Vocabulary Elaborator(tech)
Your job is to develop a list of words for your group to
define in the context of this book or part of book. Your task is to help define
these words from the reading and share with the others. The words you should select to define should
be words that you or other members of your group cannot pronounce, define, or
understand in the way they are presented. To find your words:
1. First,
point to the unexplained word and then underline or highlight it.
2. Next, read
the sentence containing the unexplained word.
a. If you
cannot comprehend the meaning of the word, read the preceding sentence to try
to figure out the definition.
b. If you
still don’t have a definition for the marked word, then read the next sentence
after the marked word.
3. Lastly, use
a dictionary to check the definition of the word. Use either an interactive dictionary that
occurs when you highlight the word or visit an online dictionary site such as:
·
The Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
·
The Online Rhyming Dictionary http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
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Different types of dictionaries http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Reference_Tools/Dictionaries/
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Commonly-Used American Slang http://www.manythings.org/slang/
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American Heritage Dictionary (online) -
Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/
Usually dictionaries will give several meanings for a
word, and it is important to look at each numbered definition and decide which
one coincides with the marked word.
Words I have never heard before:
Words I don’t know what they mean:
Words I have seen before, but never used this way:
Word Page/Paragraph/Line Definition
1
plausible | p.140/2/12 |
possible
2 cynical |p.147/3/1 | believing that people are
generally selfish and dishonest
3 unperturbed |p.
161/last line |not bothered
4 plumes |p.
181/2/3rd line |something
that rises into the air in a tall, thin shape
Name: Kimberly
Book: Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Author: Ridley Pearson
Reading Assignment: page 140 to page 185
Assignment:
The media hunter reads and identifies from the text
interesting aspects included in the text and then locates associated media to
share with the other literature circle group members. Your task is to identify
some aspect from the reading and then search and find either images, sound
files, or video related to that topic, time, or location. You can search to
find media on a topic of interest that happened in that specific time period or
location of the setting. If the book is not story based, then identify a fact
from the reading and search for associated media concerning that fact. In the
list below identify from the readings at least three statements that indicate
the historical or locational (or factual) setting. Then go online and use media
search tools to find associated images, sound files, or videos from Websites.
You can use the media search tools listed below or others you may know of.
These media files should be ones that you find interesting concerning that
fact, time, or location. Share your findings
and their Websites’ URLs by either copying and pasting the images into a
document and printing it or by playing sound and/or video files with your
discussion members. Make sure you explain to your group members how the media
relates to the reading and be sure to give the source URL.
Search tools
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Google Image Search: http://images.google.com/
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Lycos Multimedia Search: http://multimedia.lycos.com/
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Search Engine Watch listing of media search
engines: http://searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156251
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National Archives media tools: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_paths.html
Page/Paragraph/Line Year/Location Sentence
1. p.141/1/2 |Magic Kingdom – Orlando – It’s a small
world ride| “The ride had references to the sun. One, in its theme song: ‘There is just one
moon and one golden sun’ Two: the ride’s Central American section included a
blazing Mayan sun, the biggest sun in the Magic Kingdom.”
2 p.162/1-3/ |Splash Mountain – Disney World | “Finn and Philby climbed into Splash
Mountain’s waterway carefully…They slogged their way through the first part of
the ride, around some turns, and soon encountered a rubber conveyor incline
that proved a tough climb.
3. p.182/1/entire paragraph |Apartment in Cinderella’s castle – Magic Kingdom | “Finn saw that Maleficent’s eyes
were eerily bright. She had surprisingly
pretty, high cheekbones, with a high forehead, black hair, and a strong
chin. She wore a strange headdress, like
two twisting horns that rose from the hood of her cape.”
Media Websites findings:
URL – Format – Description – Relation
1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83dDWlPYXU
– video – shows the sun in the Central American part of ride at minute 5:36 –
also has song throughout to hear lyrics
2. http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/splash-mountain.htm
- website - provides some neat details and facts about Splash Mountain ride
including facts about the number of cameras, etc. mentioned in the story.
3. http://movies.disney.com/maleficent
- interactive website - Watch trailer for upcoming movie based on Malifecent,
pictures. Do these pictures and videos
seem like the same character you pictured while reading this book?
Assignment:
Your job concerns the book’s characters or content and the
location. You will create some form of map representation of the reading
content. The map can be a tracking map, a comparison map, or collage or series
of location maps. The question you are trying to answer is: where is the
content from the reading occurring? A tracking
map is one which provides a visual display that follows or shows in order
where events took place. A comparison
map is one that shows your actual location relative to the material in the
reading. The map collage would
contain a collection of various maps of locations presented in the reading. In
each case you should edit the maps, such as adding marks onto the map image to
specify location. Start by finding location information from the reading,
noting where it occurs in the text and the locations that the text is
describing. Now make your map: one way this can be done is to copy the map into
a drawing or paint program and use the tools to add marks, or waypoints,
trackways, and/or character or event names onto the map to identify the reading
location or locations. Once you have completed your map or maps, write a
descriptive paragraph that explains your map materials.
·
CIA World Fact Book: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
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Yahoo Maps: http://maps.yahoo.com/
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Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/
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Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com/
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Microsoft Terraserver: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
Location notes
Page/Paragraph/Line Location
statement
1
p.140/last line | “It’s a Small
World” ride
2 |Cinderella's Castle
3 |Tom Sawyer Island and Splash Mountain
Map Description:
I placed an X on the locations that the characters
visit in Chapters 16 – 20. You can see
that much of the action took place in Frontierland and Cinderella’s
castle. In chapter 16, the DHIs explore
It’s a Small World. Later in Chapter 20,
Charlene and Amanda return to the ride with 3d glasses to get a different
perspective, while the others are searching for clues at the castle. The entrance to the apartment in the castle
must be on the east side because the it says the kids had their backs toward
Tommorowland.
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