Welcome to the Grade 6CD : IDD Paths of Discovery Pages!
LANGUAGE AND CIVILIZATION
Introduction
"The Itineraires de Decouvertes - Paths to Discovery, also called the Bilingual Option provides grades 6 and 7 students an opportunity to study half the year in English and the other half in French. This programmes emphasizes the development of research, organizational, communication and cooperative skills as well as growing facility with ICT. The process of discovery, rather than the final product is the students' primary focus." (From the Grade 6 & 7 Curriculum Guide, 2007-2008)
This unit is designed for grade 6th - 7th students in cross-curricular areas of ICT, arts, language, music, geography, history and culture. This unit is intended to introduce students to the excitement of independent research in a field of their choosing, using the grand theme of "Language and Civilization" as their central focus.
Students will gain skills in analyzing, comparing, and evaluating information on their topic while creating a group Wiki. They will also will use books, email, the Internet, magazines, Power Point, and/or MS Publisher and a variety of presentation formats. Students are guided throughout by two senior school teacher, Julia Beck, (teacher-librarian) and Kathleen Hatchell (classroom teacher).
This site is being developed by the Grade 6 CD Bilingual Option. Students here are demonstrating their ability to understand and implement the many steps of the RESEARCH PROCESS. Their pages will change continually as they reflect on their learning - completion of this phase is expected to be at the end of the academic year.
Students At Work - February 2007
Brainstorming In The Computer Room
Teams and Themes
9:Maxine and Sophie : Nez Perce Indians and Apaloosa Horses
10: Andrea : Inventions of Ancient China
Tasks and Process
February 6, 2007: Introduction to the theme of the research project; Formation of groups. Student objectives and expectations were discussed.
Location: Library
February 8, 2007: Discussion of inquiry focus and topic selection. Teachers modeled and explained mind maps and brainstorming; and students
completed their own web of ideas on large paper in their groups.
Location: Library
February 13, 2007: Narrowing & refining topics; set-up group WIKI pages. Students to complete topic selection hand-outs.
Location: Computer Lab
February 16, 2007: Background reading, note-making and the development of Research Questions.
Location: Library
February 20, 2007: Developing Research Question (RQ) and further research from print resources & note-making
Location: Library
February 23, 2007: Developing Research Question (RQ) and further research from print resources & note-making
Location: Library
February 28, 2007: Developing Research Question (RQ) and further research from print resources & note-making
Location: Library
March 2, 2007 : Finalizing RQ and accessing elecronic resources
March 26, 2007 : Final product proposals; continue research and refining RQ
March 28, 2007 : Continue as above
April 2, 2007 : Continue as above
April 5, 2007 : Continue as above
April 11, 2007 : Peer-evaluation of research/notemaking/inquiry
April 16, 2007 : as above
April 19, 2007 : as above
April 23, 2007 : as above
April 30, 2007 : as above
May 3, 2007 : Further research/edit & polish
May 8, 2007 : Documentation Exercise/Further research
May 11, 2007: Finalize research and reflection exercise
May 15, 2007 : Finalize web page (to be completed by midnight) - check for spelling & grammar.
May 22, 2007 : Performance task/Project work in class
May 25, 2007 : as above
May 29, 2007 : as above
June 6 +, 2007 : In class presentations
Resources
Assessment & Evaluation
1. Exploring topics
2. Topic selection
3. Research statement
4. Research focus
5. Locating resources
6. Skimming/Scanning sources
7. Notemaking
8. Research question
9. Peer-Evaluations & Notemaking
10. Continue research
11. Wiki site - process task
12. Works Cited/References (MLA)
13. Presentation of performance task
14. Reflection
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