Where do people most want to visit in the world?
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Where in the World
Iconic Places
Select an iconic destination to research and present to the class.
Check out the list of possibilities below before you decide.
Select an iconic destination to research and present to the class.
Check out the list of possibilities below before you decide.
Include picture and diagrams in your presentation
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Taj Mahal
Auschwitz
NASA
Ayers Rock
Machu
Picchu
Amazon
Rain Forest
Troy –
Horse of Troy
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Tower of
London
Mt Everest
Mariana
Trench – Japan
Great Wall
of China
Empire
Sate Building
The Grand
Canyon
Burj
Khalifa - Dubai
Niagara
Falls
Iguazu
Falls
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London Eye
Mitre Peak
Fiordland
- New Zealand
Mt
Naraghoe
Blue
Mosque – Istanbul
Great
Barrier Reef - Australia
The Big
Buddha and Po Lin Monastery
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The Grand Canyon
Note Taking Skills
Watch this short youtube video and then in your journal create a page of notes that include the top 10 facts that stood out most for you. (yes you can watch the video more than once)
Don't try and get all the information or just copy it word for word.
Be thoughtful and decide what's important. Just write down keywords and ideas then use some colour and add some illustrations or a diagram as part of your notes.
Watch this short youtube video and then in your journal create a page of notes that include the top 10 facts that stood out most for you. (yes you can watch the video more than once)
Don't try and get all the information or just copy it word for word.
Be thoughtful and decide what's important. Just write down keywords and ideas then use some colour and add some illustrations or a diagram as part of your notes.
Great Wall Dictation
Dictation
Listen to the text
Then write
Listen again
Did you get everything? Make some changes
Reread it add punctuation and capitals
Circle any spellings you're not sure of
The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest
sights in the world. It is an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive
architecture. It follows an incredible winding path over rugged country and
steep mountains.
The Great Wall is
the world's longest building project. Taking the longest time to complete
and costing the greatest number of human lives, blood, sweat and tears. Ever!
Underline the key facts
Highlight your favourite six words...
which words help to add visual imagery to the writing?
Look at the view!
The Great Wall
The Great Wall of China
step 1. note taking
In your journal draw and note down the keywords and facts about the Great Wall - in 20 minutes.
what, where, when, why, who, how
The Great Wall of China is made up of a number of different sections.
These
sections were built over a long period of time from stone
and other materials.
They were built to protect against
attacks and invasions from the north.
The Great Wall of China stretches around
6300 kilometres in length.
If you measure the length of all the
different sections of wall, the distance is more like 22000 kilometres
The Great Wall of China is the longest
structure ever built by humans.
The widest section of the wall is around 9
metres
The highest point of the wall is around 8
metres
The first parts of the wall were built over
2000 years ago.
A large number of workers have lost their
lives while building the wall.
Earlier sections of the wall were made from
stone, wood and compacted earth.
While some parts of the wall have been
preserved or renovated, other parts have been vandalised or destroyed to make
way for construction.
Rumours that astronauts can see the Great
Wall of China from the Moon with the naked eye are untrue.
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Step 2. Brainstorm words to describe - teacher
size
shape
texture
number
position location
colour
age
movement
like a...
Step 3.
Use your notes and brainstorm words
Use facts combined with descriptive words to create a set of 10 expressive sentences about the Great Wall
Step 4.
Wonders of the World
In our modern day world there are many famous buildings and man made structures that could be thought of as Wonders of the World. For example: The Eiffel Tower and The Great Wall of China could be considered as candidates on a list of the top ten most famous places to visit.
If you stop for a moment to think about the places you know about or have heard about what would you put on your Worlds Wonders list? If you could plan a trip to go anywhere, to visit any place, where would you go?
If you stop for a moment to think about the places you know about or have heard about what would you put on your Worlds Wonders list? If you could plan a trip to go anywhere, to visit any place, where would you go?
List your top ten travel destinations.
You could include:
natural wonders
cities
buildings or
journeys that you would like to make
Take a look at these places.
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Step 1. note taking
In your journal draw and note down the keywords and facts about the Eiffel tower.
what, where, when, why, who, how
Built in 1889
as the entrance arch for the
World's Fair in 1889
Location Paris, France
Stands 320 metres high
Made of 18,038 pieces of iron
weighs around 10000 tonnes
and joined by two-and-a-half million rivets
visited by
visited by
250 million visitors since its opening
The
tower was built despite protests from 300 leading French writers and artists
who saw it as a “hateful column of bolted sheet metal”.
When it was opened the
lifts in the tower were not yet operating, so they went up the stairs on foot.
It took more than an hour to reach the top!
Visit the Eiffel Tower
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Step 2. Brainstorm words to describe - teacher
size
shape
texture
number
position location
colour
age
movement
like a...
Step 3.
Use your notes and brainstorm words
Use facts combined with descriptive words to create a set of 10 expressive sentences about the Eiffel Tower
Step 4.
Editing Sentences - simple - compound - complex
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