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=Week 6: Rhythm=

Week 6 Objectives
=Day 1:=
 * By the end of Week 6, students will have:
 * reviewed a blog on Rhythm (created by students from past years)
 * read the text Rhythm (unknown source)
 * learned new vocabulary through a series of activities
 * discussed about Open and Closed Rhythms
 * summarized information using graphic organizers (mind maps, outlines)
 * applied [|Critical Thinking to Reading]
 * used vocabulary related to Rhythm in written and oral form
 * created a page dedicated to Rhythm in their wikispaces
 * learned vocabulary related to Rhythm
 * added new words to the glossary in Moodle ||

1. Introdution to Rhythm - Part I (Group Work)

 * 1) Look at the images above (famous buildings or places) and describe them.
 * 2) Discuss about the presence or absence of rhythmic elements in those designs.
 * 3) Define Rhythm based on what you observed in those images.



7. Embed your Recording in your wiki page corresponding to Rhythm.
 * 1) Visit [|http://rhythm.motime.com/</span] (**A collaborative blog created by students from last year**).
 * 2) Read silently until you understand what it is all about.
 * 3) Discuss the idea of that blog with your teacher and classmates (Whole-class discussion).
 * 4) Read the invitation to participate in the contest as a judge (Moodle).
 * 5) Look at all the different photoblogs created by those students, listen to their podcasts (if possible), and select your favorite one.
 * 6) Vote for your favorite one by recording a voice message using any voice application such as [|BedroomTV,] [|Audacity,] or [|Viewpoint.]
 * Record your name and email address
 * Say which your favorite project is, and
 * Explain why that is the one you liked best

=Day 2:= 1. **Vocabulary building:**
 * Complete the pre-reading vocabulary interactive activities for the reading on **//Rhythm //**


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 * [[image:id2126:Matching.JPG align="center" link="http://www.quia.com/mc/649343.html"]] || [[image:id2126:wordsearch.JPG align="center" link="http://www.quia.com/ws/649343.html"]] ||
 * Complete the activities on this page



** Reading Task 2 (5 pts.) (Individual Work)**

 * Read the text on **//Rhythm //**
 * Make sure to look up all the unknown words in an on-line dictionary [|(Merriam Webster], [|OneLook], [|Voycabulary]) or any other.
 * Enter the unknown words in the Glossary found in Moodle (if there is any new one to be added)
 * Create an [|outline], [|graphic organizer] **__OR__** [|mind map] to summarize the content of the reading text.
 * Use colors and images in your outlines, graphics or mind maps.
 * Click on the links above if you need to know how to create them.
 * Using the outline, graphic organizer or mind map you created, write a 1-paragraph summary of the text in no more than 20 lines.
 * Copy/Paste the outline, graphic organizer or mind map on a word document, and add its corresponding 1-paragraph summary.
 * Post the document containing GRAPHIC + SUMMARY to the forum labeled "Rhythm Summaries" in Moodle.
 * Post them to your wikispaces after teacher's corrections. (New page titled "Rhythm")

NOTE:** Your teacher will correct your graphics and summaries before next class.
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 * Some ideas on Outlining and Summarizing (Critical Reading Strategies)


 * [|Outlining] and [|summarizing] :** Identifying the main ideas and restating them in your own words. Outlining and summarizing are especially helpful strategies for understanding the content and structure of a reading selection. Whereas outlining revels the basic structure of the text, summarizing synopsizes a selection's main argument in brief. Outlining may be part of the annotating process, or it may be done separately (as it is in this class). The key to both outlining and summarizing is being able to distinguish between the main ideas and the supporting ideas and examples. The main ideas form the backbone, the strand that hold the various parts and pieces of the text together. Outlining the main ideas helps you to discover this structure. When you make an outline, don't use the text's exact words.

[|Summarizing begins with outlining], but instead of merely listing the main ideas, a summary recomposes them to form a new text. Whereas outlining depends on a close analysis of each paragraph, summarizing also requires creative synthesis. Putting ideas together again -- in your own words and in a condensed form -- shows how reading critically can lead to deeper understanding of any text. ||