World Read Aloud Day: Wednesday March 5
Watch the following authors' read an excerpt from their book for this amazing day. Comment in a blog what your favourite book to listen to is or to read outloud.
Mrs. Brennan
Monday, March 3, 2014
World Read Aloud Day: Wednesday, March 5 2014
Watch the following authors' read an excerpt from their book for this amazing day. Comment in a blog what your favourite book to listen to is or to read outloud.
Mrs. Brennan
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Developing Great Inquiry Questions
Today
you will watch the "Wavin' Flag" video again. Then you will listen to
the story about "Wavin' Flag". As you watch and listen to both, write
down any questions that may develop in your head. Any question at all.
Remember these are your questions, so all questions are good questions
at this stage of research and inquiry.
After the story is finished, go back and look at your questions. Put a star beside 2 or 3 questions that you would like to research. This is where you will evaluate your questions.
Are they questions that you COULD find the answer? Are they APPROPRIATE? Are they questions that were NOT answered in the book or video? Are they about K'Naan, Haiti or Somolia?
When you are done and your name is on your paper, hand them in. Next period, you will try to find the answer to your questions by using appropriate data bases, websites and books.
Mrs. Brennan
After the story is finished, go back and look at your questions. Put a star beside 2 or 3 questions that you would like to research. This is where you will evaluate your questions.
Are they questions that you COULD find the answer? Are they APPROPRIATE? Are they questions that were NOT answered in the book or video? Are they about K'Naan, Haiti or Somolia?
When you are done and your name is on your paper, hand them in. Next period, you will try to find the answer to your questions by using appropriate data bases, websites and books.
Mrs. Brennan
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Inquiry Process Skill: Questioning
Today you will post a comment to this blog to make sure you know how to post correctly.
Click on the link and watch the video about the making of "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan.
Read the following summary of the book about the making of Wavin' Flag.
In his first book for children, When I Get Older, Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, and songwriter K’NAAN tells his own story. Born in Somalia, he grew up in Mogadishu. His grandfather was a renowned poet who passed on his love of words to his grandson. When the Somali Civil War began in 1991, K’NAAN was just thirteen. His mother made the difficult decision to move her family so that they could grow up in safety. First in New York and then in Toronto, K’NAAN faced many challenges.
Like so many other immigrants, he had to make a place for himself in a world of alien customs, clothes, and language. His road was a hard one: he lost many friends to violence. But K’NAAN’s love of music, and his enormous talent, became a way for him to connect with his past, with his classmates, and eventually, to millions of people around the world. Not only does K’NAAN tell a story that will inspire and encourage young readers, but he provides a brief history of the Somalian conflict. The lyrics of “Wavin’ Flag” are also included.
Born Keinan Abdi Warsame, K’NAAN first came to prominence when he performed a spoken word piece before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1999. A member of the audience, the singer Youssou N’Dour, was so impressed that he asked K’NAAN to take part in an album and to tour with him.
Since then, K’NAAN has performed in more than 86 countries and has received many honors, including three Juno Awards and the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music. During the Vancouver Olympics, he worked with other Canadian musicians and artists under the name Young Artists for Haiti to produce a charity version of “Wavin’ Flag.” The song was adapted again to become the FIFA World Cup theme song. There are now twenty-two versions of the song, which hit #1 in nineteen countries
Can you think of any questions about K'naan, the book, the video/song or Somalia? You will post any questions below and you will find the answers in the next few library/computer classes. Make sure they are great, thoughtful questions.
Read the following summary of the book about the making of Wavin' Flag.
When I Get Older: The Story behind "Wavin' Flag"
“Wavin’Flag” has become an international anthem. Its powerful words of hope have crossed generations and borders, and have made K’NAAN an international star.In his first book for children, When I Get Older, Somali-Canadian poet, rapper, singer, and songwriter K’NAAN tells his own story. Born in Somalia, he grew up in Mogadishu. His grandfather was a renowned poet who passed on his love of words to his grandson. When the Somali Civil War began in 1991, K’NAAN was just thirteen. His mother made the difficult decision to move her family so that they could grow up in safety. First in New York and then in Toronto, K’NAAN faced many challenges.
Like so many other immigrants, he had to make a place for himself in a world of alien customs, clothes, and language. His road was a hard one: he lost many friends to violence. But K’NAAN’s love of music, and his enormous talent, became a way for him to connect with his past, with his classmates, and eventually, to millions of people around the world. Not only does K’NAAN tell a story that will inspire and encourage young readers, but he provides a brief history of the Somalian conflict. The lyrics of “Wavin’ Flag” are also included.
Born Keinan Abdi Warsame, K’NAAN first came to prominence when he performed a spoken word piece before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1999. A member of the audience, the singer Youssou N’Dour, was so impressed that he asked K’NAAN to take part in an album and to tour with him.
Since then, K’NAAN has performed in more than 86 countries and has received many honors, including three Juno Awards and the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music. During the Vancouver Olympics, he worked with other Canadian musicians and artists under the name Young Artists for Haiti to produce a charity version of “Wavin’ Flag.” The song was adapted again to become the FIFA World Cup theme song. There are now twenty-two versions of the song, which hit #1 in nineteen countries
Can you think of any questions about K'naan, the book, the video/song or Somalia? You will post any questions below and you will find the answers in the next few library/computer classes. Make sure they are great, thoughtful questions.
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