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Why we are learning English in World Cultures?

According to Mrs. Steele and Mrs. James, the 6

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grade need some additional time learning about capitalization. Even WE have seen it too!!

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Why we are learning English in World Cultures?

i

would take my grandpa to

texas roadhouse for my special lunch.

in the book, a long walk to water, salva dut is forced to flee his home country of sudan because of a civil war.i chose to take my cousin on a special lunch because we both love

chinese food.

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are going to learn when to capitalize while learning information about the various regions in africa using information from the pbs website.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you should remember some of the tribes and regions from the picture book, ashanti to zulu:

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SAHARA:

tuaregs, from the sahara, are acting as guides to western adventure tourists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r

issani, morocco, a tiny desert oasis, offers several internet cafés, primarily for tourists about to embark on their own exploration of the famous deserts.Slide6

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SAHEL

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 the sahel is widely french-speaking, islamic and takes

its name (“shore”) from arabic.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~parts of the region – like mali’s legendary timbuktu –

are now more sahara than sahel. Slide7

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ETHIOPIAN

HIGHLANDS:

 home to eighty percent of africa’s tallest mountains, the highlands, have helped shelter ethiopia

from foreign conquest and preserve one of the world’s most distinct cultures.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The blue nile

courses through this region, the great rift valley sprawls in its center, and the simien

and bale mountains enclose it on either side.  Slide8

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SAVANNA

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 africa’s greatest savannas are a place dominated by sky and rolling grassland; the serengeti is the most famous.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~early man first appeared in the serengeti region’s olduvai gorge some two

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SWAHILI

COAST:

 Between november and march, omani and indian ships sailed south

to the swahili coast, and returned home again on northern winds in july and september.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~between monsoon periods, the traders lived among the coast’s bantu-speaking people.

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RAINFOREST

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  in 1999, the six countries of the congo basin -- cameroon,

central african republic, republic of the congo, democratic republic of the congo,

gabon, equatorial guinea -- pledged to harmonize forestry laws and form a joint watchdog system to track the effects of logging and poaching. one year later, they took the first step toward putting that pledge into action: the creation of the tri-national sangha park

, a reserve that will cover more than one million hectares of rainforest in cameroon, the central african republic and the republic of congo.

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GREAT LAKES:

the great lakes of

africa include some of the largest and most ecologically diverse freshwater systems on the planet. twisting down the two arms of the great rift valley like a chain of sapphires, the lakes are located in nine countries in east and central africa

. eight of the 15 lakes in this region are considered to rank as "great lakes," a testimony to their size and depth. lake victoria, located between uganda to the west and tanzania and kenya to the east, ranks as the second-largest freshwater lake in the world after the u.s.’s lake superior.

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SOUTH

AFRICA:

at the bottom of the continent, under the soil of southern africa, lies a very old and huge rock. this rock is called the kaapval craton, this massive geologic formation is over 2.6 billion years old, and is one of the most stable continental formations on the planet.

 in 1870, a gigantic deposit of diamonds was found near the south african town of kimberley. just 16 years later, the world's largest deposits of gold were found at

witwatersrand in south africa's central transvaal region. the region boomed.

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DIALOGUE:

the following is an excerpt

from juma and the honey guide – juma

was puzzled. he thought the piece was for him. “but why, baba?” he asked. “there is so much honey in this piece! why should I leave it on a tree?” “because

,” bakari explained, “this is how we say asante to the kidege. after all, he found the nest. then he told us about it, and then he showed us just where to find it, didn’t he?”

but juma didn’t want to give up the honeycomb. he thought it was silly to waste good honey on a kidege. “but baba,” he complained, “why does the kidege need such a big piece?

i think we should take it all home.” “that would not be right,” bakari told him. “it would be a selfish thing to do. the kidege would be very angry and make a bad thing happen.”