Ms+C+-+Challenges

Each group should have completed the following by now. 1. Choose a team name 2. Design a team logo/symbol 3. 3-5 words that describe what teamwork means to your group 4. Write a team motto
 * Friday 5th November **

= CHALLENGE 1 = > In your group, view one of the photo essays located through the "Images" page. Use one computer for viewing images. ==== Use the list of creative words located in the back of your exercise book (or saved here on this wiki page [|descriptive words.doc]). ====
 * 1) ====Whilst viewing, record key details and observations about the circumstances and living conditions of the people shown in the photo essay. DO this on a second computer on your team wikipage. ====
 * 2) ====What do you see? What adjectives would you use to describe their living conditions? What might they be feeling? Use sensory words from list.====
 * 3) After viewing and recording words and phrases on team page, each member is to follow the "description" scaffold to write a one page description of what you have viewed.
 * 4) ==== When you have finished your description, you must type it and upload this as a word document on your team page. ====
 * 5) ==== Make sure you put your name on the description or in the title of the document. You will be assessed on use of descriptive language, variety of sentences, structured paragraph and description text overall. ====

Use this scaffold to plan a detailed one page description of the people and place as based on your observations
==== (scaffold for a description [|Description scaffold for Journeys unit.doc]).====

Points for this activity drop to 30 per team if not completed by Wednesday Week 5.
(Need help knowing how to "upload" a document to your team page? __First,__ check the "Help" feature at the top of this page (Look for "Editing a Page - Adding a file")- __then__ ask another student who knows, and only ten ask your teacher if you still don't know).

=** Challenge 2 **=

What causes people to risk their lives and the lives of their families in order to seek refuge in a new country?
In your small group, choose an area of the world from which people flee and seek refuge in another part of the world. Investigate... What are the living conditions like in their home country? Why would they feel a need to leave? What opportunities are their in their home country to make a better life for themselves there? What do they have to do to get to another country safely? Legally? Is the trip to another country safe? How do they feel?

Each member of your group must "blog" or journal to document your progress on your group's page every week. You could reflect on what you have learnt so far in this unit about wikispaces, refugees or teamwork. This should be a paragraph of approximately 4-5 sentences.
 * Thursday 11th November **

// 10 points for each team member who has their blog completed by Friday afternoon. A bonus 10 points will be awarded for the most insightful and honest reflection. // = Challenge 3 = When refugees are fleeing from their home land, what do they look for in that country? 1. What causes them to leave their home country? 2. If the refugees know that they have a chance of dying when they leave their country, why do they do it? 3. How do they move on after the journey they've been through? 4. What conditions do they have to go through to force them to leave their homeland? 5. How did it feel to flee to another country and leave all your memories in your home country? 6. How do refugees cope when they get to their new country? Answer these questions on your groups wikipage. Write the name of the student who answered each question under your answer. = Challenge 4  =
 * What questions do we have about refugees? **

Due 8pm Sun, 21/11 at the very latest!
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 * There are several ways to plan your narrative . These include mind-maps, timelines, and storyboards. During Thursday and Friday's lessons, you will need to work closely in your team to thoroughly plan your teams' empathy narrative.**
 * Points to consider:**
 * **who will the protagonist (main character) be?**
 * **who is in his/her family?**
 * **what is his/her normal family/daily life like?**
 * **what causes his/her family life to be disrupted/forces family to flee and become refugees?**
 * **how do they leave their home country - legally/illegally? Boat? Plane? Walking?**
 * **what happens on the way to their new country?**
 * **how do they feel?**
 * **what is their new life like?**
 * **what makes it easy/hard to adjust to their new home?**
 * **what does he/she think the future will be like?**

Other aspects to consider in planning:
 * what form do you want your presentation to take? Why?
 * will you use music? if so, which music? where will you source it from legally?
 * what factual information do you need? who will get it? from where? Make sure you get bibliographic details.
 * what photos/pictures/video will you add to your presentation? Where will this come from legally? Make sure you get bibliographic details for all images/videos.
 * who is responsible for what in your group?

The completed, detailed PLAN is due by 8pm Sunday - you will have heaps of class time later to learn new skills related to preparing the presentation. Completed projects are due at the end of Week 8. Presentations will be in Week 9. = Challenge 5 = Each member of your group must create an EVALUATION BLOG. You need to consider:
 * how you worked as a group
 * how successful your completed digital narrative is
 * the quality of your research
 * how well you integrated your research into your narrative
 * your time management.

Due by the end of Week 9.