Poster of “The Drop of Life”

Jami sent me the poster she created for “The drop of Life.” I like the tone very much. I wish you do too.

Review of class meeting 0423

We began our second project on April 16 by gathering the information about “The Drops of Life.” On April 23, we started the meeting by doing the writing book (Exercise Five: Conclusions) and learned ways to end a paragraph. Then, we moved on to the new words and phrases in the play. You were given time to work on the tasks (gussing the meaning from the sentences and looking up the words on the Internet). After working on the vocabulary worksheet, we read through the play line by line. The activity gave us a chance to know more about the story and to get familiar with the new words/phrases.

Since the main theme of “The Drops of Life” is about tree-planting and cooperation, I think it a good idea to know more plants in our life. Therefore, while preparing the play, we would also have different activities centering on the theme. That’s why I design a worksheet with an acitivity named Plants in Our Life. We didn’t have time to go into the details but you were asked to draw a world without any plants. Most of you did a great job. I’ll post some of the drawings after processing the images.

The course files

Dear students,

I created a website for the course files we need during this semester. This site lists the projects in my course. Click “The Kindred Project,” and then you’ll see the schedule and handouts or worksheets used in this project. I hope you find it useful.

About your first assignment

 In the mail I wrote to you on Feb. 27, I attached the list of blogs and assigned some work for you:

1. set the theme of your blog,
2. arrange the sidebar widgets,
3. make links to all your classmates’ blogs,
4. write a new page about yourself, and
5. upload a photo of yours.

It’s Sunday morning now. I just finished checking your blogs. Mmmmm…. Your first assignment doesn’t seem to be very successful. I assume you still have difficulty navigating the blog host system that we are using; therefore, you need more guidance and practice. That’s what I plan to do tomorrow. We’ll spend one hour on your blog project; hopefully, you’ll become more skillful when it comes to managing your blog.

AND….

I keep my finger crossed. I hope that tonight, you will have meet the deadline and finish your work. Good luck.

The Year I was Born: Taiwan News

Dear all,

Here we are: the fourth week of our project. This week the main task to post Taiwan News in 1991 in this blog. I hope you’ve gained a lot from the research you have been doing. I’m looking forward to your works.

The Year I was Born: World News (Week 3 Writing)

Please

Don’t comment on this message until after 12/18 (Monday). Thanks.

Alice

The Year I was Born: The story in my family (Week 2 Writing)

Students,

Please post your family story in 1991 under this topic.

Alice 

My Biopoem (Week 1 Writing)

Dear students, Please post your biopoem by commenting on this posting.

Welcome to “The Year I was Born” Project

Dear students,

Welcome to take part in “The Year I was Born” project. In this project, you will do some research to explore the history and write three pieces of stories about the world, Taiwan and your family–stories that happened in the year you were born.

 You are required to post your writings in this blog under different topics. This project will be announced in Dekita to attract global readers. Also, you will be introduced IEARN Youth Forum. You are going to meet new friends in the forum and post your stories there. I hope thees will give your writings a new meaning: sharing your writings with the world.

Please follow the weekly schedules and finish the tasks.  Work  hard, and you’ll accomplish more than you expect.  

Enjoy yourself in the process.