Category Archives: Grade 9

Top 5 blog Post

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These top 5 are in no particular order.

Legal Moves with tiles

The First of the top 5 are legal move’s. I chose this one because you have to go by the rules to get the answers for every question no matter the length. This type of math question is just to find the variable by itself and what its value is. The rule is, whatever you do to one side, you have to do to the other. As long that there is a way of having the variable by itself you can do the equation.

X and Y graph equations

X and y graphs helped me very much with understanding how charts and how money works. With just one equation you can predict the whole chart to the 1,o00th number. It is fairly simple and works like a charm. So the x value in the equation means how many the number goes up by per section and the plain number is what you add to the number. If you do this correctly you can find any number you want. IF you want to find any number you multiply the x value by the number column and add whatever number comes after in the equation.

Exponent laws:

Exponent laws were a very important thing I learned this year because I struggled with them all year long with getting 63% on the exponents test. But once the test was done I was able to understand the easy topic that I found so hard my whole year. While I too thought it was a complicated equation I soon realized how lazy and fun exponents could be. Exponents is just a repeated multiplication of numbers. You can just add the exponents if the bases are the same, but if the bases are different you have to multiply the bases by each other then add the exponents

Similarity and Scale factor:

Every student in Mrs.Burton’s class did not understand what the 1:4 in the maps meant including me. I loved maps as a kid but I was never able to understand what it really meant. But what I learned was that this is just a way to show what can be drawn or built by using equations and scale factors. It would take a lot of hours and paper to draw a life size version of a house as an architect. The scale factor means that if the number on the left is smaller then the actual is bigger than the picture while if the number of the left is bigger then the real life item will be smaller.

Financial literacy:

When I first learned that we had to do finances I was worried because I didn’t know much about it and it seemed quite complicating. But the most important of the things were surveying and what affects surveys. What I didn’t know is that you can tell a survey is good or bad just by checking the factors that affect survey data. The factors that affect surveys are Cost, bias, language, privacy, ethics, cultural sensitivity and time. These all majorly affect surveys and in order to get a good survey you need to add all of these into it to make it the most effective.

What I learned about grade 9 similarities

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Enlargements and reduction

Reduction is when something reduces in size and has a smaller surface area.

Enlargement is when a shape is larger than the original image and has a larger surface area

Is it similar?

A polygon is only similar if all of the angles are the same. Even if the shape looks similar if the angles are not the same it is not a similar polygon

 

Scale Factor:

The scale factor means how much the polygon increases or decreases by. The image is always on the left and the original is always on the right. So if the scale factor is 2:1 then you multiply the image by 2 which would be an enlargement while 1:2 would be dividing the image by 2. If the number on the left is larger multiply but if the right is bigger then you divide.

Equations:

Sf= Scale Factor

When you want the size of the image, you multiply the scale factor withe the original image to find the size of the image.

When you are asked to find the size of the image you multiply the S.F with the original if it’s an enlargement and if it’s a S.F less than one you divide by that number

When you want to know the scale factor divide the image by the original to get the S.F

Triangles with missing sides:

For example if you know all of the sides of the image and have just one side of the original, you can divide the image by the original and you get the scale factor. Once you have that you can divide all of image sides and you get the original side lengths.

 

Butterfly is when you cross multiply so you find the missing number, and you divide the two numbers you have and then divide or multiply the number you have to find the missing number.

Chapter 14 and 15 journal entries

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Chapter 14 and 15 Journal Entries

 

  1. Theme

Using your topic sheet – find TWO topics that are looked at or highlighted in these chapters – Write a THEME statement for both of these topics that can be proven using evidence from chapters 14 and 15

Loyalty helps builds relationships

Friendship can be found in unexpected places

Hope courage

Hope shows in the toughest moments

Luck is for people who are prepared to succeed

  1. Define:
  2. sated – to satisfy a desire to the max
  3. astronomical – something really big
  4. eradicate – destroy complete
  5. putrid – decaying or rotting
  6. Comprehension

 

Chapter Fourteen

  1. How does Katniss escape the Tributes waiting for her beneath the tree?

She drops a ohive of jacket wasps

  1. What does Kat realize right before she passes out?

Peeta saved her

 

Chapter Fifteen

  1. What did Kat get from Glimmer’s body? Why is this significant?

She got a bow and 12 arrows and it is signifigant because

 

  1. Why does Kat want Rue for an ally?

She is smart and can maneuver faster around the trees

Hunger Games Journal

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The Hunger Games: Journal Entry #1

 

Comprehension Questions:

Chapter One

  1. Why does Buttercup hate Katniss?

Buttercup hates Katniss because when buttercup first arrived Katniss tried to drown him in a bucket

 

 

2.Why is District 12 surrounded by fences?

District 12 is surrounded by fences so that no one can come in, including animals and people. What many don’t know is that the fences only are power with electricity for 3 hous a day.

 

  1. How is Katniss’ mother different from other residents of the Seam?

She differs from the rest of the seam because she can heal with herbs and medicines like no other.

  1. Why don’t Gale and Katniss run away and live in the woods?

She felt that she would have to bring all of her family members with her into the woods and they would not be able to travel and hide with so many family members.

  1. What is the Hob?

The hob is a black market located in an abandoned warehouse.

  1. Describe the Reaping system. How is it unfair?

Reaping is a oerpetual form of slavery. And every one has their name drawn and can be chosen to be added into the hunger games

Critical Thinking Question:

Journal 1: If you had to survive out on your own, what would be the easiest part for you and what would be some of the more difficult aspects of surviving outdoors on your own?

TO hunt for food and to make sure that I do not die by starvation. Stay away from the strong and deadly animals. Have someone to talk to and make sure you don’t get lonely. It would be easier to provide for yourself because you hav no one else to take care of. Making weapons would be pretty easy

The Hunger Games: Journal Entry #2

 

Comprehension Questions:

Chapter 2

  1. How does Katniss save Prim from the Reaping?

She volunteers as tribute so she has to do the reaping. She says I volunteer as Tribute

 

  1. How did Kat’s mother react to her husband’s death?

She stayed in her bed for months and would never get up and out of her bed, even though she was supposed to get a job. She shut down and became depressed.

 

  1. Describe Kat’s only previous encounter with Peeta Mellark.

Kat was given bread by Peeta Mellark because both of the loaves were burned and she was lying on the ground starving and he gave her two loaves because they were burnt.

 

  1. Why does

 

Critical Thinking Question:

Write in complete sentences and in paragraph form

Journal 2: In your own life, when was a time when you felt defeated? How did you regain your confidence? (Chapter 2)

I tried out for ducks volleyball club in December and I didn’t make it. I felt heartbroken because I had tried so hard but I realized that this was my first couple months playing and I shouldn’t have made it. Last night after working hard for 6 months I tried out for ducks beach And I made the elite team and I had made it over the player who made it over me prior. It showed me where hard work can get you.

 

 

  1. Critical Thinking Question #2 – Write a short flashback from your own life – try and remember a time someone did something really nice for you, for no real reason. What happened? Why do you think they did this for you?

Someone once bought me a pop when I was just walking outside and I was really thirsty and I didn’t know why he did it. Also Some people helped me practice when I did not have a partner

Chapter 14 and 15 Journal Entries

 

  1. Theme

Using your topic sheet – find TWO topics that are looked at or highlighted in these chapters – Write a THEME statement for both of these topics that can be proven using evidence from chapters 14 and 15

Loyalty helps builds relationships

Friendship can be found in unexpected places

Hope courage

Hope shows in the toughest moments

Luck is for people who are prepared to succeed

  1. Define:
  2. sated – to satisfy a desire to the max
  3. astronomical – something really big
  4. eradicate – destroy complete
  5. putrid – decaying or rotting
  6. Comprehension

 

Chapter Fourteen

  1. How does Katniss escape the Tributes waiting for her beneath the tree?

She drops a ohive of jacket wasps

  1. What does Kat realize right before she passes out?

Peeta saved her

 

Chapter Fifteen

  1. What did Kat get from Glimmer’s body? Why is this significant?

She got a bow and 12 arrows and it is signifigant because

 

  1. Why does Kat want Rue for an ally?

She is smart and can maneuver faster around the trees

Chapter 18

 

 

  1. How is decorating Rue with flowers a sign of protest? What is she protesting? Why won’t it be shown much on television?

It is a sign of protest to stop the games because they want to stop the violence and that a 11-year-old should not be killed. She is protesting that the games need to stop and that this is getting too violent. So the people of the Panem wont protest back to the capitol so they don’t get taken over. They do it so that she can get sponsors

 

 

  1. Why do the Gamemakers change the rules?

The game makers change the rules so that 2 people from the same district can win the hunger games.

So they can kiss and make the games more interesting.

The Nightmare before Christmas Summary

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Matej Mladenovic

Block a English

March 1, 2019

 

Notes

Santa was shoved into a sack which is not possible. They all want Santa to come but he keeps going back to Halloween. HE used zero as his ride instead of Rudolph. He drove in a skeleton sleigh instead of a real sleigh. Santa started groaning and it started to sound really bad. There were many things that were acting creepy like the doll being possessed and others being possessed like items. People are popping out of the grave at their houses. It seems like this is a mix between Halloween and Christmas because these ghoul creatures do not resemble Christmas but the Santa and the sleigh do. Santa get shot out of the sky by a missile and say his last remarks for the world. Jack took over Christmas and Santa was not happy with him at all. He told him Jack you shouldn’t have tried to take over Christmas yourself.

The poem is aabbccdd

Theme: Don’t try to do too much.

Similes; lots of them are in the poem.

Blackout poem reflections

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Blackout Poetry Reflection:

 

Write about your two blackout poems in a short paragraph:

  1. Did you like making them? Why or why not?

I sort of liked making these blackout poems because I really had to make sure I didn’t make any silly mistakes and not cross out any words. I also needed to find the right words and make sure that the story I made was relevant.

  1. Did they help you form opinions about current events in our world?

The story that I did about china and Canada really made me realize that china has been helping us out a lot and we should thank them for all the support that they have given us.

  1. Consider the following Big Ideas of English Language Arts 9 – What ones do you think you used while writing these poems?

Exploring stories around the world and making connections that the world and that the world does not revolve around you. It is important that you focus on the bigger picture.

  1. People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives
  2. Exploring storiesand other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
  3. Language and storycan be a source of creativity and joy.
  4. Textsare socially, culturally, and historically constructed.
  5. Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.
  6. D) What was the hardest part about creating your blackout poems? (The visual aspect, finding the right words, forming an opinion?)

The hardest aspect for me to get correct was finding the right words and making sure that it all makes sense

Creation of Sam McGee Questions

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The Cremation of Sam Mcgee

Reading Comprehension Questions:

Section 1 – Literal Questions

Complete these questions on your own to show your understanding of the elements of the story found in the poem. Please write in full sentences.

 

  1. Where was Sam McGee’s hometown?

Sam McGee’s hometown Is Tennessee USA.

 

  1. Why was Sam traveling in the Arctic?

He traveled to the arctic for the gold rush.

 

  1. What was the last request that Sam made to Cap?

His last request was to cremate his body when he dies.

 

  1. How did Cap feel about his promise after some time had passed?

He was so cold that he was debating doing it or not.

 

  1. What happened to Cap’s sled dogs? How did this make things worse for Cap?

They were howling when he was riding around. They were getting tired. He got colder by the minute.

 

 

  1. Why was Cap unable to cremate Sam’s remains in the wilderness?

He didn’t because there was nothing to burn in the wilderness

 

  1. Where did Cap ultimately cremate Sam’s remains?

He cremated Sam’s remains at a cabin. He used the wood from the cabin

 

  1. Hours after placing Sam’s body in the boiler, Cap looked inside. What did he see?

HE was sitting down hours later. He made his body look real. hallunciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cremation of Sam McGee

Section 2

Critical Thinking Questions

 

Complete these questions on your own and in full sentences.

 

  1. You know that theme is the message the author wants you, the reader, to walk away from this poem with. What is the message/theme Robert Service is trying to share with you? Be able to support your theme with evidence from the poem.

That you shouldn’t give up your life for money and when you are in bad times you can go crazy. “On Christmas day we were mushing our way over the dawson trail” this is an example of how he sacrificed his life to make money and work all day in the cold. Another example is “I was sick with dread” This is an example of him being sick but still grinding.

 

 

 

  1. What does this passage mean to you, “In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load!”

This quote in my opinion means to push through no matter what and don’t give up. The person saying this makes it seem like he had to travel through the cold and it was hard for him to make it through. Also it can also mean that he was cursing when he had to carry Sam McGee all the way through the arctic and hated it so much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. In your opinion, why didn’t Cap go back on his promise? Sam would have never known!

In my opinion Cap kept his promise to cremate Sam because they were friends and he felt that if he didn’t keep his promise, he would be haunted. At the end of the story when It says he saw Sam in the boiler sitting he felt like he was still alive and had the feeling that he was going to get killed by Sam. When you don’t keep your promise you will be haunted.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What really happened when Cap opened that boiler? Did he really see the ghost of Sam? Was he hallucinating? What do you think, and why do you think this?

He did see the ghost of Sam. HE saw the ghost of Sam because it is impossible to survive that long in the heat and it was a hallucination because he was so cold and in such a bad time of his life. I believe that if he was in Tennessee he would not see him because he would not be in such a bad point of his life.

What I Learned about Grade 9 Linear Relations Summary

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Horizontal and vertical Lines:

An example for this is that y=3 what you do is you find 3 y and then it just goes horizontally across and If it is x=3 you find 3x and go vertically all the way through. When you want to make a smaller line you have to put down where it stops and where it finishes. An example is x=3 {2<y<4}

How to determine points on mixed up equations or ones with fractions:

-3x+ 2y=2 This is actually very simple because all you have to do is get Y. You can achieve the answer by adding 3x to the side with 2. Which makes 2y= 3x+2 divide by 2 and you will get the formula. when you get a number that is a fraction you put the multiples in x column and y will be a full answer.

What the number in the equation means in the line:

If the x is negative then the picture will be going but if the x is positive then the line will be going up and is positive.

How to fill the table when you get the formula:

This is very simple because all you need to do is multiply the number on the x column and then add or subtract to find y. Ex: 2x+3 would be 1 x 2= 2+3= 5 so the answer and the difference between the numbers in the x number. So the question goes up by 2 every time.

How to extend the pattern on an axis:

You can extend the pattern on the axis to see what all of the numbers would be and also to check if your equation is correct by checking if the line is fully straight. unless the number can be divided to a fraction you dont need to extend fully.

Plot points on a coordinate axis:

Plot points on a coordinate axis work very simple and it works like this. If your equation is 2x+3 you go 2 points to the x axis and 3 points up to y. So y is going up and x is going to the sides. whatever the equation is you just put it into the graph to make it work. The coordinate axis x and y meet at zero which splits up the picture into four quadrants.

How to convert a table to a rule:

You first see how much it goes up by each time and that is the second number. What you do next is to see how much is left and multiply that part of the equation.

How to convert pattern to table:

First you see what the pattern is and see how much it goes up by and then you order it by 1,2,3,4 on the x side and how ever much you need to multiply you do that and your answers will be able to be filled in.

Extend a growing pattern and fill in missing numbers:

  1. Extending a growing pattern is just a realization of the increase or decrease of the number and just continuing the number. Filling in the missing number is finding how many numbers are between the two that you can see and just multiplying the the rule and the number. 

 

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