Announcements

Thursday, March 9

Hi Group,

Welcome to the course web.

Mrs Arthur and myself will use this page to communicate with you all on
weekly announcements, assignments, resources and other general communications.

Agenda for the day:

1. watch Baraka
2. reflect/discuss city and manufacturing
in relation to rainforests and life cycles
3. read selected poems and folktales
4. begin work on assignments
(rewrite, review, research, report, record)

Please bookmark this page or remember it well
http://be-at-ease.com/nbj/arthur
Use the drop box to the right to send me a message
or submit writings for feedback.

Happy Learning!

-Pierre

 

DROP BOX

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Complete the following games/exercises before our next meeting:

* creative rewrite: write your own version of the song Hold by KRS-ONE

* editor's pick: read an article on life cycles in nature or the city and write a 1-page editorial review (resource links)

* scavenger hunt: search the web for 1 picture of a rainforest, 2 media clips (image, sound, video)
of rainforest animals and 1 rainforest symbol that has been Americanized

* community reporting: interview 2 of your peers and find out why they came to NBJ (interviewing guidelines)

* audiovisual production: record a creative narration on your rainforest animal (poem, story, folktale)
and begin gathering pictures and illustrations for your final presentation

 

Thematic Units

Week/Day Plan

 

1- Introduction - The World - Purpose If we understand our environment, it can help us make better choices. How does your environment impact the choices that you make? Cities can be hard, fast, concrete jungles. On the other hand, rainforests are dense, warm, wet forests. They are havens for millions of plants and animals. Where are tropical rainforests located? What characteristics do their inhabitants share? The rainforest unit will help you explore such questions, as well as answer some of your own. As you work through the assigned tasks and readings, ask yourself many questions about the ecology of the rainforest compared to your own. What are the elements? How are they related? How are you (we) influenced by these? The goal of this unit is to become familiar with general world geography and gain basic life skills by understanding the composition of tropical rainforests (strata, animals, etc). guiding questions 1. What layer of the rainforest does your animal live in? 2. Does it come out during the day or at night? 3. What does your animal like to eat? 4. Which animals like to eat your animal? (Who are its enemies?) 5. How does your animal protect itself? 6. Describe how your animal looks. 7. What makes your animal special? Write something you have learned about your animal that makes it unique. 8. Describe how your animal is in danger from people. Each of you will need to have one or more visuals to show during your presentation. This is where you can really get creative! You may try one or more of the following ideas: * an animal mask; * diorama of the animal and its habitat; * colorful poster|map; * paper mache animal; * power point slide show; resources Animal Description Folk Tales & Myths Enchanted Learning top