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Term 2 Weeks 1- 5: Past Civilization
 
WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME
 
Central Idea: Today's society incorporates many aspects of past ciilizations for development 
 
Lines of Inquiry:
  1. Aspects of ancient civilizations that have survived
  2. How modern civilization reflects aspects of past civilization
  3. Reasons these systems and technologies developed
  4. Why modern societies continues to use adaptations of these systems and technologies
  5. Implications for the future
CONCEPTS:
 
FORMS, PERSPECTIVE, REFLECTION
 
Term 2 Weeks 6- 10: Choices
 
SHARING THE PLANET
 
Central Idea: The choices people make have consequences
 
Lines of Inquiry:
  1. There are many factors whichinfluence our choices
  2. Our attitudes affect the choices we make
  3. It is our responsibility to act upon choices made
 
CONCEPTS:
 
PERSPECTIVE. REFLECTION, RESPONSIBILITY
 
 
 
 
Library News Article Project
 
TASK:
Students find an invention from an ancient civilization that is still in use in some form today. Write a news article about it. Including what- why- who - when- where, how it is used today; what changes if any have been made to the invention? Draw an illustration of the invention to be printed for the newspaper.
 
Instructions:
  • Use only books to locate information for your task
  • Use the rubric given to you to record the information
  • Remember to write a bibliography for your task- acknowledging authors of books that you use. Try out the Harvard Bibliography Generator
  • Task is due on Week 5.
 
Library Skills
 
Narrative/Informative text (Reference Materials/Online)
Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.
Inferences, Conclusions, Generalizations
Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about main ideas in text, and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge.
 Author's Purpose
Determine the author’s purpose, and relate it to specific details in the text. Listen/Read (Fiction/Non-Fiction) Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects.
Predict Outcomes supported by the text.
Character Study/Plot
Identify the qualities of the character (e.g., courage, cowardice, ambition), and analyze the effect of these qualities on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.
Literary Devices
Identify and describe the function and effect of common literary devices, such as imagery, metaphor, and symbolism.
Figurative Language
Define figurative language, including simile, metaphor, exaggeration, and personification, and explain the effects of its use in a particular work.
Fiction Genres
Differentiate among the different types of fiction, and apply knowledge of the major characteristics of each (e.g., folklore, mystery, science fiction, adventure, fantasy).
Research
1.      Information Literacy b. Internet research
2.      Database Skills
3.      Select appropriate data base
4.      Keyword
5.      Subject
6.      Refining topic
7.      Narrowing result
8.      Evaluating the source
 
Write one paragraph report
a)      Bibliography (sources, citations)
b)      (OSLIS)
c)      Plagarism
d)     Note taking and paraphrasing
e)      Compare and use a variety of sources g. Using manuals
f)       Organize/Present information
OPAC
1.      Keyword
2.      Kiosk
3.      Title
4.      author
5.      Subject
6.      series
7.      Detailed results
8.      Book reviews

 

         
         
       
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