Social Studies 11 Core Competency Self-Assignment

Communication

The core competency I chose to use is communication, most of the assignments we have are through partner work where I communicate with another one of my peers on the topic given. The cultural traits assignment I worked on with Lance had a lot of communication between us where we would talk about our ideas and would set in stone what we wanted to put down as our final answer. We were able to research together and finish the assignment with minimal disputes on anything. We showed evidence with photos for the elements of culture and added explanations that showed how it represents Canadian culture.

Inductive and Deductive Exploration: Is Water Wet?

Questioning and Investigating: Critical and Reflective Thinkning

My conjuncture:

No, due to my opinions water is not wet

Supporting reasons:

Wetness is the ability of a solid having a liquid attach to it. (deductive)

You would have to put an object into water to determine if it’s really wet, you can’t put water inside more water and determine that it’s wet. (deductive)

Counter point:

If you think about it, ice is a product of water and ice is a solid so maybe? You can consider that wet.

Conclusion:

This topic is very controversial due to certain points given from both points of view, while others may believe water isn’t wet as well there are others who beg to differ and they have their own points to prove their view.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

Collaboration

During my Chromatography lab I demonstrated collaboration by working with a partner, despite the few disagreements we came across during this lab we both talked each and every argument out coming to a final decision with measurements and calculations. My partner and I both took responsibility of different jobs during this lab whether it was measuring the solvent to the solute travel distance or setting up the papers for our lab. Through our mistakes during this lab we managed to finish the assignment in time. We would help each other out when and if the other was confused over a question so we could assure our lab was done properly,

Independent Novel Study

Lucky in Love

The Writing Process

When reading this book, It was hard properly understanding the main theme of the book. I thought the theme of the book would be romance but, ended up realizing it was “coming of age” as the protagonist had to figure out all the life changing decisions she would need to make during the book and romance didn’t take much place until the end. It shocked me that this book wasn’t as enjoyable as I thought it would be, normally I would find romance books a good read but, since I was confused on what was happening during the book I personally didn’t enjoy it. Reading the book itself was easy for me, it was just finding time to read was hard due to a busy schedule. A part in the book I did enjoy was when Maddie found reason to gain back trust in the people she loved. it taught me that even if you feel that nobody is by your side, there is always someone standing beside you to support you. The least enjoyable part for me was when she figured out some of her friends had told the press about what she had been spending her money on. It just didn’t seem like their business to tell others what she chose to spend her winnings on.

Core Competency Reflection

I used to think presentations were the hardest thing to do in front of a group of peers and now I know it isn’t as hard as I thought it would be since when I was presenting it did not seem that many if any people were paying attention to the small mistakes I made while reading

The ways I communicate at school differs from how I communicate during sports, I tend to keep to myself when in a classroom setting which makes presenting harder for me but whenever I’m playing volleyball I tend to be the loudest one on the court.

A long term goal I have for myself is managing my time better and planning out my schedule better so I can get the most out of my work. Normally the second semester is the hardest time for me to focus on schooling because I’m always busy with sports and coaching so, I don’t have the time to squeeze my homework in as often and my work reflects that since I know I could do much better if I put more time in-to my work.