Group+13+-+Pre-Project

toc =Task 1: Mini Photo Essays= __Please note:__ 1. Do **not** post individual pictures of students on the internet. 2. Do **not** give out your email on this wiki - pass it onto your teacher's spreadsheet to share with others 3. Contribute to the discussion tab above each time you add to the wiki - let others know what you have done and get to know them

=Creators - Tell us about your self and give your blog URL=

Byeong-yun Jung - South Korea - My blog is at http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=97161&blogger_id=98201 Seini - New Zealand - My blog is at http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=76595&blogger_id=77873 Taga - New Zealand - My blog is at http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=77864 Kyuhyo Han - S. Korea - My blog is at ........... Seungchul Ko - South Korea - My blog is at ...........

My City


The city I live in is Toronto. Toronto is very multi-cutural, lots of people with different types of religion, background and foods. The CN Tower is the tallest building in Toronto and below the Tower is the Rogers Center, the dome-shaped building used to be called, "Sky Dome".

Toronto is a beautiful city and a vast amount of culture. Toronto is North Americas cultural mixing pot, in toronto you could get chinese at two in the morning, you can't do that south Carolina. We have three hughe land marks, The CN Tower(Center), Sky Dome NOT Rogers Center (Left). ACC (behind building on the right). There Are many not so famous attraction like the rat man at queens park or zanto who runs naked at the front of the Santa Claus parade. We have more than our fair share of freaks. Toronto is the greatest city in the world (Auckland seems pretty cool too.)

My Country


My country is located in North America, which has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Right now, the temperature seems to be a bit lower than last year, due to the Global Warming.

This is a picture of Niagra falls and the maid of the mist. The maid ofthe mist is a boat that goes very close to the falls. When I went on it I had to look through my plastic parka to be able to see anything it was all blue! when you look down all you see is massive swirling whirlpools. Don't worry the boat wont sink. And all the spray that shoots up almost blinds you. Niagra falls is actually one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

My School
My school is Uijeongbu Science High School.

Our school is very good. We study science, math lot better than other schools. We must have study a lot.

My Community
My hometown is Jeju island. That is beautiful island.p -- Seungchul Ko

My School
ESPAN is a great school. She has six pavilions, and outside has two soccer fields, four fields of basketball and one for volleyball and a gymnasium for physical education. A stationery, a canteen, a bar, a room of teachers, a secretary, the SASE, the PBX and a room for coexistence. An amphitheater where we have many things to take more classes Dynamics. It has many green areas.

My Community
My community includes three parishes: Queluz, Massamá and Monte Abraão. The city of Queluz remains one of the most populous of Portugal, is the eighth most populous city in Portugal and considered a satellite city of Lisbon.



My City
My city's name is Queluz. In my city we have the National Palace of Queluz, the Athletic Club, and also gardens for example the garden Manuel De Arriaga. It was also the birthplace of D. Pedro I, proclamador of Brazilian independence.

My country is Portugal, is very beautiful, small but is a good place to holidays. Portugueses are proud to have born in here. Portugal has historical monuments very interesting,for exemple the Castle of S.Jorge(Lisbon), the Palace of Pena(Sintra), Monument of discoveries(Belém),Palace of the Dukes of Bragança(Guimarães)... Lisbon is Portugal's capital.





My School
A - Attitude O - Organisation R - Respect E - Expectations R - Routines E - Enjoyment The school we go to is Aorere College. Some people call it A.O for short. Aorere College is a multi-cultural and friendly place to learn. We are offered plenty of opportunities not only for students, but for teachers too. The opportunities which are offered to us vary from music, physical education, business and academic scholarships. At our school, we aim to achieve high. There are alot of clubs, sports teams and extra-curricular activities which occur throughout the year. We have won many trophies and competitions. Our school choir came back to school with a silver medal **//" Character opens the way to the heavens"//** from coming second in New Zealand Regional choir Competion

On the left, you will see our Indian cultural group. They are performing at the ASB Polynesian Festival. Unfortunately, we were placed nowhere, but our Indian group represented our school well and proud!!



On the right is a picture of our Samoan cultural group performing in our School Hall on our fiafia (pronounced fee-yah fee-yah) night. We hold fiafia nights once every year. Mostly before the big Cultural Festival. Sadly, our Samoan group placed nowhere, but they tried their best and that is what Aorere is about.

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Mangere a Maori word for Lazy although the people living in it are hard workers. It is a very unique place where people from different parts of the world communicate and become friends. Daily you hear different languages from all around the world and learn a few things. Living in Mangere is pretty cool, not too far from reaching other suburbs. Kids go school, play, learn and return back home to their normal routines. Alot of interesting things happen, kids get to join local area sports teams, dance battles happen often and kids get to associate with others. Mangere a place where we call //__**" HOME ".**__//

My City


The main City in New Zealand which is Auckland (1st pic), use to be the capital city years ago but now Wellington, where the Parliament building is called “THE BEEHIVE.” In Auckland there are many suburbs, where many cultures live in. Mangere is in Manukau City which is in Auckland City. In Auckland City the Sky tower stands as the 12th tallest tower in the World and 328 meters from ground level, and the most tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Casino’s and exhibitions are held inside where tourists could visit and tour around.The Harbour Bridge (2nd Pic), is the main road to get to the other side of Auckland, North Shore. Crosses over the Waitemata Harbour and into the North Shore Districts.

Manukau City has many tourist attractions like the big theme park, RAINBOWS END (4th Pic) where family and fun is all about. A similar Twin Tower (3rd Pic) which is two buildings in Manukau which is exactly the same size and right beside each other. Big Shopping Malls where families go and enjoy their weekend shopping. A place where a lot of cultures associate in.

Picture above: This is a picture of one of New Zealand's first flightless birds, "The Moa." The moa is now extinct in New Zealand but was one of our indigenous flightless birds. I chose thids picture because it was one of the first living creatures on New Zealand along with the kiwi.
 * My Country**

The picture above: This is a picture of New Zealand. You may think the North Island looks like a stingray. There is a Maori Legend about how NZ came into place. You see, a Maori man named Maui sneaked into his brother's canoe (Maori boat formed from a dug-out or burned-out log ) early in the morning. His brothers went fishing and couldn't catch much fish. Then, Maui hopped up and threw in his hook. Suprisingly, he lifted up a really big stingray which we now know as the North Island. You may be thinking, what is the South Island supposed to be? Well, from my perspective, I think it symbolises the canoe.

The country we live in is “The Land of the Long White Cloud.” But you may know it as New Zealand. New Zealand is split up into three islands: The North, South and Stewart Island, with Stewart Island being the smallest of the three. Before the arrival of men, New Zealand was covered in rainforests and many different species of flightless birds. Now, many of them are either endangered or extinct. The cliché which is often used to describe New Zealand is “The clean green country.” If you were to say this to a Kiwi (New Zealander), you would often get a laugh for a reply. The game which is celebrated and played throughout the years is rugby. Whether it is rugby union or league doesn’t really matter. We have grown worldwide through our rugby team “The All Blacks.”

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Task A:


Brainstorm reasons why this picture could be relevant to your country. Make sure you give a reason for your ideas.


 * **Canada** || **South Korea** || **Portugal** || **New Zealand** ||
 * * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * Shows we are multicultural and that we are bonded together.
 * Shows that NZ is a country of different races and religions.
 * Shows that education is a vital aspect in our country. ||

Task B:
Brainstorm all the attributes for each of your countries. Combine the attributes of your countries and together create a new country with these new attributes. Be as **creative** as you like, as long as you use the **attributes** of all **four countries**. Tell us...
 * where it would be located and why you have chosen this location
 * how big it would be and why you have chosen this size
 * why we should visit your country
 * and what it would look like if we were to fly over it in a hot air balloon.


 * **Attributes of Canada** || **Attributes of South Korea** || **Attributes of Portugal** || **Attributes of New Zealand** ||
 * * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * Clean and green
 * 3 main islands
 * Full of mountains
 * Bushes and trees ||


 * Our new Country...**

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