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- First, you will pick a partner. Your teacher may need to help so that
everyone has someone to work with. (A group of three may be necessary.)
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- You and your partner will be responsible for keeping a folder were you
will save all notes, activity sheets and sketches that you work on.
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- You will listen to your teacher read the book Postcards from Vietnam.
The class will watch the videos together.
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- You will discuss as a class the "areas" of interest that would
be important to somehow represent on your poster. Your teacher will record these ideas on
a large chart for you to refer to.
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- You and your partner will discuss and then decide on four areas from the
chart to do more research on. These areas should be something that you think other
children would be interested in. You will each label a graphic
organizer with these areas.
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- You may use any of the resources listed. As you are reading or looking at
pictures and photographs, you should record information on your organizer and make
sketches.
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- When you think you've collected enough information, you should review it
in a conference with your teacher to check for accuracy.
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- You will then begin working on a rough copy of your poster. You may
organize it in any way you choose - as a mural or divided into sections. You must include
the name of the country in big, bold lettering and illustrations of your 4 topics. You may
include labels, words, sentences, and word balloons.
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- When you and your partner have discussed, revised, and edited your rough
copy you should conference with your teacher for final approval. You may then begin
working on your actual poster.
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- When the poster is finished, each of you will write a letter to the
publisher. You need to tell him/her that you are ready to present your poster. You should
also tell about the four areas you picked to illustrate and why you think children would
be interested in learning about them.
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- Finally, you will present (share and explain) your poster to the staff of
the publishing company (your class).
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