INDIVIDUAL PROJECT LEARNING OBJECTIVES 12. C

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 12. C 10: use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world 12. R 8: begin to select and evaluate paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding F : 12. S 1: use formal and informal language registers in their talk on a range of general and curricular topics F: 12. S 3: explain and justify their own and others’ point of view on a range of general and curricular topics F: 12. S 4: respond with flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics F: 12. S 5: interact with peers to make hypotheses about a wide range of general and curricular topics

What is the purpose? What is the objective? c r e a t e / i n v e s t i g a t e a n d s h a r e i n f o r m a t i o n m a k e a 6 — 8 s l i d e P P T a 7 — 8 m i n u t e p r e s e n t a t i o n

URBAN LEGENDS: FACT OR FICTION? Create 2 urban legends of your own, and present to the whole class.

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES Create your own mythological creature. Say what it looks like, where and how it lives, how it behaves, and include any other information which you feel is important. Mention at least one short anecdote involving your creature.

THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL DISASTERS Choose a natural disaster and explain in your own words how it works. You can choose from this list: how volcanoes work, how tornadoes work, how earthquakes happen, why bees are dying out.

How do you this? Follow these steps!1. W o r k i n p a i r s 2. C h o o s e a t o p i c 3. S e a r c h f o r i n f o r m a t i o n 4. I d e n t i f y , s e l e c t , a d a p t , a n d s u m m a r i z e i n f o r m a t i o n i n y o u r o w n w o r d s. D O N O T C O P Y P A S T E ! ! 5. M a k e t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n p e r s u a s i v e , a t t r a c t i v e a n d i n t e r e s t i n g t o t h e a u d i e n c e. 6. E x p l a i n a n d j u s t i f y y o u r p o i n t o f v i e w.

How do you this? Follow these steps!7. D r a f t , e d it f o r m is t a k e s , p r o o f r e a d y o u r p r e s e n t a t io n. 8. S h a r e t h e r e s p o n s ib ilit ie s. 9. I n t r o d u c e k e y v o c a b u la r y b e f o r e t h e p r e s e n t a t io n. 1 0. R e h e a r s e y o u r p r e s e n t a t io n. C h e c k f o r t im in g , v o ic e , p r o n u n c ia t io n , a n d c a p t u r in g t h e c la s s ’ a t t e n t io n.

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urban legends websites http: //www. snopes. com/ http: //list 25. com/25 -most-popular-urban-legends-still-being-told/ http: //urbanlegendsonline. com/ mythological creatures websites http: //mythicalarchive. com/ http: //www. mythicalcreatureslist. com/ http: //www. mythical-creatures-and-beasts. com natural disasters websites how volcanoes work http: //www. geology. sdsu. edu/how_volcanoes_work/home. html how tornadoes work http: //www. weatherquestions. com/what_causes_tornadoes. htm http: //www. mnn. com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-causes-t ornadoes http: //science. howstuffworks. com/nature/457 -how-tornadoes-work-video. htm how earthquakes happen http: //earthquake. usgs. gov/learn/kids/eqscience. php http: //www. guardian. co. uk/world/interactive/2008/jan/23/earthquakes why bees are dying out http: //e 360. yale. edu/feature/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_ agriculture/2645/ http: //www. independent. co. uk/environment/nature/decline-of-honey-bees-now-a -global-phenomenon-says-united-nations-2237541. html http: //www. globalresearch. ca/death-of-the-bees-genetically-modifed-crops-and-t he-decline-of-bee-colonies-in-north-america/25950 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/colony_collapse_disorder

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