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Social Studies 10: Final Reflections

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Semester Reflection

Reflecting on Our 1980s Board Game Project
Social Studies 10 – Semester Reflection

Creating a board game based on 1980s consumerism was one of the most engaging assignments I worked on this semester. Our game had a black board with neon accents to represent the decade, and players competed by collecting items that reflected consumer culture—whoever had the most points at the end won. It was simple once you got the hang of the rules and definitely fun to play. I think it looked visually appealing too.

Core Competency Reflection

I remain open minded as I explore viable options or alternative approaches, like when I…
…worked with my group to divide roles based on our strengths. I took on the research for what items to include on the consumerism cards, while someone else designed the board. This helped us make the most of our time and skills, and it showed how we stayed flexible and open to each other’s contributions when shaping the game.

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is…
…during our brainstorming sessions. Everyone shared ideas, and we really built on each other’s input to shape the final design. Whether it was figuring out the rules, or choosing which 1980s elements to include, we made sure all voices were heard and built a more solid project because of it.

I can examine and evaluate to improve my own work; evidence of that is…
…I noticed that our game could’ve included more historical facts and significant events from the 1980s. While our theme and style clearly reflected the decade, the factual content could have been deeper. That realization is something I’ll definitely carry forward into future projects where historical context plays a bigger role.

Food Folio

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Food folio

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I really enjoyed taking this course, I really enjoyed cooking and baking new thing that I have either never tried before or never heard of, in this course I have also tried foods that I either have never tried before or haven’t tried in a while because I didn’t like it, and I’ll admit I still didn’t like most of it but I at least tried it which I know I wouldn’t have done on my own time. In this course I have learned skills that I will use through out the rest of my life on a daily basis, and I have also gained confidence in cooking certain foods like meat. Some challenges I faced when cooking some dished was kneading dough when making stuff like bread and trying not to overmix some batters like the brownie batter or the blueberry lemon batter. But overall, I am proud of myself.

Career Project

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Career Life Project Presentation

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Curricular Reflection

this project was about choosing a career that interest us and finding the path that we would take to do this career in the future. the career that i chose was masonry, i chose this because it matches some of my career- life goals, some of my career- life goals are to find and do a job that doesn’t mentally wear me down and another goal of mine is to have a career where i am not financially struggling. i think that i had a lot of personal growth when i did this project, i learned a lot about myself that i otherwise would not have known, like for example i have a lot more practical skills than i had originally thought. and the pathway i found for this career will take me to a masonry school in Ontario that is completely free which is kind of cool

Core Competency Reflection

I can tell the difference between facts and opinions. proof of this is when i was looking at the different websites for the different colleges and universities and was able to sort out the different information and tell when things where fact or simply words trying to get people to come.

I deliberately learn about things that interest me, so when i did this project i chose to do it on something that i was already looking at doing which was something in the trades and what i ended up choosing was bricklaying/masonry

I can analyze evidence to make judgements. like when i look through websites to see which school is the best to go to i can look through what the school in saying about their programs and make judgments on whether they would be a good school to go to, for example a reputable cooking school most likely would not offer a program on how to build cars.

Physics unit core competency reflection

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physics fun lab reflection questions:

A) In this lab i didn’t have a specific role, In the for a couple of the tests we did my job was to record the information on our sheet, for some others my job was to be the person doing the test like dropping the bean bag and doing the side shuffles. And when doing this lab I do not think that I was a leader, or that there was even a leader in the group, we all contributed to making decisions equally.

B) A core competency that I showed strength in was collaboration. I demonstrated this core competency when I showed I valued feedback from the other members in my group by listening and accepting their corrections when given. I also showed this competency by when I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well I always try and ensure that I am being kind and respectful to everyone in my group and make sure everyone’s voice is heard in discussions.

C) One core competency that I could and want to improve on is communication. Despite that my strength is collaboration and a goal of mine is making sure everyone else’s voice is heard during discussions I myself am still very quiet and do not normally speak during discussions. So this is one area where I can improve, and steps I can take to improve on this is by either providing information for the discussion or if I don’t know the subject we are talking about I can listen thoroughly and then ask questions to further expand understanding among the group about the topic that is being discussed.

English self reflection

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one project that i did this year that i really enjoyed was the first project we did, the Juliet diary entry. i found it fun making the inner dialogue for Juliet and figuring out what emotions she would be feeling, it was also fun describing characters that we don’t have a description for in the Romeo and Juliet book because i got to create my own description for them, it was also fun because i got to create my own places in the city of Verona.

one project where i learned a lot was in the poetry clusters, i learned how to analyze poetic devices in poems and i learned how to properly integrate quotes into my paragraphs, and for the first time i was able to describe my experiences and express thoughts that i have had thru poems that i wrote (even if they were not the best in terms of poetic devices).

 Chanson Francophone Presentation refection

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my Chanson Francophone Presentation 

Core Competency Reflection

This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: i select words and images that convey the meaning and message that i want to tell, i will then present it in a way that my audience will understand

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include figuring out what specific information i need to know and finding trust worth sources that are not out of date and comparing information from different sources so that i know that its not misinformation

 Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…

i am working on this core competency because it is very important that when you present that you are understood, ways that i am going to work on this goal is i am going to practice talking more clearly when i talk with my friends and try to improve my presenting skills in other presentations in other classes

Infographic Project

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Core Competency Reflection

I can identify my strengths and limits, find internal motivation, and act on opportunities for self-growth

this statement is true to me because i found internal motivation when doing this project. because this project was something that i actually enjoyed doing and wanted to learn more about because i am someone who reads a lot. my interest to lean more about this was what motivated me to keep going.

CPR Reflection

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My Learning of CPR

CPR – Basic Life Support | Richmond Community College. https://richmondcc.edu/academics/programs/cpr-basic-life-support. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

CPR Reflection

the four R’s are Risk, Recognize, React and Resuscitate

it is important to learn about this so that you know how to recognize when someone is in trouble and can react appropriately and correctly and are able to resuscitate someone if necessary.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicated clearly and purposefully can be seen when i did my practical test, when i was instructing the bystander on what to do to help by telling them to get the AED and where to find it and how to use it while i did CPR.

One area of CPR in which I’d like to spend more time learning is how the AED shocks the heart back into a normal functioning retheme and how the heart functions, i found that very interesting and i would like to learn more if there is more to know.

In this unit, I am proud that I accomplished the final written test by studying parts of the booklet that i could remember and taking my own notes of what i remembered in class at home

core competency goal setting

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some thing i plan to do to stay physically and mentally healthy is… i can not stress to get perfect grades because that will mentally bun me out which will take a toll on me physically. the core competency i have related this goal too is “personal/social responsibility” i have related it to this because if i don<t take the time to take care of myself i am not doing my personal responsibility.

i am curios as to whether i will continue to continue my goal of acting, and about what might shift my perceptions over time. because now that i am getting older and closer to entering the work force i am starting to second guess my goal of being an actor and am beginning to look into other professions. the core competency i have related this to is “critical thinking”, i am using my thinking skills to find another profession that is a more stable career that i still enjoy.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

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core competency: critical thinking

during this fire lab I needed to do some critical thinking because during thus lab we needed to burn two mystery metals and we needed to think about the metals we had already burned to determine what the mystery metals where. And I needed to do some critical thing to figure out why the metals changes colors and also why every metal was mixed with chlorine.