Carry a Book

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

-Stephen King

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

B5 will  be at the Basketball games.  Those who do not go will  be able to use the computers.

B6: 
1. Individual Reading and fill out your reading log.
B6 will be able  to use computer lab 211.

Monday, December 17

Individual Reading and Fill out your Reading Log

Lab 211 -- Finish Scholastic Reading Inventory (on the computers) and then work on your ABC document and PowerPoint.


Use this template to make your PowerPoint:  
Famous Person PowerPoint Template.ppt 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

No Computer Lab today

• Individual Reading and fill out your reading log.
• San Diego Quick Test 
• Partner Fluency Practice  -- Pick up the new passage.
• Plagiarism Exercise (Cloze)
• Internet Crossword -- How well do you know terms from the Internet? 
• San Diego Quick Test 

We will go to the computer lab next time.

Bookmarks and Heaven. . .

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

1. Individual Reading

2. Brief review of ABC's  and PowerPoint

and about Charity Basketball days 

3. Take the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI).  Lab 201

SRI log-in:  Look for the poster in the computer lab.

If you have time after taking the SRI, finish up your ABC Evaluation and Taking Notes,  and/or  begin working on your PowerPoint.   

There will be no lab next time.

When you are ready to create your PowerPoint, use this template: 
Famous Person PowerPoint Template.ppt 

Stay on task.  We have only two more computer days before your PowerPoint is due. 


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Friday, December 7, 2012

Today is Pearl Harbor Day -- a good day to remember how others have preserved our freedom -- and to be grateful!
 

1. Individual Reading and fill out your Reading Log

2. Practice ABC Evaluation and Note-Taking

Example ABC and Practice Note-Taking
These are samples only. Do NOT use them for your project. 

Dean R. Koontz Article.doc  or 

Dean R. Koontz Article.docx 

ABCCombined Eval and Notes Koontz.doc

3. Computer Lab:
Finish your ABC Evaluating and Taking Notes  -- Computer Lab 211.   Open and turn in on Edmodo. 

Sample PowerPoint:
Margaret Thatcher.ppt


Find the downloads you need at the tab above labeled "Famous Person Project: Instructions and Downloads."

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

You will use  your Search and Select documents  to fill out the ABC Evaluating and Taking Notes Document. 

      The purpose of evaluating your websites is to practice noticing what makes a reliable and useful website.  As you fill it out, pay careful attention to the directions.  

      The purpose of taking notes is to collect the information you will use when you put together your powerpoint. 

Today
1.     Individual silent reading

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2.     Citations  for B6

• How to create a bibliography entry using bibme or easybib         

http://www.bibme.org/     or     http://easybib.com/ 

            Directions:  Using Bibme.org to Create Citations

Sample:  http://www.irenasendler.com/facts.asp

http://www.pbs.org/programs/irena-sendler/ 

http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/detail?vid=3&hid=122&sid=7c73520c-5523-401e-9ba8-edfd26a2cd25%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZzaXRlPXNhcy1saXZl#db=nfh&AN=6XN200805181905

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DO NOT USE EXPLORER!!!!!
Use Firefox as your browser.
Hover over Icons.
Today you are working ONLY on the hero you have selected and had approved.

3. Filling out your ABC document.
Practice Note Taking   

4.  Computer Lab 

Free Short Story for the Holidays

If you haven't, you really ought to read Tuesdays at the Castle (and the Dragon Slippers series, and anything by Jessica Day George!
Jessica Day George's very magical, very exclusive HOLIDAYS AT THE CASTLE: A TUESDAYS AT THE CASTLE SHORT STORY, is available FREE. Just click, and the story will download ... a bit like magic, no? http://bit.ly/V6NBV8

To Go Along with Our Just-Completed L.I.V.E. Week