Friday, October 9, 2015

Announcements and Reminders: Reading Log and Fluency checks will be today. You have until October 20 to finish handing in the computer lab exercises: Lewis and Clark -- Reliability and Using a Database -- Due 10-7-15 explorers site & BRC.docx Plagiarism  -- Due 10-9-15 Wikipedia  --  Due 10-20-15 Now that we have had 3 days in the computer lab, you will complete them as homework.                                                                   There is  a late bus available after school on Tuesday      through Thursday for students who wish to stay after to work     on their grades.  It leaves at 4 pm and drops off students       at the elementary schools nearest their homes. If you wish to order books from Scholastic,  the book orders will be due  by  Wednesday, October 14th.

Targets for Today: I will spend time reading something enjoyable.       I will work on improving my reading fluency.      I will better understand how to find reliable sources when I do research.

Today’s  Agenda: Today's activities: Pick up your folder from the black crate.  1. Begin class with Quiet Individual Reading.    Fill out your reading log!  2. Fluency Partner Practice -- with your elbow partner. Fill out your graph. 3. Computer Writing Lab 202 Finding Reliable Sources Remember the CRAAP test? Look at your handout/notes. 1) Use the same worksheet as last time and the time before, if you need to. (If you didn't complete the Lewis and Clark worksheet, finish it.)  explorers site & BRC.docx 2) Complete the Plagiarism Worksheet if you didn't yet. 3)  Learn about Wikipedia - Wikipedia exercise.docx Click on the Download Tab to open it. Why? http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/wikipedia/ Fill in the cloze document for this tutorial. Wikipedia exercise.docx Click on the Download Tab to open it. Then select a topic to look up on Wikipedia.     On the back of your handout you will record information about authors of your article.  What is Bias?   the viewpoint from which a person looks at something  Bias:   Accurate:  correct in all details; exact. Valid:  having a sound basis in logic or fact;  reasonable or cogent. You can use Wikipedia as a jumping off point -- to build background knowledge before you begin your serious research. ________________________________________ Look up a subject on Wikipedia. Your choice of subject.    Utah     Timpanogos Cave National Monument Lagoon American Fork, Utah American Fork High School Your favorite sports team or have another on cleared with me Look at the history:  (Click on "View history.") Go to "oldest."                                 ^ Check out five different contributors on that article.  What can you find out about them? example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Owen An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing. If you are doing this from home,  Plagiarism Computer Exercise Worksheet2014 (1).doc Click on the link, then click on the download tab if you need to print your own.  For the plagiarism worksheet --  a. Use the link here to go tohttp://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, both front and back. This is the link you will use for the back. http://www.loislowry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=196 You have until October 20 to hand in the computer lab exercises: Lewis and Clark -- Reliability and Using a Database -- Due 10-7-15 Plagiarism  -- Due 10-9-15 Wikipedia  --  Due 10-20-15 Now that we have had 3 days in the computer lab, you will complete them as homework.  Lab 202 is the Computer  Lab nearest our classroom.  Leave your backpacks.    Take a pen or pencil. Take the worksheet.

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete the worksheets as homework. Don't forget to complete the make-up reading and fluency practice.