Friday, October 12, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                           October 11 was the deadline for all late or missing work for Term 1, and for extra credit work. You will be able to hand in your unused hall passes by the last class day of the term. October 12  -- Friday        About  The CRAAP Test                                (Know the words and their meanings for a quiz next time.) October 16   End First Term -- Test on the Strategies so far  FALL BREAK  October 23   Begin New Term/Second Term --  The Bill of Rights and Remembering October 25   After reading -- Strategies to Reduce  October 29   More about Strategies to Retain October 31       Final Test  November  2    Readathon November 6 -- Move to Mrs. Fugal's  =========================================

Targets for Today: I can find information on the Internet that is both reliable and useful. I can recognize when information is unreliable or not helpful to my purpose.

Today’s  Agenda: Media Center Presentation on CRAAP!?!?            Leave by A3 - 12:15   and   A4 - 1:35.             TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.   Media Center "Fieldtrip"      We are learning today about using the CRAAP Test to find useful and reliable information. Mrs. Jones Mrs. John Do you know them?   The CRAAP Test for Finding Trustworthy Sources  ⇉ ⇉  You will memorize  the parts of the CRAAP Test.   Be able to explain each part of the mnemonic.  Independent Reading -- NONE  Select a book to read. Do a SELF Check:        Study area,       Emotions,      Level of difficulty (of the material you're reading), and how you're       Feeling physically Read quietly for about 15 to 20 minutes. Fill out your reading log.  Example   10-12-18  x The House with a Clock in Its Walls, pp. 70 - 86  15  If you're absent, or were off-task during reading time, or didn't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework. Fluency Practice, if time Participate appropriately as both reader and listener.       Fill out your fluency graph for each time you read.  Example Date 10-12-18 10-13-18 Passage 618 618 Words Per Minute 143 (your own WPM) 153   (your own WPM) A3 did this once. A4 did three turns.

If You Were Absent:  See above and below.  Complete the make-up reading assignment.

Vocabulary: C = Currency --  How up-to-date is it?      R = Relevance -- Is it what I need or want?  Does it help me? A = Authority --    Who wrote or published this?    What makes them an expert? A = Accuracy --  Is the information correct? Can you verify it in more than one place? P = Purpose --   Why did they create this?   to inform or teach?   to persuade?   to sell?   to entertain?          and How biased is it?    If you're dying to watch the music video we watched in the media center, here is the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8ajc5FrT8

Help and Enrichment  Your test on the CRAAP Test will look like this:  C stands for __________________________________ This word means R stands for __________________________________ This word means A stands for __________________________________ This word means A stands for __________________________________ This word means P stands for __________________________________ This word means Continue to practice your first ten Presidents of the United States: George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler From the CRAAP Presentation -- Elements of a Website  Name of Website and Author -- accuracy and authority Navigation Bar --  authority and purpose About  -- authority and purpose Mission Statement -- relevance, authority, and purpose Citations --  currency, authority, and accuracy URL -- the website's address -- purpose and authority       Domains -- .com, .gov, .edu, .net, .mil  Advertisements -- purpose  Links -- test them -- currency, authority, and accuracy ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Reliable?  What clues can you use to determine whether or not these contain reliable information? Source:  https://www.theonion.com/                            Source:  https://www.theonion.com/ Daniel Craig as James Bond  Note:  Articles on The Onion are intended as satire -- jokes that the reader is hopefully in on.