October 25, 2012

Roll/Hand out cavetime slips.

If you have not 

• handed in your Search and Select document, have not 
• reserved your "hero," or have not 
• answered the first five questions on the Evaluating and Taking Notes on Sources document 
• and turned them in, you need to finish that up as homework (or during cavetime) by Thursday night.

We will be in computer lab 201, but today instead of working on your hero project, you will complete an exercise about avoiding plagiarism.  

• Today it is important to read and follow the instructions here and on your worksheet. 

• You will open and leave open this post here on our class blog. 
•  You may help each other, but don't just do it for someone else or just give them all the answers. 

Activity 1. Computer Lab
 Learning about plagiarism
(In case you are absent, here is the handout to print if you would like to complete this at home: Plagiarism Computer Exercise Worksheet2012.doc

Computer lab for Plagiarism exercise
Part I: 
1. Learning about Plagiarism
2.  Receive the  document:     Plagiarism Computer Exercise 
a. Use the link here to go to   http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/plagiarism.html#
b. Listen to and read along with the information about plagiarism.  (Yes, you may turn on the sound on your computer!  The room will be noisy, but sometimes that's okay.)
c. Answer the questions on the worksheet.

Part II.    (You are still using the same worksheet.)

Is this Plagiarism? 

Use the link here  to go to
http://www.loislowry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=196

Answer the questions on the worksheet.  Leave this site open for the next part.  

Part III.  Bibme for Creating a Bibliography
This is the easiest bibliography maker I've found.

bibme.org

If it isn't working use easybib.com.

Follow the instructions on your worksheet to create a bibliographic citation for the Lois Lowry site. 
http://www.loislowry.com/

We will return to the classroom after most students have finished this exercise. 

If time: 

(Optional)  Activity 2.  Fluency Practice  (Pairs, Passages) -- Pair with your neighbor across the aisle, or as directed by the teacher.

Activity 3.    Individual Reading and Reading Log