Group+25+-+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=

For all you readers, my name is Ting R. and my blog is located at: http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=108026&blogger_id=112895 Hi. my name is Ana Rita and i'm from 8ºA in Portugal. My blog URL is http://www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=121478&blogger_id=126033

My School
By Bria C The First picture is of a hallway in our school. It just shows the lockers and the cafeteria. The second picture is the front of Deer Park school.

My Community
I live on St.Clair avenue. This is my city. This is where we usually eat lunch. we either eat a pizza pizza or timhortins or any other place.

My City
By: Ting Rui Toronto is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, and is a city that has been through a major transformation into a multiethnic city that it is today. My city continues to expand its economy while dealing with environmental issues as well. In Toronto, we try to protect the city's heritage and its residents' quality of life. Toronto has continued to grow into what I call now, my home. As you can see above, that is none other than Toronto, located in Ontario, Canada. One of the main structures that catches my eye is the C.N. tower (the tallest structure in the picture with a white tip at the top) and the Sky Dome which is now named the Rogers Centre after the company Rogers bought it (the while building underneath the C.N. tower). In the C.N. tower, you can dine in the rotating restaurant and buy souvenirs such as maple candy. Inside the Rogers Centre, games such as baseball are hosted there for thousands of Blue Jay fans. The second picture beside it is of Toronto's location in relevance to Ontario, one of the provinces of Canada. Underneath Ontario and Quebec is none other than the United States of America, in which, we share a border with. The third picture is of a bird's eye view of Toronto during the night. Finallly, there's the fourth picture of none other than Toronto's subway lines. I chose the first two pictures because I wanted one picture in which had an insight on the city itself, while the other shows where in Canada is Toronto located in. These two pictures, in my opinion, carried out the task very well so that lead to my decision. My third picture was chosen because I wanted to have a picture of the city at a different angle and I wanted to show how it would look at night. As you can tell, it still looks like the bustling city it is during the daytime. My last picture was chosen because I wanted to post something that not many people were going to do, but still have some sort of relation towards my city, Toronto. So those are the reasons for those pictures you see above.

This is a picture of my city. Toronto. The first picture is a busy corner and the other one is of the subway.

My Country
By: Ting Rui Canada is a vast country-in fact, it is the world's second largest nation. Yet there's only 32 million who call it home. My country has an even smaller population than California. However, those who inhabit this country of great cultural and ethnicity think no less of it. Canada is a great colony of people and traditions, from Aboriginals to recent immigrants from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Canada is a land with the beauty of nature-with varying landscapes as well as sea, and not to mention a growing economy. The first picture is simple, a peculiar angle snapshot of the Canadian flag. If you were to zoom out from this view, it would be none other than a rectangel divided into three equivalent sections. The left and right section are red, while the middle is white. However, the middle is also where the Canadian leaf is placed. As for the pie graph next to it, it represents the backbone of Canada; its inhabitant's background. Right under neath the fraction of Canada's flag there's a landscape of a lake located in Canada, taken on June 19, 2004. At last but not least, there's Canada and its provinces. Canda is located right above the U.S. These four particular pictures were chosen due to my own logical reasoning. For one, I wanted to show the Canadian flag, yet I wanted something more creative that the original pictures I've seen on other group's pages. So I chose a fraction of the flag on a questionable angle, so that way, it not only concentrates on the main part of the flag, the Canadian leaf, but it also allows me to describe the rest of it as well. The pie graph was chosen to list ethnic groups in a visual display style. As for the lake, I wanted to show that Canada isn't all frozen tundra as the stereotypes claim. Sure there are cold parts, but there are also lush trees and unfrozen clear lakes in Canada as well. That type of picture in my opinion, photographs and captures more of Canada's essence. Finally, I chose the whole picture of Canada so I can show the different provinces in which Canada is divided into.

My City
My city is Uijeongbu. Uijeongbu is in Kyoung gi. I think my city is very good. My city won first grade at

My Country
Portugal, Portugal officially, is a continental country and located in the southwest Atlantic from Europe, in the area west of the Iberian Peninsula and in the North Atlantic. It has a total area of 92,391 km ² and is the nation's most western Europe, bounded to the north and the east by the kingdom of Spain and the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean. The territory of Portugal comprises the mainland and the autonomous regions: the Azores and Madeira. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Portugal was a power economic, social and cultural relevance, is itself the first and most enduring colonial empire of global scale. It is now a developed country, economically prosperous, socially and politically stable and developed humanely. State of the European Union since 1986, is one of the founding countries of the euro zone, NATO (or NATO) and the OECD.

My School
Hi guys my name is Brandon i attend Aorere college on the southh side of Auckland. At Aorere, Aorere college means "Character opens the way to the heavens". Aorere college stands for ATTITUDE, ORGANISED, RESPECT, EXPECTATIONS, ROUTINES, ENJOYMENT. Aorere has been doing well in sports this year 2007 such as the, under 14 boys rugby team. In Aorere their are roughly about 2 to 3 thousand students.

My Community
In my community their are markets that happen every weekend. The community i live in is in the suburb Mangere, we have different types of clubs from rugby to netball to soccer etc. The Auckland airport is situated in the suburb Mangere.

My City
The city i am living in now is Manukau City in Auckland. I chose this particular picture because it makes Manukau look good which alreadi is. Manukau City just had their local elections last month. i

My Country
New Zealand is a wonderful country to stay in it is peaceful and beautiful and there is plenty of things to do such as going Camping, visiting our National Parks ,Zoo , Sky Tower , Rainbow's End or even the Musem. Auckland is called the city of sails because there are heaps of boats and yachts in the harbour.

=Task 2: Thinking=

Task A:


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

It makes us remember the culture and the famous legends who were born in our country, the great discoveries of the Portuguese, with the courage they boarded without knowing your destination… and if regressariam the house. Been in the books that we read and what we read, what we learn when we read a book with a vocabulary unusual on the day-to-day. We also remind you of Christmas, the Tartes, the cakes, the pudins, meat, everything that reminds our family. A stack of books can have different feelings and emotions that vary from person to person, because the "book" is something that can group different themes, and some may be given our own life. When people can not afford to travel can read a book and feel is somewhat "free", refuge are the problems and find ways to solve them. Many people not only read as well as write it is thanks to those people who know the history of each country and the different experiences of our lives and those around us.
 * **Canada** || **South Korea** || **Portugal** || **New Zealand** ||
 * * By: Ting-I think that this picture can be relevant to my country because every year, Canadians donate books to less fortunate kids around the world. Even at school currently, we are hosting a book drive and we encourage other students to give to the less fortunate. The idea came to me because of the bow on the stack of books. When you get a present, it's usually wrapped at least with a bow so you know it's a gift. So I thought that the gift of books is what more fortunate Canadians give to the less fortunate. It's not only in Canada either. We also support other developing countries as well, helping children recieve the gift of education. || * type your first idea here ||
 * * type your first idea here ||

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 || * type your first idea here ||


 * Our new Country...**

=Creators= Shin Sang-Jun
 * Brandon**


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