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GALTA TOWER ACR: TREASURE FINDING GUIDE AN INTE RNET RES OURC E

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This is a lesson plan using the game Assassin's Creed Revelations. The students can be encouraged to read world history in English through playing the video game. Focus on form is given in specific lessons. This lesson focuses on locative grammar and giving directions. Ultimately the students will create a game guide as a class project.

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  • 1. CONSTANTINOPLEConstantinople (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople)1.) What is Constantinople?2.) Why wanted Constantinople? Istanbul (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul)3.) What is Istanbul? (p1)4.) How are Istanbul and Constantinople different?5.) Where is Istanbul? What continent is it on? (p2)6.) How many people live there?7.) When was the city first founded? (p3)8.) What empire was Byzantium (Istanbul) the capital of?9.) Why was the city so important (infer + discussion)

2. GALATA TOWER Galata Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower)1.) Where is the tower? (Intro)2.) What shape is at the top? (Intro)3.) What is at the top of the tower? (Description)4.) How can you get to the top of the tower (Description)5.) When was Galata Tower built? (History, p1)6.) Who built the tower?7.) Why was it built?8.) Who flew from Galata Tower? (H, p3)9.) Where did he fly from? Where did he fly to?10.) When and for what did the Ottomans use the tower for? (H, p4)11.) How many times did the tower get damaged and repaired? (H, p4, 5) 3. NEW VOCABULARYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js11gXO6MExpansion 8M&feature=g-uplColonyShoreKeyComponentDefensiveStructureDismantleYour turn! Find at least 10new words in each of thenext paragraphs. 4. ADDING INFORMATIONIf we want to add information we can do so with a few commas.Easy) I sometimes go to Paris Baguette, a bakery, to get coffee in the morning.Not so easy) Listening to rock and roll, I discovered the answer to all problems, large or enormous, is to punch them directly in the face!-> I was listening to rock and roll. While listening, I discovered the answer to all problems. You can punch all problems directly in the face. This solves the problems. The problems can be big or bigger! 5. KISS FOR MEK I S S Keep It Short and SimpleBuilt by Genovese ... Most of which had beenAccording to reports According to this oneAwed by his 6. KISS GALATA!The Genovese built Galata Tower in 1348. They made their land bigger in the north part of the city. Galata Tower was important to protect the city. The tower was just a piece of a larger building. But the Ottomans unbuilt most of the building. 7. REVIEW + PREWRITINGHow was the view from Galata?Did you get into any fights while looking for treasure?Where did you find treasures?Which treasure was the hardest to find?Would it be helpful if you could just read where to find that treasure? 8. MARK THE TREASURES YOU FOUND1.) Go to the treasuresin the game.2.) Mark on your mapwhere they are.3.) Title each treasure.Maybe this treasurecould be At HookahsCorner 9. AT HOOKAHS CORNERWhere is the treasure?Looks like we needsome more information.What can we say? 10. Using as muchinformation asyou can aboutwhat you seedescribe exactlywhere inHookahs Cornerthe treasure is. 11. AT HOOKAHS CORNERThe treasure is on the east side of Hookahs corner. It is below the stairs down on the east side. It is behind the bushes next to a scaffold. It is across the side walk from a couple of people. The people are sitting on grass and smoking hookahs.< Directions >-- Where is Hookahs Corner? 12. From Speechhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIvXHRNf5_w&feature=g-uplTo Text! 13. THE OTHER 11Form groups.Each group will be in charge of three treasures.1.) Give a title to your three treasures.2.) Describe where they are.3.) Give directions how to get there. 14. WHAT KIND OF MAP IS THIS?Exchange your writing with another group.Following the groups directions, can you find their treasure?Were their directions exact, or did you have to make some interpretations?Did they describe the location of each treasure well?Was their writing easy to understand?Did they describe enough about the way there that you never felt unsure?What did you like about their directions?How can they make it better? 15. ITS A GREAT TREASURE MAP!Did you capitalize every time?Did you use punctuation every time?Is every word spelled correctly?Are any treasures in the ground (vs. on the ground)?Are any treasures under the bushes (not in or behind the bushes)?Are there enough landmarks, or people marks? 16. TO THE INTERWEBS!When weve gotten our treasures in GREAT shape, were going to put themon the Internet. Thats right, you will be published and anyone in theworld can read your writing! Write well so that anyone who needs helpcan find it at our website.http://acrtreasurehunt.weebly.com/