Author Archives: Skylar

Where The Blood Mixes

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There are many examples within the literature that illustrate the character of Mooch. Mooch can be viewed as a complicated character. To start, Mooch is an alcoholic, “he is always in the bar drinking with Floyd”. Mooch spends loads of time sitting at the bar with a drink in his hand. Not having enough money to support himself because he spends every dime on liquor. When mooch decides to go to the bar he uses his partner’s money. “Mooch steals money from June’s money jar. This act makes Mooch an un-loyal partner towards June. Lastly, Mooch can be considered a character that has many problems. ‘Mooch has past trauma from the residential schools”. This is evident when Mooch expresses his visions in the residential schools. He talks about being physically, sexually, and psychologically abused. In conclusion, Mooch has many issues that he has trouble expressing in healthy ways.  

Research Assignment Reflection

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Q: I can ask open-ended questions to gather information

A: During the researcher assignment I was able to show that I can ask open-ended questions and gather beneficial information to help my group. I demonstrated this by doing some research based on my topic and talking with my group to come up with an open-ended question. The question that I came up with is “Does having breakfast in the morning actually affect your day-to-day life?”. To come up with this question I had to gather some information and ideas. Once I had an idea of what I wanted my open-ended question to be, I went over it with my group to make sure everyone liked it and was okay with it.

Core Competency Assignment

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Communication

Q- How do you show that you were listening thoughtfully? In what ways did your listening contribute to the group’s understanding.

A- Ways I portray my listening skills is by completing the work booklets assigned to us. By doing my homework it demonstrates that I am understanding the topic smoothly, and that I am interested in what we are learning. If we are doing group work, I will share my thoughts and opinions to my group member/s, and by doing that, I show that I am listening thoroughly and thoughtfully, and contributing to my group. For example, I did a podcast for my group project on WW1, and I was able to complete that project because I have completed all the work booklets we had to do as a class previously. When doing the podcast I showed my listening skills by being engaged in the conversation me and my partner worked out together. We used what we learned in class and put it in our podcast.

Family Project

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Core Competency Assessment

Core Competence reflection

I can tell what is important to me and explain my values. My family is very important to me and they teach me so much. They taught me that family is the most important thing.

I preserve with challenging tasks and take ownership of my goals and learning behavior. I did this by not procrastinating and taking my time on this family project. I put in my time and made it the best I can.

I work to inform myself about issues surrounding me. I did this in my family project by realizing I did not have the information I need to be able to get the mark I want, so I informed myself about what I was missing and went back and fixed it.

I demonstrate respectful, inclusive behavior. I demonstrated this in my family project by making sure the photos I choose to put in my “Mi Familia” was okay with the person. I also made sure everyone was in my PowerPoint so everyone felt included.

My Goal

I can explain when something is unfair and advocate for others. This is something I need to work on because I would want someone to do this to me if I was struggling. I have a hard time explaining myself sometimes, and I can’t stick up for myself, and especially for others. This is something that is important to me and I hope I can complete this goal.

Core Competency Self-Reflection: Career 10

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Core Competency Reflection

When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I… I try to introduce myself and show my new group members the type of person I am. I also try to make my other members feel welcomed and able to speak their minds and it not be awkward. I do this because I would hope some people would do this to me.

When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I… I go on walks to clear my mind. I have always gone on walks when I feel stressed out or unfocused, and it really helps me.

When I am sad, angry, or frustrated, doing things like taking breaks and talking to family helps me be more productive or calm. I have a hard time focusing and staying on task, so breaks are important, to make sure I finish what I need to get done.

Goals

one goal I have for this new year is not to procrastinate. I am a big procrastinator and it really affects how much work I am able to get done in time. If I was able to start my work earlier I would not be as stressed out from having to do lots of homework last minute.

Linear Equation Word Problem

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Skylar Mackenzie


A construction worker charges an hourly rate plus a fixed amount. 2 hours cost $105, and 5 hours cost $255.

A) Determine the hourly rate

B) Write an equation that shows the total cost depends on the number of hours and the fixed cost.

C) Whats the fixed cost

Answers:

A) Hourly rate is $50

B) C= 50H+B

C) Fixed cost is $5

Self-assignment

Tell me where your inspiration for this problem came from. Why did you choose that particular image? Did you draw it yourself? If not, where did you get it from?

The inspiration for this project came from my uncle being a construction worker, and being around construction every day. I choose this picture because I feel that it shows the amount of work they put into their jobs every day. I did not draw this picture, I got it from google( construction worker – Bing images)

Where did you gather information from in order to make sure that the numbers you chose were realistic? How did you make sure that your calculations would work out?

I know that it seems like $50 an hour is a lot for construction workers, but some of the best construction workers can make that much. I am going for the most skilled ones and the ones that do the most work, that’s why they get paid 50$ an hour. I got my information from the internet and some family members. I made sure my calculations were correct, by doing the question I made.

Core Competency

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I show that I value others feedback by applying their feedback to the next paper or assignment. I feel that others peoples feedback is really helpful. A goal I have is too apply all the feedback i get into my work because i believe that feedback can make my work better. I also feel like it would make the person that is giving the feedback feel better about themselves because you were actually listening to them and their feedback.

I make an effort to include missing voices. I feel like this would be a good goal to have because I would not want anyone to feel that way. The way i could complete this goal is include people in me and my friends conversation when I see they look like they have no one to talk to you in class. I would wang someone to include me into a conversation, if I was ever feeling not included.

I know the group is working well together when I see/hear everyone talking and contributing their thoughts. Find my previous school if I don’t see someone contributing their thoughts, I will ask them some questions to make them feel included. I think it’s a good to be able to tell when a group is working and one isn’t to make sure you’re getting your work done. That’s why it’s another one of my goals.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Communication

For my artifact, I had to communicate with my classmates about my teacher so I could write about them in my Mi Hororio. In this class, I learned about communication a lot because I have to practice speaking Spanish to my classmates. I use the skills I learned in my everyday life by just speaking. I use communication every day, so feeling comfortable talking is important.

Reflection

What did you learn…I have learned so much this year in Spanish, but some of the key things I have learned are how to study and how to work with new people I didn’t know. I learned how to tell time, how to say the days of the week, how to say numbers, and so much more, but those things may not stick. Something that will stay is how I communicated with my classmates. I have demonstrated communication by working with group members and talking to the people I sit beside.

Grade 9 final reflection

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My reflection

At the beginning of the year, my weakest point was paragraph writing. I felt my grammar and spelling were not where they needed to be. I felt like my creativity was one of my strongest assets. I think all the feedback from teachers and my peers that I have received over the course of the year has paid off and I have improved.

Core competencies

Thinking

I can give, receive and act on feedback to progress in my goals… For the goals, I have chosen for the year, I am able to receive feedback and apply them to my goals. This helps me with my goals because other people’s opinions to help and incourge some people, like me. I am also able to give feedback to people and help them with their goals.

I can explain when something is unfair and advocate for others… If I feel like something is super unfair to someone, I will say something, because I would want them to do that for me. I feel like if you’re going to do a group thing, it should be fair for everyone.

I can reflect on my thinking… I can do this by sitting back and really thinking about what I said, and making sure it was the right this to say. I feel like this is something very important to do because you want to think before you speak, and you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.