Nikita's Portfolio

What did I do?

In this unit, I learned how to use backhand serve and forehand serve to let my opponents move back to catch the ball. I also learned about the rules that we need to serve.

What worked well?

Something that worked well was that I can demonstrate my skills of forehand serve and backhand serve. I also learned how to use the enough amount of energy to hit back the ball.

What did not worked well?

Something that did not worked well is that i always forgot to use forehand/underhand serve. i always use backhand serve.

What can you improve on?

I can improve on practicing more and remembering more of the rules and movements. I can also practice more at home and watch more competitions to see the rules and movements.

Personal Relevances:

This unit can help me in the future by having more energy when practicing tennis. Also to have fast skills.

What did I learn about?

I learned about how to write Academic Paragraphs using sentence starters, evidence, to prove my paragraph. I also learned how to discuss chapters of a book stating where I see the text, what is important, the advantages and disadvantages.

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

Dystopian Fiction invite me to think about real life by making labeling out the facts that we don’t have in real life, or right now in our community. This will make the reader want to compare the book to their own community.

Did you enjoy The Giver? Why?

I enjoyed The Giver because the story is very mystery style. I love to read those kind of books. The Giver also has a lot of facts that I don’t know. For example like some countries right now is still ruled by the government.

How have I improve my ability to write Academic Paragraphs?

I improved my ability to write a Academic Paragraph by knowing to use evidence to prove a text. I stated where I found a evidence and say the disadvantages and advantages.

How am I better now interacting in Literature Discussion?

I am better now in interacting Literature Discussion by knowing how to add on to my teammates and to agree on with them.

What did I do?

We baked M&M Brownies, we made the price for 12. We calculate how much is the materials and made the recipe. We also sold milk that is 3 for one cup.

What did I learn?

I learn how to find out the price of 1 brownies, we need divide the amount of brownies with the total price to see the price of 1 brownies. I also learned how to find the right price for every materials, if the total price of 1 brownie is too high, then we will need to find a lower price material.

What worked?

Something that worked is the selling part. We made the price 12, which the price is more lower than others. We also have a 67% off, and there are free M&Ms if the customers buy the brownies. There is also some small parts of the brownies so the customers can taste it. This made the customers have a decision to buy it or not, based on the taste.

What did not work?

What did not work is the total money that we earn is not higher than other people. What caused this is that we made the price too low. Also, we spend some brownies on the free taste. Also, the money is fake so it feels different with earning real money.

How is this relevant for me?

It is relevant for me because I can learn how to make the price of a snack based on the price of the materials. I also had a experience about how to bake brownies.

The criteria for the egg car is no parachutes, or things to slow you down. The egg must be visible and able to move out and in easly. The car can be no wider than 6.5 cm and the car can be no longer than 16.5cm. And also the car needs to stay on track.

We see Newton’s 1st law in action with the egg car when the car is in motion, it stops because of the wall in front of it, which is acted upon a unbalanced force. We see Newton’s 3rd law in action with the egg car because the the action is the surface making the car go, and the reaction is the wall using the same amount of force to push back the car.

The crumple zone worked well because it helped the car delete some of the force the wall gives to protect the egg. We had to stick the crumple zone so many times because we need to make sure to stick the crumple zone tight so it won’t fall of.

The wheel is not very successful because the wheel is not very successful because the wheel keeps falling of. We had to stick it very tight and also test it for a lot of time, but it still falls off.

It is important to know Newton’s laws because the science is used to develop the motion of objects in vehicles which is the saftey features to keep us safe. When a car accelerates forward, the force of the friction is the outside force that propels it.

1. My task is to write a presentation about a country that speaks french. Somewhere I need to be successful is to use words that your classmates can understand and no using the translater. Also, I can only use french words for my presentation.

2. I choose to research about the famous places in France. I also choose the yummy foods there. Then, I listed some fun fact that can make the reader be interested by my presentation. I pick this country because it’s a famous place that people often know and may been there before.

3. I mentioned a famous animal there, two famous places, and 1 famous food, and some fun facts about france.

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5. I am proud of my work because I did a 3.5, and I spend a lot of time on it. I think I can improve on adding more fun details and not make the presentation boring.

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 is working?

I enjoy planning my character traits for my story. It is very fun to think of your characters trait because there is going to be a protagonist, antagonist, andsupprting character.I also enjoyed planning my theme and the plot.

Area for growth:

Somewhere challenging for me is writing 4 pages in 2 lessons. It is also challenging to find a theme that is easy to write because you have to show a lesson in the story that is going to teach to readers.

Personal References:

Writing this story can help me get better in finding the theme of the story. I can do better at finding the plot in the story. I can also know how to make my story attractive for the reader. I can also get better at showing the lesson in the story.