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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: CROSSING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER HOW TWO SCHOOLS ON TWO CONTINENTS COLLABORATE

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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: CROSSING THE LANGUAGE BARRIERHOW TWO SCHOOLS ON TWO CONTINENTS COLLABORATE

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Escola ParqueSalvador, Bahia, Brazil

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Lovejoy Technology AcademyLovejoy, Illinois

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YEAR ONE: SEPT 2008 – AUG 2009

Learning to CommunicateSKYPE & WEBCAM

GOOGLE TRANSLATETAPPED IN

Research Papers on Brasil

Freedom Writers

Book of Poetry

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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.

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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

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HAIRSTYLES

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Using lulu.com the poems became a book.

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CECR – Escola Parque

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• 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.

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SISTER ACT: BACK IN THE HABIT

Watch videoLiterary Elements

Compare/Contrast to your schoolTappedIn – threaded discussion

SKYPE – webcam

Dare to Dream

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COMING SOON:YEAR THREE

IDIOMS AND SLANG

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, NATIVE BRASILIAN INDIANS

THE STATES & THE ETYMOLOGY OF THEIR NAMESparticularly those with Indian names

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How We Communicate

SKYPE - using webcam

Blogspot - responding through blogs to questions

Orkut - a social site where we upload pictures, projects, videos to share

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SKYPE

CHAT

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Professional Blog

http://cathyamcd2.blogspot.com

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