English: the one subject that is included in every single other subject. Below are activities and assignments relating to Ecological Footprints that can have an English focus.
Objectives:
Writing:
Students will write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences:
- Write for a variety of purposes including to:
reflect, clarify, and explore ideas
express understanding
describe, narrate, inform, and persuade
express self
create and entertain
- Write an effective descriptive passage
- Experiment with a variety of forms of writing such as poem, play, anecdote, or short story.
- Write social letters in language appropriate for purpose and audience
- Write a convincing argument in support of a clearly defined position
- Write and document a concise factual report
- Write business letters in language appropriate for purpose and audience
Representing and Viewing:
Students will create appropriate nonverbal aids and visual images to enhance communication
Students will recognize nonverbal aids and visual representations as tools for communicating and learning
Students will practice the behaviours of effective viewers
Activities:
Using things like power points and posters that include no words and only pictures are an excellent way to have them use nonverbal aids and visual images to enhance communication. For example, you could have students make posters about what they have to do to reduce their ecological footprint. Another example is a slide show where they have to show what they have done, using pictures of themselves, to reduce their footprint. Then, a paper on what they learned by just looking at the pictures could be written. This will not only help to understand if the students are able to recognize nonverbal aids as a communication device, but as well it will help the students become more analytical viewers who are able to think deeper about the picture and not just see what's "on the surface".
Another activity is to complete a research topic on a current event. Have students write an essay explaining how each component of the ecological calculator affects the overall calculation and what they can do to reduce their footprint.
Objectives:
Writing:
Students will write fluently and confidently for a variety of purposes and audiences:
- Write for a variety of purposes including to:
- reflect, clarify, and explore ideas
- express understanding
- describe, narrate, inform, and persuade
- express self
- create and entertain
- Write an effective descriptive passage- Experiment with a variety of forms of writing such as poem, play, anecdote, or short story.
- Write social letters in language appropriate for purpose and audience
- Write a convincing argument in support of a clearly defined position
- Write and document a concise factual report
- Write business letters in language appropriate for purpose and audience
Representing and Viewing:
Activities: