IOC 2006 Online Learning supporting international collaborative literature project

Description of Project Assignment for LCC students

Elements for the Collaborative Literature Project

Please be certain that your group provides all the following elements to the assignment. For now, all your work must be stored in your area in FirstClass. Later, we will copy and paste your material onto html pages so that we can put it on the Internet.

"The Hockey Sweater" :

• About the author, Roch Carrier

• Personal reflection

• Rules to the game of hockey

• History of hockey

• French-English tensions present

• French-English tensions past

• Links to difficult words or concepts

• Why I love hockey – what skills I have learned – what teams I have played on – favourite teams – when did I learn to play?

• Why is hockey “Canada’s” game?

• 5 elements to a short story (character, setting, plot, conflict and theme)

• All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form

"Everyone Talks Loudly in Chinatown":

• About the author, Anne Jew

• Personal reflection

• Vancouver’s Chinese population – Canada’s Chinese population – our overall ethnic population

• The immigrant experience in Canada – 1st and 2nd generational differences

• 5 elements to a short story (character, setting, plot, conflict and theme)

• What your own experiences of living between two different cultures?

• Metropolitan Canadian cities –

• Difficult terms, concepts or vocabulary

• How does this story represent Canadian culture?

• All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form

“David” – the poem

• About the poet Earle Birney

• Personal reflection

• Themes: Man’s relationship with nature, Sacrifice for friends, others?

• Metaphors/similes/other literary devices

• Plot, characters, setting, conflict and themes

• Glaciers – terminology used in poem

• Difficult words and concepts

• Why does this represent Canadian culture?

• All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form

Rubric

2006 Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning Feb. 15-17 2006 Online Learning Supporting The International Collaborative Literature Project Israel-Canada partnership in online collaborative learning
HOME LCC Moodle LMS IPNCL Tools used Timeline Students' feedback Teachers' Feedback Design of projects Multimedia showcase LCC ICLP 2006 NC-LCC ICLP 2004-2005 Lower Canada College Neveh Channah Rabin High School	Description of Project Assignment for LCC students Elements for the Collaborative Literature Project Please be certain that your group provides all the following elements to the assignment. For now, all your work must be stored in your area in FirstClass. Later, we will copy and paste your material onto html pages so that we can put it on the Internet. "The Hockey Sweater" : • About the author, Roch Carrier • Personal reflection • Rules to the game of hockey • History of hockey • French-English tensions present • French-English tensions past • Links to difficult words or concepts • Why I love hockey – what skills I have learned – what teams I have played on – favourite teams – when did I learn to play? • Why is hockey “Canada’s” game? • 5 elements to a short story (character, setting, plot, conflict and theme) • All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form "Everyone Talks Loudly in Chinatown": • About the author, Anne Jew • Personal reflection • Vancouver’s Chinese population – Canada’s Chinese population – our overall ethnic population • The immigrant experience in Canada – 1st and 2nd generational differences • 5 elements to a short story (character, setting, plot, conflict and theme) • What your own experiences of living between two different cultures? • Metropolitan Canadian cities – • Difficult terms, concepts or vocabulary • How does this story represent Canadian culture? • All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form “David” – the poem • About the poet Earle Birney • Personal reflection • Themes: Man’s relationship with nature, Sacrifice for friends, others? • Metaphors/similes/other literary devices • Plot, characters, setting, conflict and themes • Glaciers – terminology used in poem • Difficult words and concepts • Why does this represent Canadian culture? • All outside sources cited in proper bibliographical form Rubric