Hands across the Oceans

162 Presentation Checklist – Ms. Dot (revised 4th December 2008)

Tick the boxes when you complete each part of your presentation assignment. The presentations will be given in the last 2 weeks of semester. Don’t procrastinate (put off doing the assignment)!

Cover Page

Table of Contents

Outline

Written Presentation (outline to essay)

PowerPoint Presentation

Reflections (paragraph you wrote in class)

Appendix 1 (article 1 heading)

Appendix 2 (article 2 heading

Appendix 3 (article 3 heading)

Blog

You can make a blog, http://www.blogger.com with a friend if you want to. You can then display all the work for your presentation in it.

Blogs are an easy, fast way to advertise a business.  This will be an online portfolio.

Teachers and students from a variety of countries around the world are taking part in a sister classes’ project.  This was started in 2008 with a group from Kuwait, the U.S.A., Rumania, Hungary, Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil.  Since then, it has expanded to include people from other countries, e.g. Spain, Mexico and Russia.

Students are able to display their work online in the Student showcase blog.  Short movies, paragraphs, voice threads, flowgrams and more are displayed there.  Then anyone can post comments on their work and/or take part in student forums.

The project aims to develop the students’ knowledge of other countries and cultures, and their writing and computing skills.  Teachers taking part in the project also develop their computing skills.  It is an interesting way to show everyone we are all part of the global village. 

You need to be able to paraphrase in order to take notes when you are reading other people’s work. 

Rules, advantages and disadvantages

Examples

Scientific examples

Plagiarism and paraphrasing

Paraphrasing

Rules for paraphrasing

Referencing and paraphrasing

4 of the boys in 161 section 6

The students in 161 have to write paragraphs based on tree diagrams.  These are some of their paragraphs.

Mohammad Al Hajji

A Classification of Elephants

Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals and belong to the order Proboscidae.  They  can be divided into two groups based on where they come from.  The first group is Indian elephants which live in  Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while the second group is African which are found in Africa.  The African group can also be classified into two groups according to their habitat.  The first type is bush elephants which live in savannah or bush habitats.  They are up to 3.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 5.400 kg, and have immense triangular  ears.  Finally, the second group is forest which is found in forest habitats.  They are up to 2.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 3.500kg, and have  small and round ears.

Ahmad Al-Qattan

A Classification of Elephants

Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals and belong to the order
Proboscidae. They can be divided into 2 groups according to their habitat. The first group is the Indian elephant located in Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while the second is the African one which is found  in Africa.  It can also be classified into 2 subgroups according to the elephants’ habitats. The 1st subgroup is named Bush elephants because they live in savannah or bush habitats and they are up to 3.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 5.400 kg and have immense triangular ears. Finally, the second subgroup is called Forest elephants because they live in forests and, of course, they also have many physical characteristics, such as they grow up to 2.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 3.500 kg and have small round ears.

Ahmad Al-Qattan

A Classification of Cetacea

Cetacea are an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins.  They can be divided into 2 groups, Mysticeti and Odontocti, based on their physical characteristics. The first type is Mysticeti which have  no teeth, and have keratin baleen plates, 2 blowholes and an asymmetrical skull, such as Bryde’s whale. The second is Odontocti which have conical teeth, 1 blowhole and an asymmetrical skull. The latter can also be classified into 2 subgroups  according to their beaks. The 1st subgroup is Delphinidae which have a distinctive break, are medium to large and have a streamlined body, such as the bottle-nosed dolphin. Finally, the 2nd subgroup is Phonocoenidae which have  no beak, are generally small, and have a chubby, stout body, e.g. the harbor porpoise.

Ali

A  Classification of Living Elephants

Elephants are the largest mammals and they belong to the order  Proboscides. Elephants can be divided into two types based on where they come from.   The first group, the Indian ones, lives in Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while the African ones live in Africa.  The African elephant can also be classified into two groups according to their habitats.  Bush elephants live in savannah or bush habitats,  are up to 3.5m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 5,400kg and have immense triangular ears, while the forest elephant lives in forest habitats, is up to 2.5m tall at the shoulder, weighs up to 3,500kg and has small, round ears.

Mohamed Al-Zaeem

A CLASSIFICATION OF ELEPHANTS

Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals. They can be classified in the order Proboscidae. They can be divided into two groups based on the place where they live. The first group is Indian elephants. They can be found in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The second group is African elephants. They can be found in Africa. They can also be classed into two sub-groups according to their habitats. The first sub-group, bush elephants,  lives in savannah or bush habitats. They are up to 3.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 5,400 kg and have immense triangular ears. Finally, the second sub-group is called forest elephants.  They  live in forest habitats, are  up to 2.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 3,400 kg, and have small, round ears.

Ibrahim Khalil

A Classification of Elephants

Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals.  They belong to
the order Proboscidae.   They can be classified into two types based on their locations.  The first type is the Indian elephant, which usually  lives in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The other type is the African elephant which surely lives in Africa. The latter can be divided into two
sub-groups according to where they are found. The first one is the bush elephant which is mostly found in savannah or bush habitats.  It is up to 3.5 m tall at at the shoulder, weighs up to 5,400 Kg, and has immense triangular ears. Finally, the other sub-group consists of forest elephants which live in forest habitats. They grow up to 2.5 m tall at the shoulder, weigh up to 3,500 kg, and mostly have small, round ears.

Rashid Bocharly

A Classification of Cetacea

Cetacea is an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins. They can be divided into two groups according to their characteristics.   The first is Mysticeti which have no teeth, keratin baleen plates, 2 blowholes and a symmetrical skull, for example Bryde’s whale.  The second group is Odontoceti which have conical teeth, 1 blowhole and an asymmetrical skull, and they can be classified into two groups based on their beak,  size and body.  The first group is Phonocoenidae which have no beak, are generally small and have a chubby, stout body, for example the harbor porpoise. Finally, the second is Delphinidae which have a distinctive beak, are medium to large and have a streamlined body, e.g. the bottle-nosed dolphin.

 Fawaz Bander

A Classification of Elephants

Elephants are large terrestrial mammals which belong to the order
Proboscidea.  They can be divided into 2 groups according to their location.   The first one is Indian elephants which live in Asia and the Indian subcontinent, while the 2nd group is African which lives in  Africa.  The African ones may also be subdivided into 2 types, depending on their habitat.  The first one is the African bush elephant which is found in savannah or bush habitats, is up to 3.5m tall at the shoulders, weighs up to 5,400kg, and has immense triangular ears.  Finally, the second type is the African forest elephant which is found in forest habitats, is up to 2.5m tall at the shoulders, weighs up to 3,500kg and has small, round ears.

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