September 14, 2010

Bell-Ringer: Pick up your folder.  Hand back and file.  Finish decorating your folders.

Mini-lesson:  Using reading strategies while reading on the Internet. 


Due Dates for Celebrity WebQuest:
September 10:  Complete at least one site evaluation and gather information
September 16: More site evaluations and gather more information
September 22:  Creating PowerPoints
September 28:  PowerPoints Due/Deadline for full points

Why this project?  Internet Literacy is  an important part of  our modern world.  We are practicing reading strategies while gathering knowledge and skills for doing research online and off.



Individual Reading Time and Individual Testing
Quick Conferences about your celebrityquest

Extra credit for a Useless Fact: The ZIP in Zip code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.  Tell me this fascinating factoid and earn 3 points of extra credit.  

ZIP is an acronym, "a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words." (Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.)