Archive of ‘Grade 9’ category

28
Apr
2020

Wonder Project

categories: Science 9, Self-Assessment

At the start of term 2 in our science class, we had the opportunity to write down any question we wondered about enough to research and create a project for. My interest went directly towards oceans since I fear them which brought me towards the question “How would humans adapt to survive on an earth without oceans?” If this question made you just as curious as I was, then below is the info-graphic to give you a brief idea of just how.

                     Information Fluency Questions

1) What questions did you need to research in order to research your topic?

The questions I needed to research in order to research my topic were: How much space on Earth is taken up from oceans? How does the ocean cool down the Earth? How do oceans impact our weather? How would weather change without oceans? How long could humans stay alive? and many definitions to scientific words.

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

While working through this project I used Piktochart to create an infographic, Youtube to learn more about oceans, and google to find definitions and quick information, these were all tools that I have previously used and am familiar with. Some new tools I was able to use would be pexels, the Gale library database, and the ability to cite my pages through a word document, these two helped make a big percentage of my project and were very helpful, I am looking forward to using them more since they were easy and helpful.

3) What was the process you used to investigate the topic?

Like any process there were challenging and easy times, a few challenging times would be working with Piktochart to find the perfect template to use with the right text boxes and shades of colours that would have fit in. The easiest part from the process of my investigation was using gale, it provides many reliable information sources that can easily be found by searching the keyword of your main topic.

4) How did you verify and cite the information you found?

I verified the information I found by checking if it had a date of publication, an author, if there was references from what they put in their article, as well as checking the bibliographies. I cited the information I found by clicking a button that said “cite information” which gave all the data I needed once I copied and pasted it. If that option wasn’t available I would link the page I got the information from.

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

The process of completing this challenge I would say was long it dragged on for months and stayed as a reminder and worry to finish for a long time. Somethings I would like to do have done better would be using time in class wisely and trying to focus more, getting little chunks done so it isn’t piled up, and trying to get it done much earlier so I would only worry about adding finishing touches near the due date.

References

Riverside CC Self-Assess (1)

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09
Apr
2020

Silver Linings Of COVID-19

categories: English 9

Below is a paragraph I have wrote about some highlights during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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30
Mar
2020

FlipBook – “The Biggest Moccasins In The World”

categories: English 9

For my English and COL class, I have made a flipbook about the story The Biggest Moccasins In The World, making this flipbook had its challenging and easy steps. The progress to this flipbook I found the most challenging finding the right pictures to put in and the perfect design for each slide to match was very time consuming. However, when I used the website FlipSnack.com, it was the most easygoing and one of the steps I enjoyed the most it tied together the project and brought some nice details with the sounds the pages made when they flipped and the hardcover effect which looked amazing. After finishing and reflecting on the project I noticed that I was able to explore a new website, work to make an online book for the first time and learn new skills I can use on my upcoming PowerPoints.

26
Feb
2020

Community Connection

categories: PE 9

This year, for COL Community Connections I chose to interview Ari Guzhel, she is an 18 year old student as well as a young actor, who has acted on the popular TV show Once Upon A Time as well as the short film Lifelines which has been played at over 13 film festivals around the globe, and has won 4 awards one being the Joey Award. Being an actor the responsibilities she takes are preparing for as many auditions as she can, as well as extensively researching the character and studying the script by memorizing and rehearsing the lines. In the past Ari has played the role of a foster child in a short scene from my favorite  show Once Upon A Time, which was the first time I was introduced to her, the reason I chose to interview her was because attending school and being an actor is a lot to handle for one person especially for a student. Seeing what she accomplishes in her life through the acting world and school, continues to inspire me everyday to work hard and achieve what I believe in.

    

Ari’s IDMb page

1) Why are you passionate about your job?

“I’ve wanted to be an actor since I was a kid, it’s always been my passion. I love acting because I love exploring different characters and worlds: I absolutely adore breaking down scenes and characters and finding new ways to connect to characters that may be very different from me.” – Ari

 2) What obstacles have you faced to get you where you are today?

 “The greatest obstacle, as cliche as it sounds, is being hard on myself. Being an artist, we’re most hard on ourselves and our work so the biggest struggle is continuing to pursue the career when it feels like it’s leading to no where.” – Ari

3) What advice would you pass on to someone interested in what you are doing?

“The best advice i could give would be to take as many classes as possible and branch out to meet local actors, everyone has a different method, and hearing everyone’s different input on auditions and creating a character is really interesting. With this industry a lot of research must be done into classes, agents etc. You also have to be willing to put in a lot of time and effort into auditions and your craft.” – Ari

 4) Would you be open to further contact from Riverside students and if so, how can someone contact you?

“Sure! They can reach me on this account on Instagram. @ariguzhel” – Ari

 5) What steps would you recommend someone on taking for starting a job in acting?

“Same advice as above, be willing to put in a LOT of time and effort. You’ve got to be resilient with all the rejection that happens.” – Ari

6) How do you prepare for a character role you are doing for the first time?

“I break down the characters in the scene, not just mine. What is the relationship between my character and the rest? Where are we? What are the stakes? Another important thing to consider is objective being “What does my character want?” and “What’s stopping my character from getting what they want?” – Ari

   Photos on set from the scene Ari played on Once Upon A Time.

The Short Scene:

The photos and scene above is where a foster child (Ari) tries to disappoint the main character by bullying her to quit having hope because no one cares enough about her so she won’t get anywhere in life.

 Photos from the scenes of Lifelines

                                                     

In conclusion, during this interview Ari helped open up opportunities by giving advice on where to start, she suggested taking as many classes around my area for acting to see what works best as well as always keeping in mind that lots of time and effort is needed. When I finished the interview I learnt that working to achieve what you want when your struggling can be hard for you, but putting in effort, time, energy, and care. Will allow you to get where you want. What I learned connected to my interests because I play basketball and at times when I lose a game, get too tired, or see how much better another player is, I feel as if I can never play as good and I should just stop because I am wasting my time. Where if I put in  effort to time practices with a positive energy I could get better shortly.

Cites of the photos I used from websites

OnceUponATime                                                                                                                          Lifelines

IDMb Lifelines#1

IDMb Lifelines#2

Instagram Highlights#3

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