Assignment for Students New to Reading 7

Today you are going to do research on Lois Lowry, the author who wrote The Giver, Number the Stars, Anastasia Krupnik, and many other books.  You will probably read The Giver in your seventh grade English class.

In this assignment you will follow directions to go to specific places on the Internet, answer questions on a document you will open from the Internet, and paste a photo from the Internet on that document.  You will save the document when you are done and also print it and hand it in. 

1. Keep this tab open.
2. Open a new window.
3. Move them so you can see at least part of this window and part of the new one.

In the new window
4. Go to the school website at http://afjh.alpineschools.org/   [You can cut and paste internet addresses -- which are called URLs] into the address bar.

5. Click on the tab for RESOURCES.

6. Click on Pioneer Online Library. 

7. Then click on the SIRS Discoverer icon that looks like this:

8. In the search bar, type in Lois Lowry.

9. This link should come up:  Click on it. 

  Lowry, Lois Compton's by Britannica; 2006; Lexile Score: 1230; 2K.

 This is an article about Lois Lowry from an encyclopedia .  

10. Open this document,  
Computer lab assignment for New Students– September 20.doc
and type in the answers you find in that encyclopedia article. 

After you have answered the questions from the encyclopedia, 
11. open another tab in that same window for http://www.loislowry.com/

12.  Now answer the questions on your document for this new site. 

13. Now go to  http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3326

14.  Now answer the questions on your document for this newer site.
15.  Follow the directions to place a photo of Lois Lowry on your document.

16. Save your document to a thumb drive or to your own student folder (with your student number).  Make sure you have your name at the top of the page and print it.