Adults Wondering What the Internet is in 1994

Watch this segment from the Today Show.  The stars are wondering just what the Internet is.  Also, they don't know how to read "Internet" like you do!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTPX4JW_Ts

Tuesday, February 1

 Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading/fill in log

emma watson example.ppt 


Computer lab to finish web evaluations

Good News: 

Your own pages are ready.  You are now able to save URLs, create your citations, and collect notes on your own pages.  Go to the wiki at

http://a2cavereading2011.pbworks.com

and follow the directions. 

For how to create citations and your bibliography for your PowerPoint, go to Creating a Bibliography.

 

Friday, January 28, 2011

Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading/fill in log


View Sample PowerPoint -- Your end product

See examples at (Jack Johnson.ppt ) and emma watson example.ppt 
  

       Introductions to  website evaluation forms

Reading Strategy:  Ask Questions!
specific questions about the subject
critical questions
   Who is the author or sponsor?
    How does the author know about this subject?
   What is the author's purpose?
    Can I depend on this author or sponsor for the truth?

What is true? 
  

Computer Lab 223
Link to wiki:  http://a2cavereading2011.pbworks.com 
Link to the Celebrity WebQuest Assignment:
http://afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com/

Due Dates: 

Website Evaluations Due: February 3 by the end of the period

      3 packets for a student doing the project alone

      5 packets for a student doing the project together

PowerPoint Due and will be shown on February 17

January 26, 2011

Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading/fill in log

Link to wiki:  http://a2cavereading2011.pbworks.com ,

View Sample PowerPoint -- Your end product
       Introductions to  website evaluation forms

Reading Strategy:  Ask Questions!
specific questions about the subject
critical questions
   Who is the author or sponsor?
    How does the author know about this subject?
   What is the author's purpose?
    Can I depend on this author or sponsor for the truth?
 
   
   

About primary and secondary sources

Computer Lab 212:
Searching the Web

To select a celebrity, go to http://a2cavereading2011.pbworks.com , copy from the page as directed, paste it into a comment box, and then fill in your information.
Doing Research on your celebrity.

_____________________________
Do this: 
Important!  Open this blog again in a new window.  Copy and paste the URL.   Leave this window open while you click on links from the other. 

Today we will learn about searching the Internet using an interactive tutorial at  http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/course
Go to the above web address (URL) and then  
click on START
then click on 06 Searching 
The image below is not a link.

Searching -- Quiz -- Advanced -- Quiz

. Internet project: Celebrity Webquest   Link to our blog about the webquest: http://afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com/
Look through the assignment to get acquainted with what you will need to do.


  If you haven't chosen your famous person, to help you make a final selection of a celebrity --  Look through the following sources for famous people you might be interested in.

Important Note:  You will need to end up with 3 to 5 different sources about your famous person.

1. Click on the Resources Tab.
2. Click on Academy of Achievement  either here or there.   Consider possible celebrities/famous people you see there.
3. Check the list at  http://www.people.com/people/celebrities/0,,,00.html 
4. And http://www.rd.com/interviews-celebrity-actors-musicians-athletes/ 
5. And http://www.notablebiographies.com/ 
6. And Incredible People.com   

To select a celebrity, go to http://a2cavereading2011.pbworks.com , copy from the page as directed, paste it into a comment box, and then fill in your information.
________________________________________________________________

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.

 ______________________________________If you have time, read the information below.
Internet and other computer vocabulary
Thanks to Oprah:  http://oprahgoesonline.blackhammer.com/glossary/glossary_pop.html

URL
Simply put, a Web page's address. In the alphabet soup that is Internet-ese, URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Just as every person on the Net has a unique e-mail address, every file and page on the Web has a unique URL. You can see the URL for the Web page you're on in that thin white horizontal box at the top of your browser. The first part of the URL (http) tells the browser it's looking for a Web page written (most likely) in HTML. The rest gives the name of the computer, then the directory that holds the page, and last but not least, the name of the file that makes up that particular Web page. (The file name typically ends with the .html or .htm suffix, which tells you and your computer it's an HTML file.) You can instantly swing over to any page on the Web by typing the page's URL into the white box and hitting the "Return" key.

Domain
The last two parts of an Internet address. Just as file extensions (such as .gif for GIF files) give some indication of what kind of file it is, the suffix at the end of an Internet site's domain name tells what kind of site it is. For example, .com means it's a commercial site, while other common ones include .edu, for educational institutions, .gov for government, .org for organizations and .org, for non-profit sites. For sites based outside the U.S., there are many others; .ca means the site originates in Canada, .au means the server's in Australia, while .uk means it comes from, well, you know.

Search engine
Your tireless cyber bloodhounds are your guides to the Web. The term search engine is usually used to include three different types of guides: true search engines, directories, and search agents. A "true" search engine uses a program (sometimes called a spider) to search the Internet for information and collate it in a database. A directory (Yahoo, for example) uses a database too, but the information in the database is researched by people, not programs. And an agent (Metacrawler) searches existing databases. There are also specialist directories and agents that search only shopping sites, for example.

About Primary and Secondary Sources (These are lesson materials for teachers, but reading through them gives you a good understanding about the difference between primary and secondary sources.)
http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/KASL/sources.html

"I'm Readin' a Book!"

You can watch this from home, but it gets blocked at school because it's on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRuwR2JSXI&feature=sub

January 20, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Pick up your own folder and spend about 10 minutes decorating it.  If you would rather not, or finish early, you may spend this time reading. 

Hand in disclosure signatures and VIP forms if you have brought them back. Hand them in to the wire basket for your period.

Self-Perception Survey -- scantron
Self-Assessment


Strategy Lesson: Inner Voices -- The Thief and the Cobbler
Practice
Apply to Sustained Silent Reading [Teacher note: copy more]
(San Diego Quick Test Individual Assessments)  [Teacher note: copy more?]



See the Calendar at the bottom of this blog.
About the Celebrity Webquest Project
  Sample PowerPoint
  The Website Evaluations
  Practicing Evaluating Websites  -- See blog post

Selecting a Celebrity
Here are some places you can browse for names and types of famous people:  http://afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com/p/resources.html
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html
  

Can you find out who makes this site?
http://www.notablebiographies.com/

Can you find out who makes this site?

http://incredible-people.com/

and lists of suggested people from our own project blog: 

http://afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com/p/celebrities-allowed-and-celebrities.html

 

Finding Reliable Sources

Lesson Material:  

Ouida Sebestyen  -- How reliable would each of these sources be?

1.    http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/sebestyen.html
2. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/164547.Ouida_Sebestyen
3. http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/sebestye.htm
4. http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=119492
5. http://www.amazon.com/Words-Heart-Ouida-Sebestyen/dp/044041346X   
6. Read this customer review from the Amazon link above.
   

   Customer Review from Amazon.com

    

Technology

Are you a tech native?

January 18, 2011

1. Bell-Ringer:  Find your assigned seat and prepare for Sustained Silent Reading
     Sustained, Silent Reading

2.  Discuss and Practice Reading Strategies 
Planning before reading
Reading -- Purpose
Authors' -- Audience, Purpose
      Practice planning for reading with the disclosure document.
3. Disclosure  -- Practice scanning for the answers for the quiz.
Disclosure Quiz

The disclosure signatures and the VIP sheet are due by January 24. Sooner is better.



To come: 
 -- Calendar
Inner Voices

About the Celebrity Webquest Project
Selecting a Celebrity

What You Will Need for This Class

Here are some required and suggested items.

For this reading class you will need these items each day:

• Bring your own pencils and pens every day. I will have some available to loan, but you should return them at the end of class, and should only rarely need to borrow.
• Bring lined paper.  
• For every class, bring a book to read during Supported Independent Reading.  You'll receive more information about how to select books.  
• You need a thumb drive for Ms. Dorsey's segment of Reading 7.  We are learning about reading the Internet (including doing research) and you will need a thumb drive on which to save your work. 

Computers and Internet
Note to Parents: If you have a computer and printer, you will want to check to see that you have enough printer ink on hand so your student can print off homework when needed for any class. Please encourage your student to finish and hand-in assignments before the deadline, so any computer or printer problems don't make them late.

During this segment of Seventh Grade Reading, we will be learning about reading the Internet, and will be doing research on the Internet.  Your student my need to finish some of the work outside of school hours.

If you do not have access at home, the student could use computers in our school media center, sometimes (such as during CaveTime) our computer labs are open to students who need extra time, and the Internet is available at the public library.
Parents should have signed a release for the student to use the Internet at school, and the student will need to have his or her Internet card (student ID card) in hand to use the Internet on the media center computers and in the other computer labs.

Second Semester Lunch Schedule

Click on this link:  Use the back button  to get back to this blog. 

Second Semester Lunch Schedule

 

New Semester!

The posts above this one are for Second Semester, Term 3!

Reading Political Cartoons

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/16/132946095/double-take-toons-bullets-and-ballots?sc=fb&cc=fp

A NewsWiki by the Creative Writing Class

Want to read the latest news (and some older news) from A.F. Junior?  Go to http://cavewriting2010b1.pbworks.com/w/page/34385746/Caveman-NewsWiki-January-2011 and see what Ms. Dorsey's creative writing students have written.  They worked like real reporters -- with a very limited time to create their articles. 

January 11, 2011 Today's Assignment

In the computer lab, leave this window and tab open, and go to Word.  Open a document.    This is the icon you will see on the desktop for Word:

 Copy the following questions from here to your word document.  Then type complete answers to the  questions.  Write complete sentences. 


When you are done, PRINT your word document and hand it in to the wire basket.

________________ Start copying here:
Name:                         
Period: 
Date: 

 Part 1.  

1.  What did you think about this unit (about using the computer and internet)? Was it worthwhile to you?  Why or why not? 

2. What did you learn that you didn't know before? 

3.  What did you enjoy most from this unit? 

4.  What did you like least? 

5.  What suggestions do you have for me so that future students can have an even better experience?

6.   What else would you like to tell me? 

Part 2.  
Tell about how you used each of the reading strategies as you read from the Internet while working on your celebrity webquest.   Write at least one complete, correct sentence for each.  See the chart below for explanations of the following strategies. See the tab above for more information on fix-up strategies. 

1) Noticing your own thinking


2) Activating and adding to your schema


3) Questioning


4) Making Connections


5) Predicting


6) Visualizing


7) Making Inferences


8) Determining Importance and Summarizing


9) Recognizing Text Patterns


10) Using External Text Features


11) Using Fix-Up Strategies

_________________ copy to here = Stop copying here.

When you are done, PRINT your word document and hand it in to the wire basket. 

When you are done, ask to take the attitude survey.

If you have extra time, you may play games at

http://www.fun-with-words.com

Do not go to other sites or programs without asking Ms. Dorsey.

Getting Acquainted with Reading Strategies
	Noticing Your Own Thinking  ( Listening to your Inner Voices) When you are “reading,” you should notice whether or not you are really reading and understanding.   I f you couldn’t  tell someone about what you just read, you need to apply one or more of the strategies below. ____________________________________________________
	Activating and Adding to Your Schema (Background Knowledge) Your schema is your background knowledge and experience and how they’re linked together.  The more you have, the better you are able to understand and remember the new things you learn.
	Questioning Strategic readers ask questions before, during, and after reading.
	Making Connections Using schema, the sum total of your background knowledge and experience, helps you make connections.  There are three main kinds of connections readers make:      s Text-to-Self               s Text-to-Text               s Text-to-World
	Predicting Predicting is using information from the text and your own experiences to make guesses about s what the author will say next      s what will happen next        show things will turn out
	Visualizing Visualizing is the ability to make words on a page real and concrete.  It is making a movie in your head.
	Making Inferences (Reading Between the Lines) Inferring allows readers to make their own discoveries without the direct comment of the author.  Clues in the text + Your background knowledge and experience = Inference
	Determining Importance and Summarizing What is important in a text depends on your purpose for reading it.  Strategic readers can identify the main idea or tell what the text is mostly about.  Determining importance includes finding the main idea and the major supporting details for that idea.  You have to determine importance to summarize.
	Recognizing Text Patterns (Internal Text Structures) Text Patterns are the ways the authors organize their writing.  They might organize the information as SEQUENCE, CHRONOLOGICAL, LIST, COMPARE AND CONTRAST, CAUSE AND EFFECT, QUESTION/ANSWER, PROBLEM/SOLUTION,  or DESCRIPTION, or a combination of patterns.
	Using  External Text Features   External Text Features are helps that aren’t just the main body of writing.  They include headings, subheadings, pictures, captions, bolded words, graphs, charts, tables of contents, sidebars, annotations, italics, etc.
	Fix-Up Strategies include other things you can do when you’re not comprehending what you read.   Fix-up strategies include rereading (in a different way), reading ahead, reading aloud, adjusting your reading rate, dealing with problem words, checking other resources, and asking for help.   To deal with a problem (unknown) word, you can check it for familiar word parts (prefixes, suffixes, roots, small words), use context clues,  or look it up.

last updated by C. Dorsey  8-18-10

 

January 11, 2011

Assessments to finish your reading class.

One more play for B3, if time


1. Bell-Ringer:  Individual Reading Time
2. Computer Lab to type response to questions about our class -- on MyAccess, if it's up.
San Diego Quick Assessment
Attitude Survey

Are You Internet Savy?

Are you computer savy?  Are you computer-literate?  'Net-literate? 



Do you use facebook?

http://www.rd.com/content/printContent.do?contentId=187325&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=790&modal=true

Do you blog?

http://www.rd.com/content/printContent.do?contentId=187325&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=790&modal=true

How about YouTube?

http://www.rd.com/content/printContent.do?contentId=187325&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=790&modal=true

Last Day to Hand in Late Work -- January 7

The last day to hand in late or revised work is January 7.  You MUST present your celebrity PowerPoint on January 7.

Notice republished 1-6-11.  See also class calendar.

Sample PowerPoint

See this sample.
rodda.ppt

For more information on your PowerPoint assignment, see afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com,  and click on the tab for "Presentation."

If you need to move from one computer to another as you work on your PowerPoint, it will likely be helpful to save it in a compatible file (e.g. doc instead of docx).   We cannot open ODP files here at school, so save presentations created on OpenOffice in PowerPoint format.

More on Extra Credit

Go to

Extra Credit

All extra credit opportunities from this year, except handing in work early, are still available through Friday, January 7.  When you hand it in, please include the date of the post you found the extra credit on.  

Memorize a quote:  5 points each if you can say a quote fluently to me.

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.”   -- Jane Hamilton  

“Each time we re-read a book we get more out of it because we put more into it; a different person is reading it, and therefore it is a different book.”  -- ?

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” -- Ray Bradbury   (American science-fiction short stories and novels writer,1920) --

http://en.thinkexist.com/search/searchquotation.asp?search=reading+books

_________________________________

"We read to find ourselves, more fully and more strangely than otherwise we could hope to find."
— Harold Bloom 

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/94693

________________________________

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.  -- Sir Richard Steele  

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.  -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762) 

-- http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?homesearch=reading&page=8

January 13, 2011

You may bring treats and simple games  for the last 15 minutes of class.  

Last day of Reading 7 -- finish assessments
Finish San Diego Assessment.
Book Pass


B4 Play presented

January 7, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Individual Reading for twenty minutes and fill out your reading log for today. 

Present all Celebrity PowerPoints.

January 5, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Individual Reading for twenty minutes and fill out your reading log for today.


Computer Lab to create PowerPoint Presentations.  These will be presented on Friday, January 7.

_____________________________
View:
Another PowerPoint Sample
Review of requirements and suggestions

See our afcelebritywebquest.blogspot.com for information about the presentation.  See the tab labeled "Presentation."





For B3 --
http://cavereading2010b3.pbworks.com/
For B4 --

January 3, 2011

  1. Bell-ringer: Silent Conversation

Topic:  What I read over the Christmas break (and/or) What I did instead of reading

Directions:
1. Pick up a sheet of lined paper from the pile provided.
2. Write at least three sentences about the topic above.  Write your name by each entry you make.
3.  Pass the paper back one.
4.  Respond with at least one sentence to what the previous student wrote.  (What would you say to that if you were having a verbal conversation?  Would you ask a question, make a connection to your own life, respond with words to describe what the student wrote?)
5.  Keeping the same paper, write at least three new sentences of your own about the topic above.
6. Pass the paper back one.
Repeat the above steps.  If you are sitting at the back of the column of seats,  after you have written pass the paper to the person at the front of your column.

[If your were absent, make up this assignment by writing one page about  the Christmas/New Years Break we just had.]

2. About the Celebrity Webquest Project.
You should have your website evaluations finished and checked off by the teacher.  They were due December 14.
If you haven't, finished your website evaluations by Wednesday, January 5. We will be in the computer lab to create your PowerPoint Presentations about your celebrities.
All students will present their PowerPoints on Friday, January 7.

3. Individual Reading time and Ms. Dorsey checking with individuals and partners about their celebrity projects. 
[If you were absent, make up silent reading time by reading twenty minutes and creating a log entry to attach to your reading log.]