Letter

Homework for November 2nd

How does advertising influence consumption?

- Advertise only shows the good side of the products, but not the bad side of the products. How they advertise the good side of the products make people want to buy that products.

 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 don't think citizens are sufficiently informed about the sustainability of our consumption habits. I think the way that we can become more informed about  sustainability issues is to advertising about sustainability. That way when they see that advertisement, they would understand about sustainability issues.

Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?

- Yes, because when I look at a advertisement, I will decide whether to buy that product or not. Also, I will look at the way they advertise that product, and whoever acts/do that advertisement/commercials 

Sustainable Development

 Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain is a sustainable city. It has development along its major transport routes. It upgraded public transport system that allows more people to live there, but they still also provide habitat for the wildlife.

America, Interface Inc. using recycled and more environmentally products. They even reduced the energy and water that they are using.

Migration/Immigrant Assignment

Migration/Immigrant Assignment

I was in my room reading a book, and suddenly heard my cousin yell. Her mom told her she had to immigrate to Canada and live with her grandparents, but my cousin didn’t want to. This is an external migration, because she was moving from country to country. Her mom tried to convince her by telling her that she would go to good school with lots of new friends. That was the pull factors, which she could get better services, and good environment. In Vietnam, the weather here was not so good, because sometimes it got really hot, and sometimes it too rainy. These were the push factors, which were because of the climates and the environment. The moment my cousin heard her mom say that, she wanted to migrate there. After a long time, she became a citizen.

In school, she didn’t talk much, because she didn’t get used to the environment yet. She thought it was a bad idea for coming here. Now, after a long time, she gets used to it. She met new friends, new teachers, talked to them just like she did in Vietnam. She told me it was great, and she loved here. She thought Canada was the most wonderful country. Even though, sometimes she did forgot Vietnamese cultures, languages, but still she found out the ways for her to remember it. Sometimes she misses Vietnam a lot, but she knew that her mom wanted her to stay here for good things, and this was the best choice her mom had made it for her.

A Message From Mother Nature?

1. What is the main point of this article?

- The main point of this article is how the global warming effects the environment

2. Vocabularies:

- Drought- a period of dry weather

- Monsoon- any wind that changes direction with the seasons

- Dispute- argument about something important

- Perception- apprehending (understanding)

3. Weather- something that happens over a short period of time (rain, snow, etc.)

   Climate- something that happens over a long period of time (Vietnam: wet and dry climate)

4. Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan caused flood

    In the United States, flooding battered New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma

    A record-breaking heat wave baked the entire eastern part of the country

5. These days in Ho Chi Minh City it rains everyday, and almost like heavy rain, so even some of the streets are flood.

6. Perception means understanding something.

7. My perception of global climate change is the Earth’s get hotter. If people don't want global warming to happen, they have to start to save the earth by doing little things like: save energy (use less), stop cutting down the trees, reuse the papers, water bottle, boxes, and more. By doing these little jobs, it saves the Earth a lot.

UNICORN LAND

My “world” named Unicorn. Do you know why I called that the Unicorn Land? Because of the shape of the country, and also a lot of unicorns live there. People use unicorns as their transportations. One hundred years ago, people came to Mahani forest, where the unicorns used to live, and they cut down all the trees. So the Unicorns decided to move to the different places. At that time, “Unicorn Land” was just a small island, so the Unicorns came to this island to live, because no one has heard of this island before. Also, this small island was not on the maps. This island was surrounded by Lattetania and the Blood Sea.

One day, there was a person who traveled around the world, and he was lost in this island, where the unicorns live. His name was Hatami Onicon. He was the first person who came to the Unicorn Land. He expanded this land, and put this “world” on the maps. He divided this island into 4 different countries: SHINEwol, SoOne, Cassiopeia, and VIP. The biggest country was Cassiopeia, and the capital of this is Dong Bang which means east. The most famous country was also Cassiopeia because of they make good chocolate, and they have nice atmosphere.

People started to come here to live, because here have a lot of forests, mountains, and nice air. Kids really love this place, because they can eat chocolate and drink chocolate everyday without getting sick. People here only eat and drink chocolate, not like other countries, they eat different kind of foods. That is why there is a Chocolate River flows from SHINEwol all the way to VIP, and that is the longest rivers in this “world”. And the highest mountain is Superunican Mt (above Cassiopeia), it about 9,000 meters tall. There are few of people who lived there, because it too cold. On the top of mountains are all chocolate. People can’t eat
these chocolate because it never melts.

My Unicorn Land and Cattletinra had a fight. We fight for 3 islands which are: Denndash, Unicanoe, and Cattletinrany. We, both like to have those islands, but we can’t decided who will have it, so we fight. We won two of three islands, and the Cattletinra only won one (Cattletinrany).

Although this island have excellent environment, but sometimes the people from SHINEwol have to bear the tsunami. Each year, it happens once, the people here can’t bear it anymore, so they moved to others countries to live.

Study Guide....

-Maps:

• Physical
• Political
• Thematic

-5 Themes Of Geography:

• Location
• Place
• Human/Environmental Interaction
• Movement
• Region

-6 Essential Elements.

-Geography Jobs:

•  Land Surveyor- Collect data on the ground
• Location Analyst- find the location that is the best for the buildings
• Urban Planner- create plans
• Climatologist- research the weather in the area

-Tools:

• Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

-What is culture? (Tradition, food, clothes, believes)

-Vocabulary:

• Geography: The study of people and places
• Environment: The physical surrounding
• Spatial: Space between each other, in distance
• Location: An exact position due to longitude and latitude
• Place: A location which describes the human and physical characteristics
• Region: An area where human and physical characteristics are the same

What I’ve Learnt…

This project helps me to know more about my friends, their cultures, and also include my family. I learned that even though we may all come from Vietnam, but we have different ways of celebrate our holidays, or cultures. Before this presentation, I didn’t really know where exactly my family comes from, and so I asked my mom, and she told me everything. I know that on my dad side, they are part of Chinese, but I didn’t know my mom side was Chinese also. She told me where my great grandmother used to live, and how she came to Vietnam. She also told me how my great grandmother met my great grandfather.She told me how she had Vietnamese last name, but her family was Chinese.


There were another thing that I like about this project is I found out that Wendy is Nguyen Trai’s great great great great granddaughter. I was very surprised when she said that, because Nguyen Trai was a very famous Vietnamese’s general.

One Place That I Have Been

Describe one place that you have been. You must discuss at least three physical characteristics and two human/evironment interactions.

I went to Nha Trang with Tien this summer, and Nha Trang was a beautiful place. This is not the first time I came to Nha Trang, but I still love this place. We stayed at Tien's house, and in front of her house was a beach, the beach was beautiful, and its water look fresh and deep blue. The climate was not great, because sometimes it too sunny, and sometimes it rain. You can barely see the top of the mountains because of the fog, and because its very high.

I saw lots of people who came to Nha Trang and dive down to the ocean. Tien and I didn't dive, because I didn't want to, and because Tien, she had seasick. At night, there are people taking a walk at the seaside, and also there's people who selling food, so you may want to come to Nha Trang and try some while you sit on the sand, and talking to your friends, or your family.

About me

Hi my name's Tina. I love to hang out and talk with my friends. I love to play sports, especially basketball. I also enjoy doing math, but i hate to solve math problems, because it all words and words, and sometimes it confused me. When I'm free, I like to listen to music. I really like listen to music. When I have exams, or tests, I'll will listen to the music, because it helps me to study easily.