Category Archives: ADL

Reflecting On My First Year

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My Grade 9 Year

My first year of high school has been amazing. When I was in grade 8, I was so nervous for grade 9. I thought that high school would be so scary. I also thought that I would get lost in the school because it is so big. I’m looking back to middle school and the work we did, and it is nothing compared to high school work. It was a major change for me, but in a good way. Its good for me to go through major changes in my life because I cant have everything planned perfectly every time. I’m mostly proud of my self for making a whole bunch of new friends this year. I thought it would be very hard to make new friends, but really its not that hard! I’m also proud of how much I pushed myself this year. I have done a lot of things I thought I could never do.

My Favorite Website

Free Design Tool: Presentations, Video, Social Media | Canva

Canva is my favorite website to use because its super fun making posters for school projects, or even just making digital notes. I also like that it has so many options you can choose from. When I use this app it makes me get more creative! It also helps me to under stand more of the digital world.

My favorite video

This is my ADL English movie. I chose this video because I think the video really shows my learning in all sorts of ways. After making this video I was able to understand way more about power point and some other apps as well. So now I have a better understanding of how to use power point even more.

My favorite image

I love this photo because it shows these girls doing track, which I love running track. I’ve always loved running so I decided to join the high school track team. I’ve made so many new friends from doing something I love. Track has really pushed me in a good way.

My Favorite quote

“You Can Do It If You Believe You Can”

I choose this quote because I like to tell myself this when I’m feeling not as confident or self doubting my self. Once I tell myself this quote, I feel somewhat better. This is a good motivation for myself.

Work Cited

legion. “2019 National Youth Track and Field Championships.” Royal Canadian Legion New Brunswick Command, https://nb.legion.ca/2019/08/15/2019-national-youth-track-and-field-championships/. Accessed 1 June 2023.

Napoleon Hill Quote: “You Can Do It If You Believe You Can.” https://quotefancy.com/quote/871168/Napoleon-Hill-You-can-do-it-if-you-believe-you-can. Accessed 1 June 2023.

Touching Spirit Bear The Movie: Mrs. Matthew’s Story

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By: Avery

Our Movie

Plot, Character, Setting and Mood

· Explain how you figured out what your Avatar would look like.

We figured out that Cole has blonde hair, And we assumed that the mom had brown hair and the dad had blonde/ brown hair but we felt like he would be a bit older so his hair turned grey. We also added glasses to Cindy because maybe she liked wearing them so she could hide her eyes from the dad who she was afraid of.

· How did you choose the plot points?

We went back to the book and scanned through the book to see when the mom was mentioned in the book. Then we sectioned each part and put it into the plot points it belongs in.

· Explain how you figured out the setting in your story. Why is the setting significant to the story?

The way we found the main setting in the story for Mrs. Matthews is that we scanned through the book to find the parts where Mrs. Matthews was in. The setting is very important because she was included in the circle of justice meeting with a whole bunch of people. It showed how scared she really was of Mr. Matthews.

· Explain what the word mood means and how/why you picked the song that you picked?

The word “mood” means the book could be a certain mood, for example this book “Touching Spirt Bear” the mood of this book is Mysterious because the spirt bear is a big mystery and we don’t know what is going on with Cole’s parents at the moment. The reason we picked this song is because we thought it was a good calm background song. we didn’t want anything scary or exciting because that didn’t match the mood.

Core Competency Reflection

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is… When I ask my peers what they would write for… and I would use some of there ideas to expand our big idea to make our writing even better with all our thoughts put together.

I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is… Every assignment I do I put in my best effort. I always contribute in every group project. I make sure to read the rubric before starting to get a good understanding of what’s expected for us to do.

In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by… Asking my peers questions I have to build my understanding of a certain topic. If they don’t know the answer to my question I ask the teacher. This helps me be more confident with my work.

ADL- Collaboration and Solutions for Financial Literacy

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Avery Turcotte

Calculations

Year 1: $80,000 x 1.042= $83,360

Year 2: $83,360 x 1.042= $86,861.12

Year 3: $86,861.12 x 1.042= $90,509.29

$10,000 + $10,000 + $10,000 = $30,000 ( money you make each year for 3 years )

= $90,509.29 + $30,000 = $120,509.29

( Your goal ) $120,000 (15% $800,000 )

The goal was reached!

Data and solutions

I used Excel to make my graph

How did you find working with your group?

  • I think most of my group was learning and listening to what everyone had to say, and we were all building our knowledge of this as we go. I think we all worked well together.

How did you contribute to the group, and how did others contribute to your learning?

  • Generally, I find it easy to contribute to groups, but this project felt a bit more challenging because this material was very new to me, and I needed to listen really well. I felt like I was learning as we worked on it, so I was not always confident to speak up.

Did you use any other the solutions proposed by your group? Why or why not?

  • We solved it in a few different ways, as we were figuring it out but in the end I decided to stick with the safe route by doing the 3 year GIC.

How would you rate your ability to collaborate with others in your group on a scale of 1-4 (1 not good; 4- excellent)

  • I think I would be at a 2 for collaboration on this project. I am usually good with collaborating with groups, but this time I just was listening to everything everyone said, and I was learning and building up my knowledge of this topic.

Core Competency Reflection

I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener…

  • I ask lots of questions when I’m confused or I’m not clear on something. I also answer questions when I am able to. I also am very open to helping other team members when they aren’t sure, because talking about things helps everyone.

One of the ways I can ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to…

  • I try to ask questions throughout the project, so I’m not lost. Asking questions help me a lot, and even though this time I was wasn’t completely confident in the beginning, I eventually understood it.

I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear and organized way…

  • When I learn something new, I like to make nice, organized notes that relate to the subjects. This helps me a lot to be clear and neat and have notes to reflect on.

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include…

  • When I am confused or I do not understand things, asking for help and looking back at my notes really help me.

Why did I choose 3 year GIC

I choose 3 year GIC because I wanted to take the safe path and to just stick with 3 years GIC, I knew I was guaranteed to reach my goal and felt more comfortable taking a less risky approach .