I will be adding some more details but I wanted to post this video on yesterday's dance performances. I was very proud of the groups and how they put everything together.
Today we began to work on some reading work related to the Titanic. There is an endless amount of information on the Internet about this and using the images really helps to activate the thinking before reading an article.
Before we even read, the students will be doing a KWL chart related to the Titanic and I am sure they will have a lot of detail to add now that we have checked out some images related to the tragic liner.
Looking at the images provides opportunities for discussion and observation of clues in the photos (weather, people, words and facts, items in the image) and this becomes a form and way to be media literate with an eye for detail.
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| KWL sample |
Also, when talking about how many passengers there were and how many survivors made it, you can factor in percentages and some Mathematics. Some of the online information talks about the absolute location of the sinking and where the distress call was sent out (Geography). For some reason, this subject never seems to bore students. I think the immensity of the tragedy boggles the mind.
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| Titanic in Harbour |
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| Artist rendition just before the crash |
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| Submarine photo of wreckage |
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| Image of an iceberg..yikes! |
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| Many of the dead were buried in Nova Scotia |
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| Poster advertising the ship |
HOMEWORK: Relax! Read 20 min/day.
For Lia and Taushana. You will need to compile your strengths on the summary sheet I gave you. Here is a sample I did to explain how you tally the information.
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| Tally information for SBR Exercise 5 |
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