Day: October 17, 2016

Update Monday October 18th – Important Notes

Hello Everyone,

  1. Use the “French Time” blog entry to practice French at home and to do the French questions, which can be completed during French time tomorrow. You don’t have to do the questions at home.
  2. We are done with the instructional stop motion videos. If yours is not done, please talk to me tomorrow about your plan to finish.
  3. When we do projects, keeping track of your rubric is important and is part of your mark. If you lost the rubric for our first stop motion project, please see Instructional Video Rubric. Please print and fill out. They were due at end of day today. Here is the example we did together in class, with highlighting and notes Ms. D did on the board: Rubric Example
  4. Do research tonight for your human rights project. Remember you are turning in your notes. Use the previous entry on Innovation, Invention and Campaigns for help on both human rights and stop motion.

Thank you,

Ms. D

French Questions and Sites

French time!

Questions to answer on lined paper for Thursday:

  1. Where is French spoken? (countries)
  2. Why is French a language found in Brazil?
  3. Do people in Quebec consider themselves French? Why/Why not?
  4. Name a holiday specific to France and tell me about it.
  5. Name some world organizations (at least five) that use French as an official language. (hint: United Nations)

Sites to use to practice greetings and pronunciation:

QUIZ ON THESE BASIC WORDS FROM JE FRENCH ON MONDAY.

Je French.com Basic French Lessons

Pronunciation Practice Europa French

BBC French Basic Pronunciation

For advanced users, on a computer, try Ma France from BBC.

Inventions, Innovations, & Campaigns for Change

For our discussions today, here are some websites to show how Solar Cookers are improving quality of life in developing countries.

SciNet Solar Cookers in Developing World

Solavore The World is Your Kitchen

Aid for Africa Solar Cookers International

Sun Oven Cooking with Solar

Solar Cookers International Solar Cooking Basics

Just Solar Home Blog Will Teaching Solar Alleviate Poverty

And also some websites to think about other inventions that improve quality of life:

Goodnet 15 Genius New Inventions That Will Improve Life

FastCoExist World Changing Ideas of 2015

Mashable 7 Incredibly Simple Inventions Changing World

Nesta Digital Innovation and Human Rights

Finally, some examples of people taking action for human rights (through INVENTION, INNOVATION, or a CAMPAIGN) that may help you with your project:

Voices of Youth HIV AIDS Project

Youth for Human Rights

Doctors Without Borders

Unicef Canada

World Vision

World Day Against Child Labour

Me to WE Campaign

Girls Not Brides – Against Child Marriage

CARE Stop Child Marriage

Unicef: Girls Education and Gender Equality

Unesco: Gender Equality in Education

Global Partnership for Education: Girls Education