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Homework for Wednesday 3th November

1) How does advertising influence consumption?
When people watch a advertisement that really attractive and match their hobbies, they will buy it even though they don't really need it. So that will increase out footprint in the world wasting fossil fuel, gasses, metal and all another natural resources. But if people advertising about people using too much natural resources, maybe people can chang the way they spend shopping and that could help a lot.

2) Do you think citizens are sufficiently informed about the sustainability of our consumption habits? If not, how can we become more informed about sustainability issues?
I think some people are not very  very informed of their consumption. We can recycle it like paper and water. When you buy something, think clearly about it and maybe choose something that is the closet to sustainable or something that are sustainable. If they are not sutainable, maybe you should use it for a long time instead of buying new things everyday. 


3) Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?
It will effect our purchase in some way. In one year, we definitely need to buy a lot of things that are advertised and not. But sometimes, the advertisement is just so great and you can't resist to check it out... You have to go buy it and try so it will effect the purchase.

The story of Migration

This is a true story of my freind moved from Soc Trang to Ho Chi Minh City for a better life. Her name is Hoang Kim yen. She was born in 1994. I knew her on a 24h.com.vn, a forum for sports. Her family gas been farming fo r a long time gao and it keeps goig for over 2 generations, but her generatin doesn't want to do farmking to make a living. They wanted to make more money to provide education to theuir family. Also because of the econimic peoblems. her familty heard that Ho Chi MInh ciry is the best place to make a living. Its havs schools, hospitals, companies that ned people to work for them

The first day of the journey. her family pakced up all the things that they needed to go. her mom and ddad saved up lots of money before they leaved. When they first got here, her family want to their relative house sand stayed there for a while. She was only seven years old back then and immediately went to school to study. I don't reallty remember whawt school uit is, but that's what she told me. her dad and mom went looked for a jobs in city and they found one. Thier job is to deliver newspapers. At school, she tied her best to get a good grade because she knew it was heard for her parent to paid money for one month at school. She got a long with everyone tghere and met a lo9t of new friends. She lied to live in Ho Chi Minh City now and doesn't want to back the rural area anymore. The ecoonic was good and they bought her and her brother a compiter. Their life was. theuir life was just perfect there. She studied wall; her parents got a good job and they saved money well. Everything had change for ehr and looked like she totally forgot about where she came from. One day, her dad told her:
" We've been here for a long time now. I think we should go back to Soc trang to visit our homeland."
"Like a vacation?"
"yeah! We will stay there for one wekek. You know, it's good to remember who we are and where we come from."

Yen was shock after jhearing her father said it. The reason is, she totally forgot about Soc Trang, totally forgot it. She felt ashmaed and horrible. Shee told herself not to forgot about Soc Trang, the taste of it, the smeel of it and her memories of it. At that time, she wanted to go back to Soc Trang as soon as possible. But she new one thing, she can't live there forever now. Her family is better in Ho Chi Minh City. She will grow up here, go to university and get a job. She would definitely will go back to Soc Trang again!

Homework for Wednesday | "A message from Mother Nature"

1) What is the main point of this article? 
In my opinion, the main point of this article is to tell people that the earth is changing and it cause a lot of damage for human living

2) List four vocabulary words and look it up: 
+ Dozen - a infinite of number
+ Reluctant - struggling in opposition
+Skeptic - a person who doubt a belief or a religion.
+ Torrential - flowing of something rapidly.

3) What is the different between "weather" and "climate"?
Weather can change from day to day but climate stay the same and doesn't change in a long period of time.

4) What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
- Flooding in New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma.
- Record breaking heat wave destroyed million of acres.
- Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan. 


5) What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
- I never had any experiences with extreme weather


6) What does the word “perception” mean?
- The word perception means the understanding of an issue and knowing what's happening around us. 


7)  What is your “perception” of global climate change?
- Changing is nature, we can change it will go on but we can't stop it. 

5 Themes of Geography

5 themes of geography

1)  Human/Environment Interaction:

People live in Tomato Land always have a fear about the volcano. The first time they came to Tomato Island and live near the volcano because they thought it won’t erupt. The volcanos did erupted and destroy farmland, killed a lot of people and animals. Later then, people plant fruit and rice on another land. They hunted in the forest for some food and also have ships to catch fishes

2) Place:

In Tomato Land, there are lots of river branches all over the land. But the special thing is that the part of the river where separate the farming land with the volcano is actually was hand made because they want to keep the lava away from them. There are mountains too, they are not really high but they keep away the cold weather. In Tomato Land, there is a forest too. In the forest, people hunt for food, but also growing tree to keep the animals alive.

3) Movement:

After the volcano first erupted, the Indians people moved out from the volcano and live far away. People there travel with by walking or taking boat to go along with the river.

4) Region:

People in Tomato Land very friendly to each other and sometimes live with each other for a short time. They spoke English because they used to be invaded by England. They wear clothes that were made of animals’ fur to keep warm and it’s also the cloth that they wore everyday life. The weather is really nice, sometimes it’s hot but sometimes it’s really cold. But because of them mountains that keep away the cold wind from the North, the weather always stay at medium. Their traditional food is tomatoes. Because their land have a shape of a tomato so they decide to take tomatoes as their traditional food.

5) Location:

To be continued

Homework for Friday 3rd | #2

STUDY GUIDE

A) 3 TYPES OF MAPS:

1. Political - Shows countries, capital and seas.
2. Physical - Shows physical feature of the earth
3. Thematic - Shows other kind of map like: population, road, climate.... etc.... 

B) 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY (VOCABULARY):

1. Location - the exactly position that base on logitude & latitude
2. Place - describe the physical and human of a place 
3. Movement - anything that move from place to place
4. Region - a place that have similar physical and human characteristic
5. Human/Envioronment Interaction - how human and environment adapt to each other

C) 6 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS: 

1. Human System - how people lived and their uses of resources
2. Physical System - how did the earth change its surface and impact of living things
3. Places and Region
4. Environment and Society
5. Uses of Geography
6. World of Spatial Term - a location where place is located and how its physical feature relate to other place. 

D) QUESTION : "WHAT IS CULTURE?"

1. A region or place or country that have its history, traditional festival, clothing (costumes) environment, trading to make money to have a living

E) GEOGRAPHY'S JOB: 

1. Urban Planner
2. Location analyst
3. Climatologist
4. Cartographer

F) TOOLS: 

1. Maps
2. Computers
3. Remote sensing 
4. Global Positioning System (GPS) 
5. Geographic Information System (GIS) 

 G) VOCABULARY 

1. Geography - study of  a places, human, culture...
2. Environment - Anything that surrounding around us, or surrounding a place.
3. Map - presentation of a surface of the earth 
4. Location analyst - a person that studies about a area to find the best location for a client
5. Urban planner - a person who creates plan for improving parts of the city
6. Climatologist - a person who studies about climate
7. Cartographer - a person who creates map 

H) WHAT WE DID IN CLASS: 

1. Explain why maps are important
2. Define the word "Culture" 
3. Locate North, South, East, West by using Compass
4. Draw a map of each floor (Group work)
5. "What is ACTIVE READER?" Learn how to be active reader 
6. 7 paragraph summarize - Switch table 

Homework for Friday 3rd | #1

BLOG ENTRY - HOMEWORK

This blog entry is about "what I've learn about other classmate/friend from the project Family Tree?"  What I have to say is... I learned a lot of different things like some of my friends are half Chinese and half Vietnamese, or some people come from the middle of Vietnam or even Ha Noi, where I came from. I also learn about culture and Korea's traditional clothing from Roy. I found out that they are not really scary and "not so nice" like I used to imagine. I also learned about their past, their parent and their family culture. I want to learned more about my classmate. 

About me, I also found out that it's not so bad speaking in front of people. I mean like.... it's normal, just like we are sharing and talking and discussing in a group. I admit something, I didn't prepare the speak, I just write down what I need to say and words just came out of my mouth. 

I used to be shy and quite......... maybe not anymore. 

I used look down on myself ......... not this year. 

I used to ran away ....... I'm not gonna run anymore. 

A lot of people think that this is just a normal speak. But the speak about "family tree" changed me a lot. I found out a lot of things that hidden inside me, and some of my talents that lost now found its way coming back. Thank you Mr. Blake, thank you my friends. All of you, I don't know if any of my friends from period 7 are reading this but... if you are in period 7, thank you. 

Wednesday Homework 15-8-2010

One place that I'd been to is Vung Tau

 

In Vung Tau, the weather is warm and nice. In the summer, a lot of people go to the beach to play. Some playing kite, some playing with the water. Vung Tau has high mountain so some people climbing mountain. I used to live in Vung Tau for so long that I still remember what it looks like. People are nice and a lot of caffee shop near the beach.

Welcome!

Welcome everyone! My name is Angelia - Bùi Ngọc Phương Linh. I create this blog for my Social Studies subject at school! My teacher is Mr.Blake Stok, but I love calling him Mr. B

Here is a little but about myself :)

Name: Angelia - Bùi Ngọc Phương Linh
Age: 14
Hobbies: Read Manga, Cosplay, Study and go on the internet.
Dream: To have a good job and create a Cosplay Group in Ho Chi Minh City.
Favourite Subject: Art, Language Art, Life Science, Social Studies
Favourite teacher: Ms. Sarah, Mr. Pattrick, Mr. B and Mr. E! (Wu Lao Shi too)
Favourite food: Japanese food
Less favourite food: Cress <--- Kind of vegetables. Fat
Things you do everyday:
+ Go Study
+ Stay at school with friends
+ Go home Cook and do homwork
+ Sewing costume
+ Check Facebook
+ Sleep

Friends:
Đen Thui, Bum, Fuyu, Ruyuha, Zad, Aeris, Samantha, Olia, Minami, Victor, Conan, Steve, Larry, Đan Thanh, Saruko, Kipi Teru, Roy, Thai, Suicune....... and a lot ~~~~~~~~!!!!


I love to study and take note. I want to get a high grade so I can go Cosplay because I need money from my mom. In this class, I wish to study and cooperate well with other people to create a good relationship. By the way, most of my friends are Cosplayer :)

ALL THE COSPLAYERS PEOPLE I KNOW SO FAR

Đen Thui - 21 years old 

Job: Cosplayer - Singer 

Bummy Spears - Unknown Age

Job: Cosplayer - Unknown

Shiru - (me) - 14 years old

Job: Student - Cosplayer

And some of my other friend I can't find their picture T^T So sorry! BUT I WISH THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE BEST YEAR EVER!