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Week 12 (05/04/09-05/08/09)

05/04

Aim:How to write an acrostic poem?

Do Now:

Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
Read and copy ONE news summary
On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activities:

1. Journal #34 What is an acrostic poem? Read an example of acrostic poems and click Rules, Tool and Forms.

2. Brainstorm words that describe religious harmony.

Part IV: Homework # 44 Creative Writing – Write an acrostic poem or narrative poem to promote the idea of “Religion and Peace” and how people with different religious beliefs should live peacefully together. (Completed by Monday May 4, 2009). Visit the site to help you write the poem.

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05/05/09

Aim: What questions to ask to conduct our interview about a person's religious views?

Do Now:

Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
Read and copy ONE news summary
On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activities:

Journal #35 What important skills you know about interviews? List at least three of them.
Conduct an interview -
- Interview one of your family members or friends and ask him/her about his/her religious views and what s/he believes we need to do about the religious conflicts happening in the world. Be aware of the following factors when interviewing-
  - Purpose of your interview: to find out other people's views on religion; to show your newly gained insights on the topic of religion;
  - Results: To gain new ideas from other people about what we need to do to bring peace among religions.
  - Minimum 10 questions that require extensive answer not "yes" or "no " questions.

HW#46 Part VI: Transcribe your INTERVIEW(written interview) on paper. The interview should end with your new knowledge about religions:compare what you knew before and what you have learned from doing the project.(Completed by Thursday May 7, 2009)

05/06/09

Aim: What images do we use to create a collage that shows our views on religion?

Do Now:

Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
Read and copy ONE news summary
On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activities:

1. Journal #36 What's a collage?

View Romare Beardon's collage
More collages . Pick one collage and describe what the meaning it conveys to to you.

2. What images can we use to show that three religions ( Christianity, Judaism and Islam) should exist peacefully together side by side.

Homework # 45 Part V:Collage- Make a collage that illustrates the theme of “religion and peace”. (Completed by Friday. May 8, 2009)

05/07/09

Aim: How to present your work using PP or a poster?

Do Now:

Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
Read and copy ONE news summary
On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Part VII: Homework # 47 Create a power point or a poster that holds all the writing above and the collage from every group member. (Completed by Monday May 11,2009).

05/08/09

Aim: To ask questions about the project individually.

Do Now:

Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
Read and copy ONE news summary
On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activity-

Work on the collage and the rest of the project ( interviews or creative writing). Pick up a larger poster if you plan to make a poster to present your project.