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Room 8 Homestudy

Term 3 Week 2

Speeches; Use the link to follow the speech management timetable. Be aware of your deadlines and when we will be working on speeches in our classroom. Much of your speech work is to be completed **at home.** By the end of week 2, your speech **writing** should have started, and you should have conferenced with Mr Dickinson about your subject and content.

Olympic Study; (To be completed by Monday 4th August 2008) In your home study book, complete the following questions. The video link will be a very useful resource for your answers. Copy the questions in full, and answer beneath.

Click to follow the video link; [|Human Rights and the Olympics]

A news article; [|BBC News Story 29-7-08]

Questions 1. China is the centre of global attention right now, what are they being criticised for? 2. What did the Chinese authorities say that allowing Beijing to host the Olympics would help?3 3. What does the 'clean up' entail? 4. What is a peaceful activist? 5. What is a legacy? 6. What do you think Human Rights means?