Category Archives: Core Competencies

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 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.

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.

Capitol Mutation Collaborative Project

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My Project

Public Speaking

I think the key parts to public speaking are eye contact, loud voice, and good facial and body expressions. Eye contact is good because you don’t want to be looking down at your paper, you want to be looking at the audience. If you have a loud projectile voice everyone can hear you and it’s more interesting, instead of a super quiet speech and no one can hear you. Having good expressions when you are reading your speech can be important because you don’t want to be looking scared or nervous, you want to look ready and professional. When you are reading your speech and your head is down the whole time, you are shacking and rocking back and forth, and no one can hear you talking, that would not be a very good speech in my opinion. These are some tips that I use to help with my public speaking.

Collaborating Core Competency Reflection

If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to… express everyone’s ideas so we are all on the same page. If we can get on the same page we can hopefully come to a conclusion.

I make an effort to include missing voices/ perspectives by… Having everyone say one thing to collaborate to the assignment. I what to include everyone’s ideas and if someone is shy or does not want to talk we, could try to encourage them to speak what is on their mind. If it is a group project we need to work together and be able to agree on most things.

I know the group is working well together when I hear/ see… Everyone talking and or writing down ideas that we came up with as a group.

If I notice …, that’s a sign that my group needs help and we can get support by… If I notice that my group does not understand the assignment we can ask the teacher for help by raising our hand and asking the teacher to come over and help. When we get the help, it would be a lot easier to get the work done fast and efficiently.

My Goal

I can ask open-ended questions to gather information.… I have a hard time asking open-ended questions because I find it hard to find the answer so I would rather ask a question that is closer to the answer. Asking an open-ended question is something I would like to work on.

BY: Skylar Mackenzie

Hunger Games Persuasion Project

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My advertisement

persuasion And Advertisement Techniques

Our advertisement is supposed to get people from Panem to buy the projector we are showing. The persuasion tactics we used are logical and emotional appeal. We felt like we used logical because our advertisement makes sense, and we used facts and explain them so people would understand. We also used emotional by talking about family, and how you would feel when you use your projector. The advertisement techniques we used are card stacking, happy family appeal, and eye appeal. The techniques we used work together well and in ways that look great. I think our projector will sell very well.

Core Competencys

This project helped me with my partner’s work and sharing my ideas with my partner. We worked together well and that help us get our project done quickly and make it look nice at the same time. I asked lots of questions while doing this project, which is good for me because I don’t like asking questions that much.

I worked on my social awareness while working on the project because I was making sure I was listing my partner and classmates, and taking their ideas into consideration. I was also respectful to everyone I was around.

I had responsibility while working on this advertisement because I felt like I could keep everyone and myself on task, and get the stuff we need to get done, done.

Some things I think about before dividing tasks among group members include making sure everyone had equal parts of work, so nobody has lots more work than the other members.