Summary of Week 1-4 Guided Reading Centres
Week One
1. What in the World-RAFTS-As some in Argentina write a letter/speech/journal entry/poem depicting the emotions felt upon receiving a pair of TOMS shoes
2. Newspaper-Pull articles linking to: trade and natural resources and the provincial or national budgets. Design a question that links to either natural resources or the provincial/national budget.
3. Special Activity-Fill out new smart goals.
4. Topic Books-
Week Two
1. Comprehension-In reaction to the concert video. http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/this-concert-is-powered-by-the-sun/17y81mlf6
Use the cube to create questions in response to the video you watched. Write your questions into your brown language book.
1. Role the two cubes.
2. Each person writes down a question using the prompts to start the question. Pass your question to someone in the group and have them write an answer.
3. You are done when you have had each person in the group answer one of your questions.
2. What in the World-Tupac’s Coachella ‘Hologram’ Performance.
Read the article “Tupac's Coachella 'Hologram' Performance Explained”
Answer 2 of the following application questions.
1. Predict what you think will happen as a result of this technology being used in the music industry.
2. Who do you think is benefiting from this performance, financially? Do you think it’s fair?
3. Describe how other industries could benefit from hologram technology.
4. Do you think concert attendees should pay the regular ticket price for hologram shows?
5. Make up a question and answer it.
Chris Brandrick
Tupac's Coachella 'Hologram' Performance Explained
Rapper Tupac Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas back in 1996, but this past weekend, the acclaimed artist took to the stage once again, only this time in hologram form. In a surprise gig, the Thug Life rapper "performed" several of his greatest hits at the Coachella festival in Indio, California, before being joined on stage by Snoop Dogg.
The performance was enjoyed by the crowds at Coachella, along with thousands of people watching live via the festivals official YouTube channel. The unique gig left many wondering just how the visual trick was achieved.
Tupac's "resurrection" comes thanks to San Diego-based AV Concepts, which worked with Dr. Dre to make the special show a reality. AV Concepts previously worked on similar projects in the past, including a 2006 gig that saw virtual band Gorillaz playing in front of a live audience.
The on-stage hologram is not a hologram at all, actually. It was the result of good old fashioned trickery that dates back in part to the 19th Century. As explained in an International Business Times article, the visual trick works by reflecting a flat 2D image on to a transparent surface, which creates the resulting illusion.
Of course, beyond the visual trickery, visual production company Digital Domain put together footage of Tupac. Rumor has it the whole visual stunt cost more than $100,000 to pull off.
Oh, and just in case anybody watching wanted to believe that Shakur was still with us, the "hologram" performance concluded with the rapper dissolving into tiny triangles and dissapearing into the Indio night.
3. Topic Books-Science and Explanation Writing
Gr7s: Read Chapter 7 from Nelson Science Book use the particle theory to compare how heat affects the motion of particles in a solid, a liquid and a gas. Include an example in your explanation.
Gr8s: explain the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature when a liquid or gas is compressed or heated. Include an example in your explanation.
4.Word Splash Activity-Health
See separate link for word splash activities
Week 3
What in the World-The Sacred Balance pg24-25
What in the World
The Sacred Balance, by David Suzuki
pg24-25
Choose 3 challenging words to define
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Choose 2 questions to answer
1. Why is this topic important?
2. Does the author make a clear distinction between fact and opinion?
3. In what ways do you agree or disagree with David Suzuki?
4. Who is David Suzuki writing for? (who is his audience) Does this impact the effectiveness of his message?
5. Summarize what you read.
Topic Books
Choose from the list below and write a description about what it feels like to be:
· A water molecule that is being heated.
· A substance being dissolved into another substance.
· A fluid (water/syrup/gas) escaping from its container because of a spill.
Word Games
With a partner go to Google and search Text Twist. The object of the game is to see how many words you can make from the letters provided.
Smart Board
After watching the video reflect in your brown language book about the kind of voice and the type of information they included. What impact did the voice have on you as listener? (Length should be about a paragraph) Solar flares http://video.ca.msn.com/?mkt=en-ca&vid=08789fa8-dc8b-40a1-a2b8-1ebc9de1c544&from=sharepermalink&src=v5:share:sharepermalink
Week 4
What in the World-
In your language book write an explanation for the purpose of the item above. Remember explanations explain how something works or why something is needed. Your explanation should therefore explain how this mystery item works and why it is necessary/used. Your writing should follow a logical sequence and may include words like first, next, then and finally. It should be written in the present tense.
Word Games: Text Twist use computers in partners
Writers Craft- Use link from Scholastic to create a story
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
Media Texts
Learning goals:
· Interpret media texts using overt and implied messages as evidence for your interpretation.
· Explain why different audiences might have different responses to this text.
· Identify who produced this text and determine the commercial, ideological, political, cultural or artistic interests or perspectives that the text involves
· Identify the conventions and techniques used in the text and explain how they help convey meaning and influence or engage the audience.
Success Criteria
· Interpretations and explanations will use evidence from the media text
· Refer to at least four different techniques the author used in the text (look at colours, costumes, arrangement, titles, quotes etc.)
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the purpose of the text?
2. Who produced the text?
3. What audience is this text directed towards?
4. What ideologies, interests and perspectives do they hold?
5. What conventions and techniques did they use to convey meaning?