🌱 How have I demonstrated growth as a learner so far this year?

🎯 How can I sharpen my Learning Plan to ensure I will reach my learning targets by the end of this school year?

“Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering feedback that I can use to improve as a learner.”

My learning targets for this year include…

• Pushing myself further in the Curricular Competency areas: Communication, Thinking, Personal and Social

My greatest areas of focus in terms of the competencies are Communication and Personal and Social. I have always thought of Communication as my greatest weakness because I have struggled in the past with advocating for my ideas and needs, and communicating things to both teachers and peers. However, I am proud of the progress I have made in this department over the past year. On the other hand, I believe I have a strong sense of Personal and Social awareness and I have developed a strong sense of identity during this point of time, and where I am at in terms of my short term and long term goals. Although I started Grade 10 with improvement within this areas in mind, I began to realize that I am happy with my progress in said areas thus far.

• Reaching academic goals while also maintaining work-life balance and mental health

While achieving my academic goals is still important to me, I find that my mental health, relationships with both friends and family, and learning is more so. I believe that long term, gaining the skills necessary to prioritize things important to my wellbeing is a skill crucial for life-long learning. My goal this year was to make my own needs and skills for both present and future success more central to my learning rather than simply achieving good grades. I intend to focus more on my mindset and personal capabilities.

⛏️ Gold Digger

How did the discovery of gold shape our province and its people?

• Practice of written Communication of big ideas in a creative and concise manner
• Personalizing my work into implementing my values, contributing to authenticity of fictional characters
• Learning independent studying skills, and self-motivation
• Practice balancing mental health on top of academic performance

🌊 Ology of Apology

How can we keep apologies for past wrongs alive so they are remembered – and not repeated – today?

• Practicing demonstrating Thinking skills and using Communication to explain important ideas and concepts in Canada’s history – the importance of apologies & what make a good apology
• Collaborating with peers; balancing both a leadership and follower role
• Using Personal and Social awareness, Thinking skills, and Communication to receive and give feedback, revise, and clarify regarding feedback
• Putting my wellbeing and mental health first
• Utilizing concepts learned in project towards self-realization
• Actively working against perfectionism and making allowances for myself

✍️ Romeo, Romeo, Why Are We Still Talking About Romeo and Juliet?

How has William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet remained relevant to contemporary storytelling?

• Incorporating personal values and skills to engage myself in group work
• Adding personal aspects of self into creating an authentic and personal product
• Self advocating and collaborating in a group setting

🌱 How have I demonstrated growth as a learner so far this year?

🎯 How can I sharpen my Learning Plan to ensure I will reach my learning targets by the end of this school year?

The strongest evidence I can provide of my growth as a learner this year is that I have experienced a paradigm shift since the start of September. Although academic success still matters to me, and I still continue to perform to a standard I find satisfactory for myself, – as reflected in my Humanities work – I can recognize that the grades I receive may define my academic success in the classroom, but they are not representative of my growth as a learner.

During my PLP adventures this year, I have been working hard and completing work that is indicative of my own identity. However, I have recently realized I’m not reaching the level of academic performance I do to impress my teachers, or compete with my peers, or make adults in my life nod their heads in approval towards me; even though that was how I used to predominantly think.

I am doing these things for myself.

That is the most fulfilling realization I have made this year. I don’t want the life I was born into to define my narrative; I want to define my own narrative. I believe that continuing to comprehend the big ideas I learn about in PLP and completing work that feels personal to myself will help guide me in further learning about what kind of learner I intend to be.

In order to continue achieving my learning goals, I want to remind myself it is okay to feel my weird, wacky, teenage emotions, and let them run their course. I desire to continue deepening my understanding through reflection and critical thinking. I want to adapt my learning plan to emphasize my value of my own personal growth as a priority on top of academic growth. Doing so, I believe I will be on the path to continue to learn more about myself.

In the end, I want to continue growing my individuality and my understanding of self in order to expand my understanding of who I want to be in society as I evolve and change over time. I am a friend, a learner, a daughter, a sister, and an artist; and I believe I am on the course to embody all that and more.

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