Earlier this school year, students were asked to think of topics they would like to research applying what they learned about reading critically and the elements of nonfiction text. Many students expressed an interest in Manga. I decided to expand the research project to include Japan's culture. To give students an opportunity to contribute to our global community, I searched the ePals community for a Japanese classroom wanting to exchange cultural information. I made a connection with a sixth grade classroom in Shizuoka, Japan that started a photo exchange project to help them learn English. As a class, we decided to focus our pictures on school life. A classroom blog was set up via ePals SchoolBlog for students to post journal entries and share their pictures and captions with the exchange class.
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