November 17, 2010

First Day of the third rotation!   
If you were just with Miss Gadd, you should be coming to Ms. Dorsey's class. 


We are going to focus on Reading the Internet and doing research -- especially online. 

Today:
Bell-Ringer:  Fill out the lower half of the Celebrity WebQuest Assignment Worksheet 1.
Start brainstorming celebrities -- famous people you'd like to research.


Reading strategies -- receive chart, discuss strategies
Inner Voices and read "Truth in Research."
Inner Voices  Individual Reading Time: 

Hand in an inner voices sheet for the article I assigned and one for you independent reading today.



Next time we will go to the computer lab.

Celebrity Quest Assignment

The following is information that applies to Term 1, 2010.  See newer posts for the Term 2 information.
 
The project may be found at http://celebrityquest.webs.com/ 
I have made some adaptations, including point values for grading.

The instructions are  available here:

Reading 7 WebQuest Assignment Instructions compatible(2).doc 



WebQuest Assignment Work-Sheet compatible.doc


For those who do not have access to the Internet  at home, copies of the assignment instructions are available in class. 

Find the web site evaluations at 

September 10, 2010

http://celebrityquest.webs.com/research.htm

Prepare your bibliography entries at   easybib.com 

If you need instructions for easybib, see Using easybib.com

The grading sheet is here:
  grading for evaluations and presentation.doc

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Looking for famous person to research?  

Try http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html

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Students, if you have this celebrity, did you look at this site:

Emily Rodda: http://www.emilyrodda.com/biography.html