Thursday 24 March 2011

Assignment #23: Canada and China


Hello R8A Geographers,

Starting tomorrow, we will have two new students in our class. Ziting (Sherry) and Ya-wen (Teresa). They are coming on an exchange from China and are here to learn about Canadian culture and to develop their English language skills. We are very excited to have them joining our class and look forward to warmly welcoming them tomorrow.

I don't know how much you know about China, and based on our Pop Quiz yesterday, we can all learn some more about Canada, so your assignment today will have you comparing the two countries.

Please visit the CIA World Factbook (I have a copy of a book with this information as well). Look up each of Canada and China. You'll see a list of tabs, select "People". Read through the facts and figures about the people of Canada and then read through the facts and figures about the people of China. You can read other categories as well and look at the photos if you wish.

Once you have done some reading, create a new post on your blog comparing and contrasting three pieces of information. For each one, you should list the information and then write one sentence: "say something". In your reflective sentence, write about what this means/why this was of interest to you/a question you have.

You can also add to your post, for bonus marks, by reading other information about these two countries and writing about what is similar and what is different.

Good luck and make sure to leave a comment on this post when you are done and ready for me to mark your work!

15 comments:

Haneen said...

Ms. Pollock I am done! Check it out please.

Sara K. said...

Hello Miss Pollock! I just wanted to tell you that I have completed this assignment, so come check it out!

(:

Claire said...

Done!

-Claire

sherry said...

Hi Miss Pollock,
It's Sherry and I made my blog.

shahad said...

DONE!

Tara said...

finitooooo :)

jatinder said...

am done poll

Hannah said...

Hi Miss Pollock, I'm done!

iksha said...

done:)

Amy said...

heyy miss pollock im done! :D

jeffrey.v said...

done

jumanh said...

mrs.Pollock I'm done this !

Zak Kulane said...

Done miss pollock

Walid said...

Done

charzie:) said...

all done!