Pre Calc 12 – Transformations Reflection

How has this unit impacted your creative and critical thinking and communication skills?

In this unit, we developed our communication skills by talking to our peers to figure out certain problems or questions. This helped me develop my communication skills by forcing me to take what I am thinking and turn it into words to explain to others. This also helped my critical thinking because we had to come up with solutions to problems and questions that I didn’t have a lot of practice with. Doing this also helped with creative thinking because we had to think about the question and try to develop a solution. Also, my creative thinking was developed by learning to think outside of the box and try things before coming up with a solution, like with the “teenager effect” with (x-2) moving right instead of left. I believe that talking with our peers helps us develop these skills and helps us better understand the concepts by trying to develop our own solutions to problems and it helps us remember the solutions because we are forced to think of it and analyse the problem.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Literary Circles, Reflections, Core Competencies

*I wasn’t there for 2 of the meetings that we did reflections on*

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  • The book was based on Anne Franks diary.
  •  The book is set during WWII in Germany.
    •  Begins in Berlin and moves to Auschwitz
  •  Bruno’s father is/is based on Rudolf Hoess.
    • Rudopf Hoess was the commandant of Auschwitz from May 8 1944 to January 18 1945
    • He was judged as a war criminal and was punished by death
    • He worked on the “Final Solution” to get rid of the Jewish population
    •  He released a memoir called “Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess”
  •  The name “Bruno” comes from the Old High German name “Brun” that means shield or armour.
  • The ame “Gretel” is of German origin and means a pearl.
  • Rudolf is also a German name. It means fame, glory, and wolf.
  • Bruno is always looking to play games with Shmuel. Some popular games during WWII were Hopscotch, Four Square, Jump Rope, Marbles, Red Rover Red Rover, Hide and Seek, Statues, and Red Light Green Light.

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Core Competencies