Reflection
- What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?
- What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?
- What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year?
- What was the most challenging part of this year for you?
- Where is your favorite place in our classroom (or school)? Why?
- If you could change one thing that happened this year, what would it be?
- What are three things you did this year to help your classmates?
- What are the three most important things you learned this year?
- What is something that was hard for you at the start of the year, but is easy now?
- In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements?
- What is your favorite part of the day in our class? Why?
- What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?
- Of the books you read this year, which was your favorite? Why?
- What was the best piece of writing that you did this year? Why do you think it is your best?
- What person at our school has made the biggest impact in your life this year? Why?
- What is something the teacher could have done to make this year better?
- What are six adjectives that best describe this school year?
- Knowing what you know now, if you could write a letter to yourself that would travel back in time so that you would receive it at the start of the school year, what advice would you give your younger self?
- When you consider the rest of your life, what percentage of what you learned this year do you think will be useful to you?
- What advice would you give students who will be in this class next year?
Country Project
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Write a detailed Information Report on
any country of your choice. Choose a country you know NOTHING about.
Think about the following things that you could include in your report.
1.
Flag –
story behind the flag
2.
Map / which continent / capital
city National Anthem
3.
Food & drinks
4.
Clothing
5.
Music
6.
Transport
7.
Population
8.
Money/ Finance / Currency
/ income
9.
Climate / weather / temperature / rainfall
10. Terrain / landform
11. Water (sea, ocean,
lakes, rivers)
12. Nature / native
animals / plants
13. Language(s) spoken, how to say “Hello”
and “Goodbye” in that language
14. Trade/products/goods
15. Natural resources
16. Famous landmarks/places
17. Housing
18. Religion
19. Holidays
20.
Government
21. Major occupations (jobs)
22. Famous people/rulers/kings/presidents/etc. from the country's
history.
COUNTRY RESEARCH
CHECKLIST
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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Feel free to include
other information if necessary) Your project should have an INTRODUCTION which includes:
Your project should have at least one
paragraph discussing the HISTORY of your
country which includes:
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The Date the country
came into existence.
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Major events
in the country's history.
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Famous people/rulers/kings/ presidents/etc.
from the country's history.
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How the country became a country.
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Your project
should have at least
one paragraph discussing the
GEOGRAPHY of your country. It should
include:
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Major landforms.
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Major bodies of water.
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Major landmarks.
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Major cities.
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Your project
should have at least one paragraph discussing the
CULTURE of your country. It
should include:
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Clothing
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Religions
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Music
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Food
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Holidays
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Government
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Your project
should have at least one paragraph discussing the
ECONOMY of your country. It should include:
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Natural Resources
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Major occupations (jobs)
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Manufacturing areas
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The currency (type of money)
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Land use (ie. farming areas)
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Your project
should have at least one
paragraph discussing the CLIMATE of your country.
It should include:
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General weather conditions
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Average yearly
temperature
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Average yearly
rainfall
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What effects the
climate has on the country
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Your project should have at least one
paragraph discussing any INTERESTING FACTS about your country. It could include:
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Population
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Strange laws
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Modes of transportation
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Travel tips
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Story behind the flag
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Native animals
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Your project should have a CONCLUSION paragraph
which includes: A nice wrap-up of your research. Make sure you include a bibliography.
Choose Your Company Name
Task One
Make up a name for your company. You are allowed to change the name
further down the track as you write more about your car and learn more about
environmentally friendly cars.
What to Type on Google
Task 2:
Ask students what they would do if they wanted to find out about
fuel-efficient/environmentally friendly cars on the internet.
- where would you go?
- what would you type?
Ss get into pairs and have to find 1 good website
for environmentally friendly cars and one that isn’t good. Ss then share back
to the grade and have a discussion.
Discuss concepts like the amount of text, the
purpose of the website or video (is it a business promoting their green car as
opposed to a government agency), what is the bias?
Create a Logo
The table below gives you an idea of how you could set it up.
Create a Logo
Task Three
Your task will be to design your own car logo. Go
to the website http://www.designmantic.com/ and have
a play around with some of your own logos.
Teachers Instructions Γ Show images and videos of logos.
Design a logo for your company. You will need to write
down the following:
a)
Why your
logo looks the way it does.
b)
What does
your logo mean?
c)
Why have
you chosen the colours?
d)
How does it
represent an environmentally friendly car company?
Some people will be
expected to give an oral
presentation of your LOGO and its meaning.
Writing an Information Report
Task 4
"Write an information report about environmentally friendly
cars.
The images below give you some ideas of what you could write about in your information report.
The images below give you some ideas of what you could write about in your information report.
The table below gives you an idea of how you could set it up.
Language:
-Use specific technical vocabulary and descriptive language.
-Use third person objective language.
-Determine which tense is appropriate to your report:
Present tense: “The platypus is one of -----Australia’s most interesting
marsupials.” OR
Past tense: “The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Nile River.”
- The language of comparison could be used, eg “compared with”, “smaller
than”, “greatest”, “different from”, “like…”
-Your report should be well-organised under headings provided, clearly and
neatly presented.
-Check that graphs and diagrams are clearly labelled.
-Proof-read and edit your report.
Make a Poster
Task Five
* Make a group poster showing the advantages and disadvantages of
environmentally friendly cars. Teachers will place you in groups and some
groups will present back to the class. Best one wins a Brazilian lolly.
Write an Exposition
Task Six
*Write an exposition persuading your audience why
environmentally friendly cars are a good option or why they are a bad option
for people to have. It may be presented as a persuasive brochure or just in
writing.
Exposition Structure
An exposition text is used to argue a point a view or to persuade the audience to do ?something. An exposition presents one side of an argument, so it is either written for or ?against a topic, not both.
An exposition has 3 main parts:
1. An introductory statement / Statement of position
* Includes the author's point of view which is called the thesis of the argument.
* Can include a preview of the arguments that will follow in the next section.
* A question or emotional statement can be used to gain the audience's attention.
2. A series of arguments to convince the audience with supporting evidence
* Use a new paragraph for each new argument.
* Each paragraph must begin with a topic sentence which introduces the new argument.
* After the topic sentence comes the details that support the argument.
3. A conclusion summing up the arguments
* The author re-states their thesis (point of view).
* Includes a summary of what has been said.
* Provides a recommendation to the reader.
Good website for exposition
http://www.ehow.com/facts_4883957_why-electric-cars-better-environment.html
Time sequence words
- To sum up*
- Next
- Furthermore*
- To summarise
- To begin with
- Initially
- Secondly
- Moreover
- Firstly
- Right after that
- In addition*
- In conclusion
- After all
- Finally
High modality words
- definitely
- should
- strongly believe
- must
- certainly
- have to
Cause and effect language
- as a consequence
- therefore
- as a result
- due to
- so
- because
- if
An exposition text is used to argue a point a view or to persuade the audience to do ?something. An exposition presents one side of an argument, so it is either written for or ?against a topic, not both.
An exposition has 3 main parts:
1. An introductory statement / Statement of position
* Includes the author's point of view which is called the thesis of the argument.
* Can include a preview of the arguments that will follow in the next section.
* A question or emotional statement can be used to gain the audience's attention.
2. A series of arguments to convince the audience with supporting evidence
* Use a new paragraph for each new argument.
* Each paragraph must begin with a topic sentence which introduces the new argument.
* After the topic sentence comes the details that support the argument.
3. A conclusion summing up the arguments
* The author re-states their thesis (point of view).
* Includes a summary of what has been said.
* Provides a recommendation to the reader.
Good website for exposition
http://www.ehow.com/facts_4883957_why-electric-cars-better-environment.html
Time sequence words
- To sum up*
- Next
- Furthermore*
- To summarise
- To begin with
- Initially
- Secondly
- Moreover
- Firstly
- Right after that
- In addition*
- In conclusion
- After all
- Finally
High modality words
- definitely
- should
- strongly believe
- must
- certainly
- have to
Cause and effect language
- as a consequence
- therefore
- as a result
- due to
- so
- because
- if
Task Six
Design your environmentally friendly car. You will be expected to draw it and label it. You will need to include a range of features, explain how the engine works and any other "cool" features. Please include the price, your logo and a slogan. You will need to do it in your book. We will expect effort.
the websites below might help you:
Task Seven
Design an advertisement for your car. You may choose to do this on iMovie or on a poster. Your poster or commercial must include the name of your environmentally car and the logo you created. It must also feature a slogan. You must also include a sketch or image of your environmentally friendly car and show the following:
- 3-5 reasons why people should buy it
- some of its amazing features
- music and text if doing it on iMovie
Creating Your Brochure
Before you can begin your brochure, you need to ensure that you have completed the 2 Day Antarctica Journey and what needs to be included in a brochure. This MUST be submitted onto the blog. You will be assessed on writing based on having these activities completed as well as the brochure below.
What do I do when I finish the layout of my brochure?
You take it to your teacher to sign.
What do I do then?
You must write the information into your English books. For example: Day 1: Today you will board the Aurora Australis...
Please just write down the large pieces of information. You do not need to include details such as phone numbers and websites in your English books.
What do I do once I have finished all the information into my English book?
Edit your work and ask a friend to read over it to make sure there are no spelling errors, punctuation errors or grammatical errors.
What do I do once all my work is edited and I am ready to start doing the final draft of my brochure?
You then have to do your final copy on a piece of paper.
How do I go about it?
You will need to get a new piece of paper, you may use textas or crayons as well. You will need to find images out of magazines or the internet at home and print them (teachers will not print from school). The teachers will also try and find Antarctica magazines to help you find images.
Can I work on this project at home?
If you are falling behind then you may, however if you are working at the speed that is expected of you then we would expect that you do the work in class.
What if I cannot get access to a computer?
Either make sure you have completed all the work you need to complete in your book.
- Have I wrote down all the information that will be in my brochure into my English book?
- Have I edited all my work so that when I have a computer, I can easily transfer it?
- Have I finished my 2 Day Antarctica Trip and brochure list in my English book?
If you have done all of this and you still cannot get access to a device, you are encouraged to sit next to someone who is working on their brochure on a computer to see how use the program so you may learn.
Brochure World
Get one of the three brochures and read silently for 15 minutes. Pay close attention to how the pages are laid out. How much information is used? How much visuals/images are used? What are the headlines like?
Flick through and do the following:
1. Write your name on the front of your brochure.
2. Find an itinerary that interests you.
3. Using one coloured pen, highlight or underline 3-6 areas of the itinerary that interests you.
4. Using a different pen or highlighter, underline the days you will be travelling.
5. Circle the map.
6. Underline in a different pen adjectives that are used.
6. a) Circle in RED modes of transport throughout your trip.
7. Rate the picture in terms of 5 stars (5 stars being the best 1 star being the worst). You will rate the picture in terms of how interesting it is and if it makes you want to travel to the destination.
8. Put a square around what is "included" (inclusions) on the trip.
9. Put a little smiley face or a sad face next to the price. A smiley face if you think it is a good and fair price or a sad face if you think it is an expensive price.
10. Write down in a little bubble which continent it is on.
11. Find out what the cost of the tour is in US currency and in Euros.
12. Give your itinerary 3 "Likes" if you recommend people to go to it or "No Likes" if you don't recommend it. Maybe 2 likes if you think it's ok and one like if you don't really recommend it.
13. In your English book, write down what an itinerary or brochure of a location/trip should include. Once you have finished this, add your list to the blog and write how this will help you design an awesome brochure for your trip to Antarctica. Include your business name also.
Go to the website below and then go to the "Brochure" tab. Choose a destination you like and then download the brochure.
Once you have finished, please look at the brochures below. Pay attention to what they have in them. Think about the visuals, how much writing is on each page.
a) Pick a page and write down the main idea.
b) How has the page used visuals. Do you think they are good visuals?
c) How would you have changed the page?
d) Which page is least appealing and why?
Finishing Your Writing Task (see beow)
A few people share while others record how many emotions they had etc
1. Finish your story
2. Underline, circle etc the words or phrases to express emotions, facts etc as outlined on the blog. Using a key or a legend will be very helpful.
3. Edit all your work for capital letters, full stops, commas, things that don't make sense, spelling, adding more detail, including extra details as outlined on the blog.
4. Swap books with a partner and have them check for full stops etc.
5. Go onto the blog and publish your story. Please sign up using your initials only and your class in brackets (F.D 6G)
(talk to Daniella and Jessica if you need any help).
6. Early finishers can help those who have not yet finished.
Helicopter Trip
Extension (and when people finish): Write a diary entry across two days whereby you are travelling by helicopter,landing on Antarctica, seeing animals and packing equipment. You will be staying on land overnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhNm_yBR3bY (smaller video show all)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcIux22bLtY (larger, skip to crevasses and end part of ship)
Your Task: In your diary entry, you must include the following:
6-10 emotions that you feel over the two days (e.g. scared being a passenger on the helicopter)
3-5 facts about Antarctica
3-5 facts about an Antarctic animal
2-4 facts about helicopters
5 - 10 pieces of vital equipment that you would need to take (this does not include clothes)
All About Your Antarctica Thing
Draw an outline of an animal that lives in Antarctica eg seal, penguin or an object eg iceberg, glacier and write as much information as you can after researching this’ thing’. This will be put up as a display.
You must research first, write your information in your English books, then draw the image making sure it is large enough to write the information in. This will be displayed as a poster for others to enjoy reading during silent reading time.
So...What did you learn project?
- Get into groups of 6.
- Collect 2 hexagons each and write down two things you learnt from Chris Olsen yesterday or two things you have learnt about Antarctica so far (this could be from your Science or HSIE research or even from the work you have completed in Guided Reading in your contract or by reading with your teacher).
- You are NOT ALLOWED to write things that are identical to other members in your group. Please write a short sentence about two things you have learnt or found interesting.
- Get some blue tack and stick your hexagons in the allocated places on the wall so they connect with one another. You will then need to take a picture of it using an I-pad. You may need to borrow an I-pad from another group. Please be patient.
- You will then be expected to come out the front and explain what you have learnt (as a group) and why some of the hexagons you have connected go together. You will need to have 2 group members come out, however the teachers will choose one of those group members.
- Once this has been complete, the group you borrowed the I-pad from may go to the location where you placed your hexagons and they are able to rearrange your hexagons and make new connections. They will take a picture and justify the changes to the grade.
- The group that does this lesson properly and sensibly will receive half an Antarctic TNT each (which is exactly like a normal half a TNT except for the fact that we have now called it an Antarctic half TNT because we want you to be motivated for this subject and because it ties in perfectly with the unit we are studying).
- Good luck and let the learning begin.
1. Using a venn diagram compare this to the blueprint of the Auroa Australis.
2. Write a paragraph stating the reasons why a cruise ship is so different to the ship used to go to Antarctica.
3. Answer the question: “What have you learnt about the way images convey information?”
Writing a Diary Entry
Write a diary entry about what you have done today. Remember how Sophie has written her diary entry. She has included facts, emotions, images and different fonts. Try and do the same. You may choose to include a picture or not. It is up to you.
You will be given 15 - 20 minutes to write and will be placed in pairs. After you hear the chime you will swap books, regardless of whether you are finished or not.
- 1st Chime: Check and edit for spelling, punctuation (capital letters, full stops, commas etc)
- 2nd Chime: Find three areas, words or sentences that can be improved (perhaps they don't make sense or it could be improved). You will need to circle these areas and discuss how they can be improved.
- Put an underline on three areas, words or senetnces that you enjoyed and explain to your partner why you enjoyed it.
3rd Chime: Write another paragraph or sentence either at the end of their recount or include 2 sentences.
Early finishers: You will be expected to include an image
Making a Website
Create a website using Wix http://www.wix.com/
It has to be about a product or service (it can be of the company you did your logo on)
Aim to have 3-5 or more page such as About Us, Home Page etc
Have fun...make us want to purchase your product or use your service!
Advertising Tricks
When you finish your assessment, please go to the following websites and do the activities found on each one:
Go onto the website http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/ and have a play at creating a few ads and exploring the website. Try creating your own cereal box. Once you have had a go, do the following:
1. Go onto the Food Advertising Tricks and have a read.
2. Watch this videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjz_eiIX8k
3. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=60&v=zx1IvvLuuEI
Underneath your persuasive writing, please put the title as "Persuasion in Advertising" and answer the questions below:
1. What did I learn from these videos and the website?
2. Why do restaurants dress up food?
3. Share an experience where you have received a burger that looked nothing like the ad?
4. What have you learnt about persuasion from this lesson?
Like Logos?
What do you know about logos? Watch the videos below to get your head around where to start:
Your task will be to design your own logo. Go to the website http://www.designmantic.com/ and have a play around with some of your own logos.
Your task is to come up with a company. Then think of a name for your company. Then think of a tag line (Google what this is). Then start sketching some logos of your own.
Assessment Task
Title: Your name - Persuasive Text
The units should (should not) be built next to St Felix.
12 - 14 font, black, perfect punctuation (on the computer).
Dear Mayor Councilor Khal Asfour
Try using your book, the blog, the links that I provided and your rubric
Writing Conclusions
Go to the Go the website http://literacy4life.wikispaces.com/file/view/Exposition+Writing+Samples.pdf
which features lots of expositions. Your task is to do the following:
1. Scroll through the page and see which exposition you want to read.
2. Read at least 3 different expositions.
3. Pay attention to the conclusion of each exposition.
4. In your books, write down the title of the exposition you read.
5. Write down a few points relating to why you the conclusion was good or bad.
6. For each conclusion, give it a score out of 3 in relation to your rubric.
For teacher use: (go through what needs to go into a conclusion)
Write a conclusion for the following topic:
Teachers are too strict.
In conclusion
Commercials
For help with time sequence words and high modality words click on the link below and scroll down a little bit
Writing Competition
If you are interested in writing and winning almost $200, look at the link below. You are all great writers so don't hold back.
Another Example of Persuasive Writing
Grass Should Not Be Placed on The Upper Playground
Dear Miss Harbrow,
Why pay the extra hundreds of dollars on synthetic grass, when you can be focusing on your school's success? If you think it will prevent injuries, think again. Have you ever gotten a grass burn? It hurts! I definitely believe that artificial grass should not be installed on the upper playground for many reasons including, causing a slippery environment for your students. It will decrease the number of sport options available to play with during recess and lunch, and is it really worth paying thousands of dollars on dull grass? Don’t you want to help your school exceed, then do it by purchasing high tech sports equipment or useful learning material?
Initially, grass should definitely not be placed on the upper playground as it endangers your students to further injuries including severe scratches, grass burns and twisted ankles due to the unstable floor. Research has shown that 91% of children who run on grass will trip and fall whereas only 23% of children running on a stable concrete floor will. Is grass really safer than a smooth concrete floor? My older sister once fell on synthetic grass and still has a scar on her knees to this day.
Do you want children coming to you day after day, week after week whining to you about why they can’t play basketball, netball or handball and other sport in there breaks?
98% of students who attend St Felix enjoy playing and learning how to play new and fun fitness activities and would not be satisfied with the changes made to our school. The majority of people strongly suggest placing artificial grass will be a horrible idea.
Just think, which is more important? Buying a dangerous playing ground for the students of St Felix or buying new learning facilities to give your school a boost in learning. I personally believe that it is more essential for you to purchase higher valued learning materials. There was a news story on a school that got bankrupt as they wasted their precious money on artificial grass and the school shut down. Do you want to take the risk?
To summarise, I highly suggest that installing synthetic grass would be a huge waste of time and money. As a result of installing grass you will create less sporting options for your students. If you had any opportunity to make your school exceed, you would take the risk, right? Don’t forget that research suggests that when wet, fake grass is a danger hazard for your younger student. Then why buy artificial grass when you can be using that money to push your students to their very best in their class by purchasing more educational products.
Chapter 4:
1. What did Parvana’s parents often argue
about?
2. Why
won’t Mother move or talk to anyone?
3.
What
word would you use to describe the way she is feeling?
4.
Why
does Parvana eventually agree to go to the market place to buy food?
Chapter 5:
1.
Why
was it difficult for Parvana to buy food?
2. Why did Nooria snatch water away from
Parvana’s hands?
3. In what ways did Mrs Weera help Parvana’s
family?
4.
Find
two quotes that show us that Mrs Weera was once a PE teacher.
Chapter 6:
Chapter 6:
1. 1. What was done to turn
Parvana into a boy?
2. 2. How did Parvana feel about
having to pretend she was a boy? Give some evidence to support your interpretation.
3. Why was Parvana’s mother so sad? Give some
evidence to support your interpretation.
Extension:
Imagine that Parvana writes a diary (about half a page or close to that) about the events of this day (remember that this
would probably be illegal under the Taliban’s rules).
would probably be illegal under the Taliban’s rules).
Write this diary entry; include the events which happened as well as Parvana’s thoughts & emotions.
Chapter 7:
1. 1. What does the reading of
the Talib’s letter reveal to Parvana?
2. 2. How does this change her
view of the Taliban?
Extension question: What is your opinion of the Taliban after
reading this chapter? Provide reasons
for your opinion.
Why do you think
the author included this episode in the story?
Chapter 8:
Chapter 8:
1.
How
does life improve for Parvana and her family?
Provide examples of the better living conditions. What is the cause of this improvement?
2. What did Parvana show Mrs Weera and Mother?
3. What do Parvana and Mrs Weera use to move Mrs Weera things?
4. What happens when Maryam finally gets to go outside with Parvana after a year inside the room?
5 Why can't Parvana stay outside very long in the market? Why does she have to go home at noon?
6. Think of a time when you have had to take responsibility for something (big or small). Write that down and explain how you can make a connection to what Parvana is having to go through.
Chapter 9:
1. What did you learn about Shauzia and her family?
2. What
are Mother and Mrs Weera planning to do?
3. Tell about the friendship between Shauzia and Parvana. (I am looking for detail)
Extension question: What are the risks involved
in Mother & Mrs Weera’s plan? Why do you think Afghani women and girls involve
themselves in risky and dangerous activities?
Provide reasons for your answer.
Chapter 10:
1. What is the new job Parvana and Shauzia have decided to try? Why have they decided to do this?
2. Why didn't Parvana go home for lunch, and would her mother be worried when she arrived home late?
3. Why were the girls possibly in danger just by having to go to the bathroom?
4. What became the mascot of the girls as they pulled bones out of the earth? What did the girls think about the bones and their job?
2. Why didn't Parvana go home for lunch, and would her mother be worried when she arrived home late?
3. Why were the girls possibly in danger just by having to go to the bathroom?
4. What became the mascot of the girls as they pulled bones out of the earth? What did the girls think about the bones and their job?
Chapter 11:
1. Why did Parvana cry when asked about her day/ and why did she show all of the money?
2. Did mother want Parvana to continue digging bones/ What did Nooria say about it?
3. How does Mrs. Weera talk Mother into allowing Parvana to continue digging for bones?
4. At the end of the weeks, when the girls had trays, they could follow the crowd to earn more money. Where did they follow the crowd? What terrible things did they see and learn?
2. Did mother want Parvana to continue digging bones/ What did Nooria say about it?
3. How does Mrs. Weera talk Mother into allowing Parvana to continue digging for bones?
4. At the end of the weeks, when the girls had trays, they could follow the crowd to earn more money. Where did they follow the crowd? What terrible things did they see and learn?
Chapter 12:
1. Why did Parvana stay at home for a few days?
2. When the bread ran out, did the family members tell Parvana to go back to work? Why or why not?
3. Had Shauzia also stayed at home a few days? What was her secret?
4. Where did Shauzia want to go? Why? And how would she get there? (answer all questions)
5. What was happening to Shauzia?
6. Does Parvana want to go with Shauzia?
7. What secret does Parvana share with Shauzia?
2. When the bread ran out, did the family members tell Parvana to go back to work? Why or why not?
3. Had Shauzia also stayed at home a few days? What was her secret?
4. Where did Shauzia want to go? Why? And how would she get there? (answer all questions)
5. What was happening to Shauzia?
6. Does Parvana want to go with Shauzia?
7. What secret does Parvana share with Shauzia?
Chapter 13:
1. What news did Parvana hear when she went home?
2. Did Nooria want to get married and move?
3. Was the entire family planning to go to Mazar-e-Sherif for the wedding? Were they planning to take Parvana with them?
4. What gift did Parvana buy Nooria and why did she buy it?
2. Did Nooria want to get married and move?
3. Was the entire family planning to go to Mazar-e-Sherif for the wedding? Were they planning to take Parvana with them?
4. What gift did Parvana buy Nooria and why did she buy it?
Chapter 14:
1. Parvana offered to go home and get Mrs. Weer'as burqa. The woman would not let go of Parvana. After giving the woman some food, what decision did Parvana have to make?
2. How long had Kabul been under curfew? What was it like before that time?
3. What did Parvana think to herself to feel brave and take the woman through the city streets to her home?
4. Mrs Weera was relieved when they arrived. She wondered why Parvana had brought the woman?
2. How long had Kabul been under curfew? What was it like before that time?
3. What did Parvana think to herself to feel brave and take the woman through the city streets to her home?
4. Mrs Weera was relieved when they arrived. She wondered why Parvana had brought the woman?
Writing Task (The Bridge)
Red pen: descriptive words
(8), good punctuation (6) and one with poor punctuation and explain why it is incorrect. Only explain the punctuation that is wrong.
Blue pen: circle the section(s) that are the orientation, complication and resolution
Green pen: areas that can be improved (e.g. more description)
** if you were a teacher, what grade would you give this paper, provide three reasons you feel it is a well written story and two ways the author could improve for next time.
First:
Finish Chapter 2 comprehension questions
Second: Do the "activity" part for chapter 2 on the blog.
Third: Complete your comprehension questions for Chapter 3
Fourth: Get the editing sheet from the teacher
Chapter 3
1. Why did Parvana want a light on at night?
2. Why did mother decide to go to jail to try to help Father? What was the walk to jail like?
Chapter 2
Vocabulary
Write down the meaning of each word. Don't use a dictionary unless you really have to. Instead read it back to yourself in the sentence and try and make sense of it.
Toshak superior Burqa intricate Your own new word
Activity
Rule a line down your page, until half way, straight down the middle. On one side write similarities and on the other side write differences. List the similarities and differences between your own family life and Parvana’s family life. Then write in one sentence below this activity what is the biggest difference.
Comprehension:
1. Why does Parvana have to go to get water for the family? Why does the water have to be boiled?
2. Why doesn't the family talk to the neighbors or invite friends over?
3. Why does the family sell their things? Why would they sell Parvana's good clothing?
4. Who was Hossain?
*5. What was Father's lesson in his story at night?
*6. Why do the four soldiers burst in the room and take Father away?
Activities to do after you finish comprehension questions
First
After reading this chapter, pick one of subjects below and work with a partner and do the following:
- write down 3 pieces of information about each one (internet is not necessary)
- Make a connection with your topic (e.g. I heard about the Taliban in the news)
- find one quote or sentence in the book that relates to your chosen subject
The Taliban
Restrictions and education of girls
Clothing for women and girls in other countries
War
Poverty
Fleeing the country/refugee
Selling
Second
Choose a paragraph from Parvana and explain why you believe that the writing/paragraph is effective/good and three reasons on how it could be improved. You may choose to use bullet points or a paragraph for your explanation. I would like you to point out t least 4 reasons and explanations why it is good and at least two ways it could be improved.
Third
Watch the video below which is a news report about whether or not the burqa in France. After watching it, write down what you believe the law should be in France.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkh3WB5Htwg
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