Category Archives: Grade 10

Foundations of Mathematics Pre – Calculus 10 Core Competencies

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My Artifact Is An 8.2 Extra Practice Sheet From My Trigonometry Unit, In 8.2 We Were Learning About Sine and Cosine


Communication

Communicating

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in my trigonometry homework. I get extra practice sheets to go along with the lesson I learned that day. I communicate clearly on these extra practice sheets by showing my work and achieving the correct answer on the problem I had to solve. 

Thinking

Critical and Reflective Thinking

I used to think trigonometry was difficult at the start of the unit because I’ve never learned it before and now I know that it’s not as difficult as it looks because I learned how to do trigonometry and the different aspects of it and how to apply it to word problems, complex triangles and different types of triangles. I learned this through lessons taught my teacher and taking notes down so I can comprehend how to do trigonometry.

I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in this artifact. In this picture of my trigonometry extra practice sheet, I use my notes taken down in class and ally the notes taken and the knowledge I received and apply it to my extra practice sheets where I use all these resources to help me make decisions and judgment calls on how to solve these problems correctly.

Romeo and Juliet Reflection

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What I learned from reading the play about myself and society in general is that in society today, there isn’t that stigma between being in love or associating yourselves with people of a lower class. In Romeo and Juliet, their love was forbidden, it was shameful that a Capulet and a Montague were in love, they were not allowed to associate themselves together, with each other, in their town of Verona. Romeo was a Montague, of the poorer class, and Juliet a Capulet, of the upper rich class. Their different classes separated their ability to be truly together, to live ‘happily ever after.’ Even though Romeo and Juliet were in love and wanted to be together, they had to sneak around and keep their relationship a secret from the public because if anyone found out they were seeing each other, a penalty or consequence would occur. In society now, there is not that stigma or the rule of different classes of people associating with each other or being in love. Today, there is so much more freedom to be yourself or being with whoever, you want. Money is not such a factor, and lesser worries about society status and discrimination.
In reflecting back on the play, I feel Shakespeare wanted us to learn that love can take people to extreme levels, perform unexpected actions. Romeo and Juliet were madly in love, a romantic love, it became even more extreme when Romeo got banished from Verona, Juliet then became so distraught, not wanting to live anymore, wanting to kill herself. Ultimately at the end of the play, both Romeo and Juliet killed themselves because of their distraught emotions of losing each other, and the inability to be together. Their actions showed how connected they were as well as the sadness that encompassed them both knowing they could not be together, all which lead to the self-inflicted death of Romeo and Juliet.
One should never have to ever go to this level for love; people in love should be allowed to show emotions and be together. This is how society is today, vastly different from Shakespearean times, which is a good thing!
Overall, the play of Romeo and Juliet taught us about the discrimination between classes back then versus now in society. The play also taught us many lessons and many of these lessons were about love. The feeling of love is a warm and joyous feeling every person wants to feel and experience in their lifetime with another human. In no way should it be taken to the extreme that one’s feeling of love is so high that one would take their life for the other.

Racism within Canada with regard to To Kill a Mockingbird

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In Canadian society today, racism is seen in how people are divided, judged, and treated differently based on their race and ethnicity. I believe no one person should be treated and viewed differently based on race and ethnicity. All people should be treated and viewed equally because there is nothing different about people internally. People have different skin color, different beliefs, cultures, people do look different externally, but all people, humankind are the same, and all people should be treated as such. In reading the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ my overall thoughts on racism were not changed from believing all equal whether they are from a different race or of ethnicity. In the book, racism was demonstrated multiple times throughout the story, sadly, in the way in which we are seeing in present time today. Back in the day, as described in the literature, the white people were harsher with the hateful ‘N-word’ towards African Americans. When reading the book, I was appalled with the casualness and usage of that insufferable word. In today’s world, that word is not stated verbally, nor heard much anymore because it is hateful and discriminating. After reading the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ my thoughts about racism may have only grown stronger, conceivably angrier. Racism is anact of discrimination that should not exist, it is saddening and leads to dividing people into a hierarchy of power based solely on their race or ethnicity. Such human discrimination results in labelling human beings who then are treated poorly, no one deserves or should be treated in this diminishing manner. In the past, and still in the present, society, people have created the stereotype that African Americans are dangerous and a threat to people, society. This was seen demonstrated in the United States in 2020 when Geoge Floyd was arrested in a not so typical way. Police officers saw him as a threat because he was a tall African American man, they challenged him to the ground and put their knee on his neck closing his airway which resulted in him not being able to breath and sadly lead to his death. This illustrated racism because no person based on their color of skin, race should be arrested in such a violent manner. If George Floyd had been a white person, the officers would have not seen him as a threat and would have arrested them in a safe and formal way, the way police officers are trained to arrest a person. We need to stop this type of stereotyping because people of colour are the same as every other human being on this earth. Yes, there are some people of colour that are dangerous and a threat to others, but this does not mean that every African American represents a dangerous person and resulting in unequal treatment, judgement, and hate. Equally as important, we as humans have been guilty of joking or mocking other humans of other races based on their colour of skin. This type of action was seen with our own Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, when in his younger years he was seen to have coloured his face black to present himself as Aladdin in a Halloween costume. His costume, this action, especially today in the fight against racism, resulted in our Prime Minister receiving tons of backlash. He was deemed “Black Face” from the Black community and many others saw this as an act of racism because humans have no right to mock or play other races even if it is for a costume, game, or a play production. And finally, another form of racism that has been seen is the hate crimes against races simply because of the country they represent. This was seen in Vancouver over the past two years with hate crimes and actions towards the Chinese people. With the Corona Virus originating in China, the global pandemic with all the restrictions implemented, people took hate actions out on innocent Asian people and their businesses, blaming the pandemic on the Asian people and telling these Asian Canadians, immigrants to ‘go back home, not welcome.’ We as a community need to work together as one and stop these hate crimes if we want to see growth and positivity and equalness in our communities. Racism within Canadian society needs to stop, no race, human being should be treated differently. Throughout Canada, government, and society in general is trying to remove the thought and actions of racism through education, awareness, and acknowledgment. There is a desperate need of a shift towards an equal, human right, and inclusiveness of human race and colour in society. We are seeing this through protests, movements and education, a move in the right direction but a lot more work to be done. From my examples and opinions illustrated, has clearly indicated that racism is a huge problem within Canadian society and around the world. Us as a humans need to work together to protect, stop and bring the acts of racism out of our society and bring in peace and positivity.

Social Studies Curriculum/Core Competencies

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My Artifact:

Japanese – Canadian Internment Paragraph

The Japanese Canadians are a danger to Canadians and need to be eliminated as a threat. The Japanese Canadians deserve and need to be sent away to Internment camps, removed from living amongst Canadians. I feel this way because there is fear by Canadian women that if the Japanese soldiers invade or attack Canada that they will be raped or killed by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldiers are already killing and raping innocent women in Canada, we have witnessed the treatment of Canadian medical staff, where doctors were killed, and nurses were raped by the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers have no right to be able to do these terrible crimes to Canadian women, these women have not done anything to warrant such horrific crimes, absolutely nothing! Many other Canadian women and I have witnessed the raping and killing of the Canadian women. It is sickening to know this is happening every day, women are living in fear. With the possible invasion of Canada by the Japanese, are all Canadian females in danger? We live in this great country of Canada, we cannot live with this constant fear, afraid when someone knocks on a front door, how is it? Afraid to go outside for a walk, afraid of who is around the next street corner, terrified thoughts are always in my head thinking “Am I going to be raped or killed today?” All this fear of being in public in addition of the fear if they invade or attack Canada, is so frightening. With these crimes happening around us all, the gathering of all the male Japanese Canadian soldiers and sending them to the Internment camps, will help ease and take away the fear from all us women. Removal of these Japanese Canadian soldiers will eliminate the threat and danger they have placed on Canadian society and protect the lives of Canadian women. Furthermore, in addition to my feelings towards Japanese Canadians being put in Internment Camps, the Japanese Canadians could be “potential” spies for the Japanese. We have just seen the Japanese invade Pearl Harbour and conquer Hong Kong, they could be planning an invasion or attack on Canada next?! It is known that Japanese Canadian are living all along the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. These Japanese Canadians could be helping Japan plan an attack or invasion now, as they walk our streets, live here amongst all of us Canadians. They could be strategizing an invasion and attack on our great country of Canada, it is possible. The Japanese Canadians are a ticking time bomb and need to be removed from Canadian society to protect us all and Canada. We sit here and now question the Japanese Canadians loyalty to Canada. Are Japanese Canadians, the men, and women, loyal to Canada, would they battle alongside us against the Japanese? I do not feel that loyalty, I feel they would turn their backs against our great country, despite working, raising families in Canada. These Japanese Canadians are dangerous and could destroy Canada with their invasion or attack. The soldiers need to be put in Internment camps to remove the fear of being invaded, attacked, and having Canadian society being destroyed. From my opinion and the points illustrated, the Japanese Canadians are a danger and threat to other Canadians and need to be sent away and put in Internment camps. 

Curricular Competency – Japanese Canadian Internment Paragraph  

  • – I did assess and explained the changes the non-Japanese-Canadians went through in my research 
  • – I did assess, understood and explained the significance of the threat of the Japanese army and its treatment of people it conquered, in British Columbia, in my research handout and paragraph 
  • – I made an ethical judgement about the action of internment the Japanese-Canadians in my paragraph  

Core Competency – Japanese Canadian Internment Paragraph 

  • – I now understand and can appreciate diverse perspectives on issues and can resolve problems effectively and responsibly. 
  • – I did analyze evidence from the research I did and made judgements. 
  • – I can now understand and tell, after examining the facts of the possible threat from Japanese-Canadians in Canada and the opinions of various people, the difference between fact and opinion. 

Linear and Non-Linear Equations

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Linear Equations

2x – 3y = 12

This is a linear Equation. I can tell from the graph about because all points connect together in a straight line. I can tell from the equation because its uses the form Ax + By = C and my equation is 2x – 3y = 12, this indicates that it is a linear equation.

X = 4

This is a linear equation. I can tell from the graph because its shows a clear straight line of the connecting points all the way through. I can tell from the equation because it contains no exponents in the equation, which indicates that it is a linear equation.

Non – Linear Equations

x2 + y2 = 16

This is a non – linear equation. I can tell from the graph because all points do not connect in a straight line, they form a circle. I can tell from the equation because the equation contains exponents, which indicates it is a non – linear equation.

y = 2x

This is a non – linear equation. I can tell from the graph because the line curves and is not a straight line all the way through. I can tell from the equation because it contains an exponent, which indicates that the equation in non – linear.

Self Assessment

I explored mathematical ideas using technology when i used the app DESMOS on my computer, which calculated my mathematical equation i chose and created a graph out of my equation, illustrating if it was either linear or non – linear equation.

I analyze data and used criteria to draw conclusions when i examined my graph and drew conclusions to if it was a linear or non – linear equation. I then concluded with how the graph and equation indicate how it is either a linear or non – linear equation.

I justified my conclusions with evidence when i downloaded the graph that was created with my mathematical equation in DESMOS and pasted it into my edublog post to represent evidence of my linear or non linear equation.