Paul814

toc = My Subjects = Hi, In my 2010-2011 school year I have learned very interesting things. I know the year isn't done yet, but I'd like to show you the things we learned. Through the year we had lots of subjects that we studied and learned from. I admit there were times that I didn't like the topic, but that's why I'm here to learn. If I were to say two good things I'm good at is in math, I'm not the best but I'm very satisfied with the marks I get in my report card. The other one I'm good at would be being scheduled with all my homework. I can get them handed in on time and did my best on it. Some things I would like to improve on is Language Arts, because I still need to learn about my grammar mistakes. Also I would like to improve on is participating in class more often. What I mean is sometimes when the teachers ask for an answer I have it, but I'm just not confident enough to raise my hand and say my answer. For the next 6 weeks of school, goals I have is to really focus in my studies. I would usually like summer time, but then there are Exam's at the end of the year. I am going to study all my notes from all the way back in September and keep in touch with all the knowledge I learned back then. = Math =

Term 1 Reflection
Term 1 was fun I learned lessons that I didn’t know before. I learned about Ratios, Rates and Proportional Reasoning. Before, I learned that ratios compares one thing from another, this term I learned the four kinds of ratios. They are **two term, three term, part to part, part to whole**  ratios. Ratio can be written as a fraction, decimal and a percent. **Rates**  compare two quantities measured in different units. The two kinds on how rates are used are Unit Rate and Unit Price. **Unit rate**  is comparing a quantity to a second term which is one. A **Unit price**  is used when shopping or money and measures like liters and milliliters. **Proportional Reasoning**  is a relationship that says that two ratios or two rates are equal. All these information were in our pink paper were we also have a check list on what we learn. This Concludes our Unit 1.

Unit 2 started and we learned about Square numbers or Perfect squares, Square roots, Prime Factorization, Right Triangles and Pythagoras. A **Square number**  also known as **Perfect square**  is a the product of the same two numbers, for example 2x2=4, 9x9=81. An example of a non-perfect square is 6 because two same digits multiplied wouldn’t equal 6. Inverse, it means opposite,for example add is the inverse of subtract, multiply is the inverse of divide and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**square is the inverse of square root.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This term we discovered the square root sign which is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**√** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Before we use that, we learned about Estimating perfect square by fraction and Estimate by perfect square. Estimating perfect square by fraction is using the number line and the inverse it has like the spaces between the perfect square to the next one. Estimating the perfect square is when you figure out the closest perfect square beside it and take a good guess on the decimal. Another way of finding if a number is a perfect square is using prime factorization or a common name is factor tree. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Prime Factorization** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or factor tree gives you the factors of the number, for example 81=3x3x3x3. To know if its a perfect square, the factors of the digit is equally shared in two groups, 3x3__3x3. This explains about the Squares, Square roots and Perfect squares.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We now continued about Right Triangles and Pythagoras. A <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Right Triangle** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> consists of 3 sides named, 2 sides are called legs and the diagonal side is the hypotenuse. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Hypotenuse** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is also the side that is located opposite side of the right angle. The two side called <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Legs** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> make the right angle for the triangle. On this unit we learned how to identify a side of triangle with the formula called <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Pythagorean theorom** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, which is a²+b²=c². The Triangle is labeled so if a²and b² is added the answer should be c² which is the hypotenuse. In some problems we I would have to find or create the triangle to figure identify the 3 sides. Also we also talked about equality, it is about identifying if the triangle shown is a right triangle.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Through the term we had lots of homework they <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**homework book** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> pages, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**textbook** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> pages and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**scribeposts/comment** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. It was tough keeping up with the textbook pages because there were these extended questions that really give me a tough to figure out.We also have these show you know problems about what were learning, and I think its for practicing what we learned in that class that day. Homework book, it’s this book that Mr. Harbeck gave us to be able to help our skills get better at home. Finally we have scribepost, it’s a work done on a computer. We have to make a post to our website that talks about what we did in class. I really don’t like it because it takes me a while doing it. For the rest of the students that isn’t assigned to do a post, is to comment about the post that a specific student that did it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In term 2, I would probably keep up on the notes we get in class because at the beginning of term 1 that was the problem for me. Eventually though I was able to improve at the middle of the term until the end. I was happy I improve on my test marks and some of the questions are easier for me because I really tried hard to achieve it. Another improvement i would do better is take the motes he gives in more details. If I had to do a scribepost about the notes we did I would be in trouble because I did not write enough information. I would also want to listen more carefully.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For our <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Math website__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, We each have an specific website for our room. I did 4 post since the beginning of the term. They are my math profile, sesame street video project, textbook questions and homework book questions. My favorite was the sesame street video because I had fun recording and editing the video with my friends. My math profile was fun because I was able to be truthful about what I think about Math. The last two scribes was just fun in a different way were teachers probably knew. When we have homework were not suppose to cheat but when I post the questions and answer for my post, it is cheating. When other student look at my work they might just copy the answer and don’t bother to look at how I got the answer.

Proportion, Ratio and Rate
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Pythagoras
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Percent
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Term 2 Reflection
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Term 2 was okay if I could describe it in my own words. There were things that took a while for me to understand. This term we started by learning how to convert <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Fractions to Decimals to Percents** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. It’s usually in that order when we do some problems, but sometimes there in a different order. To find the decimal with a fraction you have to divide the numerator by the denominator, to find the percent with the decimal you have to multiply the decimal by 100. Sometimes you might have to start from a different end when the given number to you is only a percent. If that happens you go a different way which is dividing the percent by 100 to get the decimal. After, you put the decimal as the numerator. As for the denominator you put the digit one then put an amount of zero’s, making an equal place value for the numerator. Although do not include the first digit of the numerator which the number one already occupied. After converting we moved on to grid papers. In some cases there are decimals lower than 1%. In a grid paper you will make a zoom picture to show those percentage. More about percents are finding the percent of a certain amount to the full amount. For example would be what is the percentage of a quarter of a pizza to the whole pizza, it would be 25%.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Through the term we also learned about <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Surface Area.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Surface area a very interesting chapter because we learned how to view the top, front and side of an object. We used squared units after finding the surface area of the prisms. We also learn how to find the surface area of a rectangular, triangular, and cylindrical prisms. For a rectangular prism the formula is a=lengthxwidthx2, but for just a rectangle it is a=lengthxwidth to find its surface area. The formula for triangular prism is a=basexheight/2 then a=lengthxwidth for the rectangles, but for just a triangle it is a=basexheight/2. Although the formula for the triangle is the same there are different kinds of triangle. They are an Isosceles triangle which have both triangle equal, Right angled triangle which have a 90 degree angle and last is Equilateral which have all equal triangles. A cylindar is much more complicated because you will have to know how to find the area, circumference, diameter and radius to find the surface area for it. To find the surface area of the circle you use the formula a=π.r.r, to find the surface area of a cylinder you must know the radius and use the formula a=(2.π.radius.radius)+(2.radius.π.heigth). At the end of each solutions we draw a net for all prisms. A net is an opened view of the prism.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After Surface area we learned about <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Volume** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Volume is just an extended part of surface area except you have to find how much volume a prism or container can have. In volume we also worked on rectangular, triangular and cylindrical prisms. We also used cubic units after finding the volume of a shape. We had to follow a certain formula to find the volume of shape which is area of base X height. In some cases we had to find the area of the base. For rectangular prism we used the formula v=lengthxwidthxheigth. For cubes we used the formula v=sidexsidexside, all cubes have equal sides. For triangular prism we used the formula v=basexheigth/2 then multiply to other heigth. For the cylinder we used the formula v=(πxradiusxradius)xheigth.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Through the term there were bad time and good times for me. The Part I did well on is the Surface area because it was kind of easy except on trying to make a net. I found it hard because it was confusing on trying to put the right measurements of numbers to the right shape.I also did well on volume because it was easy finding it, except when some questions don’t make sense. The things I struggled on is Chapter 7.4, it was the chapter that talks about taking out another prism from another. Also remembering the formulas was hard. Next term I’ll probably ask for more questions and try to read more information in the textbook. The difference between surface area and volume is that surface area has to do with outside measurement and volume is inside measurement of the a shape. The things I learned in term 2 have been everything we talked about through the term. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="custom" key="8579660"media type="custom" key="8579662"

Surface Area
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Volume
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Integers
In my Integers quiz I got 14 out of 27 giving me 11 questions incorrect, but questions on number 20 letters a) to d) counts as 2 marks each. I admit it wasn't my best work but it king of got me confused because the integers statements are always different everytime. The questions I got wrong are numbers 2, 5, 8, and 9 for **multiple choice**. Numbers 11 and 14 for **completion**. Numbers 16, 17 and 19 for **matching**. Lastly **number 20** letters b) and d).

For **multiple choice** number 2 is 12x(-4) I got 48. I got that question wrong because when I see multiplication I always think of "taking away 12 groups of -4", so I thought it was suppose to be positive. Number 5 which was -8-(-9)+11 was also wrong because I thought of it as -8-(+2). Next is number 8 which is -8-3(-2-1), for 8 is the question that a lot got wrong because of the brackets. I thought you do the brackets and your suppose to include the - in the 3 when solving. Number 9 which is -8-(-6)x3-5x(-3) was one of the questions I thought was hard because it was mostly because of the sign rules. when i did the brackets for 5x(-3) I again thought I'd have to remove 5 groups of -3. Also if it is solved it has to be 2 negatives make a positive.

For **Completion** I got 11 and 12 wrong. In 11 which is -5x(-9)x8x(-1)x4x3 I got it wrong because of the question -5x(-9) I thought it would make a positive so the question would have more positive. Also Number 14 which is -20-(-12)÷4, I got it wrong because I thought of it as -20-3 so I ended up adding it instead.

For **matching** I got the numbers 16, 17 and 19 wrong. I got 16 which is [3x(-4)]+10 because I also thought 3x(-4) equals to positive. Number 17 which is 17-[5x(-4)], I got it wrong because as usual I thought 5x(-4) would equal positive. Also number 19 which is (3x2)-[(-1)x(-6)] / 3x(-5), I it got wrong because I thought the answer for the top would be -6+6 so my calculations turned into -12/5.

For **Number 20** I got letters b) and d) wrong. For b) which is -6-3x2, I got everything right up until -6-6, I thought I have to take away -6 on -6. Lastly letter d) which is 11x6÷(-3), I got everything right up until 11x(-2) because again I thought i have to remove 11 groups of if -2.

In the test I know I made a lot of silly mistakes. Those mistakes would include sign rules for subtracting and multiplying. In multiplying I would really watch out for multiplying positive to negative and remember it has nothing to include about removing groups of this group. Also here's a link to [|Paul's Great Big Book Of Integers].
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Fractions
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The Man Who Planted Trees
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Questions for Discussion after the show** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__2.What opportunities and threats are faced by Canada’s forest and woodlands?__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Opportunities that are probably faced by Canada’s forest and woodlands are more trees growing to keep environment healthy. Also more producers of the trees will keep going and plant more and more trees to keep earth to have enough oxygen. Threats they might face are pollution and global warming. Possibilities of those threats can lead to droughts or trees dieing leading to factory pollutions or carbon dioxide. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__3.How does The Man Who Planted Trees relate to us, to you, to the school and to the local community?__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The man who planted trees can relate to us in many ways. In general it relates to us because we all have responsibilities in our life that we have to keep doing. In school, I would have to commit my responsibility by doing my homework in time and listening to the teachers while talking about the lesson. Also I should do my best to get good marks because it can affect the future that I want. In the local community, would be being friendly and nice to everyone. Being helpful and following rules/laws that need to be followed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__5.What motivates people and organizations in their approach to the environment? Consider the following factors: money, publicity, votes, community benefits, prizes and awards? What limits their ability to be “green”?__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think myself that the most things that motivate people to approach to the environment would be money, publicity, votes, and community benefits. I know prizes and awards are sometimes used but they are mostly fall into community benefits. People sometimes work and get payed by money to clean up and go green. Publicity and votes cooperate together. What I mean is that people running for elections or voting use publicity and say “I am an environmentally friendly candidate and that adds up to more voters. The issues that limits them to “green” is not getting the things they would want to

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__6.What are the different character’s attitudes towards the forest?__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Jean-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I would probably think he’s a very friendly and cheered up person. He always smile and he’s very helpful to Elzeard.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**The charcoal burners-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I guessing they don’t really like their job because they might always get smoke in their bodies. Also they might have been forced to do what they did because they nee the money their being payed with to grow a family.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Elzeard Bouffier-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> He was a person who never gave up and kept going until he finishes the job he is doing. He also protected the tress that he planted so I would say he is a sharing person.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Government Official-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> He’s attitude is very selfish in a way that everyone will appreciate what he’s has been doing. He has also used the fact that he found the forest trees and claimed it for himself and used it to be voted for the elections.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Member of parliament-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> They probably feel out of power. The government officials probably just made up their own minds about what they have to do.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Timber merchants-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> They probably feel pushed around by government official
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Villagers-** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> They probably feel thankful that they have the kind of life they have.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__10.How do trees affect climate at a local and a global level?__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Trees Affect the climate by their process of taking carbon dioxide and making oxygen for us to breath. Also most of the paper we use in the world is made out of trees. Trees also give us the opportunity to live because we also use trees to survive in some wilderness and we can use them to build objects. Lastly it would continue to give us those things if we keep planting new ones whenever we cut one.

Simile Definition Card
Similes are used to compare two things, using the words "like" or "as".

Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components: TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? In this assignment I was asked to do a card with a definition and example of Simile.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? I completed this assignment because of several reasons. I learned that it could help me by the use of space and using my knowledge to demonstrate visual images. It also helps me to have a better use of having the pictures or exmaples match the topic.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?
 * A title and example that really match the example for the simile
 * The image is easily understood for the viewers eyes.
 * Finish product (color, outline, and designs)

NEXT STEPS:
 * I can now represent a comparison of two things.
 * I can now use elements such as writing definition, layout techniques, and use the space properly.
 * I can now use my knowledge to represent them into illustrations.

Thank You Ma'am Illustration
Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components:

TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? In this assignment, I was required to compose a friendly letter using information from a short story.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? There are several reasons I am doing this writing assignment. First I learned the elements of a short story and learned to identify them in our story. Next, we learned the components to write in a friendly letter format. Then, we applied specific story details and wrote in the first person as if we were the character from the short story.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?
 * Use proper friendly letter format referring to letter frame.
 * Compose the rough copy letter using specific details from the short story and write the letter from the perspective of one of the main characters in the story.
 * remember to use appropriate tone and audience for the letter.
 * Complete all steps in the writing process as set out in the assignment directions.

NEXT STEPS:
 * I can now identify elements of a short story.
 * I can write a friendly letter.
 * I can now write a letter with a specific details.
 * I can now write as a character or first person in the story.

Peace Poster
Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components: TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? In this assignment, I was to draw or represent the word peace using two of my senses.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? I am completing this assignment because it shows that peace can be reprensented in to different objects for everybody.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment? I know that I needed the word peace and show the two senses I made about peace. Also I would need the peace with two senses drawn.

NEXT STEPS:

**Iqbal**
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= Social Studies =

Early Peoples Definition Card
Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components: TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? In this assignment, I was asked to pick a word to do a definition and example about Early Peoples. I picked Neolithic.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? I completed this defintion card because of several reasons. I learned to gather information about the Neolithic people and use the informaiton to make an illustration. I also had the picture to represent the definition and what was the Neolithic's lives then.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?
 * I can now use elements such as writing definition, layout techniques, and use the space properly
 * I can now properly use to support the topic using pictures and designs

NEXT STEPS:
 * I can now use a process to visually represnt any time period in history.
 * I can now gather information about the topic and sparate them into the proper criterias.
 * I can now have a better experience into layout techniques.

Cro-Magnon Drawing Poster
Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components:

TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? I was requires to illustrate the Cro-Magnon Life, for the four quad topics of foods, homes, social structures and tools.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? There are several reasons why I completed this drawing assignment. Fist I now know I can demonstrate my knowledge through drawing instead of writing. I also learned to organize key points of my knowledge into categories about Cro-Magnon Life.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?
 * Visually represented and easily understood by the viewer
 * Use all space and draw a scene from Cro-Magnon Life
 * Finish the product (color,heading, sub-heading, layout)

NEXT STEPS:
 * I can now use a process to visually represent any time period in history.
 * I can now use design elements and layout techniques to do a drawing task.
 * I can now use my knowledge and separate them to criterias needed.

Mesopotamia Definition Card
Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components:

TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? In this assignment, I was asked to do a definition card for the word we chose about Mesopotamia. I chose Deity.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? I completed this assignment because of several reasons. I can have a variety of examples about the topic. I learned how to have a better balance for my definitoin card because of layout techniques and design elements.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?
 * Visually represented topic using pictures in the space provided
 * Picture fairly represents the topic
 * Suppoting examples and right definition

NEXT STEPS:
 * I can now illustrate and represent any time period
 * I can now take information and illustrate their life
 * I can now use deisgn elements and layout techniques for the drawings.

Cuneiform Tablet
This the Clay Tablet I did in class. Clay tablets are used by scribes to write for other people.

Nazca Lines


= Science =

Digestive System
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