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Due Wednesday, 4/27/2011 - Project#7 =Project #7 History of My Language =

Task: Create a presentation that explains the history of your native language
Presentation Format - Choose **__one__** of the following formats 1. PowerPoint Presentation 2. Slideshow +Narration : to download and install Photostory3 click! 3. Poster+written report 4. Written Report + Visuals

The presentation must include: 1. Introduction - use the class notes to choose the type of introduction 2. Body - create questions (5Ws and 1H) or Timeline(sequence) of Language development 3. Closing - use the class notes to choose the type of conclusion

Sample: History of English History of English PartI History of English Part II

**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">Have something to put in your PORTFOLIO? ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">Please print it out and bring it to school or Print it out in school!! ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">Keep your PORTFOLIO up-to-date and meaningful! **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Due Friday, 4/01/2011 - Vocabulary Set #4 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;"> <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Post on your page or bring it to school <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Quiz #4 is also on Fri. 4/1. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Study hard and come prepared!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Due Friday, 3/18/2011 - Vocabulary Set #3 <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Post on your page or bring it to school <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Quiz #3 is also on Fri. 3/18. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Study hard and come prepared!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Due Monday, 2/28/2011 - Project #5 Part II

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">Part II. My Role Model **

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Bring the following Four:
 * 1) <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Research - Printed out information about your role model
 * 2) <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Taxonomy (A-Z)of _ (the name of your role model)
 * 3) <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Summary: " I know that I know something about "
 * 4) <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Essay - Biography of _

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Task: Write a five-paragraph essay about a person you respect and admire. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In class, we practiced writing a summary and retelling the biography of the world famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. We also read about Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Oprah Winfrey, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. __<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sample Texts: <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"> __

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It is your turn to share your role model.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Step 1. Research more about your role model, or a person you look up to and want to be like when you grow up. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Step 2.summarize - your research by creating a A-Z Taxonomy <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Step 3. paraphrase - your understanding of the researched information by writing "I know that I know something about...." <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">4. Write a Biography of your role model by organizing and adding details if necessary

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Due Monday, 2/14/2011 - Project #5 Part I only__ ( Part II is due Feb. 28) **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Project #5 ** **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Part I. 30 Things You Must Know About ME! ** <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Task: Create a <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">poster <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">about your personality, cultural background, and unique experiences. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">We have been working on creating Taxonomy about your unique characteristics you would like to share with classmates. The taxonomy must consist of 15 facts and 15 opinions about yourself. keyword(s) - explanation of the word ex) harmony - I like music and harmonious sounds. I am Korean-American, harmony of two different cultures.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Taxonomy must follow the format of:

You can choose between creating an artistic poster or PowerPoint Presentation
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Presentation:
 * Artistic Poster - Use appropriate images, photos and prints to express yourself. Use the taxonomy creatively to catch viewers' attention and advertise yourself.
 * PowerPoint Presentation - Create a slideshow using the words from the taxonomy.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Friday, 2/11/2011 Period 5 and 6

= **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25px;">Task: create a set of slides for the Vocabulary Set #2. ** =

** 3. Some words that have more than one meaning must have one slide per meaning. **
<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">* you can put the word in your native language if you want! <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">* Please write a sentence so the meaning of the word is salient (clear and easy to understand)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Friday, 2/4/2011 Period 5 and 6

=<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Task: create a set of slides for the Vocabulary Set #1. = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Download and open this PPT:

3. Some words that have more than one meaning must have one slide per meaning.
<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">* you can put the word in your native language if you want! <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">* Please write a sentence so the meaning of the word is salient (clear and easy to understand)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Due Monday, 1/17/11 8PM ( Post on your Wiki and send Ms. Kim a message)

**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Project #4 ** <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Task: Create a <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">visual report <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">on one landmark from your research topic country.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Visual Report must include
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Visual Information <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - three(3) visuals: __look at the examples of visual information and choose three__
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">one <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">descriptive essay <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">: five paragraph (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Some examples of Visual Information
 * Pictures of the landmark
 * Captions
 * Map of the area or inside the landmark
 * Labels of the places on the map
 * Glossary
 * Trivia or Interesting Statistics

The descriptive essay must include
 * History: historical background of the landmark
 * Location: part of the country, name of a town, county or state and/or neighboring cities
 * Description of the place - read Sample Handout#1 __The Taj Mahal__ for example text
 * Interesting facts or other characteristics - read Sample Handout #2 __Where is the Great Wall?__ for example text





__**Due Monday, 1/10/11 ( For 701. 702, and 805: due Tuesday 1/11/11)**__


 * 1) <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Bring a color picture <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> (or two or three color pictures if you want) of one famous landmark from your project topic country.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">If you don't have a color printer or your printer is out of ink, send Ms. Kim a message on Wiki or Email the link to Jkim24@schools.nyc.gov
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Copy the web address where you find the picture.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Paste it in the "message" box.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subject: picture
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Click SEND
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The message or email must be in Ms. Kim's inbox by 8PM on Sunday, 1/09/11
 * 1) <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Answer #3 and #4 from WORK PERIOD of Friday's lesson on P105 and 106 of your sourcebook.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">#3 Choose ONE famous landmark from your project topic country.
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">#4 Find information about its specific location and other characteristics:
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">town or city
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">history
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">purpose of the place
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">special events
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">architectural style
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">architect (a designer of the building)
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">and other interesting information

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Bring your homework to class is also an important part of your homework!!! **

<span style="color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Click the here for the previous projects and rubric <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">