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Terms
- Principles and Facts
Students will learn
how to
introduce
an initiative to the
local
community .
They
will learn to play an effective
role
within their community
and
try to change their
attitudes and that of others
as
to
fulfill their good citizenship
Developing
the living techniques.
Students
learn how to evaluate
different
sources
of information and raise
their
knowledge
and their sense of responsibility.
Curriculum Areas
English - Social Studies - Technology
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Using
various research techniques to tackle local and global issues.
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Students
will enhance learning and communication skills by: inquiring, interviewing, compiling,
giving constructive feedback, justifying and presenting
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Taking
pride in one's own culture
Feeling of belonging to the local
and global community
Increased motivation to read and learn about the local and global issues.
Increased motivation to write for an audience
Taking pride to contribute to solving global issues.
Discovering the joy of being an author
Sense of caring and developing respect towards the point of view of others
thus enhancing tolerance and understanding
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Students
will
enhance
their
social
skills
by working
in
groups
,
brainstorming
and
writing
collective essays
and
stories
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Investigate,
select and justify
their
choice of the issue.
Read, comment and give constructive
feedback
to their peers
Write short notes to
communicate why they
selected
this issue.
Use the medium of art to
illustrate
this
issue.
Communicate with other
students in
iEARN
community
to
share this issue.
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Brainstorming
Group work
Individual work
Writing process
photographing
Peer editing
Reviewing
Final editing
Submissions to the forums
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Involve
students in the evaluation process and use the following rubric to have
them assess their work. Ask
them if in each of the following section, they have…
Clearly stated the question of the issue
Explained clearly the meaning of air pollution Expressed clearly why they
selected this issue and their interest in it?
Show the relevance of this issue
in their daily life experience?
Employed an appropriate level of language? (Specific nouns and verbs)
Minimum or no grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes
Shown positive attitude and contributed meaningfully to all group
activities
Respected time constraints and delivered their work on time
This project is added to their writing portfolio
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Photograps
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