Balance. Balance is something I struggle with a lot. Navigating the delicate art of balance has become my odyssey. I’m often overwhelmed with the amount of PLP work due to personal commitments, hindering my quest for balance in my life. This project was called New Year, New Me, and was our first project in our […]
Canada’s Role In World War 2
Hello world! Welcome back to my blog! Our most recent humanities project called Save Juno Beach has come to an end, and so it’s time to reflect. In this project we questioned: “why is it so important to learn about Canada’s involvement in WWII?”. Our final product was an argumentative essay answering our driving question. […]
THIS. IS. US.
Hello world! It’s been a minute since my last blog post. I can’t believe I’m in in grade 10 now, and more shocking is the fact that I’m going to graduate in 2 years! 😳 😱 To start off my grade 10 year, we did a project about Canadian Identity. We explored what makes up […]
TPOL 2023
Grade 9 is in the books! Wow, that went by very fast, I can’t believe that I’m going to be a grade 10! But before grade 10, I have to reflect on my grade 9. How I’ve grown as a learner, how I’ve succeeded, and areas for improvement. Yep, you guessed it! It’s time […]
It Is Sweet And Patriotic To Die For One’s Country
We have reached the end… The end of this project that is. It’s been a while since my last Humanities post, but here we are wrapping up our last Humanities project of the year. This project was a deep dive into the contrasting narratives of World War 1. The driving question was, “How can we […]
🍁Canadian Nationalism and Building Board Games!
Hey, world! Today I’m going to be talking to you about Canada, more specifically, Canadian Nationalism. So what is Nationalism? And how can we make Canadian nationalism board games? Well, you’re about to find out. Keep reading! We launched into this project with a quick research task about a Canadian symbol- whichever one you like […]
We Are The Moth: Slam Poetry And The Industrial Revolution
Hey y’all! Welcome back to G’s blog! It’s been a couple weeks since I finished my Industrial Revolution project with a slam! A slam poem that is. Our more recent humanities project, Full Steam Ahead, was a fun combination of the Industrial Revolution and exploring different types of writing. I’m really proud of the work […]
MPOL 2023🎯
Already halfway through grade 9! You know what that means! It’s time to reflect on my growth as a learner in the first half of the year! Yep, you guessed it: time for another Mpol (Midyear Presentation of Learning). Let’s begin! Declaration of learning: “Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am […]
🎢The Rizzard Of Oz
A new rollercoaster for Screamorama Amusement Park just got approved for further engineering, development and construction!! This is exciting. My creative design team designed and created a working prototype of this rollercoaster, to pitch it to the CEO’s of Screamorama (aka the teachers). There was about a dozen rollercoaster pitches, and ours was the first […]
Avatar, Old-Growth Forests and Winter Exhibition 2022
Wow! I made a documentary film! And, we had an avatar themed exhibition. How do the two relate? Well, you’re about to find out! We started this project with a movie. The movie was Avatar (2009), which was apparently the second highest grossing film of all time behind Gone with the Wind (1939), and I […]