I can prevent some school-related stress by hanging out with my friends doing something that isnt school related with them, or i can also play games online and i also like to cook and bake whenever i feel stressed.
When I am feeling anxious about a test, I can calm myself by reviewing the material as much as i can with friends or myself better prepare for it. I also like to do breathing exercises to calm my nerves before a test and think about how free i will feel after its done.
When I am feeling down about school, I remind myself that while school is important i have other things that can cheer me up as well such as my friends or other hobbies that i have. I try to remind myself that their will be more opportunities to do better in a class throughout the year i just need to try harder and study more.
Some of the things I do to stay mentally and physically healthy include going to the gym and going on runs help me stay fit physically and runs are calming for me mentally too. I like to read from time to time or go to libraries since they are a nice quiet space where i can do what i want.
This writing piece shows what i think are my biggest strengths and weaknesses well. My biggest strength is how i am able to put ideas down and make it to my liking and fit it to my vision. I find it easy to gather ideas from things i have read or watched and put them into my own words and will continue to brainstorm my ideas like this in the future . My weakness is pruning i have a tough time looking back at my work for mistakes and things that should be stated in the paragraphs or sentences. I have a habit of reading my work like I’m speaking it causing me to say things that wouldn’t make sense unless said out loud this and proper punctuation will be things i will have to work towards to change in my writing.
Core Competency Self-Reflection
Writing is a challenge for me not overall, but specific parts that come with formatting a proper essay or paragraph. I find putting my ideas down and explaining them to other people easy. Since i do not have trouble putting something down in my own words. However when it comes to turning ideas into fully thought out writing. I struggle with finding the right words to connect my ideas together in a way that makes sense. I think writing about ourselves or making our own events up is easier then writing a story from someone else since it makes me think about the right words to describe someone else in a way that makes sense. I don’t really want to or do practice my writing outside of school even though i can recognize the importance of it.
The steps i took to create my self portrait were using hyperbolas, ellipses, circles, parabolas and linear lines. i decided to use mostly linear lines along with a parabola to form my neck and shirt since it was the best way to get the most real/accurate depiction of a real shirt and the build of my neck. for my chin i chose to use a parabola since it fit to oval look from my chin to my head ideally. for my nose i used half circles to describe my nostrils and a hyperbola for the main part since it gets the best size and curve needed for my nose. for my glasses and beanie shape i use the formula for the circle but changed it from squared to the power of 4 making the shape itself my rectangular and accurate to my head shape and the actual look of my glasses. Ellipses were good for my eyes since they have almond like shape without being too slim. Lastly i used part of a sin function to get the proper curve for my mouth by changing it to my needs and setting proper restrictions.
I can think about what I am going to convey and to whom I will convey it. I showed my ability to do this , when helping write down the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs in the letter. Where i was able think about the layout in my head and tell my partners how it should be written out.
I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener. I showed my ability to do this, when discussing with my partners on how we should word it. I was able to listen to my partners and offer up other suggestions if needed, on top of being quiet and respectful when others were speaking.
I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way. I showed my ability to do this , when i added fitting sentences and transitional phrases into our paragraphs. So our paragraph could flow like a normal complaint.
In this lab we were finding the molarity of the unknown acid by using titration to do multiple trials to use calculations to find the molarity.
Core Competency
In this chemistry lab i have showed that, I can take on roles and responsibilities in a group; i do my share. This was showed by me during the lab when we were setting up our equipment for the lab, i did my part by grabbing the base and acids we needed (NaOH and HCL), stirring around the solution to get the right amount of pink color (a very light shade of pink shown above) switching with my partner to add the bases into the acid, and cleaning up the dirty equipment after we finished using it.
A. It provided me with how people who are born indigenous or come from indigenous descent have been wrongly treated in the past. And it made me realize how much we have improved from our racist and discriminating pasts, while there are still major incidents that have been happening, ie “red dress day” which is for murdered indigenous woman. We are a lot more active in fighting for indigenous rights and at the rate we are going it should be even better in the future.
B. I learned different traditional indigenous ceremonies through reading my book, and also the fact of roles that indigenous people had back before the British came to North America. Like men were the hunter and gatherers and woman were their to take care of the children and village. The Traditional ceremony that was used a lot in the story was a smelling ceremony of burning a special grass to calm your senses and a pipe ceremony that did a similar thing.
C. I think it is to important read books from indigenous and other cultures because the experiences they might have had in their respective cultures can branch into their writing. so that people from all over the world can learn more of another culture through reading a book which supports the author and the culture overall.
D. I Would recommend this novel to anyone who is interested in the conflicts surrounding drug addiction, gang violence and the importance of learning ones culture, it deals with a lot about indigenous problems facing racism and stereotypes. And it is also good for people who want to learn more about these topics, but also don’t have the patience to read a normal novel or want pictures to help understand to tone of the story or the emotions of the characters.
Core Competency Refelction
This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: I select images from the words i choose, I look for the images that best find the describing details of the words so that the image i choose is what you would picture in your mind. For the words i try to find words that sound powerful and can start to create that sense of imagery in one of the five senses.
In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by: I help to extend and build understanding from listen to others talk and comparing the points they have to main and choosing certain things to say that match with someone other ideas. when i am going first i try to pick points that are easy to connect to and something that other people can relate to since it makes the flow of conversation start easier.
The significance of A,H,K had a big role in my equations in my purple, red, blue, black. A was the one who made my parabolas wider or more narrow and if i placed a negative on the A it was also responsible for turning it upside down. H was important in my purple and block equations since it was responsible for shifting my parabolas, left or right along the x axis by making the H negative it shifted to the left and by making it positive it shifted to the right and lastly for K it affected my purple and black equations by moving the graph up or down from the original parent functions.
I demonstrated the same mathematical equation in different ways by showing the i can graph it but also find the and write the equation for the parabolas and its different parts.
The parent function Y=x^2, Vertex which is the point that the graph is at its highest or lowest, Domain and range which are how far the graph goes on the x and y axis, mid point formula (x1+x2 /2) which gives us our axis of symmetry. The x and y intercepts which are found by replacing the x or y for 0 and solving for the other one, this shows us where on the x and y axis the parabola goes through.
i listed the vertexes all separated from each other and also put different colours for each graph to distinguish it easier and for the vocabulary i tried to explain in the simplest way possible while getting the point across.
The part of chapter 1 that I am most comfortable with is factoring I think it is the easiest to do for me overall since there are many ways to make the questions easier (perfect squares , difference of squares ,GCF and LCM)
The most difficult part of chapter one for me was solving while radical equations I think I have the basics down but sometimes when solving I do some wrong steps and I mess up the whole equation .
I usually learn new material best when I am working with a group of people who are on a similar level with me since we can all work together to understand when we are struggling.
I plan to prepare for the unit test by doing the chapter 1.8 review the workbook and some extra questions for the actual workbook chapters.
I have already done all the math practice worksheets as well as all the workbook questions that were assigned.
The statement to me means that even when faced with challenges that might be difficult for me at the time I can alter my learning and attitude toward those problems to solve them to the best of my ability with full explanations.
I demonstrated my critical and reflexive thinking in this lab by exploring outside of what i know about sushi normally and expanding upon that by judging this on its own before comparing it to other sushi i have had. I was able to ask myself questions about what made this different and also similar to other sushi i have had, while being able to judge if i liked it or if i didn’t. I also used what i have previously learned working as a sushi chef to make my roll and compare to what i made in restaurant and explore the different flavors.
This was during my Mac and cheese foods lab I’m proud of how well me and my group worked together during the lab itself and how much effort I put in on completely the lab questions on our recipes.
Communication
I can represent my learning and tell how it connects to my experiences.
I showed this in many of my food labs but I personally think I did it the most in the Mac and cheese lab in my work book. it has the most information written into it and I felt like I went more in depth for the questions on the back. but other then that I felt like me and my groups communication was on point and we were very organized and everyone was talking and it helped us connect and finish all of our tasks on time.
