Friday, September 6, 2013

No computer lab today.
1.  Individual Reading -- Don't forget to record your reading on your reading log.
Student manila folders -- 
Bring your whole manila folder to your desk, please. 

2. Fluency Practice

3.  Finding reliable information for your hero project.
RELIABLE? 

  Look on edmodo for your 
Practice Search and Select
and
 ABC Evaluation and Taking Notes Document  

3. Practice Notetaking 

4.  If time, Internet crossword

See this link for a comment on Credibility.

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 Reading Strategy:  Asking Questions  

a. specific questions about the subject
b. 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?

Is this site reliable?
Is this site  useful?

Lesson on Finding/Evaluating  Reliable Sites --  The ABCs of Finding Reliable URLs*
Check on each of these items: 

A  Author  (Who wrote or sponsored this?)
B  Bias   (What is their purpose?)
C  Coverage  (Does this have the information you need, and does the information agree with what you have already learned about the subject?)
D  Dates  (Is the information timely?  For instance, information about Abraham Lincoln posted on the Internet in 2000 could most likely still be very helpful information.  Information posted on the Internet about Justin Bieber in 2000 isn't going to provide all you need to know. 
Also, has a website been updated recently?  The most reliable websites are regularly updated and improved by their authors and sponsors.) 
E   Editor  (Does the site look professional?  Is it easy to use? Has it been carefully edited for conventions such as spelling and punctuation?)





* Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator
According to The American Heritage Dictionary,  The term URL is a noun and it is 
"an Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade)."

Find the URL in the address bar on your browser.

Address Bar