In the Water Issues Survey digital project, you will survey members of the community to learn about the water issues that are most important to them and the actions they would take to address the issue. Then, you will create an infographic to share your findings and reflections.
You can use 1 of these digital tools to create your infographic:
Piktochart A program for creating charts and informational graphics.
Canva An online poster and document making tool that allows one to make professional looking infographics and presentations.
Easel.lyAn easy to use infographic creation website.
We have finally received our Christmas Culture Box from our peers in Seoul, South Korea.
We can reflect on what we have received on this wall. You can also find out more by doing online research so that you can complement what you are reading or seeing. If you have questions or need further explanations, you can also ask them here.
As you already know, a Canadian teacher, Ms. Tammy Trevor, is visiting us next week.
She’s from Edmonton, Alberta. Have you ever heard of Edmonton before?
Well, it is a city of over 900,000 people in the Canadian province of Alberta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton117Avenue [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] From top left, the skyline of downtown Edmonton from the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, the Rowand House in the Fort Edmonton courtyard at Fort Edmonton Park, the Alberta Legislature Building from the northeast, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton City Hall and Law Courts from 102A Avenue and 97 Street, a statue of Wayne Gretzky under a pedestrian bridge on the south side of Rogers Place, the High Level Bridge and Dudley B. Menzies Bridge from the north bank, and the Muttart Conservatory from the south, in Edmonton.
Do you want to know more about her town, Edmonton, or her school, Laurier Heights School?Well, you could find out, do some research, so that you can come up with some questions to ask her. Also, questions about the city’s local waterways and water system.
When looking for information about Edmonton, you’ll find out the city is home to North America’s largest mall, West Edmonton Mall.
Have a look at this cinquain poem by Khaled, a student at the University of Oregon:
Nature by Khaled
Nature Beautiful, pure Refreshing, enjoying, relaxing Nature is healthy. Fun
A cinquain is a 5-line poem.
Let’s identify the structure of the poem by having a look at its parts of speech. Match these parts of speech to the 5 lines in the poem:
a) 2 adjectives. They describe the noun in line 1.
b) 1 short, complete sentence about the noun in line 1.
c) 1 noun. This is a synonym for the noun in line 1.
d) 1 noun. This is the topic or theme of the poem.
e) 3 gerunds (verb + ing). They describe the noun in line 1.
Other examples:
River by Miki
River Clear, wonderful Slapping, whirling, flowing The river is cold. Water
Dove by Min
Dove Active, free Flying, sitting, crying A dove is free. Bird
Why don’t you participate in the Sant Jordi writing contest with cinquain poems about water? Ideas? The Llobregat river, the Mediterranean sea, any water animal, a poem about water pollution…
Have you watched this movie?
