Friday, April 15, 2011
Grade 8: Webquest (Due before class Tuesday, April 26th)
Browse, explore, and read the following websites and links. First, write a reaction explaining what you found interesting. Then, based on the sites, write a prediction for what the text might be about. Make sure in your prediction you indicate WHY you think what you do. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/fountain-of-youth/ http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/topic.php?nm=frontier_ohio&rec=24 http://www.native-languages.org/ohio.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWgOA-q0KM
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Hello Ms Gelso and fellow classmates (long time since previous blog!),
ReplyDeleteThe three websites and the video were really interesting. I found out many new things that I wasn’t aware of and they really surprised me! Anyways, firstly I learned about the “Fountain of Youth” and how many famous people from the past, like Alexander the Great, were in search of it. Really, infinite life can make people get crazy!!! Also, I agree with the quote “life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.” That because while you’re getting younger, you know how to live your life! Finally, I learned about Ohio and the Native American tribes. Ohio had such an amazing green that is sad that there isn’t that much now...
Now, based on the sites, I predict that the text is gonna be about environment and Ohio. Probably, the book will be set in the period where British, French etc settle in America and try to destroy the green to make all these fancy stuff. If it is this, it sounds really exciting!
Have a HAPPY EASTER!!!!!
I think it is intresting, I didn’t know that French and British brought to the Indian War. I think the book is going to talk about the Indian War because it is very intresting and because it is important in the history and also I think it is going to talk about the group of American Indians from Ohio.
ReplyDeleteDear Ms Gelso and fellow Classmates
ReplyDeleteAfter exploreing these sites and watching the video, there were some things that I thought were interesting. Firstly,It was surprising to read how Europeans occupied what is now known as Ohio, even after the war between the French and Indians. Secondly,I didnt know that Ohio was an Indian word which meant "it is beautiful". Lastly, I found this quote “life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.” After thinking about it, I realized that life would be much happier if we spent it from an old age to a teenage. I learned about how people lived their lives in Ohio and the amount of geenary they had was surprising.
Based on there sites, I predict that the text is going to be about how the French and the British tried to take over Ohio. The book might talk about how the life was in Ohio before and after the war. It all seems very interesting, Cant wait to see the book.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Hi classmates
ReplyDeleteI found the websites really interesting. I have learn't about the enviorment of Ohio and about legends involving the magical water wich makes people forever young. I also have learn't about the settlers relation between them for example the French with the Brittish.
I predict that are next book will be about an explorer looking for a fountain with magical water. It will be set in Ohio during the time of the "war" between the French settlers and the English settlers.
First of all, I foun relly interesting that while reading, I noticed that I already new some of the facts. These sites mostly describe the perioud of 1550 more or less. It shows most of the importan historical events of the perioud, and really made you want to red more and more. I was even very interested in the video that showed ll the images and explanation that made me better understand the articles read. I predict that the story of our new novel wil talk about the a man that tries to stop the peope tht are destrong our civilization and trying to modernize the society by devastating our nature and our trees!
ReplyDeleteHello fellow classmates!
ReplyDeleteIn those three links, I learned that "Ohio" is an Iroquoian word which means "it is beautiful", and a little bit about it's history in the 1800's. I learned about the expeditions led in the search for the so called "Fountain of Youth." From the power point presentation I learned that in that period of time, people were very envolved with nature and it played a major role in their survival, providing food and shelter.
I think that the book will be about the struggle between the Native Americans and the settlers, and that one ambitious man or woman is in search of the "fountain of youth", and that when he finds it, he dies tragically!
Have a nice day!
Hello everyone,
ReplyDeleteAs I read the different websites and saw the video, I found out many interesting facts. For example I discovered that Ohio had a very and important history full of interesting facts, for example that by the mid eighteenth century, French and British traders arrived in the region, trading for furs with the local American Indian populace. Also I discovered the interesting legend of the fountain of youth, that said that if you drink that water, you will live for ever.
Finally, since I have been in class and I read that first chapters of the book, I can predict that the book talks about a girl that has the choice to become everlasting, and that the story is set in Ohio...
Have a nice day!!