Category: Grade 9


Apr
2023

HCE-Comments English write

categories: English 9

Here is my blog post about the image “comments” by Steve Cutts I have written an expository paragraph about the theme of this photo and how it’s represented.

 

Comments by Steve Cutts                                                       

 

HCE project 

This image by Steve Cutts titled comments represents the theme of how social media can affect your mental health due to how toxic it can be. By just glancing at this photo, you can see a man desperately holding on to a thin bar trying to get away from various monsters down below. When looking closely at the photo you can see more than that. At the top you can see the word “comments” bolded and an arrow pointing down at the swarm of monsters. The man appears to almost be faceless in a way since he is missing his eyes and I think that could represent how people use the anonymous aspect of social media to say whatever they what and be cruel to others while thinking that no one will ever find out who they are. This man could’ve been contributing to the toxicity on social media, and it seems that maybe his comments finally caught up to him, that could be represented by the fact that one monster has caught his leg. Once you begin making hateful comments online it becomes harder to stop, it is such an easy habit to fall into and when you begin to comment hurtful things you might not realize how badly you could be affecting someone. With this photo you could also flip the perspective, maybe this man was being attacked on social media for something and this photo represents how he was affected afterward. You can see the thin line he is holding onto is almost faded away which could represent his mental state and how he is barely able to hold on anymore after the hate that he has been receiving. I don’t think that others really mean to be so hurtful a lot of the time on social media but as I said it is so easy to fall into the pattern of being unkind and most of the time you won’t receive consequences. All of the monsters in this photo look the same as well, which once again represents the anonymous factor of social media. This image is a great satirical representation of social media. 

 

 


Mar
2023

Indigenous exploration- Health

categories: English 9

here is mine and Susanna’s podcast on the mortality rates, suicide rates and infant mortality rates regarding Indigenous people.

 

 

 

 

refelction:

me and my partner worked well together, while writing the script we found it hard to find some information that seemed accurate, but using the tools we learned about in the library we were able to get some good information. During the recording of this podcast there we’re a lot of times where we had to re-record different parts of the podcast because we we’re talking to fast. I think me and my partner showed great perseverance while doing this project. we we’re able to work together and find new and informative ways to express are ideas while writing our script. we worked well while collaborating and we we’re able to share ideas and learn different things from each other. I would say  we showed the core competency communication because of these aspects of our collaboration.

 

 

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2017011/article/54886-eng.htm  

Suicide among Indigenous Peoples in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia 

https://www.bensound.com/ 

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2494314444/BBA43DCDA8A6440APQ/8?accountid=209278 

https://thisishell.com/interviews/919-valerie-bergeron 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/17/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-in-canada-could-number-4000 

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/02/28/why-are-canadas-first-nations-women-dying-at-such-an-alarming-rate/  

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2017011/article/54886-eng.htm  

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2019012/article/00001-eng.htm 

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2265173954/34A8BE4677A9493EPQ/8?accountid=209278 

Social Conditions of Indigenous Peoples in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia 

https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1602010609492/1602010631711
Free Music for Youtube & Videos – No copyright claim (bensound.com) 


Oct
2022

Element project- Xenon

categories: ADL 10 Assignments, Science 9

What questions did you need to research in order to create your sway?

  • what is xenon?
  • what is xenon used for?
  • how did it get its name?
  • what is xenon’s melting/boiling point?
  • how do you liquify xenon?

What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project?

  • google
  • gales engage learning
  • sway

What was the process you used to investigate the topic and how did you verify and cite the information you found?

I would look up a basic question on google or gale engage learning and then look at a couple of the results it gave, based on the that I was able to find the answer to my question and more. I mainly used to google for this because it is the easiest in my opinion. with google it’s easy to be given false answers for your question that’s why I looked at different articles rather than just looking at one, I made sure the website was secure, and looked at the author of the article then checked to see if they sited their sources.

How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better?

I think I could’ve been better with using more of a variety of resources, I also think my article could be better with more photos. in the end I’m happy with what i wrote, it wasn’t too difficult to find research on my element and it was interesting learning about it.

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