My hockey season with the Centennial Hockey team went really well this year. We were able to pull off the win and secure first place for the cup. I am really excited for my last season coming up next year and am hoping to become back to back champions.
Areas to Improve
Goals
Action Plans
Place first in next years season
Really focus on improvement in practices with the team.
Place first in our lacrosse season next year
Working on improving my game with draws and creating opportunities.
Achieve Honor Role with distinction this year
Finish off my classes strong with keeping up on assignment and reviewing for tests
Raise up my grade for Bio
Really prepare for the last unit test and our final
The easy part of the essay for me was the interview as my mom lives with me so I did not have trouble getting in contact with her. What was difficult was using this information to create it into sections for my essay. Trying to think about what I should lead off with, what should I use for my conclusion and everything in the middle. I also had to think about what would be interesting to portray in my essay and what would be appealing to my readers. When I was interviewing my mom some of her stories surprised me because they were never mentioned before and gave me a different view of her. Something I took away from doing this project was being able to gather information from someone and using it to create a story. I found it to be an excellent way of showing my work and found it generally fun.
Core Competency Reflection
My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include using the information I gather from my interview to make an essay. Turning specific stories into introductions and conclusions and making a story out of it.
I have valuable ideas to share about my mom and do so by creating a story about where she came from and how she made me who I am today. Representing every aspect of her to be able to create an essay that shows her qualities and what makes her my mom.
An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is my mom. This essay shows the time and effort I put in to create a story about her life. How the decisions she made came to make me who I am today.
An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when I used the information I gathered from the interview and used it to create a story. Being able to represent my ideas in a professional matter that also makes it more interesting to read and learn about.
Goal
I remain open minded as I explore viable options or alternative approaches, like when I
I feel I need to be working more on this as not only in English but other classes will help me succeed as with problems there is always a different way to solve it. Always another way to get through it, but it might take a little longer to achieve the goal in the end.
Shows the mark I got on my Virus Project Logan, Luca, Darian and I worked on for Rabies.
Core Competency’s
(I can work with others to achieve a goal.) This is demonstrated with the outcome of our project getting the mark we wanted. (I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.) I felt really pleased with the end result of our project because of the group effort we put into making the model and filming the infomercial. (I can find it easy to be part of a group.) My group was really easy to work with as we new what each others strengths were and used that to help make the video and the model. This also helped with being able to finish it on time as we all wanted a good mark and were willing to put in the effort to make it count.
This is a predator in action gathering food (licorice)
· I demonstrated that I can collect and analyze evidence when I documented how much prey was caught in the different environments.
· I demonstrated that I can connect evidence I collected to big ideas when I am demonstrating how natural selection occurs in wildlife by doing this lab.
· I demonstrated that I can make predictions based on evidence when I can calculate a percentage on how many prey are surviving in each environment. Each number will help me predict what will happen to future generations of this prey.
For my artifact I chose my Unit 4 conversation I did in partners with Marko Andjelic
I can statements:
I can form new ideas to create new things. – I chose this one because as soon as we created an idea for our conversation we just kept building it up into a whole scenario.
I can analyze evidence to make judgements. – I chose this one because we had to use certain vocab words for full marks and had to figure out where to put in the words and make them flow with the rest of the conversation.
I consider more than one way to proceed in an investigation. – I chose this one because since Marko was working with me he also had his own ideas on how the conversation should go. What we should talk about, what’s the scenery, are we doing and activity etc. This had me think of the multiple ways we could write the converstaion.
I can reflect on my thinking. – I chose this one because I had to go through our vocab worksheets to find words to fill the sentences which involved a lot of thinking and seeing does this makes sense, did I conjugate this right. We also had to do some review to make sure we were pronouncing the words correctly.
My Goal
I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, and I expect setbacks and failure, but use that to develop my ideas.
I’m going to work on this for my future because there is always going to be setbacks in not only school but the rest of life and learning how to deal with it will really benefit me. It will help me grow and become more stable minded and not be so defeated every time I come into failure or a minor set back.
(My parabola is in Red the Original parabola y=x^2 is in Blue)
The Differences of Each Parabola
The (A) value or in my equation 4, decides if the parabola opens up or down. If its is positive the parabola will open up but if its negative it will open down. The (A) value will also create the width of the parabola since 4 is a whole number it makes the parabola narrow. The smaller the number the wider your parabola will be but the bigger your number the skinnier your number will be. My equation has a greater number which makes the parabola skinnier but the original equation has a smaller number making it a wider parabola.
The (H) value in my equation -3 represents the horizontal (how far left or right) the vertex will be on the X axis. The vertex is (3,-6) and putting it into vertex form changes the sign of X so 3 becomes -3. What makes this different then the original y=x^2 is the H changes how far left or right the axis of symmetry will be. It goes over 3 but in the y=x^2 it doesn’t shift at all so it stays at 0.
The (K) value in my equation represents how far vertically or (up and down) the vertex will be. The -6 in (3,-6) is the y value so its showing the vertical axis of the vertex. The difference between the original equation and my equation is it doesn’t have a K value so it does not move up or down meaning its just 0.
Self-Assessment
Give an example from this assignment where you represented the same mathematical idea in three different ways?
First I wrote what my equation is, I then graphed that equation using Desmos to create a visual representation. Lastly I explained the parts of my equation and how each value is used on a graph to make easier to understand what your looking at.
Give an example from this assignment where you used mathematical vocabulary to demonstrate your understanding.
“The (H) value in my equation -3 represents the horizontal how far left or right the vertex will be on the X axis.”
Give an example from this assignment where you used formatting to share the information in a clear and organized way.
To give a visual representation of my equation I used Desmos to help graph my equation and the original equation to better show the differences between both parabolas. By color coding them made it easier to show both separately on the same graph.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I like to take a break from the work I’m doing and do something else. Sometimes when I’m doing homework and I just need a break I’ll go help my parents with something whether it be cooking or help doing chores. I find it helps take my mind off the work at hand and refocus and when I come back to the work I have a clear mind making it easier to be more productive. Also since I play sports that also helps me not feel so drained when I have to do work. I’ll do some of my work go play my hockey game and come back to finish the rest of the work. Another thing I do to help boost my mood is playing video games with friends. It always makes me happy to be able to relax and just play video games with friends and not worry about what I’m doing in the moment.
Creative Thinking
Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are being able to converse with people I don’t usually talk too. When ever I’m doing group work I always like to talk to people to get to know them and see what they’re like. I find that helps make the group work more productive because I encourage people to share their thoughts and ideas. It also helps get the people who are a little shy talking to people to make them feel comfortable in their environment. Another skill I have is not being afraid to ask questions which I feel is very important in creative thinking. Whether I need to ask the teacher for advice on something or what I should do instead to help solve the issue. I also might ask another student to get their advice and here their ideas because its always nice to here ideas from someone my age.
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle include eating healthy, exercise and doing school work. With eating heathy I don’t mean going on a diet or following some sort of plan I just eat in moderation. With each meal I like to have a bit of protein, vegetables and carbs. Sometimes I will eat maybe a pizza or a burger but I do that in moderation which personally is the best way of eating healthy without having to resort to a diet. I don’t worry to much about what I eat because I know that regularly I’m eating healthy which makes easier to not think “oh maybe I shouldn’t eat that”. I get a lot of exercise with doing sports which I enjoy doing. I play hockey, lacrosse and soccer and they all keep me in good shape but to also help with getting stronger I like to go to the gym. I know some people may be intimidated by the thought of going to the gym but personally its a safe space. Every one that goes there is only trying to better them selves which is why I go. I feel good after my workout knowing I feel tired and I worked my hardest and when I can see the progress it makes me feel even better. After I’m done my hockey game and have come home from my workout I know I have homework to do. For me I feel its good to always stay on top of my school and hand it in on time. I’m trying to better myself at staying focused to finish my work as some subjects don’t come as easy to me and I know I have to practice those subjects. I always feel good getting the mark I wanted or an even better one on my assignments, it shows a sense of work ethic and motivates me to keep doing that.
