March 26 & 29

SNOPES.COM INQUIRY ASSIGNMENT

Have I chosen the best sources to answer my inquiry question?

Handout--Which of the three sources that this student chose is the best source? Which is the worst?

Use the Dupe Detector to help you decide.

Complete the Dupe Detector for one of your own sources and staple it to your Snopes.com assignment when you turn it in.


How do I summarize, paraphrase, and quote information?

Handout--Do this activity to see how I summarized, paraphrased, and quoted information from my sources to create a little report.

March 25 & 26

On A-day, I have to go to a training class in Salt Lake for the new Technical and Professional Communication class I'm teaching next fall. You will work in the Writing Lab today on your own. This assignment is due March 31 (A-day) and April 1 (B-day). Please follow these instructions and do your work:

SNOPES INQUIRY ASSIGNMENT

What you should do today--

1. Get out the pink Snopes.com assignment. On the back, there's a sample rubric.
2. Create your Snopes rubric where you will write your report (to create a rubric, go to Table, Insert, Table, Column--1, Rows--7). Look on the back of the pink Snopes paper for categories--Title, Claim, Status, etc.
3. In the Snopes rubric under "Claim," write the question you're researching/investigating.
4. Now use some of the key words from your Question/Claim to do a research search--go to PGHS webpage, Students, Research, Pioneer Online Library, SIRS Knowledge Source, and then enter some key words.

Example--
Question: Why do Muslim women wear head scarves?
Claim (my guess or hypothesis): Muslim women wear head scarves because they don't want to be attractive to men.
Search terms: "Muslim women" and "head scarves"

With these search terms, SIRS Knowledge Source finds 15 newspaper articles and 6 magazine articles on this subject. I clicked on the first article, and I liked the article--it seems helpful. I like that every time "head scarves" appears, it's in bold so I can see at a glance where relevant information is found.

Also, if I want to use information from this article, I can click on "Citation" in the upper right, then do Control "C" (for copy), then Control "V" to paste into my Snopes rubric under "Sources."

This is basically what you should do today: find articles, read them, summarize the information in your Snopes rubric under "Origin/Investigation" and cite the sources at the bottom of your rubric under Sources.

Basically, find a question and answer the question--like you would in a report, but in a Snopes rubric.

March 23 & 24

INQUIRY WALKAWAYS

Snopes.com assignment--Writing Lab.

Major World Religions Notes

Get these notes from someone who was in class or do the research yourself.

March 19 & 22

GIVING LIFE TO A SPEAKER IN A POEM: "We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1959.

We listened to the poet read her poem.

Here's some biographical information about the poet.

Here's today's assignment--we went to the Writing Lab.

Print and staple in this order (top to bottom):
Assignment description
Printed assignment
March Madness brackets
Speaker in a Poem Police Report

March 17 & 18

MARCH MADNESS POETRY COMPETITION

We listened to this persuasive essay written by a sports writer. He argues that the brackets should not be expanded.

We divided into "regions," chose poems for the competition bracket, and read a variety of poetry. If you were not in class this day, you will not be able to make up the assignment. To do this assignment, you had to be in class to hear and rank the poems.

March 15 & 16

SURFER VIDEO
Sometimes watching athletes is like watching "poetry in motion." Take a look at these talented surfers.

POETRY POLICE REPORTS
Identify the speaker in the poem. Please see me to get the packets of poems.

March 11 & 12

BELLWORK "tract"
After today, no more time in class to work on vocabulary root trees. If you're not done with your 20 trees, please do them for homework. Due March 18.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
Reading Guide is due today--if you're not done, get a book from the Writing Lab and finish! We're not spending more time in class reading.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE movie
We finished watching it today.

Class Mar 9 & 10

VOCABULARY ROOT "sym"

WRITING SPOTLIGHT
dissecting sentences

WRITING LAB
revise "This I Believe" essay
peer reviews (optional)
print
(If you want to continue to work on your essay, you may work on it at home and bring it next time.)

Term 3 major projects and due dates

BOOK REPORTS
due Feb 24 & 25

THIS I BELIEVE Essay
last day at Writing Lab (Mar 9 & 10)--print
last day due without being late (Mar 11 & 12)

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE Reading Guide
due Mar 11 & 12

VOCABULARY ROOTS
Mar 17 & 18

READING LOG
Mar 17 & 18

Mar 4 & 8

VOCABULARY ROOT "spir"
(after today, five roots left; all due Mar 17 & 18)

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE reading
Reading Guides due Mar 11 & 12

WRITING SPOTLIGHTS
emusic ad--parallel constrution
Tone activity (see me for handout)
Active v. Passive Voice (Grammar Girl Listening Guide)

Mar 3

BRITTANY AND TIFFANY returned!

WRITING SPOTLIGHT: Improve sentence rhythm through parallel construction.

INTO THE WILD
Chapters 12-15 Reading Quiz
Presentations (Katie, Kathie, and Becca)
Discussion: Do you like Krakauer?

Mar 2 & 3

HOMEWORK DUE
Vocabulary roots "phile" and "liber"
"Parallel Construction" packet

BELLWORK
Vocabulary root "pulse"

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
As soon as you finish your blue Reading Guide, turn it in.

THIS I BELIEVE ESSAY revision strategies
Sentence Rhythm
a) Practice combining dependent clauses and independent clauses to create Compound-Complex Sentences.
b) Parallel Construction packet.

Feb 24 & 25

BOOK REPORTS in class
Choose one of the five options listed on the blue Book Report assignment paper. On the assignment paper, fill out the information at the top and have a parent/guardian sign it. Staple the blue paper to your Book Report.

I was hoping the Book Reports would be done by the end of class, but they won't be late if turned in by the next time.

Feb 26 & Mar 1

HOMEWORK due next time
Vocabulary roots "phile" and "liber"

VOCABULARY ROOT "photo"

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

THIS I BELIEVE revision strategies--you need a copy of your paper
(To this point, my hope is that your paper has all the content it should have. In other words, I hope you have a belief statement and a variety of DRAPES to support that belief. Next we're going to work on improving the writing.)

1. Ask someone to highlight words and phrases that have good voice. Then ask yourself if you need to work on word choice and personal voice.

2. In the margins of your paper, annotate DRAPES to see if you have a good variety. Also, your essay should NOT be completely based on personal experience. Find other examples of your belief so that your essay will appeal to more people.

3. SENTENCE RHYTHM
a) Read this sample paragraph about Korea and then count the number of words in each sentence. This paragraph is well written and has sentences of varying lengths.
b) Now count the number of words in each of your sentences (in your TIB essay). You should vary your sentence lengths--in other words, write some long sentences, some short, and some medium-length sentences.
c) Write some compound sentences and compound-complex sentences. Listen to this Grammar Girl link and complete this assignment.