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Unit 4 Dystopian Fiction Reflection

December 16, 2025 /

What did I learn about Dystopian Fiction?

I learned that Dystopian fiction is a type of fiction that talks about a cruel society where the citizens are limited freedom by the government. We also learned about the characteristics of Dystopian fiction, which are totalitarianism, social control, conformity, constant surveillance, dehumanization, control of nature and illusion of utopia.

How does Dystopian Fiction encourage me to think about real life?

Dystopian fiction encourage me to think about real life by letting me wonder about our society and the totalitarianism society by comparing them together. I also wonder if there are any society liked those that are in our real life.

I enjoyed/did not enjoy The Giver (Explain)

I enjoyed The Giver because there are lots of things that made me wonder. As Jonas started to experience new memories, I realized the limited freedom of the citizens and how they have no feelings like we do.

How has my ability to write academic paragraphs improved?

My ability to write academic paragraphs improved because that I can use the evidence from the book to base it on my point and I practice it as homework.

How have I become better at Literature Discussions?

I have become better because I learned how to build on people’s ideas and use evidence to back up our point.

PE Soccer Reflection

December 9, 2025 /

What did I learn?

I learned about how to pass the ball, receive the ball, dribble, tackle and the different positions in a soccer game.

What helped?

By practicing different skills and playing multiple soccer games, I improved my soccer skills.

What is something YOU are proud of?

I am proud that I can tackle people and defend the ball from the goal as the goalkeeper.

What is something YOU can work on?

I can work on dribbling the ball because other people can take it easily away from me.

Social Studies Unit 2 Reflection

November 27, 2025 /

What did I work on?

During this unit, ‘Why should we care about the past?’, I worked on……

  • Making observations, inferences and wonderings 
    • Using photos and articles as evidence 
      • Writing a CER paragraph 
        • Asking and answering open and closed questions 
          • Taking part in the Ötzi Mock Trial, my role was an expert witness, who answered questions from the lawyers to prove that Ötzi was murdered.  

            What did I learn? Why should we care about the past? 

              We should care about the past because it helps us learn things in the world that happen both in the past and in the present, which could help us make the world better. Also, from the tools Ötzi carried out, it could show the development of humans from the past to present and how to improve in the future. 

                What worked well? 

                  I am proud of the following work: gathering information, figuring out how Ötzi died and writing a CER paragraph. 

                    I am proud of the work above because I had many reasons to show that Ötzi was murdered, which built up to having a good CER paragraph. 

                      What did not work well? 

                        I found some of this work challenging, answering questions that the lawyers asked. 

                          I found the work above challenging because it was difficult to answer all of the questions with a clear answer without that much time to think. 

                            Personal Relevance 

                              Collaboration and communications skills are important in my future because it could help me communicate with people and share our ideas together. 

                                This is a photo of my work about the Ötzi CER

                                  Math reflection (Bake Sale: Rates and Percents)

                                  November 26, 2025 /

                                  What did I do?

                                  In Day 1, we chose the recipe we’re going to make and then we converted the imperial into the metric amounts needed for each ingredient.

                                  In Day 2, we converted the rates into unit rates and found out the price for one gram or ml.

                                  In Day 3, we calculated the cost for each serving and then marked up the price to make profit.

                                  In Day 4, we sold out our products, and explained how we got up to the price of one cookie using the math poster.

                                  What did I learn?

                                  I learned…

                                  • How to convert from imperial units to metric unit
                                  • How to calculate from rates into unit rates
                                  • How to calculate markup of price
                                  • How to calculate profit
                                  • How to use models to show markup of price

                                  What worked?

                                  We sold all the cookies within 20 minutes.

                                  We made lots of money.

                                  We explained well with explaining our math in the bake sale.

                                  Areas for growth

                                  We had a bit of problem with calculating the profit.

                                  Personal Relevance

                                  During the bake sale, I had lots of fun selling cookies and I liked this experience of selling things and making money.

                                  Swimming reflection

                                  November 20, 2025 /

                                  What did we do?

                                  During this swimming unit, we practiced doing lots of swimming styles and using a snorkel. We also practiced jumping in the pool and using hand signals to communicate with the coach on the land.

                                  What did we learn?

                                  We learned how to breathe under water with the snorkel, checking if our partner’s snorkel is tight. We also learned the giant stride and how to make the snorkel tight when jumping.

                                  What worked?

                                  I did well with using the flippers and using the snorkel to breathe under water.

                                  Areas of growth

                                  I need to improve on using only the mouth to breathe in the snorkel and not the nose.

                                  Egg Car Reflection

                                  November 12, 2025 /

                                  What did I do?

                                  The criteria of the Egg Car was to make a car that would protect the egg from cracking from a fall from a slope.

                                  What did I learn?

                                  We see Newton’s 1st law in action with the Egg Car when something in motion will stay at motion, so when the balloon car hit the wall, the balloon car still wants to go forward. Newtons’s 3rd law in action is about the action and reaction which are the equal and opposite force. This is shown on the balloon car when the car is sliding down the slope, the egg will be pushed back into the seat and when the car hit the concrete, it will lean forward.

                                  What worked?

                                  Our balloon car worked well because our crumple zone was able to make the egg stay back in the car with not so much force. We also wrapped around the egg so that it is being protected and visible.

                                  Areas of growth

                                  When we were testing with the model egg, the car rolled down the ramp and then crashed at concrete. To solve this problem, we loosened the wheels so that it would not get stuck while driving down the slope.

                                  Personal Relevance

                                  It is important to know Newton’s Laws because the science is used to develop the safety of the vehicle which improves the crumple zone to keep us safe. The design of the egg car can develop our understanding of Newton’s three laws. Next time when we are riding a car of a rollercoaster, we will know the science behind it.

                                  Science Reflection (Balloon Car)

                                  November 4, 2025 /

                                  What did I do?

                                  During science class, we made a balloon car using a plastic board, 4 wheels, some straws and axels to connect the wheels together, and used a hot glue gun to connect all the parts together. The criteria is to let the car travel as far as possible, without pushing the car forward. The balloon car was used to help us learn Newton’s laws.

                                  What did I learn?

                                  Using the balloon car, we learned about Newton’s three laws and how it is applied in real life. Newton’s 1st law states that an object will stay in rest unless acted upon another force and the balloon car will not move unless a force is acted upon it. The balloon car shows Newton’s 2nd law because the force is the mass times the acceleration, so the force acted of the balloon car is the mass of it and how far it goes. The balloon car shows Newton’s 3rd law because the car is pushed forward by the opposite force made by the air of the balloon car.

                                  What worked?

                                  When me and my partner built the balloon car, we did well with attaching the pieces together and making the balloon car. The results that we calculated is pretty accurate because that the results are similar for the three tests we made. When there are more weight, the car went a shorter distance, which relates to Newton’s second law, F=MA.

                                  Areas for growth

                                  When we made the balloon car, at first we cannot blow up the balloon but after Ms. Kirwin bought the machine for blowing balloons, it wasn’t a big deal anymore. When we were testing with weights, the weight kept on falling off from the balloon car. We solved this by trying multiple times until there were three times that the weight did not fall off and we collected the results.

                                  Personal Relevance

                                  Now that we know about Newton’s three laws, we know about how the things in real life move. For example, a rollercoaster shows this because that when the rollercoaster is going forward, the force is pushing back against us, which shows Newton’s 3rd law. In real life, when an object moves, it must be acted by another force.

                                  Art reflection

                                  October 30, 2025 /

                                  The project that I made is the mini-Colosseum model. I made this using cardboard, because it could be made into any shape we want and the holes on the Colosseum were easier to make. The methods I applied was using a cutter to cut the holes, using a hot glue gun and using slots to attach pieces together. I am proud of this project because it looks very similar to the real Colosseum from Italy.

                                  Creative Writing Reflection

                                  October 30, 2025 /

                                  What are we doing?

                                  Writing a fictional story based on a theme that matters to me.

                                  What are we learning?

                                  Theme (my purpose for writing this story, my message to readers)

                                  Character Development (creating believable characters with positive & negative traits)

                                  Plot (the sequence of events in my story; Western and Eastern approaches to storytelling)

                                  Setting (the world that I create for my story)

                                  What’s working?

                                  I enjoyed writing the twist of the story, where the bullies ruined the protagonist’s school science project. I like the way how I ended my story, which made it a happy ending and the protagonist changes at the end. I got the idea of my story by thinking about what kind of story I wanted to write. I am not that creative, so I stuck with realistic fiction because it could clearly tell the reader a lesson. My best line from the story is the last line, “I smiled, and went up to the stage.” This used a short sentence, showed the change of the protagonist and did not have a direct ending.

                                  Areas for growth

                                  The hardest part to plan and write is the part that can show the twist through the story and the ending because there could not be a direct and straight forward ending that I can use. I fixed this by coming up how I could present the change of the character and found a way to solve it. My least favorite part of the story was the transition between the last science class before the fair to where the bullies ruined the protagonist’s work because that this changes 1st person to 3rd person which was awkward.

                                  Personal Relevance

                                  Creative writing will benefit me in the future because that this could make me have more creativity and imagination.

                                  Volleyball reflection

                                  October 21, 2025 /
                                  1. I first held the ball in the hand and used the other hand to hit it over the net, I feel like the part when I hit the ball I did the best.
                                  2. I did not toss the ball that high so the ball would not go that high and I hit the ball in the center so it would not go to other sides.
                                  3. I did not hit that high so that the ball would be too easy to be caught by the opponent.
                                  4. I swung my arm to the back and then to the ball so I would have more power.
                                  5. I could face to the net and try to hit over the net and try to hit other directions without getting the ball out.
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