Big Ideas - New Zealand Geography Revision Game

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The Quiz (Part Two)

List three teachers that have helped you through your journey at schools?
Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time?
Name three people who have taught you something worthwhile or meant something to you?
Think of three people who have made you feel appreciated and special?
Think of three people who let you be you?
Name one person that inspires you?

Big Idea - Connections

Connections...

Summary (To be written in your Reflection on Connection Journal)

You are to write a summary on the journey you have taken with your inquiry.

It should include ideas like;

What was your goal? Did it change? Why?
What was your Inquiry Question?
How does your inquiry show connections? What is the connection to you?
What have you done? What have you found out? Where are you up to?
Problems/Successes
Where to from here?

Reading - Ezra's Greatest Gift

After reading the article on Ezra's Greatest Gift, highlight the main points on the article. Then in your own words transfer the main points into the Circle Thinking Map (as shown in the photo below). After this using this information to form an opinion about what the entire article means to you (linking them back to the ideas in the article).

Writing - Abandoned Places

Examples of Descriptive Writing

The Blond Guitar by Jeremy Burden

My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar--the first instrument I taught myself how to play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar, all scuffed and scratched and finger-printed. At the top is a bramble of copper-wound strings, each one hooked through the eye of a silver tuning key. The strings are stretched down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished, the wood worn by years of fingers pressing chords and picking notes. The body of the Madeira is shaped like an enormous yellow pear, one that was slightly damaged in shipping. The blond wood has been chipped and gouged to gray, particularly where the pick guard fell off years ago. No, it's not a beautiful instrument, but it still lets me make music, and for that I will always treasure it.

The writer focus' on the physical appearance of the guitar.

Gregory by Barbara Carter

Gregory is my beautiful gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance, for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat. He enjoys TV commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives. His familiarity with cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor of only the most expensive brands. Gregory is as finicky about visitors as he is about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may snuggle up against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain your favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territory, as many cat experts think, but to humiliate me because he is jealous of my friends. After my guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling to himself in front of the television set, and I have to forgive him for his obnoxious, but endearing, habits.

The writer focuses less on the physical appearance of her pet than on the cat's habits and action.

Reference: http://grammar.about.com