Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:

• If you haven't finished your Finding Pioneer Sources and Taking Your Notes, get those handed in TODAY, please.
• Your Powerpoint is due by the end of class TODAY.  You will still be able to revise and edit before you present.
• No late work is accepted after December 19.  This includes receiving a grade for your notes, and includes any make-up you might need for reading logs or fluency practice. 
• If you have make-up work for the reading log or fluency graph, take it home and complete it as soon as possible. 

Here is the rest of our schedule for the semester:

December 10  Lab 223   PowerPoint Due  -- They are due today so the teacher can 

check them and let you know whether you are missing anything.  

This gives you the chance to revise and edit so you can earn full points! 

December 12, 16, 18: No labs available.  We will do other activities in class. 

January 5    Lab 211    Make needed corrections to PowerPoints. Take the SRI (Reading Test).

January 7     Lab 211   --  Present Your PowerPoints 

January 9  Read-a-Thon 

Monday, December 8, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:

• If you haven't finished your Finding Pioneer Sources and Taking Your Notes, get those handed in TODAY, please.
• Your Powerpoint is due by the end of class NEXT TIME.  You will still be able to revise and edit before you present.
• No late work is accepted after December 19.  This includes receiving a grade for your notes, and includes any make-up you might need for reading logs or fluency practice. 

Here is the rest of our schedule for the semester:

December 8 –Lab 211 

December 10  Lab 223   PowerPoint Due  -- They are due today so the teacher can 

check them and let you know whether you are missing anything.  

This gives you the chance to revise and edit so you can earn full points! 

December 12, 16, 18: No labs available.  We will do other activities in class. 

January 5    Lab 211    

January 7     Lab 211   --  Present Your PowerPoints 

January 9  Read-a-Thon 

Today: 

1. Individual Reading Time -- Fill out your reading log for today.

2. Fluency Practice

3. Prepare for Computer Lab -- 211 -- 

Your PowerPoint is due by the end of class next time.

 Share it with me on Google Drive, or bring it to me on a thumb drive. 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

1. Individual Reading Time -- Fill out your reading log for today.

2. Fluency Practice

3. Prepare for Computer Lab -- 223 --

• How to Take Notes
• Citation Machine

Finding Pioneer Sources -- Samples of the Finished Assignment


If you have finished taking all three pages of notes. . .


Order of things to do:

1. Sign up for your famous person after you have found him or her on Biography Reference Center.
2. Take notes on the Biography Reference Center article you found.
3. Find other articles using the encyclopedia and databases from Pioneer Library.
4. Save the URLs and MLA citations into the assignment for Finding Sources on Pioneer (using the Turn In button).
5. Take notes on the best two of those sources.

AFTER you have more than 24 interesting, specific facts about your person's life,
6. Start working on your presentation.
You'll need 24 or more interesting, specific facts,
six or more great illustrations,
three or more MLA citations for the sources you used.

4. Work in the Computer Lab -- 223.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Happy December!

1. Individual Reading Time -- Fill out your reading log for today.

2. Fluency Practice

3. Prepare for Computer Lab -- 223

Finding Pioneer Sources -- Samples of the Finished Assignment

If you have finished taking all three pages of notes. . .

Order of things to do:

1. Sign up for your famous person after you have found him or her on Biography Reference Center.
2. Take notes on the Biography Reference Center article you found.
3. Find other articles using the encyclopedia and databases from Pioneer Library.
4. Save the URLs and MLA citations into the assignment for Finding Sources on Pioneer (using the Turn In button).
5. Take notes on the best two of those sources.

AFTER you have more than 24 interesting, specific facts about your person's life,
6. Start working on your presentation.
You'll need 24 or more interesting, specific facts,
six or more great illustrations,
three or more MLA citations for the sources you used.

4. Work in the Computer Lab -- 223.

Finding Pioneer Sources -- Samples of the Finished Assignment

Example #1:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/articl...
Milbert, Neil. "Brady, Tom." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014. 

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDeta...
"Tom Brady." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Biography in Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/src/detail?sid=1e2...
TOM BRADY AS YOU FORGOT HIM. (cover story) 
Authors:
Rosenberg, Michael
Source:
Sports Illustrated. 1/9/2012, Vol. 116 Issue 1, p74-79. 6p. 6 Color Photographs.

If you have finished taking all three pages of notes. . .

. . . and have posted your three sources from Pioneer on Edmodo,  you could begin your PowerPoint (or Slides on GoogleDrive) using this template:


Using the template -- to fill in or to look at would make your project quicker to put together.

hero_powerpoint_template_20141.ppt

November 25, 2014

Have a marvelous Thanksgiving!

1. Individual Reading Time -- Fill out your reading log for today.



--Why you need reliable resources

2. Prepare for Computer Lab -- 223


Order of things to do:

1. Sign up for your famous person after you have found him or her on Biography Reference Center.
2. Take notes on the Biography Reference Center article you found.
3. Find other articles using the encyclopedia and databases from Pioneer Library.
4. Save the URLs and MLA citations into the assignment for Finding Sources on Pioneer (using the Turn In button).
5. Take notes on the best two of those sources.

AFTER you have more than 24 interesting, specific facts about your person's life,
6. Start working on your presentation.
       You'll need 24 or more interesting, specific facts,
        six or more great illustrations,
        three or more MLA citations for the sources you used.

3. Work in the Computer Lab -- 223.