US Collaborating Schools Session 6 Module 2 Week 1 Culture Cuisine

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US Collaborating SchoolsSession 6

Module 2 Week 1Culture Cuisine

Sharing Cultures

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General InformationClass Period (Time) – Recommended once weekly.35 minutes (minimum) Elementary School (ES)40 minutes (minimum) Middle School (MS)

Session 1 (04NOV-08NOV)Introduction Week – How to Use the ePals website.Session 2 (11NOV-15NOV)Session 3 (18NOV-22NOV)Module 1 – Sharing CulturesSession 4 (25NOV-29NOV)Special Session – Thanksgiving (Chinese classes only)Session 5 (02DEC-06DEC) Skype Session 1 Session 6 (09DEC-13DEC) Session 7 (16DEC-20DEC)Module 2 – Culture CuisineSession 8 (23DEC-27DEC)Special Session – Holiday Celebration (Chinese classes only)

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Required equipment for all classes1. Computer and Projector – for course curriculum PPT delivery.2. Laptops or computer lab (one per student or group

designated) for email and PPT.3. Internet access for questionnaires.

Materials4. Lesson Plans (PPT in workspace)5. PPT decks – ePals Information, Sharing Culture,

Culture Cuisine, Skype.

All materials will be available in the Workspace.

Post all emails and PPTs to the workspace.

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Posting/Sharing Student Work

1.Teacher compiled emails.2.PPTs ready for sharing.

Post and share all work in the Class Workspace.

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Writing a Friendly Email – What is a friendly email? A friendly email is a class-to-class note.It builds a written conversation with your ePals partner class.

Include in a friendly email:•Information and ideas relating this week’s topics to your culture.•Questions about the week’s topics and questions about the ePals’ class.•News about your class and your class members.•Photos of your class with descriptions of the photos.

The teacher compiles the email from work done by students and shares with partner class.

Sharing CulturesNeuPals

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SESSION 6 (09DEC-13DEC)Module 2 Week 1 – Culture Cuisine (Food) Session 6 – Overview

Culture Cuisine Module 2 Week 1

Highlights:1. Receive Sharing Cultures PPT from ePals partner class.2. Create Email to send to ePals partner class.

Check List:•View and Discuss ePals Sharing Cultures PPT. •Create email response to ePals partner class.•Teacher compiles email and sends to ePals class.

Deliverables:1. Create email and send to ePals partner class.

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SESSION 6 (09DEC-13DEC)Module 2 Week 1 – Culture Cuisine (Food)

1. Goals for the Unit (1minES/MS)

Notes to the Teacher: •Please review the Goals of the Unit with the students at the beginning of each new module. •You want to refresh their memories and build communication through collaboration and exploration. •Read slowly and clearly. •It is time to remind students what we are studying and sharing topics related to cultures. •Students are also working on class to class interaction for the purpose of expanding student international/global vision.

2. Agenda (1minES/MS) •Explain to the students that their ePals class is following the same course and are doing the same thing at the same time. •Students learn directly from these sources increasing topic coverage and sharing educational resources.

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SESSION 6 (09DEC-13DEC)Module 2 Week 1 – Culture Cuisine (Food) 3. View and discuss your ePals’ PPT (10minsES/MS)

•Project the PPT that you have received from the ePals partner class.

•This communication is meant to stimulate the process of asking and answering questions.

•The two classes are connected through their conversations.

•Please assign a note taker to record the reaction, comments, and questions from the students.

•Encourage students to comment on and to ask questions about the PPT from their ePals.

•These notes can be incorporated into the next friendly email to the ePals class.

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4. Write a Friendly Email to your ePals class (5minsES-10minsMS) Notes to Teacher: •It is time to compose an email to your ePals class.

•This email is a class generated email that requires input from your students.

•The end product will be compiled by the teacher from the students’ work and sent to the ePals partner class.

•A friendly email is a class-to-class note that builds a written conversation with your ePals.

•Refer back to the notes that were taken while reading their last email or viewing the last PPT.

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4. Write a friendly email to your ePals (5 minsES/MS).

Composing an email through Shared Writing1. Project the text on to a large screen.2. Allow students to contribute their ideas.3. Teacher acts as a scribe doing the typing so that students focus on thoughtful composition.4. Teacher demonstrates the conventions of writing (spelling, grammar, punctuation).5. Teacher asks questions of students to reinforce English language convention and to encourage thoughtful contributions.6. Teacher pauses to reread email – making sure it makes sense and demonstrates editing/revising while composing.

•American students need to remember that their ePals partners in China are English language learners. •Both ePals classes are following the same course structure.

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Greeting: Greet your ePals and express your excitement about receiving your ePals’ letter.

Class Update: Share what is happening in your class. Don’t forget to make it conversational by asking your ePals questions too. Answer any questions your ePals asked about your class.

Information and Questions about the Cultural Topic: Share your thoughts about the topic of study as it relates to your culture. Ask your ePals questions to learn about their culture.

Closing: Wrap up your letter. Thank your ePals for the letter you received.

Our Photos: Describe any photos you have attached.

Friendly Email Template:Dear__________________________,

Closing____________________________________, Class Name _________________________________


4. Write a friendly email to your ePals (5minsES/MS).

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5. Teach the Topic CULTURE CUISINE (13minsES-13minsMS)•Start the class by reminding the students of the course theme - the study of culture cuisine.

•Culture is made up of the shared values, beliefs, behaviors, activities, and traditions of a group of people. •Each group can be defined in different ways. •For example, what you eat at home on a regular basis is different than what you eat during the holidays. •You will explore several celebrations and their traditional foods. You will also share the stories behind the foods we eat.•We are also learning about our friends in China. •They do some things in ways that are similar to our culture and other things in ways that are different. •Today we will be talking about cuisine culture that we may choose to share with our Chinese friends. •There are many kinds of food in America – not just McDonalds and KFC. There are several foods that you eat that came from America. •America is an immigrant nation; the food they eat is rich in diversity.

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5. Teach the Topic CULTURE CUISINE (13minsES-13minsMS)

Notes to Teacher: We want to teach about Cultural Cuisine. Ask students: 1. WHY this cuisine exists, 2. Why it is SIGNIFICANT, 3. and WHAT it says about the culture.

We eat to survive. But food is more than just that! Food is an important part of our life and our culture. We eat certain foods because of where we live. We eat regular meals and we eat snacks. We have special family recipes. We eat foods to celebrate. The foods we eat, the way they are prepared, especially for special occasions, reflect our culture.

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6. Introduce the assignment – Explore/Research/Example (5minsES/5minsMS)

•Tell each student that they will produce 1-2 PPT slides on an assigned topic and question. •Suggest that they think about what they might want to write and the images they want to use for next week. •You have 5 different topics and 5 questions for each topic. There are many different methods of assigning student work. •We recommend that you divide your class into 5 equal groups and assign a group leader for each group. Assign each group a topic: you may write each topic on a piece of paper, place the topics in a bag, and then have the group leader draw from the bag. •Assign each student a specific question. To keep students engaged when assigning specific questions, you can have the students count off (one, two, three, four, five) and then assign the questions with the same number. •Suggest that they think about what they might want to write and the images they want to use before your next class meeting.

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You are presented with 5 topics for Culture Cuisine. Introduce these 5 topics as the research topics:

1. Clam Chowder

2. Apple Pie

3. Hamburger with Cheese

4. Cobb Salad

5. Fried Chicken

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You are presented with 5 questions that are applied to each topic:1. Is there a special recipe for XXX in your region? Describe how

this recipe is special.

2. Is XXX popular with most people in your area? Why or why not?

3. What is the history behind XXX in the US? What information is most interesting to you?

4. Share a fun or interesting story behind XXX. It can be a story you found in your research or from your personal experience.

5. Does eating XXX affect people’s health? Why or why not?

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7. Thinking at Home – Students thinking and working out of school.

Notes to Teacher: •If students have time at home, they can research the topic and select their images before to prepare for creating their PPT slide(s).

•If students have cultural artifacts at home they would like to share, they can bring them to the class next week.

•Your ePals class is very interested in the cultural artifacts that students keep at home or at school.

•Photograph the artifacts students bring in and attach them the pictures to the email or PPT.

Culture Cuisine

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US Collaborating Schools Session 6 Module 2 Week 1 Culture Cuisine