3B

Journey to the West of Hong Kong

西遊記

Essential Questions

  • How has the community and geography shaped the development of New Territories (West)?

  • How does people's lives and traditional culture closely connected in New Territories (West)?

  • How does the cultures in the New Territories (West) in the early 1900s blend with the modern cultures in New Territories (West) now?

  • What are the problems the people facing when blending the tradition and modern cultures in the community?


Lamma Island

Cheung Chau

Yuen Long

Tin Shui Wai

Our Schedule


Part 1: Getting started(15-18/6)

i) Group schedule of PBL

ii) Mind Map: A3 size paper (given by teacher)

iii) Knowing the area: history / legends (by all members)

iv) Knowing the geography of the area (by all members)

v) Knowing the tradition culture / festival / food of the area (by all members)

vi) Data collection (by all members)

Part 2: Drafting(21-25/6)


i) Draft 1

ii) Draft 2

iii) Final draft

Part 3: Revising(28/6-2/7)

i) Putting in pictures / video

ii) Editing of grammar / sentence pattern

iii) Preparing all materials for preparation

iv) Designing and making souvenirs

v) Read and read and read

Part 4: Finishing(5-9/7)

i) Rehearsal of the presentation

Activities:

17/6 ~18/6

  • To understand about PBL and our topic

  • To know some basic information about Hong Kong West

  • Watch some videos about traditional festivals, buildings and food of Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Tin Shui Wai and Yuen Long

Activities:

21/6~25/6

  • Parent's sharing about Cheung Chau Island

  • Brain Storm within group and draw mind map for each place

  • Make draft route 1 for landscapes and food

  • Design souvenirs

  • Discussion between two groups to combine draft route 1 for landscaped and food

  • Make draft route 2 : a whole day schedule

  • Discussion about how to make 3D map for the final route

  • Finish Google slides



Homework for 26/6~27/7

  • Revise Google slides

  • Write script for presentation

  • Prepare materials for making 3D route map

More pictures about our work will come soon...

28/6-2/7

3B are in the stage of writing scripts, practicing with group members, making presentation tools...Because we want to keep a little secret for them, so there is no photos. Please, come to the PBL presentation and get prepared to have the biggest surprise ever. (Hint: Some lucky parents will get souvenir hand made by students.)