Dr. Sansom's extreme facts

Treasure Hunt Type
Metacognitive Skills (Skimming & distinguishing information)

Dr. Sansom's extreme facts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/06/extreme.facts

♬ Choose this website if you want to:
 ☞ know different types of schools from different countries
 ☞ be familiarized with an interesting writing style


♬ Treasure Hunt Questions
 ☞ When England and Wales provided education for free?
 ☞ Why does the school in Caldey Island open and close repeatedly?
 ☞ How should we judge great schools? Write the author's opinion.

South Korean High School

Q & A Type
Lower levels of reading skills (word attack skills and comprehension skills)
Metacognitive skills (Guessing difficult words they don't know)

South Korean High School 

http://roamingeducation.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/south-korean-high-school-education/

♬ Choose this website if you want to:
 ☞ Know how foreign students feel about Korean schools
 ☞ Learn about authentic expressions that American teenagers use
 ☞ Know challenging words that would help your English study
 ☞ Watch a video describing our school from foreigner's point of view


♬ Questions
  ☞ What does 'delve into' mean? Explain the meaning and write an example sentence using the word.
  ☞ What is the writer's attitude toward Korean culture? Describe how the writer feels about Korean culture.
  ☞ What are "Beverly Hills Celebrities" you think? It is not in your dictionary. Using your intelligent guess to infer its meaning.

Our School

Individual Project Work

Higher level of reading skills (applying the text to real world)

Our School

http://www.ictacchiventuri.it/sitoinglese/ourschool.html

♬ Choose this website if you want to:

 ☞ experience Italian culture

 ☞ advertise our school activities

 ☞ get ideas form Italian school activities when planning your class talent show


♬ Individual projects you might want to do:
 ☞ Plan our school activity by yourself. Creative ideas such as 'Operetta', 'Musical show' are very welcome. Include title, short description, and your reason why you planned it.
 ☞ Choose a school activity our school has. Imagine you are to introduce the school activity for students from around the world. How would you introduce it? Describe your systemic steps to introduce our school activity.

Visit the world of UN with name Annan

Diary Type
Content schema - general knowledge

Visit the world of the UN with name Annan

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/literacy2003/slide1_a.asp

♬ Choose this webpage if you are interested in:
 ☞ International Organizations such as UN, UNICEF, UNESCO.
 ☞ education in developing countries
 ☞ how people live in developing countries


♬ Some possible themes for your diary entry:
 ☞ What if you were born in such countries? Write an imaginative diary.
 ☞ How can you help the children? Write your creative suggestions.
 ☞ Write a persuasive letter for helping the children to Secretary-general of UN, Ban Ki-moon.

School Years around the World

Diary Type 

Content Schema - Cultural knowledge

School Years around the World

from Australia to South Korea

http://www.factmonster.com/world/statistics/school-years.html

♬ Choose this website if you want to:


 ☞ know different school systems around the world.
 ☞ compare our school system with other countries.
 ☞ attend schools in other countries.


♬ Some possible themes for your diary entry:

 ☞ In which country you want to study? And why?

 ☞ What is the reason that different countries have different school systems? 

     Tell me your opinion.