Socials Studies 10: Final Reflections

Semester Reflection

One of the highlights of this semester in Social Studies 10 was working on our group board game project. Our goal was to create a game that represented the major themes of a historical decade, and my group chose the 1960s, focusing specifically on the Vietnam War. We designed a game that used similar mechanics to “Risk” and recreated the Vietnam map to simulate how the war was fought between the U.S. Army and the Vietcong. Through this project, I had the chance to apply several important skills.

I gather and synthesize information to develop logical conclusions, such as when we researched how the Vietnam War was fought and used that to shape our gameplay mechanics. We didn’t want to just give players facts after the game—we made sure the game itself taught them something. Players had to build armies and manage funding just like the real sides did. By blending historical details directly into the gameplay, we gave players a sense of what decisions and pressures the sides actually faced during the war.

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when I reviewed ideas from other group members and suggested changes to improve how the game played. For example, if something didn’t make sense or didn’t flow well, I gave suggestions on what I thought would work better. This helped make sure the game was not only historically accurate, but also fun and easy to understand. Our final game was playable, enjoyable, and made sense without players needing to ask a bunch of questions.

I helped make sure the group was accountable to each other by doing my part in printing out the needed pieces and cutting them out, as well as helping color the map to give it a polished and visually appealing look. I made sure to contribute wherever I could, whether it was through hands-on preparation or giving feedback on how to improve mechanics. We all worked together with a shared goal, and I tried to make sure everyone’s ideas were valued and that we stayed on task.

This project helped me grow in multiple ways—not just in understanding the 1960s, but in how to work better with a team, improve ideas through feedback, and turn research into something engaging and educational.

Science 10

Science 10 – Core Competency Reflection Writing

Critical and Reflective Thinking

I think I’m not doing great but I’ll keep trying until the end. I think I did a decent job at handing in my work even if it’s a bit later than usual. There a few areas that I could improve on in this course which is getting better marks for tests and handing assignments in on time. I’ll work harder on these aspects next year so that I won’t fall behind as hard.

Personal Awareness and Responsibility

Some personal goals I set for myself in this course was to get decent marks so that I can pass. I don’t think I’m doing a good job at that but I do hope that I am able to pass this course. Along the way, I found ways to keep myself focused while working on assignments by just blocking outside thoughts out of my head. Whenever I find a situation to be challenging, I can usually figure it out by myself.

Communicating

I expressed my way of learning through writing out how I interpret certain things. I think I’m good at short answer writing since I can make concise and clear answers with little words. A way of communication that I could improve upon is probably orally since I do not converse with classmates too much outside of group work time. For next year, I can improve on this by getting to know my classmates more so that I can become comfortable with reaching out to them for help on things.

Something I Improved on for this Semester

During this semester, I think I got to learn that precise details comes a long way when making a record about something since that is usually where most marks come from. I improved that skill in two of my other classes where precise details was needed.

Comments on this Course

I don’t have much to say about this course since it has it’s ups and downs. I didn’t have a lot of fun doing it besides the labs we had in semester 1 which were pretty interesting. I don’t know if I could provide feedback so that this course can be improved but it was alright to say the least.

Career Project

Career Life Project Presentation

Curricular Reflection

In life, I will be forced to make many decisions that would determine my outcome in life. Picking a career goal of what I want to do is going to be my most important decision. In this course, I have learned how to manage my money, what careers suit me best, creating a balanced schedule, and how I should prepare for future job interviews. I want to be able to attend a post-secondary that lets me advance my skills in a career choice I pick. I’ll hone my skills to be able to prepare for a job that I want.

Core Competency Reflection

  1. I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself.
    Whenever I finish a major part of a project, I feel joy knowing that I am slowly finishing it in the way I want it to be. I am proud of the work I submit and although it may not be my best works, I can still find my assignments to be good enough.
  2. I can identify how my actions affect the community or environment and I can make positive change.
    I can notice the changes within my environment by how I act and will adjust according to that as to make the work space for all my peers to be comfortable. I will make inputs and add on to my classmate’s ideas as to keep the thought process going for everyone.
  3. I can tell the difference between facts and opinions.
    Being able to tell the difference between these two things is what helps me record my information better when researching a topic. Many articles or websites often have facts and opinions collide so it’s great that I can distinguish the two things as to get the information I need.
  4. I can reflect on my thinking.
    I am able to take a moment to think back on my thoughts before going through with important decisions. I think of different outcomes to the plans I make as to make sure I do not make a mistake.

Creative Writing/English 10 Self Assessment

Throughout this entire course, I have learned many things and achieved many things. One of the things that I am most proud of is being able to put my creativity to the test in order produce quality work. I learned a lot of things on this course but if one thing that I learned that stood out for me is that I learned about poetic devices. I hadn’t known many poetic devices and never really even knew that auditory poetic devices even existed. I’m glad I got to gain a lot of knowledge in this class.

Favorite Recipe

Fettuccine Alfredo

Making and Sharing Reflection

During this cooking process, me and my group had divided the tasks equally between us. I was in charge of cooking the pasta and being the secondary cream sauce person in case the first person was busy doing something else. Me and my group worked efficiently and communicated well as for incidents to not occur. We finished the Fettuccine Alfredo quickly and was able to sit down and eat. The dish turned out great and met the product standards. I had cut the inside of my mouth while eating some fish so eating the Fettuccine Alfredo and Focaccia bread was difficult.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in a lot of my cooking labs. I communicate with my partners or groups regarding tasks and questions I have so that I have a better understanding of what needs to be done. While working in the kitchen, I help to build and extend understanding by asking myself if the step I am doing is correct or if it is flawed. When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I try to make small talk to help ease the mood when we cook together in the future. I know the group is working well together when I hear/see communication being done. Helping group members out makes things a lot smoother for cooking processes. As an active listener, I notice that I am indeed often spacing out a lot which causes me to not digest information properly. Whether it’s due to a lack of sleep or if I’m too focused on something, it often hinders my growth within the kitchen or when doing assignments. I’ll focus more on instructions and try not to space out as much going forward to ensure I don’t mess up as much.

Study Smarter

Here are some tips that can help you study more efficiently and retain information more effectively. Setting aside time or even scheduling some time in order to study will help you not only remember when to study but to make sure you have sufficient time for studying. This means clearing out distractions such as phone usage in order to keep your priorities straight. Telling friends and families that you won’t be available since you are studying. This will let you focus more on your own, though studying with others is still a viable studying option. Teaching peers about information you know will test how much knowledge on this topic you know including the ones you are teaching. Testing yourself by asking what you know on the subject could help you retain your knowledge for when you decide to test yourself once more. To change how I can study more effectively for Math and retain Math formulas within my head would be to make more time for myself in order to study. I often get distracted by other things which does not give me enough time to study. I don’t usually space out my study schedule throughout the day so I cram it all into one study session. Every day, I will work on studying more often over core materials during unit tests to ensure I am not falling behind.