Creative Writing - Short Story Challenge

1. A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.
2. A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.
3. Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet.
4. A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far.
5. Aerobics, a secret diary, and something unpleasant under the bed.

Above are 5 different story ideas using 3 different plot elements each. Your challenge is to write a short story of at least 250 words by the end of this lesson.

Oars Testing

https://oars.acer.edu.au/australian-international-school-uae

Work for today

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sgbXUdclWn10Z7LYB-uXAltaJomVKQb_LSgsc67QO04/edit?usp=sharing

Fractured Fairy Tale Builder

Combine any of the elements below to create a fractured fairy tale of at least 100 words. The fairtale MUST be based on one that already exists. (for example, Red Riding Hood starring Snoop Dogg)

John Cena

Humpty Dumpty

Enchanted Woods

Dark Tower

A dragon

D-Generation X

Super Mario

Snow White

A princess

Rumpelstiltskin

Snoop Dogg

Red Riding Hood

Donald Trump

Fairytales

After our warm-up activity, click on this link  to look at today's slides.

Licked (Short Story)

Chinese Culture

Today you will need to go through the following Google Slide. Pair up with somebody and interpret what these images are telling us about Chinese culture. What is happening in each of the sources that can give us hints about traditions, customs, food and any other cultural aspects of the Chinese?

Then you will need to find at lest 3 more of your own.

2 minutes with your partner, share what you learnt today about Chinese culture.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Lr3ZXyzqsk9LIFX0kEOlK9TDnVmjJPI-a2CmKAHf5L8/edit?usp=sharing

Source Material

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DtmkIArcHS1CRb7RtUAA1fRLXbbmscY0At-c5of9XFM/edit?usp=sharing

Inspiring People

Hello! There are two Google Slides that you will need to go through and complete today (videos and work as well). The first one is about Inspiring People, the second one focuses on Malala.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1boF3oICvoUKC45GNDkkCOfTbGH59NERArvsl1m9fPFQ/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EzIiViBXQHaCngAgDxVEHh2zly9wXzsMeEYxPSTgmMY/edit?usp=sharing

The second one focuses on developing an INQUIRY QUESTION which will be part of the criteria for our first assessment.

GOOD LUCK!

Cultural Identity

Please complete the following Google Form to share and discuss your cultural identity. 

Who Is Inspirational?

There are many people who we may find to be inspiring. They could be well known and famous for a great achievement. They could be older role models like your mother or father. They can even be people within your own community who do wonderful things.

Have a think for a few minutes and write down at least one person you believe to be inspirational. Why are they inspiring? What have they achieved? In what way would you like to emulate their actions or achievements? (5 minutes)

Then compare your answer with the person next to you. (5 minutes)

After this, we will discuss your answers as a whole class. (10 minutes)

Newspaper Assessment

A final note before our assessment next week -

Poverty in Kenya / Distribution of Wealth

Our final two Google Slides for this unit before our next assessment. You must complete these activities in class today and next Sunday.

Today's Activity - Newspaper Leads

Please click here to see the Google Slide for today's lesson.

ADAMANT - Analysing Primary Sources

Good morning 6J! Today you will be viewing a Google slide located here.

TOGETHER: We will look at and explore the acronym of ADAMANT.

new words (mnemonic, acronym)

Throughout the slide presentation, there are a number of questions which you must answer relating to each of the primary sources. If you are still unsure of what a primary source is, then you can visit this site.

As always, we will set aside the final 10 minutes of class to discuss and consolidate our knowledge.

Trachoma, Clean Water and Less Developed Countries

Lesson Objective - To learn about the causes and effects of Trachoma.

Recap - What is Trachoma? How is it connected to lack of access to clean water?

1. Write a brief summary about Trachoma. What is it? (use your own words)

2. List at least 3 different countries where there are cases of Trachoma.

3. What are the main causes of Trachoma? List at least 3.

4. What effect does the disease have on people? 

5. How can it be prevented?

6. How can it be completely wiped out of a community?

Using your homework as a guide, list the 3 less developed countries that you researched.

1. What percentage of the population has access to clean water?

2. What is the average adult yearly income in each country?

3. THINK: What can other countries do to aid less developed ones? (think pair share)

Team News Article

In your teams at your desks, you are to plan and create a news article. The jobs will be divided up like this:

Lead: One person will write the Lead. This is where you state the - what, when, where, who.

First Paragraph: All the main information is to be given in this paragraph. This is important information that the readers are going to want first up.

Second Paragraph: This may include; quotes, statements and other information which is not as important.

If there are four of you in a group, then two of you will write the First Paragraph and split it into two paragraphs full of the most important information.

IMPORTANT:
Please note that all your information must be taken from the following facts:

1. On Sunday, the 21st of February, both the UAE Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Trade announced that they would ban the import, export, sales and consumption of refined sugars.

2. No foods are allowed to contain any added sugar.

3. All retail outlets, fast food places and restaurants which rely on the sale of products containing refined or added sugars will be compensated, costing the UAE government a total of 4.5 Billion AED.

4. All schools are to ban the consumption and sale of refined sugars as well. Schools selling these products will be fined up to 100,000AED.

5. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Trade said that this will only hurt larger businesses in the short term.

6. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said that this would eradicate cases of diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and obesity.

7. The UN has come out in support of this law.

8. Brazil, who is the main exporter of sugar products to the UAE has come out attacking this law.

The Suffragettes

Today you will have to work on your own to answer the following questions and complete the activities. You will have only this class to do so. Please use this link for your answers.

1. What did the suffragettes want?

2. Which year did the suffragette movement begin in the UK?

3. Why did Millicent Fawcett believe in peaceful protest?

4. Write down one argument that Fawcett made in favour of the suffrage movement.

5. Why did most men in Parliament not want women there?

6. Two male politicians refused to answer the question if they believed women had the right to vote. What was the effect of this during a protest?

7. What violent actions did the suffragettes begin to take in the UK? Name at least 3.

8. What was the Cat and Mouse act?

9. What was an extreme act that a suffragette took in 1913?

10. Draw a poster promoting the women's suffrage movement. It must contain a slogan as well.

The Parts of a Newspaper Article

The following are all identifiable parts of a newspaper article:

Now you are to identify where each of these elements is on the following front pages:

Now on your own, you must write down what you think the story is on each front page. No cheating, you are not to use any translation software.

Developing Inquiry Questions

Hello everyone. You will need to prep for tomorrow's History assessment. The first thing you should do is watch the following video on Inquiry Questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLYCYeCFak

Good inquiry questions must be ones that are not too narrow or not too broad. For example, if you are able to come up with a question that can be answered with only one or two facts, then that is not a good question. If your question requires far too many different variations of an answer and far too many facts, then that is also not a good question for this particular assessment. You need to find a question that can be answered with a few good facts but won't stretch you in the 50 minute period.

For your assessment, you will need to answer two P.E.E paragraphs. The first one will need to be about the THREE LEVELS of Australian Government. The second P.E.E paragraph, will need to answer a question about ONE LEVEL of Australian Government and one of its responsibilities.

To revise for this assessment, please study the material listed on the History page of this blog, and of course, if you have any questions, please email me.

Understanding Poverty

So, before we begin, let's check - we have in this class 2 students who control more than half of the wealth of the entire class.

Then we have roughly half of the students who have just enough to get by - our Middle Class.

Finally, the other half of the class are our poverty stricken students. They live on $1 a day.

All good? Checked?

Here's how things are going to work today. You are going to have to pay for necessary and luxury items. The costs of each individual item vary depending on their status as necessity or luxury.

Devices will cost you $100
Seats will cost you $1
Pencils and pens will cost you $1






Wondering why we're doing this?




Let's recap: What is poverty? Think-Pair-Share (1 minute, write a definition, then share with your partner, 1 minute, then share with the class)

Video Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-PvTqo1gX0

FACT OR FICTION:

According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each due to poverty

1 Billion children live in poverty.

More than half of the world's population live on less than 10 dirhams a day. Of those, 1.3 billion live on less than 3 dirhams a day.



Word Bank Time:

On your device (if you're lucky enough, on a piece of paper if you're living in poverty) write the word POVERTY. Then write at least 15 other words on that page that are linked to poverty.

For and Against Australian Federation

Here is a document which highlights the reasons for and against federation quite simply.