Thursday, April 26, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday, April 26, 2018:                           Class A4, hand in your inference assignment.  Find it here: A4 Only Inference Assignment Begin with quiet reading.

Targets for Today: I understand steps I can take to make sure the sources (especially online sources) that I use for information are both useful and reliable (trustworthy).    I can improve my fluency by better understanding my own reading habits, and by practicing!   (If time) I can read quietly for an extended time -- hopefully enjoying it!

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday, April 26, 2018: A4 needs to hand in the inference assignment. 1.  Pick up your folder and a book to read.  Read quietly. 2. Go to the Media Center  (QUIETLY!) to learn about finding useful and reliable sources.       Take a pen or pencil.   I.  Is it useful?   2.  Is it reliable?  3. Partner fluency practice -- A3 did, but A4 did not do fluency practice.  4. Individual, quiet reading time, if more time.  Whether or not we read again, fill out your reading log for today -- for the reading we did at the beginning of class.  Give yourself 10 minutes. Don't forget to hand in your inference assignment.

If You Were Absent: See above, and complete the make-up reading homework.

Vocabulary: accurate = correct; exact; true authority = the power or right or expertise to do something current = up-to-date purpose = the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. reliable = trustworthy relevant = closely connected or appropriate, "important to or helpful with  the matter at hand."

Help and Enrichment  CRAAP Test Currency      How up-to-date is it?    Relevance       Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? Authority        Who wrote or published this?         What makes them an expert? Accuracy         Is the information correct?          Can  you verify it in more than one place? Purpose         Why did they create this?  to inform or teach?  to persuade?                                 to sell?  to entertain?          How biased is it?

1. Current
        Date this information was published or updated
        Do the links on the page still work?

2.  Relevant
        Does this website relate to your question?   (It helps to have a clear question in mind.)
        Is this website too specific, too general, or just right?

3. Authority
       Who is responsible for the information on this website?
       Can you find contact information for the responsible person/organization?
       Is it a reputable person/organization?

4. Accurate
       Is there a bibliography of the author's sources?  (Do you know what a bibliography is?)
       Can you verify this information on another website?

5.  Purpose
       What is the domain of this website?
        What does that domain tell you about the purpose of the website?
        What is the website's bias?


Domains?  What is usually the purpose of each?
.gov?   .edu?  .org?   .com?   .net?     .ca?

Fake websites often put .com.co

What is a URL?
It is another name for the address of a website.
* 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.

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