When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I try to sort out who is doing what part.
Some things I think about before dividing tasks among group members include making sure each person is happy with the part they are doing.
I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in this when I use quantitative data sourced by cited websites that are trusted and use backed up information.
In my green equation, I had h=8 (appearing in the equation as a negative 8) which moved the axis of symmetry 8 places to the right. In that same equation, k=3 which moved the vertex up by 3 spots. In my blue equation, the same rules applied for h as they did in the green equation, but this equation had a=-1/3 which set the parabola facing down due to it being negative. Because a was over 0 and less than 1, this caused the parabola to be less narrow than the others. In the purple equation, h was instead a negative number, appearing positive in the equation. This moved the axis of symmetry to the left instead. a was over 1, which made the parabola much slimmer instead. k was a negative number, making the vertex below the x-axis by 4. In the black equation, a was equal to 1/8. This made the parabola much wider than the other ones. This proved that the smaller the fraction, the wider it would be.
Self-Assessment
I presented the same mathematical equation in different ways by either excluding different variables, making them negative/positive, and by changing the numbers of the variables.
I used vocabulary words such as vertex, parabola, and axis of symmetry. The vertex is the point where the parabola begins, a parabola is a symmetrical curve which is made using a quadratic equation, and the axis of symmetry is a line down x-axis where the parabola is split in half and is symmetrical on each side. I used these words from memory.
I made formatting easy and clear to read by making sure to not overlap parabolas by much, and by making sure the vertex labels were out of the way from other lines. I made sure that the lines, points, and labels were all colour coded as to not be confusing.
Harajuku fashion looks a lot different and unique than most clothing I’ve seen. I don’t think it’s something that would become popular in Canada because people are a lot more basic here. Harajuku fashion is very flashy and it would not be very liked here. I think I liked most of the fashion there. I like the way that they are more free to express themselves through their clothing, unlike we are here. I think their outfits are a lot more creative and cute. I think it’s a lot more common in the younger generations because of social media and the way everything is changing. Fashion isn’t entirely important to me, and mine is influenced by what I can find that I find comfortable and that I think looks good on me. My fashion style is okay in my opinion, and I think I’d like it more if stores had more variety. I can never find clothes I like in stores, and any online usually are cheaper quality.
I think Japan is more creative with their sandwiches, because in Japan things are made to be more “aesthetic” or unique. A lot of the things there are very visually appealing or “strange” to what we have here. In Canada, our sandwiches are very basic, or loaded with filling. Usually things aren’t made to be as good looking as they are in advertisements, and lately people have tried to make more of a “healthy” alternative to the things we eat.
The most creative meal I’ve had was moose meat with bannock made by my kokum. While I’m not sure if it’s considered creative, it’s certainly more interesting as moose meat is not something people usually eat, at least not around here. I think it would be good as a sandwich, as the moose meat was better than I thought it would be, and bannock is already a bread.
Bannock
I’d be most excited to try a fruit sandwich, because they look pretty and they look like they would taste good. I think those types would also be fun to learn how to make, because once you master it, it would be quite accomplishing.
I would eat Anpanman’s head because he offered it to me so it’s probably good.
This year what I enjoyed most was making connections and building relationships with my peers. With different people in each class, I learned to be more social and made friends. I overcame the challenge I’ve always had with talking to people and being less quiet. All of my life I stayed quiet around most people, and this year I’ve stopped doing that so much.
I chose Wikipedia because I used it to help me in a lot of my assignments. In social studies it was good help for learning about people or past events. Wikipedia is commonly used with other people too.
My Favourite Video
I took this video during my English class, and I found it pretty cute. I like geese so I sent the video to my friends who also liked it. I chose it because I remembered this moment really well.
My Favourite Image
This is a picture of my friends stuffy that I borrowed. While I was in English, I took multiple photos of him and put little captions on them where I then sent them to my friend. This pose was him in meditation position.
My Favourite Quote
My favourite quote relating to school would be “Do what is right, not what is easy.” Which is said by Roy T. Bennett. I use this one when I’m doing work. I end up wanting to do things easy but messy, and it helps me remember to try.
I did the avatar for Garvey by just using my imagination. In my mind I imagined he looked like my uncle so I went a bit based off of that. We chose the plot points remembering what had happened in the story, giving each other ideas as we went on. The setting was given through reading the story, the setting is important because it sets the mood for the whole thing. Mood kind of means the emotions and feelings set for the whole thing, and that’s what helped us pick the song.
Core Competency Reflection
When I need to boost my mood or refocus I... Take a break and listen to music to boost my motivation.
Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are… Giving myself a moment to picture what’s happening in the book.
In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… Giving ideas that can be built off of.
Japan schools vary from Canadian schools in a lot of different ways. They’re a lot stricter with things and you have to wear a uniform. Uniforms look nice and can identify which school you might be from, but I wouldn’t like it because there’s a different mood on different days, and they also may not be the best in certain weather. They also have the teachers switch classrooms instead of having the students switch, which is also something I don’t like as much because when the teacher only stays in one class, they put more personality into the decorating. I wish that centennial would have more clubs, like Japan does. It would be a good way to meet people with similar interests. I think that students here should have more responsibilities in the school in terms of cleaning, though I would prefer there not to be as much as Japan since I don’t like cleaning. It would make it less of a responsibility for just the custodians and it is good to help out.
What I did well and how I can improve my Japanese study habits
For this course, I did well memorizing the hiragana chart and some words and phrases, I could work on handing in homework on time and actually studying it more, I could also work on pronunciation.
Core competencies
An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is… The words on the vocab sheets, and how to form sentences properly.
I appreciate feedback on… How I can make the sentences I form better.
A long term goal for myself is… To remember all that I have learned during Japanese. I will do this by studying the sheets every once in a while.
How will you continue your Japanese language acquisition over the year?
I will continue with learning apps or tools.
If you could travel back in time, what study/language advice would you give yourself or others?
I would tell myself to study ahead of time for quizzes.
