“What strategies can I use to maintain balance in my life and support my own well-being?” Having a Balance between work, screens, and social life is very important to maintain a healthy lifestyle. That is why in PGP we explored systems to support and encourage this balance. Early in this project, we learned about […]
Save Juno Beach! 🪖 – Canada’s involvement in WWII
Save Juno Beach! 🪖 Throughout this project we questioned, “Why is it so important to learn about Canada’s involvement in WWII?” We also focused on how we can use research to develop narratives and arguments which would then help us with the last assignment of our project; we were expected to write an essay with […]
This Is Us 🇨🇦
Hiya folks, welcome back to my blog! I cannot believe I am in grade 10 this is bonkers. Right away we jumped into our first Humanities project. Our goal was to learn about How we can use conversation to help us advance the concept of a “just society”. To launch the project we watched multiple […]
Dulce et Decorum Est 🪖
Woah this is my last blog post for grade 9. I will be talking about the last project we did in humanities and the spring exhibition! Our project was called Dulce et Decorum Est means It is sweet and patriotic to die for one’s country, and this project was all about the contrasting narratives of […]
TPOL 2023!
TPOL TIME! Why do you feel you are ready to advance to the next grade level? Pol Declaration: Thank you for coming to my presentation on learning. I am expert on my learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. […]
Creating Cards of Confederation – Say That 10 Times Fast
Cards of Confederation! Never coming to stores near you. Recently in humanities, my business partner, Blondie, and I created a card game involving Canadian nationalism and the confederation. After learning what nationalism was we had to find a “current” event that showed aspects of it. I ended up choosing an article about the difference between […]
Full Steam Ahead 🚂
Toot toot..! In Humanities Ms. Madsen led a project called Full Steam Ahead. We learned about the Industrial Revolution and its impacts on society. The final result was for us to present a slam poem about a chosen impact of the Industrial Revolution. It could be about the consequences of urbanization, the impacts on the […]
It’s Mpol Season!
“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 […]
I Picked Out Tiny Children From a Cauldron
Welcome back to my epic adventures in the world of science. In this particular project it was all about electricity. Ms Kadi mapped out the plan of the adventure that I followed along with. My mission of the trip was to find out “How does electricity help shape our society and how can we generate […]
The Quest of Making a Stop Motion
Once upon a time Sofia and I were in class. We had a quest to create a stop motion. After countless minutes of thinking of what to make our stop motion video about we decided to replicate a Harry Potter scene. Together, well mostly Sofia, we scavenged the bins of lego for supplies. Eventually we […]