Today’s topic task saw us researching the indigenous tribes of Brazil who live in the Amazon Rainforest. Can you remember some information to share with someone at home?
For our research we had to look at different aspects of tribal life:
- How many tribes there are and the number of languages spoken: you should include the names of 3 tribes, the name of the largest tribe and the languages they speak.
- Tribal way of life including clothing, face painting, the roles of men and women and any other facts you think are relevant
- Rituals and beliefs
- The threats to the Brazilian tribes
Illustrations were to be included to support your facts. Can you remember some information to share with someone at home?
Where possible you were to transfer your notes into your own words. How did you do? Have a look at your fact file pages below. Show your fact file to someone at home; especially the page(s) you completed.
ROCKIN’ REALS
MANGO MATES
HOT RAINDROPS
JUMPING JAGUARS
BRAZILIAN BROTHERS
JOLLY JAGUARS
This term our writing focus is fact files so we kicked off our Brazil topic with a research task which would allow us to find out lots of information that we could then transfer into a fact file of our own. Each group member had to create an interesting and colourful fact file which included the following information:
- national flag, coat of arms, bird, animal, flower
- population, currency, religion, capital, main cities
- landscape, areas of water (oceans/seas), climate
- tourist attractions (landmarks)
- national anthem
- festivals, carnivals
- any other important information
How did you do? Did you manage to research and take notes on all of these areas?
Our social skill for this task was: Helping/Encouraging each other: I can encourage and help my group members to complete an individual task for my group.
This meant that if someone in your group did not have any notes on a particular area, and you did, you were to help one another by sharing your information. This ensured that the group aspect of the task was fulfilled. How did your group do at this part of the task? Did you help and encourage one another?
The completed fact files were then peer assessed by another group. Will they have the same assessment results as your group? All your fact files and your peer assessment results are now on your wall space.
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