Capitol Mutation Collaborative Project

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

A Spanish Speaking Country

Spain 🇪🇸

Comparison to Canada

SpainCanada
traditional foods Fideua from Valencia, Fabada, Pollo Al ajillo, and Spanish MigasPoutine and smoked meat
sports/ athletessoccer (football)Hockey
Christine Sinclair is a famous woman soccer player.
landmarks Alhambra Palace. It attracts over 3 million people a year NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
holidays/tradition Semana Santa also known as “holy week “Canada Day
Music/ArtJota music and dance closely resembles the sound and movements of fandango Popular music genres in Canada are alternative rock followed by folk, rock, pop, rap, blues, country, and then other music
I would love to visit Spain. Spain is a very beautiful country with lots of things to do and look at. Spain’s food looks so good, and I would love to try it. I like to play soccer, and Spain’s favorite sport is soccer, also called football. I really hope one day I can visit Spain for a while.

Core Competencies Reflection

I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way….. I do this by writing about my topic in a clear and organized way so when I read it over again I understand what I was thinking earlier. Doing this also helps if you are working in groups, so we can all share our ideas, and understand each other’s ideas.

I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself….. Showing pride in your work is a big thing for me. If I take a lot of time on a project or paper, in the end, or when I am finished I am proud of myself because of all that time and effort I put into that. I get happy and excited when I have finished an assignment because I worked hard to get It done.

I can tell what is important to me and I can explain my values….. When something is important to me in is my main priority. Knowing what my values are is important so i can get them done in time if it is school, but if my values are family, I will make sure to spend lots of time with them.

I can identify my strengths and identify my potential…. Being able to know what your good and bad at is important, so u know what you could improve on. If i am bad at writing i could practice writing more, but if i am good at reading that could help me with my writing, and i can also improve on my reading too because you can improve on everything.

One Goal

I can explain when something is unfair and advocate for others…. I have a hard time sticking up for myself and others, so that is something i would like to improve on or work towards. I choose to word towards this goal because i feel that it is important to be able to hold your ground and be able to stand up to others to protect yourself.

Hunger Games Persuasion Project

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.

Meal Planning assignment

problem

We must decide who will be cooking dinner for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We were given the instructions that we need to distribute the cooking evenly among all 4 household members. We all talked about what household member would be cooking and when, we then decided what food they would be cooking while taking into consideration about how long each meal would take to cook, and if it works into everyone’s schedule. 

Solution

MondayGrilled Cheese4 servings parent ADinner takes: 12 minutes
Teusdayblack beans 12 tacosparent BDinner takes: 15 minutes
WednesdayChicken noodle soup 6 servings Teen 1Dinner takes: 45 minutes
Thursdaypizza 2 large 14″ pizzasparent BDinner takes: 50 minutes
Fridaybasic white rice and peas, eggs 3 cups Teen 2Dinner takes: 35 minutes

Justification

I believe this plan will work because I have included everyone’s schedule. I made is super clear for everyone to understand. I made everyone cook 1 or 2 days a week. parent A cooks 1 meal a week, Parent 2 cooks 2 meals a week because they got more time. Teen 1 cooks 1 meal a week and Teen 2 cooks 1 meal a week. Friday’s meal is the least favorite meal because teen 2 has to cook at least 1 a week but she is not that great at cooking so she makes something easy, and there is also teen 1 is not home on Friday so there is 1 less person to cook for. I hope this meal plan will work how I think it will. Monday will hopefully work well because the grilled cheese will be made and cooked by the time everyone gets home from school and work. Tuesday black beans will be cooked, it is a easy and fast recipe.

References

thusdays pizza link. https://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/pepperoni-pizza/ Monday Grilled cheese link. https://www.spendwithpennies.com/the-best-grilled-cheese-sandwich/

Collaboration Reflection

My group is me Skylar, Summer Kiefer, and Diana. I felt like my group worked well together. We got all the work we needed to get done on time, but still had fun. We shared our communication clearly and well. My group made sure everyone was mostly on task and not getting distracted, and if someone did then someone would remined them to get back on task so we could have fun after. Most if not all of my group members knew how to use technology. My group did a project that involved Edublog already so it was not very unfamiliar. We completed all of out task in class and on time. Overall I feel like my group did a great job.

Word Around Town?

Word Around Town

skylar mackenzie

Physical Landforms

A) Landform 1 Mountains: mountains are formed by the earths crusted pushed together to form hills. Plates under the earth move and push the ground and creating mtns and plateaus

A) Landform 2 Lakes: The snow from the mountains melts down from the top of the mountains and creates lakes. since the earths always moves and glaciers could fall and create lakes over time too.

B) Mountains: skiing and snowshoeing. For skiing and can ski down the mountain, and you can also snowboard the same way. Another 1 is snowshoeing. Snowshoeing is a way of transportation. A lot of people snowshoe in Whistler because of its amazing views.

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B) Lakes: swimming and fishing. you can swim in a few lakes in Whistler but not a lot. (Alta lake is a good swimming lake). Fishing is a popular thing to do in whistler too. A good way to make money in Whistler is to put fishing stores because a lot of people fish there, and swimming stores and equipment

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Climate

Climate characteristic: Snow and Rain, and sun and hot.

A) Rain produces from fronts moving against each other. Also orographic rainfall-clouds hitting mountains and having to dump loads of water to get over. For hot air in the summer, whistler is close to the equator and the hot air comes for areas like California.

B) In the winter from snow and rain you can ski, snowboard ,snowshoe, and sled. In the summer because of the sun or hot air you can bike, fish, dirt bike, and swim.

vegetations: Grass and flowers

there is lots of different types of trees in whistler such as pine, cedar, hemlock and evergreen, and more.

A) Grass: Grass is used for things like looking nice, food for certain animals to eat, and to cover certain places in you yard. In Whistler grass is used for people to sit on and be more comfortable, but also its look beautiful too look at in nature on your hikes, Whistler is know for there beautiful nature and grass helps with that.

Flowers: Flowers are super pretty to look at and they are a good source of ways to feed different animals like bees. flowers are also good for us in the ways being we get money.

B) Grass: some people do Yoga on the grass in Whistler because they feel like you can really feel the nature. you could also play a lot of sports on grass, like Soccer, Baseball, Lacrosse, Filed hockey, and more.

Flowers: there is not a lot of activities that involve flowers, but flowers and really comin to see on hikes, and some flowers are actually edible if you do your research. Flowers like Borage, Calendula, and Monarda flowers are all edible and have benefits. some flowers give you a certain type of energy which can help with sports and keep you moving.

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dream of future

For mountains they have lots of Ski and Snowboard lessons because there are lots of mountains to ski and snowboard on and its a good way to make money. For lakes they can be a place you can rent canoes and kayaks so you can ride on the lakes with your friends and be able to see the beautiful nature that is a round you, because Whistler is known for there beautiful nature. Also in Whistler they have ziplines because they have so many trees.

In 25 years I feel like there is going to be diving and scuba lessons you can take to see the super cool fish in the lakes of Whistler. I also feel like there is going to be stuff like nature walks you can take will a group of people you find online and you can sign up and get or rent gear you might need for your long hikes.

Review

yes. I found almost all in the information in my notes and if it wasn’t in my notes I could figure the answer out with google or my family.

how the technology affected my learning

I find it hard to work online I would way rather do this project on paper or print it out. I feel this way because I feel like its a lot harder for me to work on technology the it is t work in person because then things don’t get deleted online or lost.

I was satisfied with my design because I put a lot of effort into it and made sure I read the instructions over and over again.

Review 

how the technology affected my learning  

I find it hard to work online I would way rather do this project on paper or print it out. I feel this way because I feel like its a lot harder for me to work on technology the it is t work in person because then things don’t get deleted online or lost.  

I was satisfied with my design because I put a lot of effort into it and made sure I read the instructions over and over again. 

Bibliography

https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Winter-RHL-Aerial-PaulMorrison.jpg

https://i.redd.it/dx11g051zxk11.jpg

https://www.earthsattractions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/high_note_trail2.jpg

Skylar’s blog

bio

Hi, I am Skylar. I am 13 years on and this is my first year in high school. I love playing sports, I play 2. My favorite sports to play are soccer and lacrosse. I have been playing soccer for 7 years al lacrosse for 9 years. I have a family of 5. mom and dad and two older sisters there are 19 and 21. I love animals. I got 2 dogs and 2 cats. I also got some fish. In my free time, I like to hang out with my friends, walk my dogs, and watch football on the TV. I really like to listen to music. I like to go on car rides with my sisters and play music really loud. For some reason, I don’t like ice-cream that much or cake, but I love ice cream cake. I also love traveling, not that I have traveled a lot, but I am looking forward to traveling in the future. My dream places to go are Bora Bora and Greece. If I had to describe myself I would say fun to be around and kind. That is a bit about me.

Website

Easy Decision Maker

This is my favorite Website because when I and my friends hang out we always can’t decide what we should do because we all have good options. This app really helps because then it makes the decision for us. I have downloaded on my phone and I use it so much.

image

this is one of my favorite images because those dogs are what my 2 dogs look like and I love my dogs. My dogs are the Great Pyrenees and an Australian Shepherd. Tucker and Millie

great-pyrenees-australian-shepherd-mix_cover.jpg (800×400) (doghint.com)

favorite quote

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

– Abraham Lincoln

I like this quote because it’s so true. There is no rush in life, you just need to take it one step at a time. I also like it because I and only worry about the present and not about the future.

favorite video

I choose this video because this is my favorite video ever. Me and my friends learned the dance one day and loved it. Its very catchy and fun to learn. I recomend everyone to learn this dance. I first saw it on TikTok, and it started to become a trend so I learned it.

References

great-pyrenees-australian-shepherd-mix_cover.jpg (800×400) (doghint.com)

Easy Decision Maker

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