Category Archives: Grade 10

Character Sketch

In the story “Sam The Athlete” by Stuart Mclean, Sam, the protagonist, goes through a tough time trying to find a place where he fits in with others.

 

Even though Sam tries his best to play sports with others, he can never seem to find what he can do best, however, he stays dedicated in trying everything. Sam can be a little clumsy with sports, and at times runs into people, making the teachers say that he “Seems to be an angry boy.”

 

Before he had to start middle school, he was worried that he wouldn’t have nice shoes like everyone else did, and so he wanted to get a pair. When he was looking at them, the worker told him they were “Built for speed” to which he responded with “I know, I can feel it.” After he got them, he tested them out, and accidentally ran directly into a pole, and realized the pair of shoes wouldn’t help him with sports.

 

He decided to try out for field hockey as a goalie. After the first practice, he did good, and the instructor told him so, making him feel a lot of satisfaction, although, all of the other students there were female, and he believed that it was a female hockey team, so he decided to try and pretend that he also was one.

 

At the end of the story, Sam managed to block the ball from going in the net, and everyone cheered for him, making him feel very confident in what he was doing. He saw his old bully, Mark, who look envious of him, which made Sam even more confident in himself.

Staying Safe at Work

Three things I will do to stay safe at work are:

Think about the job being handed to me, and think of any possibilities of ways I could get injured, and make sure that would not happen. Another thing I would do, is make sure every thing around me is safe, and people know where I am and what I’m about to do, so they don’t accidentally do anything. The third thing I would do to stay safe, is to ask for help with anything I needed to do if I was unsure about being able to do it safely.

 

Two things I would do to make sure others stay safe are:

To watch them with something they are doing that seems unsafe, or help them them with it. I would also tell them to say ‘No’ to the job if they weren’t completely sure it was safe.

Core Competencies Self Assessment – Math 10 Honours

Can God create a sandwich they wouldn’t be able to eat?

 

  • Would God even have to eat? No, because he’s God, and has infinite power.
  • Would God feel no hunger or fullness at all times? Probably, since he has infinite power, so, he wouldn’t need to eat to survive, nor would he not be able to eat.
  • Does God even feel emotions?
  • What would that sandwich be made of?
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House Journal Response

 

In the story “House” by Jane Rule, the protagonist, Harry, undergoes an epiphany about moving out to another house.

 

In the story, Harry wanted to be like everybody else, instead of being unconventional. Most people in this world tend to want what everybody else wants. This story shows that in a way that, Harry wants to be like everyone else in the neighborhood, while Anna wants to be unconventional, and live on an island.

 

At the start of the story, Harry said Anna has a “Case of retarded development” meaning, Harry believes she wasn’t being realistic and wanted crazy things, like a child. Harry believed being realistic and what the right decision would be, is to purchase a house, like everybody else.

 

By the end of the story, Harry realizes that his belief in being like everyone else was the good idea, was not the right idea. He realized that being like everyone else was what a good and happy life would have to be.

 

A lot of people today tend to strive for similar things in life, because they’ve heard other people mention it, while only some others strive for things they see as their own goals in life as an individual. If everyone were to want the exact same thing, nobody would be very different, nor would anyone look different, or out of the normal.

My Graduation Plan

Fill in the info below, then copy and paste it into the body of your blog post:

  1. Healthy Living
    1. This year, I am _______Participating in gym class_____ to meet DPA requirements (150 mins/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity).
    2. Next year, I will ____Take gym class_____ to meet DPA requirements.
    3. Other than physical activity, I will also need a concrete plan for _Healthy eating_ and _Stress Management_ in order to lead a healthy life after graduation.

 

  1. Course Credits
    1. I need __80__ credits to graduate. A typical course is worth __4__
      1. __48__ of them must be from required courses.
      2. __28__ of them must be from electives.
  • __16__ of them must be from Grade 12 courses.
  1. At the end of this year, I will have __44__

 

  1. Community Connections
    1. I need __30__ hours of work/volunteer experience. To show I completed this, I must show proof in the form of ___pay stub__ or _reference letter_.
    2. I can start accumulating these hours in Grade __
    3. My plan to earn work/volunteer hours is through __Working at fast food place_
    4. I will also need to complete a reflection that includes ___My experience__, __What I did_, and __How I benefitted_. It will be __200__ typed words minimum.

 

  1. Career and Life
    1. In addition to updating my resume, I will also create _Post-secondary Plan_ and _Financial plan_ to show that I have a plan in place after graduation.
    2. When I graduate, my current plan is to __Go to college.
  2. Interview
    1. To prepare for the interview, I can look at the questions ahead of time. They are found __On the GT Website
    2. My interview will be with a ___Riverside Staff Member­­­____.

Math 10 Honors Number Summary

During first unit of Math 10 Honors, we were taught things about the real number system, mixed radicals, and entire radicals. Some of the things we learned were a bit of review to me, but other things were completely new to me, and I was a little confused about how to do a lot of it at first, but eventually understood it. We were shown how to find factors of numbers,  and find out what numbers are prime numbers. On that topic, we also discovered that the largest known prime number has 17,425,170 digits. We also learned about natural numbers, whole numbers, and integers and how they’re all relate and how they don’t relate to each other. We also learned that there are many imaginary numbers that exist. We learned how to simplify entire or mixed radicals into simplest form, in which is a part I struggled with at first, though I hope to remember, so it’s easier in the future.

Life is About Experiences

(This project is based on my experiences in a written paragraph that I eventually turned into a SWAY presentation)

 

Climbing Grouse Mountain was surprisingly fun and worth the climb. When we started, I thought I would get very tired, as the last time I did it, I barely made it to the top. For the second half of the way up, a large wasp continued to follow us up the mountain, and never went away until the top. It never stung us, but it kept flying into us, and made us stumble at times.

 

Through most of the way up, the only thought of just climbing up the mountain and getting to the top, though, I never felt too tired. The entire way up the mountain, all I could see was trees and other people going up. When ever we stopped for a little break, we always got swarmed by flies, which always made us just get up and keep going, because it was obnoxious. Once we got to the top, we got some water, and looked at the view of the city. At the top, there are a few things to do, such as looking at two grizzly bears that have their own habitat, watch performances, go zip-lining, get a tour around the top, and more. After all of that, we went back down the mountain in a gondola. There were a lot of people in the gondola, so nobody could really move anywhere until it was over, but the view from the windows were cool.  After all of that, I didn’t feel any pain or anything.

 

Climbing Grouse Mountain was definitely worth it.