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Favorite Recipe

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Shakshuka

Making and Sharing

The procedure for making this recipe started the day before we had to cook. The day before, we prepare the recipe, and we read over the recipe to know what we need to do. Usually, the day before we also have a demo which the teacher does. On the day we have to cook, we review the recipe twice and sometimes make some changes if necessary. This recipe was for the whole table group, but there were only three people that day. So, each one of us had a small job so that the making of the dish was more efficient. For example, each one of us took care of one type of veggie. In this recipe, we practiced knife skills since there were a lot of veggies we had to cut. We used a cast iron to make this dish, we sauteed all the veggies there. We also had to use the oven so the eggs could get cooked by being baked. This dish consisted of eggs being baked into a tomato sauce with veggies. Since the dish was so big it was meant for the whole table group, but that day we were only 3. The dish was so good we ate it all in class, we of course divided it equally. This recipe went very well, especially because we gave ourselves some jobs, for example, one person would take care of the peppers while another would take care of the onions, in my case I took care of the mise en place of the eggs, spinach, and feta cheese. Giving ourselves jobs made us more time efficient so we had more time to sit down and enjoy the dish instead of being rushed.

Core Competency Reflection

I show others that I truly value their contributions by… Asking their opinion on what they think about the recipe. I also asked them what they would like to work on, for example, if they want to be unit or ingredient person.

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include… Asking my peers if they had an answer or if they could help me out. If I’m able to, I will search for some information, since some information can only be collected from the internet.

One goal that I have for myself going forward is that I want to be able to complete all the theory work from the recipes as soon as we are done making the dish, or the day after. If I have time before school finishes I will take that time to complete the theory work, if I don’t have time to complete it during class time, I will try to complete it at home or during lunch.

My Parabola

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The image below shows two parabolas. The Blue parabola represents the parent function. The Red parabola is my own function.

Equation of my own function.
Equation of parent function.

What is a, h, and k? How does it affect my parabola?

The values a, h, and k can be found in the equation y=a(x+h)^2 +k.

How “a” affects my parabola and what it means. “a” is the coefficient at the beginning of the function that controls how stretched or compressed the parabola is. If “a” is bigger than one then the parabola will become compressed as when “a” is smaller than one or a fraction it means it’s going to be stretched out. It also represents if it becomes reflected. If the “a” is negative then it parabola will become reflected. In the case of my function the “a” is bigger than one so it became more compressed than the parent function. It is also a negative, therefore it became reflected.

How “h” affects my parabola and what it means. “h” represents how the parabola shifts but in a horizontal way. If the “h” is positive in the function then that means the parabola shifts to the left, while if the “h” is negative in the function that means it shifts to the right. The “h” also represents the “x” point of the vertex. My parabola is shifted to the left because the “h” value is positive and that is how it affects my parabola.

Lastly, the “k” value. The “k” represents how the parabola is shifted vertically. This means that if the “k” is positive then the parabola is shifted upwards while if the “k” is negative then it’s shifted downwards. The “k” also represents the “y” point of the vertex. In my function the “k” is negative and that’s why my parabola is under the x-axis since it shifted downwards, unlike the parent function.

Self – Assessment

  1. How did you represent the same mathematical idea in multiple ways in this assignment? The same mathematical idea that I represented in many ways was the “a, h, and, k” values. The way I represented these was in two ways. The first one was in my own parabola so in graph form, where the “a” is -2, the “h” is +5, and lastly the “k” is -2. I also represented the values in words by having to explain what each value meant.
  2. State the relevant mathematical vocabulary words you used to demonstrate your understanding. In every explanation, I tried my best to use mathematical vocabulary. For example, when I was talking about the “a” value I talked about how it stretched or compressed. I also talked about how it reflected. I also stated several times words like parent function, parabola, shifted, and more throughout the other explanations.
  3. How did you use formatting to share this information in a clear and organized way? The way I formatted my desmos graph by having both parabolas in one photo makes it easier and clearer to see. Me explaining what the colour of the parabola represents, makes it easier for the person to understand, which function is which in the photo. The captions for the equations also make it easier to understand which parabola is the parent function and my own function.

Favourite Recipe

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Cast Iron Skillet Pizza

Making and Sharing Reflection

Making: While making dishes we need to use a lot of food, for example for flavor or even for garnish, we of course need to minimize waste. To accomplish this we need to use every little thing, and only take what we are going to eat. However, sometimes we take way too much, so what we can do is that we can ask our partner or our table group to see if they want any more and that way we don’t waste. For example when making the pizza I took way too much spinach so I asked my partner if he wanted any more, there is a chance that when asking our partner they might deny so what we can do is to just add the ingredient to our dish and hope for the best. Another way that we can minimize waste is that when we are chopping our ingredients we cut everything we have to not waste and for example if it has a root then we chop the closest to the root if its possible.

Sharing: Deciding on who to share my food that I have made in class isn’t a hard thing. Whenever I make food I’m happy to share with my family and friend if there is enough. I enjoy knowing what their opinion is on my food and that’s one of the major reasons I share them, not only do I enjoy to see that they have liked it, but the also suggest what I could improve on. If there are a lot of pieces then I also eat one or just one half and then the rest I bring it to my family. However, sometimes we cook things that we need to eat at school and aren’t able to take home, so I always suggest that I could someday make it for them at home so they can enjoy it how I did.

Core Competency Reflection

While working in the kitchen, I help to build and extend understanding by… helping my partner or table group if they are struggling to do something or either they don’t understand how to do something. I also to help extend my understanding I’m always asking questions to make sure I’m doing the right thing, I either ask first my partner, and if they don’t know, then ill ask my table group and, if they don’t know then ill ask the table group next to ours and the if they don’t know ill ask the teacher to help me understand better.

I show others that I truly value their contributions by… Asking them questions about the topic that is being discussed, so I can know what is their opinion. I also ask them how they would do a certain something to see if it would be easier to do it their way or another person way. If we are doing another food Off then I would ask them what they think we should for our meal and then ask if everyone agrees and disagrees.

As an active listener, I notice that I … tend to focus better when I’m cooking, since the teacher does demonstrations I find it was easier cooking since I was paying attention and listening very clear. I also notice that when I’m all ears I can answer questions faster since I know the answers since I have been listening.

English 9 Final Reflection.

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My Artifact

This is a poem I made in English with the theme being Love Poems.

Curricular Competencies Reflection.

What I learned during this assignment was trying to fit in the requirements which took a lot of thinking, and how to use them, for example, I had to have at least 1 metaphor, 1 simile, 1 personification, and 2 senses or more used in the poem. After this assignment, I feel like I improved my writing skills since this was one of my first times writing a poem with those requirements, and I had to redo the poem a few times because the poem wasn’t properly structured.

Core Competencies Reflection.

In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… repeating what the speaker had said in my way and in a less complex way. To help build conversations, I would find more information on the topic that was spoken and get the opinion of my peers.

The ways I communicate at school differ from how I communicate with the family in these ways: I come from a Spanish/English speaking household, when I communicate with my mother I speak to her in Spanish, with my father and brother I communicate with them in English, so my communication will vary, depending on who I’m talking to.