Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Important Announcement from Mrs. Hancock:

     Several student were absent the last day of Mrs Hancock's class (last Wednesday) (some of you were gone for a field trip).  You missed the Mulan assignment, which is worth 30 points and is negatively impacting your grade. You have until cavetime today to come and fix this or it will stay a zero for the rest of the term.

     Please come!

     If students are interested in who is missing the assignments, they are as follows:

B5	B6
Taran A Derek A Brian D Abby P Hafen R Dillon S Keith T	Breanna B Alexis B Caralea H Nathan H Decin P Emily P Tre R (There was 1 no name assignment in b6)

 
For Ms. Dorsey's Rotation:

Please bring your thumb drive to class each time.   

Also bring a pencil or pen.

Today's Agenda: 

•  Notice on the seating chart (same as last time) where you sit.   
• Pick up your folder from the black crates at the front of the room. 

1. Individual Reading Time and Fill out Your Reading Log 

•     Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time.  It counts on your grade!   
•     If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

2. Partner  Fluency Practice

•     Make sure you fill out your graph every time! It counts on your grade!

3.  Computer Literacy: The Focus of this Rotation
Review of the Importance of Reliability:

A.  1) Customer Review from Amazon.co

2) http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/lewis-clark/ 

3) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-is-shot-in-the-leg

B. What is a URL?  
  URL 
                 The URL is the address of a site on the Internet.
                 You'll find the URL in the address bar on your browser.

  Example of a URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/detail?sid=7290207e-89c6-4abf-82f3-8c2971c1bafe%40sessionmgr15&vid=11&hid=14&bdata=JnNpdGU9YnJjLWxpdmU%3d#db=b6h&AN=103331CSLF10750140000044 

You won't want to copy the long ones, so use COPY and PASTE!

C. What is a Citation?  
 A citation is a formal way of telling where you got your information.  
Just trust me for now that we need to use them.  We'll talk later about plagiarism and citing sources.
To find our citation today,  when you are in Biography Reference Center,  all you have to do is copy and paste your MLA citation. 
It will look something like this:  

Example of a  citation / bibliography entry:

Paradowski, Robert J., and Paradowski Robert J. "Ray Bradbury." Critical Survey Of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition (2010): 1. Biography Reference Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.

Look for the Golden 

-->Ticket .  No, I mean Golden Page Icon at the right of your  Biography Reference Center page.

 

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4.  Computer Lab 211 

Follow the directions on your handout.
Day2 Computer Lab Directions.doc

 

     Finding your famous people on Biography Reference Center.

If you were not here last time, you need to sign up on Edmodo -- or add our group.   Ask for the code.   See the white instruction sheet in your folder.  http://www.edmodo.com/

You also need to complete the practice assignment.  
See  Turning in an Assignment on Edmodo.

Today

Log into the computer.   Open Firefox. Open our class blog at cavereading.blogspot.com.   and  Sign into Edmodo.  http://www.edmodo.com/ Look for any notes from Ms. Dorsey.

Instructions for Opening  Biography Reference Center Go to our school homepage  at  http://afjh.alpineschools.org/  (You could use the link just above this line.) Click on RESOURCES at the left. Click on Biography Reference CenteR. Continue to follow the directions on your handout.  Day2 Computer Lab Directions.doc