This year i joined the volleyball team. I was really paranoid that i wouldn’t make the team because i saw the other players. Thankfully i made it on because i made new friends and connected with old ones!
2. I made many new friends and found out who I wanted to spend my next high school years with. I was able to find who made me happy and many memories for just this grade 9 year!
3. I made it onto the badminton team. Badminton was a sport I wouldn’t consider myself good at so when the coach asked me to try out i was super nervous. I’ve learnt many new skills and i’m super exited for the next season!
Areas to Improve
Goals
Action plans
Improve my public speaking skills
I’ll learn how to go out of my way and make new friends. I’ll try my best in the next year to raise my hand more and express my thoughts.
Practice for sports
ill ask some of my friends to help me practice for sports such as volleyball, track, and badminton hoping ill make it in the team. I was going to join some clubs and go for drop-ins to practice with other people.
aim for higher grades
As the school year is about to end i was a little disappointed in my grades. I think i could to much better but Grade 9 was the year to ease into things so i hope in the next years I’ll be able to lift my studying skills higher.
The hunger games project is a presentation that allows us to show our creativity in a way of persuasion. It is a visual project that can be in the form of a brochure, power point, or a poster. This was assigned to us to show our ways of advertising a make believe project to our peers.
it’s important to remember because it gives you a base in who your trying to persuade. It gives the viewer a brief description for who you’re trying to sell it to, and helps them imagine they’re in the moment too.
One form of persuasion that I think is the most important is to have is logical appeal. I picked logical appeal because I only argue through facts. Some way to surely persuade me is to have true facts that I cannot rebut against. Logical appeal is when you have a product that is surely beneficial to whoever you’re selling it to.
Eye appeal is important because it gives the viewer an image in their mind and something they’d enjoy to look at. Personally I can get really bored when only listening to whoever is speaking, a video or image keeps me engaged.
Core Competency Reflection
One strategy or activity that stimulated my imagination on this project was…
having the freedom to showcase our creativity. In my project I added animation on an app called “FlipaClip” because I love drawing! I’m not so good at public speaking so I added a voiceover as if it’s an actual commercial.
I respectfully advocated for my needs on this project by…
spending all the free time I had to work on the project. I was able to complete the project quickly and even allowed my teacher to look through it and tell me what I can fix. I was able to present the project with ease and I was super proud with how it turned out.
This is how I selected images and words to create impact for my planned audience:
I created my whole project, from the logo to all the perks. I selected my images from the voiceover to make it connect more. The rest of my images were all created by me!
I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is…
I wanted to do this whole entire project by myself to push myself out there. Another reason I also wanted to present by myself was to get some extra marks for being brave and going almost first. I can ask teachers and peers for reviews to help me see what I got wrong.
This year I enjoyed being able to meet new friends in different classes. I have many many close friends that I continuously talk to and go to for advice. This year I realized I learn best by being with others that can lift me up and bring the best out of me. I think I get super stressed during tests because I have no one to help me out and help me remember. If I am ever alone I rely on music as a stress reliever. When I am having difficulty with something, I usually just listen to music or doodle a little on the page. Some of my classes don’t allow us to have AirPods in, instead I use some of my hobbies like art as another source.
I chose Google because it was a cite that could always be depended on for answers. Google is that one source that every person uses on a daily.
My Favourite Video
This video was our very first match for volleyball. We had many mistakes but in the end of the season it was great.
My Favourite Image
this is a picture of our badminton season. I wasn’t really interested in badminton in the first place but tried out and made some new friends!
My Favourite Quote
UwU~ – ms illing
I couldn’t really think of a quote that seemed really deep and portrayed my grade 9 year, so I asked one of my favourite teachers for a little inspiration.
Works cited
Google. https://www.google.ca/?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm. Accessed 6 May 2023.
I used personal/ social learning to create this dish. I was able to use collaboration because we got together very well during this lab asking questions along the way. This lab allowed us to choose our own egg, we figured if we were going to make scrambled egg it would be more flavourful and unique. All of us conjointly wanted to bring our personal ingredients from home to make it to our liking. We all had tons of fun and even with small mistakes we made the best of it and fixed it up right away. One thing id do differently next time is expand our cooking. I think we wanted to keep it safe and Do scrambled eggs. Next time we should try and expand our creative thinking and try new ways to cook eggs.
Explain how you figured out what your Avatar would look like.
Throughout the story the author gave some little hints about what ally looks like.
How did you choose the plot points?
Considering I already finished the book, I made the plot points the titles each chapter.
Explain how you figured out the setting in your story. Why is the setting significant to the story?
When figuring the setting I chose parts in the middle because it contained the most action, and intensity for the viewer. the setting is significant because that’s what brings the reader or in this situation the viewer drilled in.
Explain what the word mood means and how/why you picked the song that you picked?
The mood is pretty uplifting watching ally learn how to be comfortable with school and with her classmates. I picked that song because it wasn’t so down and gives off a calm sound.
Core Competency Reflection
Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are…
I was able to learn how to create a little movie and designs using PowerPoint. if call myself a creative person so being able to express my ideas for an assignment is always exiting.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus,
If I am feeling stressed having a brain break is always soothing. I ask to go to the washroom and take my time, but once I’m back ill be as focused as ever.
I appreciate feedback on… and prefer it comes in the form of…
During assignments I like to ask my classmates or people around me to see if I’m doing right or not. its always helpful when the teachers are able to critique our work so we can have the best of grades. I like m feedback to be straightforward no sugarcoating I use it as motivation and help.
If there is a disagreement between the group I find it helpful to include everyone’s ideas within the assignment. If everyone is set on their own choices I think it would be better for everyone o find a way to interpret their ideas into one equal agreement.
When I need to boost my mood or re focus I… listen to music. Music is very helpful to calm one’s mind. If I am not able to get any sort of song to refocus I use other things to motivate me. Such as having little breaks in between if I get too stressed over one assignment.
Some of the ways I work to build and maintain relationships are… to always have an open mind. Many moments people may get aggravated over something someone said, but if you keep calm it’s helpful not just for the person but for you so you wouldn’t lash out on them. Being respectful is super helpful when someone isn’t as opened to you as you think.
In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by…
for my goal, I think I should share my ideas more often and openly suggest things instead of agreeing on one idea.
During one of our labs around DNA and my partner made a structure out of mini marshmallows, Twizzlers, and toothpicks. I really liked this lab because it was a hands-on activity with treats at the very end. Being able to learn about the DNA and how our bodies work really amazes me. The Chromosomes are coiled DNA with two strands that wrap around (Twizzlers). There are these things called bases that consist of two pairs A-T and G-C ( Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine) which the marshmallows represent.
Core Competency Reflection
If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to…
I find it helpful to include everyone’s thoughts within the final project. In this lab, I found it better for each of us to pick colors for each base (ex I pick two, then Rhiannon would pick the other two.) It was a better concept for each of us to contribute to the final outcome, even if it was such a tiny decision. When we disagree, I always like to look at their point of view, so I can see how to interpret their ideas. During past projects or labs, I did with classmates, it’s always good to keep a happy, calm mind. It’s not easy for any of us if someone gets annoyed that we didn’t pick their answer. Whenever I’m the one who gets angry or annoyed I have personal ways to calm myself down, like, taking a deep breath and reconnecting my thoughts, so I can become peaceful. These are the reasons why I think it’s best for all of us to somehow include everyone’s ideas, so everyone contributes somehow.
For this assignment, decided to keep a one-year GIC while having the remaining two years in stocks. During the one-year GIC I gained 92,800, but I’m unable to spend that amount until the very end. That’s why I switched to stock so I’m able to spend a couple more. With the 7.5% on stocks, I am able to gain a lot more to a total of 127,992 in total.
Lost year
And in the lost year, I still have the one-year GIC which concludes to 92,800 but then we switch to stocks with the losing year and that is a 6.9% loss to a total of 99,745.42.
End goal
In conclusion, I think being able to take a little bit of risk is good. I tried doing stocks and the GIC, if I lost, I only go down 20,255. If you are a person who’s overly cautious, you shouldn’t use the risk of losing that 6,9%. When gained in stocks the percentage equals 7.5% with a winning rate of 127,992 equalling an extra 7,992.
Collaboration
Personally, I think I worked well with my group. We were able to work together and finish the assignment, but also had some hard times trying to finish the questions. I think we could work on letting everyone help out and cooperate. Overall we worked well with the majority helping out and doing the work.
Since 1997 social media platforms have been ascending at extremely fast speeds. The more we are developing in technology, the more safely and health problems annunciate. One of the biggest ways of bullying is cyberbullying. Where you can hurt others while keeping a hidden persona. The reason these issues spread is due to posting and keeping up a social platform. Many citizens ranging from 13 to 30 have social media to post, talk, and much more. In which the term “digital footprint” comes into place a digital footprint is like memories, even if you try and try to delete it, it will never go away. That’s why whenever you’re posting or adding captions, always keep in mind the consequences of your actions.
Works Cited
‘What Is a Digital Footprint? And How to Protect It from Hackers’. Www.Kaspersky.Com, 9 Mar. 2022, https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/what-is-a-digital-footprint.
What Is a Digital Footprint? Definition – Meaning – Examples. https://blog.reputationx.com/digital-footprint. Accessed 27 Sept. 2022.
What Is a Digital Footprint?www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfICOt2uI80. Accessed 27 Sept. 2022.
Personal/Social Competency Reflection
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include…
Keeping a hidden persona on social media. Meaning not posting much but still being able to interact with my peers. It’s good to have a little amount of followers. Sometimes keeping that account on private has its pros. If your account is put on private, that allows the person to befriend people who they know personally. Not everyone you meet online is willing to just be your friend, so if you keep a low profile, you’re still going to be able to achieve that amount of followers and keep a low digital footprint.
Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are…
Talking online, but still being cautious about what I send. The most common way I contact my friends is through social media. While having that conversation, I always pay close attention to words or pictures II send. To maintain a good relationship with my peers I make sure the things I say are nice, occasionally some words may come out, but to build a deeper bond I try my best to limit those possibilities.
My values around (ex. Achieving high grades in school)… inform my decisions about (ex. How much time I spend on my personal devise engaging in recreational activities)…
While being a high school student has its ups and downs, it’s better to always attempt in trying to maintain a good grade. One of the ways for students to turn in homework on time is to focus on the work. Not so much stuff going on in the social world. Personally speaking, as a student with social media, it’s easy to get distracted and forget about the homework due the next day. It’s great to take breaks once in a while to look at the messages, but to maintain that high GPA being able to focus and pay attention to the work is great support. It’s also healthy to go off a device for a few hours to reconnect.
