Name: ________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Hour: ____________
The Schwa Was Here Webquest 1
1. The Schwa: Go to this website: http://www.atozphonics.com/schwaphonics.html and answer the following questions.
1. What does the schwa sound like?
2. What are the interesting facts about the schwa sound? Write at least TWO!
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2. Brooklyn accent: Go to this website: http://www.howcast.com/videos/500483-How-to-Do-a-Brooklyn-AccentAccent-Training and answer the following questions.
1. Listen to this dialect coach. Jot down notes as to what she sounds like and the tips she gives.
2. Now go to this website: http://www.wikihow.com/Talk-Like-a-New-Yorker and summarize the SIX steps to how to
talk with a new York accent:
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3. Step Six says to add colloquialisms to your speech. What is a colloquialism?
3. Brooklyn area: Go to this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn and read the first 3 paragraphs and answer
the following questions.
1. How many people live in Brooklyn?
2. Many neighbor hoods are ethnic enclaves, what does this mean? Give an example.
Meaning:
Example:
3. How many square miles is Brooklyn?
4. Brooklyn photos: Go to this website: http://www.pbase.com/ckuhn55/brooklyn_ny and look at all the photos of
Brooklyn, then answer the following questions.
1. How is Brooklyn connected to Manhattan?
2. Choose three photos and describe them in complete sentences. Be sure to identify the photos you are describing.
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Name: ________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Hour: ____________
The Schwa Was Here Webquest 2
5. Afghan Hounds: Go to this website: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/afghan.htm and answer the following questions.
1. Describe what the Afghan hound looks like.
2. What is the temperament of an Afghan hound?
3. What exercise does an Afghan hound need?
4. Where do Afghan hounds originate?
6. Abandonment : Go to this website: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/abandonment-issues.html and answer the
following questions.
1. What are the Effects of Abandonment Issues in Children?
2. What are some Abandonment Issues in Relationships that occur?
7. Peer Pressure: Go to this website: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/friends/peer_pressure.html# and answer the
following questions.
1. Who are your peers?
2. Go to the next page, what are the positive influences of peers?
3. Go to the next page, what are the negative influences of peers?
4. Go to the next page, how do you stand up to peer pressure?
8. Sins and Virtues: Go to this website: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Seven_deadly_sins.aspx about sin and this
website for virtue http://www.deadlysins.com/virtues.html and answer the following questions.
1. What are the Seven Deadly sins?
2. What are the Seven Heavenly virtues?
3. Who came up with the list of the seven deadly sins and when?
3. Pick 2 deadly sins that you often partake in, and explain why.
4. Pick 2 virtues that you do often and explain why.