End-October CAS Evidence

In this part of the month, I’ve moved onto running towards the mattress and leaping over an obstacle and completing a flipping motion. It’s important to get used to being upside down in the air. I’ve become better at completing that flip motion, however, I still can’t get enough torque to do it off flat…

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Mid-October CAS Evidence

In the previous month/CAS experience, I’ve sharpened my hockey wrist shot accuracy by practicing more often. This next CAS experience I would like to do is a little bit scary. I used to do it but haven’t done it in a long time. And going through all kinds of physical changes, it feels like I…

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Portfolio Post #1

During this Unit, we read the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. We learned about the world in the 19th century and how this play portrays the social issue from that time which is still existent to this day.  In this embedded document, I’ve written my analysis in an outline. I followed guidelines…

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End-September CAS Evidence

As I’m approaching the end of the month-long CAS experience, I have now reached my goal of getting at least 8/10 hits on target. The targets might not be at the exact same spot as last time as they were just taped back onto that brick wall again. I think I can improve this experience…

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Mid-September CAS Evidence

For this CAS experience, I’ll be improving my hockey wrist shot accuracy. I will create simple targets for me to measure my accuracy. So targets placed on a wall of the size of half a hockey net, then I’ll see how many I could hit out of 10. My goal is to get at least…

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The Profile (CAS)

Hey, this is a post about me and what I’m expecting for my CAS experience. I’m Renzo, I was born in Vancouver, Canada. I’m a kid who’s always motivated and does things that would make me happy. I believe that whatever I do, it should be improving a part of my life, I have to…

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This I Believe Summative

In this unit, we wrote an essay about our beliefs. It could be anything from a small moment that changed our lives to any belief that we stuck with every day in our lives. I thought this unit was interesting and fun because of how much creativity played a role, we told our own stories…

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Personal Project Written Report

In this unit, we had to do an almost year-long project of picking something to learn or to do. I chose to learn how to play the guitar because, throughout my life, I’ve never been able to learn an instrument and play it well. I’ve tried numerous instruments, such as pianos, drums and percussion as…

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Poetry Summative

In this unit we investigated poetry, we looked into how an author would create a piece and where the corner story came from. We also looked into different rhetorical devices that are used. I’ve learned that poetry is where authors get really creative and don’t follow any specific rules, they just create.  

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Unexpected, Result of Misunderstanding | Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot uses the misunderstood information to shape people’s perception of the Lacks. When their relative Henrietta passed away due to cancer, there was a lot of miscommunication about the science behind Henrietta’s special cells, so the Lacks thought she was alive. “Bobbette excused herself and ran home,…

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