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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: CROSSING THE LANGUAGE BARRIERHOW TWO SCHOOLS ON TWO CONTINENTS COLLABORATE
Escola ParqueSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
Lovejoy Technology AcademyLovejoy, Illinois
YEAR ONE: SEPT 2008 – AUG 2009
Learning to CommunicateSKYPE & WEBCAM
GOOGLE TRANSLATETAPPED IN
Research Papers on Brasil
Freedom Writers
Book of Poetry
Students from both classes watched the movie, Freedom Writers, because both schools are located in frequently violent communities. TappedIn was theforum for threaded discussion of the movie.
YEAR TWO African American/Afro Descendents
Hairstyles – Effect on Job Acquisition
Dedication of Book – Assemblies coordinated and held same day at both schools.
Meninas – Brasilian Documentary – viewed, discussed on SKYPE & TappedIn
HAIRSTYLES
Using lulu.com the poems became a book.
CECR – Escola Parque
• Celebrations – Research and share how celebrations are held in each country
• Lovejoy - Senior Research Papers on Celebrations
• Escola Parque – Research Celebrations / Translate to English
• Sister Act: Back in the Habit - View movie,
discuss using SKYPE & TappedIn• Graduation Congrats for Lovejoy Class of
2010 by Escola Parque
2nd Year cont.
SISTER ACT: BACK IN THE HABIT
Watch videoLiterary Elements
Compare/Contrast to your schoolTappedIn – threaded discussion
SKYPE – webcam
Dare to Dream
COMING SOON:YEAR THREE
IDIOMS AND SLANG
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, NATIVE BRASILIAN INDIANS
THE STATES & THE ETYMOLOGY OF THEIR NAMESparticularly those with Indian names
How We Communicate
SKYPE - using webcam
Blogspot - responding through blogs to questions
Orkut - a social site where we upload pictures, projects, videos to share
SKYPE
CHAT
Professional Blog
http://cathyamcd2.blogspot.com