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Friendly Letter


GRADE EIGHT STUDENT ASSIGNMENT- PORTFOLIO REFLECTION TASK/INTENT/CRITERIA Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components:

Topic: Short Story, "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes

TASK: What was I asked to do for 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 a 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 the 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 appropiate tone and audience for the letter.
 * Complete all steps in the writing process as set out in the assignment.

NEXT STEPS: Im
 * I can now identify elements of a short story.
 * I can write a friendly letter.
 * I can use specific details.
 * I can use proper Friendly letter format.

The Man Who Planted Trees
1.What opportunities and threats are faced by Canada’s forest and woodlands?

Some opportunities and threats that Canada’s forest and woodlands face are the cutting down of the trees and deforestation.

2.How does The Man Who Planted Trees relate to us, to you, to the school and to the local community?

The Man Who Planted Trees can relate to us because we try to keep our world and beautiful place by picking up garbage and planting trees. It can relate to me because I tried to plant a tree once outside my backyard. It can relate to my school because in Sargent Park we recycle, and planted trees around the school once and I remember we sometimes pick up garbage on the streets around us. It can relate to the local community because we try to use different resources like solar power instead of burning fossil fuels.

 3.What are the different character’s attitudes towards the forest?
 * Jean - friendly
 * The charcoal burners - inconsiderate and reckless
 * Elzeard Bouffier - caring, support, friendly, and gentle
 * Government Officials - arrogant & greedy
 * Member of Parliament - conceited & arrogant
 * Timber merchants - careless
 * Villagers - clueless

 4.How do trees affect climate at a local and a global level?

The trees affect climate at a local and global level by lower temperatures, reduce energy usage, and reduce air pollution.

Child Labour Wordle
=Social Studies=

Cro Magnon Drawing
GRADE EIGHT STUDENT ASSIGNMENT- PORTFOLIO REFLECTION TASK/INTENT/CRITERIA Throughout the year I have completed assignments based on Assessment for Learning practices. The learning process has followed the three key components: Subject: Cro Magnon Drawing TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment?I was required to illustrate a quad of how the Cro Magnons survived the past.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment?There are several reasons why I completed the illustration assignment. Firstly, I now Know I was demonstrating my Knowledge through drawing instead of writing. I also had to organize information into a category about Cro Magnon.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?


 * Visually represented 4 categories easily understood by the viewer.(specific details)
 * Use all space and draw a scene from Cro Magnon life.
 * Finish product. It covers colours, heading, outline, subtitles, layout.

NEXT STEPS:


 * I can now use a process to visually represent any time period in history.
 * I can now use design elements and do a drawing task

Cuneiform Clay Tablet & Reflection


=Math=

Term 1 Reflection
What I learned in term 1 is about ratios, rate, and proportional reasoning. Ratio is the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other. Rate is a ratio that compares two quantities of different units. Proportional reasoning is a relationship between a ratio saying it is equal. There are 4 types of ratios, part to part ratio, part to whole ratio, two-term ratio, and three-term ratio. The other unit we talked about is square roots, squaring a number, and the Pythagorean theorem. Square root is a number that produces a specified quantity when multiplied by itself and we could use a calculator to find the square root of a number. A number that has a **//²//** which means it has to multiply itself with the same number as it is like 3**//²//** meaning 3 x 3. The Pythagorean theorem is used to determine the length of a right triangles hypotenuse which is its two legs. In the first term I felt like we did a lot of homework but we just have to do our blogging, comment on other peoples blogs, textbook/homework work, and blog work. I didn't post very much more like I'm barely do a blog but I did post two blog post which is our first blog post([|Math Profiles]) and the [|sesame street video] which is not really a video but just a blog post where we have to make a video by copying the sesame street character in ratio, rate, and proportional reasoning style of conversation. I do finish some of my textbook and homework book assignments but I should work on them more often if I don't want to fail. What I need to work on for term 2 is finish my textbook & homework book work and try to do my blog post if I could make myself to finish them.

Formula for the Pythagoras relationship is (**//a² + b² = c²//**)

Term 2 Reflection
What I learned in term 2 is about volume, surface area, and percent. Volume is a measurement of 3 dimensional space and tell how large it is, we got to learn to find the cubic squares in shapes. The surface area is the surface of the 2 dimensional space, the shapes we learned to find the surface area is a triangular prism, rectangular prism, and cylinder. What we learned about percents is about how to convert a number into a percent then into a fraction and decimal. What I find easy to do is doing the test because I learned about it before. What I struggle in is remembering the formula for finding the surface area of a triangle because I used the wrong formula. In the next term I will try to work harder and study for a test.

The formulas for volume & surface area are: - Triangular Prisms (//**v=b x h (height of triangle) / 2 X height (height of prism**//) - Cube (**//v=s x s x s//**) - Cylinder (//**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">v= π<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(pi) x r x r x h **//) - Triangular Prisms (//**b x h / 2 then l x w**//) - Cylinder <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;">(**//2//** **//π<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(pi) x r x r) + (2 x r x π<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(pi) x h) = Total Surface Area (TSA//**)
 * Volume - Rectangular Prisms (**//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">v=l x w x h //**)
 * Surface area - Rectangular Prisms (//**l x w**//)

Integers
[|Albert's Great Big Book of Integers]

Integers


=Science=

Digestive System Powerpoint
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2 Minutes To Make A Difference
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