Student Links

Used for specific research projects and to help students make more effective use of some of the time spent in the Computer Room.

Contents:
  1. Imaginary City:  Research for your city descriptions
  2. Poets By Region:  Research sites for poems and poets
  3. Book Art Sites
  4. March 10:  Essay Guide, Examples and Class Notes for March 11th
  5. March 10:   Research Options
  6. March 12th  Group Activity Sheets for "The Sound of Thunder"
  7. March 29th Essay Research Options
  1. April 9th  Persuasive Essay Prep. Sample  and   Links to Cities
  2. April 28-May7th  Walkabout Research links



 

Research for Your Group's Region
Second Postcard of "The Imaginary Correspondence"


Creating a postcard and writing a description of the "Invisible City" (the imaginary city) where your correspondent is presently writing.

--->  First you should research 5 facts or more about the place in your "home country" where you imagine your correspondent to be.  You can only use the links provided on this sheet.
--->  Secondly, you should trace an image from the links below which you would like to use on your project.

Home work:
Over the weekend you are to write an "invisible city" story.... a letter in fact.... from the imaginary person with whom you are corresponding.  This will be your rough copy.  You can also start colouring and altering your postcard, which should be about the size of 3/4 of a page.

Pisa Towers Group Research Links
Virtual Pisa Page (quicktime VMR)
http://ww2.webcomp.com/virtuale/us/pisa/movie.htm
Free Venice photos -- Venice Books
http://members.spree.com/beaufort/venice.htm
Italy - Venice
http://www.bayarea.net/~emerald/venice.html

WebMuseum: Artist index
http://www.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/auth/

Empire Dorms Group Research Links

The Empire State Building Official Page
http://www.esbny.com/
New York City Insider: Top Things to Do in New York
http://www.theinsider.com/nyc/attractions/2empire.HTM

New:
New York City Insider: Photo Collection: Table of Contents
Daniel's Home Page
WebMuseum: Artist index
http://www.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/auth/


Olympic Residences Group Research Links

Satuumavik Home Page
http://www3.sympatico.ca/satuumavik/
Parks Canada on Forillon
http://parcscanada.risq.qc.ca/forillon_fr/

WebMuseum: Artist index
http://www.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/auth/
National Gallery of Canada
http://national.gallery.ca/english/index.html

The Taj Mall Group Research Links
Taj Mahal, Mausoleum of Mumtaz
http://www.erols.com/zenithco/tajmahal.html
Sri lanka images - a virtual trip
http://asiatours.net/srilanka/fotos.html
India Photographs by Terry Wilson
http://web.wt.net/~wilsontg/tgw2.htm
Images Northern India
http://philae.sas.upenn.edu/Hindi/hindipix.html
Images of India
http://www.bayarea.net/~emerald/images1.html
WebMuseum: Artist index
http://www.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/auth/ 

Gaudi House Group Research Links
Gaudí Central
http://futures.wharton.upenn.edu/~jonath22/gaudi.html
Spain, Cities/Architecture/Travel
http://www.photovault.com/Link/Cities/Europe/Spain.html
Lecture 7  site on Gaudi's Buildings in Barcelona
http://www.wit.edu/Academics/ARC/ARCH501/lecture_7.html

New:
Antoni Gaudi
http://www.potifos.com/gaudi.html

WebMuseum: Artist index
http://www.uni-erlangen.de/wm/paint/auth/

 
Research Project:    Poets by Region

Canadian Poets
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Avison
Roo Borson
John Newlove
Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poems


American Poets
Gwendolyn Brooks Page
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Robert frost
T. S. Eliot
MAYA ANGELOU PAGES
e. e. cummings
ALLEN GINSBERG
William Carlos Willams
The Real McCoy Fat Poetry Book great collection of folks from all over
English 88, Modern and Contemporary American Poetry

English Poets
William Blake
Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Irish Poetry
THE IRISH POETRY PAGE

Australian Literature Site
WWW.OZLIT.ORG

Indian (from India) Poets
Amateurs and some pros at INDOlink Poetry

Spanish Poetry
Federico García Lorca
Pablo Neruda - Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The Passions of Pablo Neruda
Gabriela Mistral
Latin American Writers (might find some here too)

 

Also:  Check out Ms. Sauve's Web Site on Poetry in Certain Time Periods
 Poetry: the effects of a literary time period on its art

And some of these general poetry sites:
 The Real McCoy Fat Poetry Book
 Poetry from All Over



 

Book Art Sites
Students use these sites to get ideas on how to make your postcard correspondence books more interesting

Journal as artist's book

Book Art by Susan Hensel

BOOKARTS GALLERY

Women in the Book Arts:  Several examples of women "Book Artists

And of course......
Griffin and Sabine descriptions of each book in series.
GRIFFINANDSABINE.COM excellent gallery of cards, etc.

Note to visiters to this site:
Some of the books in the student rooms are modelled after original works of art in these great sites listed above.  So, check them out.



 


March 10th
Essay Guide Sites

Basic Guide to Essay Writing
Click here to see a good site that explains some aspects of a formal essay which will be taught in class.  In particular, check the sample essay, to see how they use topic sentences and supporting points and examples in a well written paragraph.

Diagram of a the form of an Essay.
Another Good Guide for things like Introduction Suggestions, etc

Class Notes for March 11th on Elements of an Essay

March 10th
Research Options 
Use www.metacrawler.com

1.  Essay on Your Individual Novel  for English(5 paragraphs using the questions to consider about Form, Content, and My Response)
-  search information on author, title name, location, word definitions, etc.

2.  Essay on Stereotypes for P.S.D  (3 paragraphs using titles provided)
-  search "stereotypes"  for ideas
-  search specific label  ("teens", "Japs")
-  search information about their real culture (ex.  "Japanese culture")
-  search "empathy"

3.  Descriptive Essay on a Picture  (for future English project)
-  search using the following links, for a picture you can describe in three detailed paragraphs.
Mark Harden's Art Archive
The Web Museum
Art Crimes Graffitti Site
 

 

Research Options for March 29th:

1.  Prepare notes for an ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY, where you will try to convince classmates they should visit a City in your home country.  The essay will describe, in convincing detail, two aspects of the chosen city which are unique.

2.  Prepare notes for a DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY, where you will describe the form, content, and mood of a work of art which can be viewed in a gallery in that same city.

Procedure:

  1. Assign cities to each group member.
  2. Use http://www.metacrawler.com to search information on that city.  (ex.  Venice Tourism )
  3. Take notes about two important, unique and interesting aspects of your city.  (use note cards)
  4. Use metacrawler to search for Museums and Galleries in that city.
  5. Once you find a  painting or work of art which is located in your city, try also to find a full sized version at one of the following art sites:  Mark Harden's Art Archive,   or     The Web Museum 
Interesting Cities with Important Galleries and Museums, by Country:

Spain:     Barcelona,  Madrid,  Granada,  Toledo,   Seville
Italy:       Venice, Rome, Florence, Milan, Pisa, Naples
U.S.A:     New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco (?)
Canada:  Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver
India:      Calcutta, Bombey, Delhi, Goa

 
 


 


 

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