Grade: 7-9 (age criteria: 14-16 years)
Activity: Making Voicethread presentations for the CATEMBER Access project (related to cats)
Time estimate: several days
At home:
Students are supposed to prepare a voicethread project about cats by accomplishing the tasks presented below.
In class:
Ss will take part into a project activity,involving:
- watching funny videos, movies or cartoons about Cats during the movie clubs
- finding out interesting facts about cat intelligence and how people should interpret their behavior
-creating Cat Protection posters and quotes in their schools, speaking with their families and friends about how they can help homeless cats
- bringing some food and feed the homeless cats from thier community
- trying to find families that would like to adopt a homeless cat.
Assignment:
My dear friends,
In addition to all kind of traditional contests and events related to Christmas which are usually organized by the ACCESS program in December, this year there will be one more project inspired by the positive feedback and results of the previous successfully held ACCESS projects. Regarding to this, I would like to invite you all to participate in the Catember project, which will be celebrated for the first time. Cat lovers should also have the chance to speak about their favorite pets, shouldn't they? :)
This project will join the two main components of the Access program- English and community work, which deals with some classroom and outside classroom activities.
We, ACCESS Taraclia, are also going to take part into this new and fascinating activity.
In order to successfully pass all steps in the right way, take a careful look at my instructions below and accomplish tha tasks step by step. As a result you will make a voicethread presentation about cats. Each task will be presented on a new slide. When you have your project completed. send its HTML code as a comment to this assignment.
In case you forgot how to work in VOICETHREAD feel free to watch my tutorial or any other you might find online:
Activity: Making Voicethread presentations for the CATEMBER Access project (related to cats)
Time estimate: several days
At home:
Students are supposed to prepare a voicethread project about cats by accomplishing the tasks presented below.
In class:
Ss will take part into a project activity,involving:
- watching funny videos, movies or cartoons about Cats during the movie clubs
- finding out interesting facts about cat intelligence and how people should interpret their behavior
-creating Cat Protection posters and quotes in their schools, speaking with their families and friends about how they can help homeless cats
- bringing some food and feed the homeless cats from thier community
- trying to find families that would like to adopt a homeless cat.
Assignment:
My dear friends,
In addition to all kind of traditional contests and events related to Christmas which are usually organized by the ACCESS program in December, this year there will be one more project inspired by the positive feedback and results of the previous successfully held ACCESS projects. Regarding to this, I would like to invite you all to participate in the Catember project, which will be celebrated for the first time. Cat lovers should also have the chance to speak about their favorite pets, shouldn't they? :)
This project will join the two main components of the Access program- English and community work, which deals with some classroom and outside classroom activities.
We, ACCESS Taraclia, are also going to take part into this new and fascinating activity.
In order to successfully pass all steps in the right way, take a careful look at my instructions below and accomplish tha tasks step by step. As a result you will make a voicethread presentation about cats. Each task will be presented on a new slide. When you have your project completed. send its HTML code as a comment to this assignment.
In case you forgot how to work in VOICETHREAD feel free to watch my tutorial or any other you might find online:
FULFILLING THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL TAKE YOU MORE TIME THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES. YOU HAVE TO BE READY BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
Tasks:
1. On a piece of paper write a short introduction to your project and find some relating pictures you will use to decorate your first slide. Use the introduction as a voice comment to your first slide.
2.Watch the tutorial below and register a LINO account:
Tasks:
1. On a piece of paper write a short introduction to your project and find some relating pictures you will use to decorate your first slide. Use the introduction as a voice comment to your first slide.
2.Watch the tutorial below and register a LINO account:
Write a story (at least 8 sentences) about your cat/cats. Add some pictures and share them with your colleagues and us by creating a LINO project. Add a sticky note to each picture/photo as a short description. Implement this project into your voicethread presentation as its second slide. For this purpose find its HTML code or URL in "share" section and use it for adding media into Voicethread. Use your story as a voice comment to the clide.
3. Click the link below and read the information about cat education. Include at least 5 important things about cat education ( e.g. what kind of food they should eat ) into the third slide. Do not forget about voice comments:
http://www.catsunited.com/html/cat_education.html
3. Click the link below and read the information about cat education. Include at least 5 important things about cat education ( e.g. what kind of food they should eat ) into the third slide. Do not forget about voice comments:
http://www.catsunited.com/html/cat_education.html
4. Click the link below and read about 15 intersting facts about cats, Choose 3 you like best and present them in an interesting way into the next slide. As a voice comment use your reflections on the facts
http://factualfacts.com/animals/cat-facts
5. There are lots of different cat breeds. Present one you like the most, by using pictures, behaviour description and information about its origin. present all this into the fifth slide.
6. Who said cats never dream. They have their own opinions about everything.
Next task is creative. You are supposed to pull us into the world of cats. Here are several topics to be used for an essay writing (at least 150 words) Write as if you were a cat:
What is on a cat's mind?
What do cats think about people?
The world through the eyes of a cat.
A cat's letter for Santa.
Watch the tutorial below and register a BLABBERIZE (http://blabberize.com ) account :
Learn how to make blubbers from the tutorial below:
Browse the internet for a cute picture of your cat caracter and blabberize it using your essay as it's voice. Don't forget about intonation and "MIAW" sounds))
Use the URL they provide for implementing your blabber character into the sixth voicethread slide.
7. Finish your presentation with a capturing attention motto .
Post the HTML code of your project as a comment to this assignment.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Use the URL they provide for implementing your blabber character into the sixth voicethread slide.
7. Finish your presentation with a capturing attention motto .
Post the HTML code of your project as a comment to this assignment.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!