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		<title>What Makes a Country Unique?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dot MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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What makes Brazil a unique country?
What makes Toronto special?
Multicultural Uniqueness
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<p>Examples may be found in</p>
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<p><a href="http://finally5b.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-makes-brazil-unique-country.html" target="_blank">What makes Brazil a unique country?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/toyo-gakuen-university-homestay-english.html">What makes Toronto special?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://multiculturaluniqueness.pbworks.com/Venezuela" target="_blank">Multicultural Uniqueness</a></p>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<p>You will have to create an account with <a href="http://animoto.com/">Animoto</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://cs89.clearspring.com/u/46928cc51133af17/4aec704ee671b49b" target="_blank">Maryam Khalid&#8217;s video &#8211; What makes Hawaii unique?</a></p>
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		<title>Making Movies</title>
		<link>http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/141-making-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dot MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>1&#160; Topics</strong></p>
<p>1&#160; Introducing yourself</p>
<p>2&#160; Writing traffic rules for Kuwait</p>
<p>3&#160; Planning a wedding</p>
<p>4&#160; Giving advice about visiting the desert</p>
<p>5&#160; Giving advice about how you can have a great camp</p>
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<p>You should write your script first, have it corrected and then upload it into the movie. </p>
<p>At the end, make sure that you send a copy to your teacher and to the other students in your group.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><strong>3&#160; Problems</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes the emails could not be sent to the teacher and students.</p>
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<p><strong>4&#160; What You Can Learn by Using Dvolver</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>&#160;</p>
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<li><strong>Punctuation</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Capitalisation</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Structure of sentences</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Basic keyboard skills</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Learning how to work in a group</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Leaning how to follow instructions</strong> </li>
<li><strong>Grammar rules</strong> </li>
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<p><strong>5&#160; Examples</strong></p>
<p>Click on the link to see the movie.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-116243">Noura Al Sayegh</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-117093">Ms. Dot</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-116186">Lulwa Al-Barjas</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-126062">Reem and Noura</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-126049">Noura and Hawra</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-126049">Athbiya and Reem</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>We had a comment from <a href="http://http:/http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-125776">Ronaldo in Brazil.</a></p>
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<p><strong>6&#160; How We Can Improve</strong></p>
<p>We should make sure that our English is correct before we put our work online!</p>
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