Friday, March 29, 2019

April 1, 2, 3

Difference Between Culture and Tradition - info


April 1 
1.  5 minute warm-up:  In your notebook write the words you need to hear today . . .
2.  Present Perfect
Present Perfect Explanation:   https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/present-perfect/
Present Perfect Exercises:

Here's a list of all the present perfect simple exercises and present perfect continuous exercises on my website.
(If you need to review how to make the present perfect, click here)
(If you need to review how to use the present perfect, click here)
Practice exercises about how to make the present perfect:

April 2 
 1.  5 minute warm-up - You get to guest star on a TV show. What show is it? What happens in this particular episode?

2.  p. 91 What is tradition? 
3.  Activity:  What are your traditions? p.91
     Use an online dictionary to find the defintions of the following words: tradition, ritual, custom, rite, ceremony.   
     Then answer questions 1- 4 in your notebook.  
     Discuss your answers in pairs and then feed back to the class.

 
April 3 
1.  Present Perfect Quiz -   http://www.quia.com/quiz/6054743.html
2.  Activity: Tradition or superstition? p.94
     Follow the instructions and work collaboratively to answer question #1-4
   

March 26, 27

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https://www.girlguidingnwe.org.uk/leaders-area/grants-and-funding/starting-a-new-unit-grant/

March 26 
New Unit:  Is tradition worth preserving?  pp 90-123

Statement of Inquiry: Traditions are an important part of any culture, but some can be harmful to certain groups of people. To promote fairness and development across the globe, we must allow those without a voice to present an argument and spread their own message about the place of such traditions in the modern word.

Gobal context:  Fairness and development
Key concept:  Culture
Related Concepts:  VoiceArgumentMessage

Unit questions:
Factual: What is tradition?
Conceptual: How are traditions created?
Debatable: How can we protectothers from dangerous traditions?

IB Learner Profile:
Principled

Key Words:  ceremony    rite    tradition    custom     ritual


March 27 
Read Theory in class 5

March 18, 19, 20, 25

March 18, 19, 20, 25  Image result for oral presentations cartoon

Oral Presentations - Command Terms