Category Archives: English 9

Animal Farm Graphic

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Poster

This past week, my English class has been reading Animal Farm, we were assigned a group project so we could covey our learning. I demonstrated active listening in multiple ways, we had a bit of a disagreement about what animal to use at the start, My partner wanted to do a different animal, he had a different option. We talked it through and eventually concluded that we were both satisfied with. It went very well after we got over that. We decided to do the poster over the weekend because we had a very busy week with grade 9 basketball. There was good communication there, we both had the same thought of what to write on the poster. That was a good way we demonstrated the communication competency.

A very big road block that we hit, was one of our group members was sick with strep throat. So, we had to take on more of a work load to deal with our sick partner. That was a setback because we had to adapt and do the work with just two group members instead of three. We powered through though and got the project done. Using the strategies, I talked about in my last paragraph, we came up with a plan. The script was done during flex of Monday and Tuesday. We met up in the foods room and got a feasible script together. I was happy that we were able to communicate what we wanted and come up with a date to do the project even though we had a busy schedule.

If I was to do this project again, I would have done more in class. We didn’t have the resources to do the work in class because of a basketball tourney we had. I also would have had our sick group member do some work and email it to use so we could present with him doing some work. This was a fun project because I got to do this with my friends. We weren’t very artistic so I think that we should have included more writing or at least some colour. Overall, I think that we did a good job of communicating what we needed to and get over the problems we faced.

My Sonnet

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Skiing

The mountain glistens white with fluffy snow                            Reflection at the bottom
The frozen stream thick with snow and ice
The fluffy spluffy white snow falling very slow
The mountain is a skier’s paradise
Skiing down the mountain with joy and ease
A peaceful silence is heard at the top
The Whiskey Jacks singing high up in the trees
The snow crunching as you come to a stop
On the very last run the great day is done
You savor every minute on the mountain
Once down the skiing is done but was very fun
You can still feel the calling of the mountains
The glistening mountains can be seen from home
The best place in the world is Whistler Blackcomb

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Core Competency: Creative thinking.
Here is evidence that I can… generate new ideas, build upon my ideas, build upon or combine ideas of others, develop ideas through experimentation or writing, use setbacks to advance my thinking, take significant risks with my thinking etc.
I showed creative thinking in ways like, I had to problem solve when I ran into a problem. The problem that I ran into was that I had to rhythm the last of the sentences. I had a bit of trouble finding words to rhyme but eventually, I was able to get past that problem. I also had to be creative with how I started the lines of the sonnet. I didn’t want to start the lines the same way every time so that was a bit of a struggle. The final problem I ran into was finding a topic to write about. The problem was that I wanted to find an interesting topic that I wanted to write about, while having lots to write about the topic. That was when I thought of skiing. It had lots to talk about with the mountains, water and the actual skiing part.
Another thing that I’m happy with is my use of describing words. I think that I described the mountains and snow very well. Another reason I chose my topic was because skiing is one of my passions that I love to do with my dad. We go up to whistler ad much as possible. My last line was “The best place in the world is Whistler Blackcomb”, I chose this line because my favorite place to ski is in whistler and the mountain is Whistler Blackcomb. The ending “Comb” rhymes with home and that was another reason I picked it. Overall, I think I was able to get over my challenges and create a sonnet that I’m happy with.
Ways I want to improve are…
I wanted to make up a better word. It took me about 20 minutes for me to come up with the word “spluffy”. It was supposed to mean fluffy, I didn’t have a that great of a time even finding this word. I think with more time and more effort on my part I could have came up with another word. Another thing that I wanted to improve is the last two sentences. I think that it makes sense, it makes sense to me, but I’m not so sure if my teacher will understand the last words. My last sentence was “the best place in the world is whistler Blackcomb. If my teacher doesn’t know about the ski resort, then I can see why it can be confusing. Like I said in my last paragraph, I’m happy with my work and think that these improvements are only minor.