1. Year 9 Chinese Assignment

2. Wellington College Purpose of this assignment  You are to investigate an aspect of Chinese culture by employing Wellington College Inquiry Model.

3. Wellington College Wellington College Inquiry Model Define 1 2 4 Organize 4 Locate 2 Select 3 5 Create & present 6Evaluate

4. Wellington College Time Frame 17/919/922/923/924/9 Define you topic Locate & select the information Organise & create your presentation Organise and create your presentation Present & evaluate your presentation

5. Wellington College Choose a topic a famous person. a famous place a famous invention an important festival an important event in the history Chinese traditional medicine Chinese Culture Table manners Modern China’s economic development Chinese government

6. Wellington College 1: Define your research question (e.g. a famous person) A famous person Other questions?Who is this famous person? Other questions? How important was his Achievements to China or the world? What was the social, economic & political situation at his time? what was his achievements?

7. Wellington College 2. Locate your information School library (books, magazines, newspaper, etc.) Internet Ask people Finding relevant information to your research question

8. Wellington College Authority & Responsibility Currency Neutrality Statistics Accuracy 3: Select: evaluating your web information

9. Wellington College 4. Organise Make sure your information is sufficient enough to reflect different points of views and various aspects of your topic. Organise your information in a clear and logical way. Make sure you record the source details accurately.

10. Wellington College 5. Create and Present PowerPoint presentation Flash animation or movies Use your own words (avoiding “copy and paste”); Make it attractive and interesting by using objects such as diagram, photos, video, sound, etc.; Use the APA citation style when writing your bibliography;

11. Wellington College Reference all your information using APA formatBooks Websites Author’s surname, initial.(year of publication).Title of book. Place of publication: publisher. e.g. Weiten, W. (2004). Psychology: Themes and variations (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Learning. Author, initial. (Year).Title of page.Retrieved date (day, month, year). from web address e.g. Taylor, D. B. Hit parade of errors: In style, grammar, and punctuation. Retrieved 8 Oct. 2004, from http://www.hswriting.can/handout/hitparade.asphttp://www.hswriting

12. Wellington College Reference all your information using APA format Journal / magazine Newspaper Author’s surname, initial.(year of publication).Title of article Title of magazine, volume, page number e.g. May, S. (2004, October). America’s first impressionist. ARTnews, 103, 158-9 Author, initial. (Year).Article title.Title of newspaper, page number e.g. Cropp, A (2003, March 3). Education and Church. Sunday Star Times, p. A1

13. Wellington College 6. Evaluate  Is my work relevant?  How can I improve my research next time?

14. Wellington College Marking schedule Grade C  Grade B  Grade A Investigation of your research question One aspect investigated In breadth or depthIn breadth & depth Presentation AdequateAttractive Attractive and original Inquiry Model Loosely followedCorrectly followed Sources of info One sourcemore than one source Reference Most work is referenced correctly All work is referenced correctly