot more understanding to our players.


4) Why or why not?


The changes were success because we planned out our games and made changes as we built our game. We also tested out our probability and made some changes from that. This helped to game become less difficult to play yet not easy to play.


5) Were there any patterns you noticed that helped you during play?


As people played we didn’t notice a pattern. When we were testing probability, we also didn’t notice much of a pattern. It really depends on your aim.


6) Are there “rules” you can generalize to someone to do well at the game?
There aren’t much rules to help you do well. More towards your aim. We suggest you throw underhand to get the ball into the smaller cups and overhand to get the bigger cups.

Favourite Recipe

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Thai Curry

Making and Sharing Reflection

Share and progress while making to gather feedback. Laying out the step for this Thai Curry was planned out successfully by my peers and I. We had discussed what we would each do when making it and had assigned each group member to make and/or help with the dish. By working together or by following a step by step plan we finished our product with a delicious dish. After we had tasted what we made we talked about the flavours, how does it look like and if we liked it or not; what would we change?

Core Competency Reflection

  1. Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…

Before we begin to cook or bake, we communicate with each other about the steps and what each partner will do while making this recipe. We also communicate clearly when cleaning up. Each person gets assigned a job such a washing dishes or special duties. If one person has nothing to do, they come in and help another group member out. For example dish drying, one person could be drying dishes while another can help put away the dishes.

2. I know the group is working well together when I hear/ see…

When I hear them working well together by communicating with each other, helping each other out and equally contributing in cooking or baking. Its also when I see everyone helping out either cooking, baking or cleaning. I can also see this when we are filling out our recipes. There is always someone who needs help filling out their sheet.

3. While working in the kitchen, I help to build and extend understanding by…

Planning every step out before beginning to work. We do this before we cook or bake or before we start cleaning. we can also help build and understand by helping each other out as we work. If someone doesn’t understand something while cooking or baking, we can help each other out by helping them with it. Trying to help them understand and learn.

4. My Goal: If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to…

If there is ever a disagreement we get stuck and we can’t find any ideas to help. Maybe asking the teacher if we can change the recipe a bit so we can contribute both ideas is a way we can help the situation. Myself and other in my group do need to find ways to work on this. I will continue to work on this goal for myself and others. I think I can expand my learning if someone doesn’t agree.