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Welcome to the
Beijing Olympic Games & Book Week 2008 rap
This is a book and event discussion conducted online
This rap is available in Term 3, 2008. It focuses on Stage 2 and Stage 3 outcomes in the English K–6 syllabus and the PDHPE K–6 syllabus.
The rap will focus on developing a healthy, active lifestyle using the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as a stimulus. It will have a Book Week 2008 link through related English activities using aspects of The Shaggy Gully Times: the f(p)unniest newspaper you’ll ever read, by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley, as a starting point. Students will create an article for the sports section of a newspaper for Rap point 3.
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The Shaggy Gully Times: the f(p)unniest newspaper you’ll ever read, written by Jackie French, illustrated by Bruce Whatley. HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd 2007 |
Planning and programming
Ideas can provide additional support and resources for teaching units such as
Syllabus outcomes Stage 2
Syllabus outcomes Stage 3
Introductory rap point
Rap point 1
Rap point 2
Rap point 3
Wrap up
Coordinators
Cath Keane, Scan Editor, School Libraries & Information Literacy Unit, Curriculum K–12 Directorate.
Joining the rap
From 28 July 2008, you may participate in the Beijing Olympic Games & Book Week 2008 rap by going to the Beijing Olympics blog for instructions on registering a username for your class group.
After registering
You will receive a confirmation email from Edublogs. Make a note of the username and the password (which can be changed). Go to Beijing Olympics blog to post a message in Comments from 4 August 2008. Read more to change rap blog password.
Email any images to the Rap Coordinator, Cath Keane, who will have them published in the picture gallery, or you may post the image URL on the Wiki.
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