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CWI DMA

CWI DMA. Area Specialist A person who possesses a high degree of expertise in a particular part of the world (Latin Americanist , Africanist, etc…) Please take out a piece of paper and complete the following: 1. Write down the vocabulary word and definition.

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CWI DMA

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  1. CWI DMA Area Specialist • A person who possesses a high degree of expertise in a particular part of the world (Latin Americanist, Africanist, etc…) Please take out a piece of paper and complete the following: 1. Write down the vocabulary word and definition. 2. Choose ONE of these options and complete it. • Draw a picture that illustrates/explains the vocabulary word. • Rewrite the definition in your own words. • Write a sentence that includes the term and the information from the definition.

  2. Today’s Agenda • DMA • Urban myths/legend • Inference • Odd current events • Homework: • Semester Project • Nov. 1st – Interview Questions due • Nov. 22nd – Job shadow & 1st interview

  3. Semester Project Interview questions are due tomorrow!! • Don’t forget to have your parents sign your yellow checklist • Organize your 30 questions into the 3 categories • 10 general career • 10 biographical • 10 scientific method • Put them in the same document as your 4 sources (works sited page) • Make sure that it is shared with all 3 Pod teachers.

  4. Semester Project • Tomorrow we will have the laptops to work on the SP • Write/edit your 30 questions • Edit your pictures • Continue your research (you need at least 10 sources total) • Look for pictures (on the web) that you could use. • Brainstorm songs that you could use clips of

  5. Urban Myths & Legends

  6. Thinking Skill… • Inference • Collect clues • Carefully consider clues • Arrive at an answer

  7. Urban Myths & Legends • 3 myths/legends will appear on the slides. • You must determine which one actually happened. • Class will vote • If the class accurately picks the true myth, the class gets a point. • If you choose wrong, Wheeler gets a point. • Whichever team has the most points – wins.

  8. Urban Myths & Legends • Madmen randomly puts poison in Halloween candy. • Pins, needles and razor blades have been found in Halloween treats. • Little boy dies after being pricked by heroin-filled syringe in a playground ball pit.

  9. Urban Myths & Legends • Madmen randomly puts poison in Halloween candy. • Pins, needles and razor blades have been found in Halloween treats. • Little boy dies after being pricked by heroin-filled syringe in a playground ball pit.

  10. Urban Myths & Legends • Two men each lose an arm in a grisly tug-of-war contest. • Charred remains of a scuba diver are found in a tree after forest fire. • Young boy dies from eating Pop Rocks candy with soda pop.

  11. Urban Myths & Legends • Two men each lose an arm in a grisly tug-of-war contest. • Charred remains of a scuba diver are found in a tree after forest fire. • Young boy dies from eating Pop Rocks candy with soda pop.

  12. Urban Myths & Legends • Band of organ thieves drug unsuspecting travelers and steal their kidneys. • Teenager accidently hangs himself during Halloween stunt. • Thieves lie in wait under cars to slash their victim’s ankles.

  13. Urban Myths & Legends • Band of organ thieves drug unsuspecting travelers and steal their kidneys. • Teenager accidently hangs himself during Halloween stunt. • Thieves lie in wait under cars to slash their victim’s ankles.

  14. Urban Myths & Legends • Jeans wearer is strangled by shrink-to-fit pants. • Woman dies after visiting too many tanning parlors in one day. • Woman fabricates tales about being stopped by a fake policeman.

  15. Urban Myths & Legends • Jeans wearer is strangled by shrink-to-fit pants. • Woman dies after visiting too many tanning parlors in one day. • Woman fabricates tales about being stopped by a fake policeman.

  16. Urban Myths & Legends • A suicide by hanging was mistaken for a Halloween decoration. • Babysitter on a drug trip mistakes infant for a turkey and cooks it in the oven. • A Virginia man is washing machined to death.

  17. Urban Myths & Legends • A suicide by hanging was mistaken for a Halloween decoration. • Babysitter on a drug trip mistakes infant for a turkey and cooks it in the oven. • A Virginia man is washing machined to death.

  18. Urban Myths & Legends • Hospital janitor accidently kills patients by unplugging their life-support systems. • Policeman cyberstalks a young girls to show her how information could be used to find her. • A Japanese exchange student is mistakenly killed after going to the wrong house for a Halloween party.

  19. Urban Myths & Legends • Hospital janitor accidently kills patients by unplugging their life-support systems. • Policeman cyberstalks a young girls to show her how information could be used to find her. • A Japanese exchange student is mistakenly killed after going to the wrong house for a Halloween party.

  20. Urban Myths & Legends • Child drowns after jumping into the ocean to see SpongeBob SquarePants. • In the wake of a major earthquake, a car thief found crushed in the vehicle he’d stolen. • Child falls on knife in open dishwasher and dies.

  21. Urban Myths & Legends • Child drowns after jumping into the ocean to see SpongeBob SquarePants. • In the wake of a major earthquake, a car thief found crushed in the vehicle he’d stolen. • Child falls on knife in open dishwasher and dies.

  22. Urban Myths & Legends • Woman dies from bites of spiders nesting in her hairdo. • Man eating a lollipop chokes to death when his car’s airbag forces the candy down his throat. • Lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a skyscraper plunges to his death.

  23. Urban Myths & Legends • Woman dies from bites of spiders nesting in her hairdo. • Man eating a lollipop chokes to death when his car’s airbag forces the candy down his throat. • Lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a skyscraper plunges to his death.

  24. Urban Myths & Legends • A prisoner used playing cards to take his own life. • Women who wear purses strapped across their bodies run the risk of being beheaded by purse snatchers. • A band musician received a fatal head injury from a trombone slide.

  25. Urban Myths & Legends • A prisoner used playing cards to take his own life. • Women who wear purses strapped across their bodies run the risk of being beheaded by purse snatchers. • A band musician received a fatal head injury from a trombone slide.

  26. Urban Myths & Legends • Cher has a pair of ribs surgically removed to achieve an ultra-small waist. • A Houston doctor was decapitated by an elevator. • Teen dies in car crash with a plastic Jesus dashboard ornament embedded in her chest.

  27. Urban Myths & Legends • Cher has a pair of ribs surgically removed to achieve an ultra-small waist. • A Houston doctor was decapitated by an elevator. • Teen dies in car crash with a plastic Jesus dashboard ornament embedded in her chest.

  28. Odd current events

  29. odd current events • You may work with a partner • Select a current event • File-box on the front table. • Return copies after you’ve read them. • Read & discuss • Write the article’s title & a 3-4 sentence summary of the article (on your paper) • Return the article and repeat the process. Grading: • 6 articles = A 5 articles = B 4 articles = C • Less than 4 articles = F

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