In this class, thinking played a significant part, i learned to thoroughly look through my writing and think about if this was the best that i could do. I reflected on how to answer and write questions properly and do the best i could.
Communication
During class while we learned about Julius Caesar and Macbeth, if i had a question about something i would be able to communicate with the people around me to answer my question. While talking with my peers, if someone had a question it would lead to a discussion, while discussing we would be able to look through different perspectives and be understanding of everyone’s views and opinions.
this is my project on the battle of Salamis. me and my partner worked together to put the project together and communicated a lot throughout the project. Throughout the project sometimes it was hard to communicate as sometimes there were times when we miscommunicated and missed the timings we set resulting in somethings not getting fully done and having to complete the project the night before and the day of. We overcame these problems by talking and texting each other to find out how we were going to finish the project and present it. A strength I had during this project was the research component, i was able to look through sources and put that information into our project while expanding on it, a struggle i faced while working on this project was communication, while working on this project we had difficulties working out when to work on the project and who was doing what part.
My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include looking for websites and comparing them to see if the information from a website is correct. a strength in this area was gathering relevant information and comparing them to other websites, an area where i think i need to improve was properly putting that information into the project while properly explaining what it meant.
I chose communication for this artifact because i did struggle trying to answer some of these questions, i communicated by asking my teacher for help but also the people around me as we tried to figure out the answers together. I also learned to speak more freely about needing help with a question as before i was not as comfortable to do so. Even though i did learn to speak when i need help i would like to grow more in this area as i still am not very comfortable with asking for help in other classes.
●1) Red oak ( Quercus rubra) Silver maple ( Acer saccharinum) These trees and more are common in Hamilton. Silver maple cannot grow in dry soil while red oak can tolerate a wide range of soil types, but they don’t tolerate poorly drained or waterlogged soil. Possible jobs could be Lumber, Park ranger, Soil Technician
●2) Lake Ontario is why I placed this where it was, Lake Ontario is one of the five great lakes in north America, even if lake Ontario is one of the five great lakes it’s the smallest out of the five. Lake Ontario Is a freshwater lake. Depending on where you want to swim, you can swim in lake Ontario. Possible jobs could be Lifeguard
●3)The Hamilton Conservation area has lots of hiking trails all year round that people go to. Its like a giant year-round 10km hiking trails with towering pine forests and meadows. Possible jobs could be park ranger
●4)Hamilton normally is free of snow every year from June to September, though if it does happen to snow in Hamilton, its usually less than five centimeters. Big snowstorms normally occur three times a year with ten cm a day. Possible jobs could be weather reporter, snow shoveler
I chose this for me because GIC is a secure with investments. you also get money at the end of your term. the bad thing about GIC is that you will get taxed on the interest earned if the GIC is held outside a registered account. I’d say GIC is more for me because I don’t really like taking risks so I would go with GIC because it has little risks unlike stocks, yes you can get more money but that would require giving up more with a higher chance of failing.
Collaboration and Contributions:
Working with my group was okay, I didn’t communicate with them at all.
I contributed by occasionally plugging numbers into my calculator and showing them, the other people in my group contributed to my learning by communicating and explaining what they were doing.
There was other solutions, I chose the one that I felt made somewhat sense for me.
I would rate my communication in that group a 1. I did not talk at all in that group and I occasionally participated by using my calculator and showing them, not even telling them what the number was, just silently showing what was I got in the calculator.
Core Competency Reflection
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I occasionally turn off my device and take a look at what I’m supposed to do and try to understand it if I start to zone out.
Collaborating
When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I sometimes speak up and try to understand what we are trying to do. Depending on the subject I try to converse and listen to others.
Creative Thinking
When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I tend too leave it and come back to it later to try and refresh my mind, sometimes when I leave something and come back to it later I think of something and can work off that.
Critical and Reflective Thinking
I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in my justification part of the assignment.
When I was doing the first sketchbook I was able to talk to people if I needed help and also just to communicate with the people I know and to make jokes so that I was able to talk to them more during class and during lunch. I was able to ask the people I know and were comfortable with questions and listen to them explain it back to me so that I would be able to understand the drawing more or the assignment better. I would talk to the people I know preferably the people that were close to me so that I didn’t have to get up and walk to where they were so I usually asked the person closest to me that I was comfortable with questions about the assignment or just random questions.
I figured out what my character looked like because her cousin describes. I chose those plot points because I found them easier to answer. Setting in Story’s can be hard to find but I found the setting of my story because it ended up telling where it was set, but if you can’t figure out the setting you can look for cities and locate the country. Mood means what the characters in the novel / movie are feeling in that moment or how people are feeling if there are multiple people inside the room, I chose that music because it fitted the novel the best since the book was more mysterious and calmer in a way.
Core Competency Reflection
Personal Awareness and Responsibility:
I can need to boost my mood or re focus I tend to take a small break to clear my mind and start fresh.
Creative Thinking:
An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when I can ask for an idea and slowly change that idea into something more, I usually ask for an idea and then add things to it or take out the things that wouldn’t fit the theme that I’m going for.
Communication Prompts:
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in group discussions or group projects, I sometimes pitch ideas to others in hopes that they can use that idea or turn it into something better.
