02.27 - Thesis, Main Ideas, Outlines

At the beginning of class today, everyone had 20 minutes to work on their summary notecards for the background section of their public figure project. After 20 minutes, we came back together as a class and I reviewed how to write a thesis and main ideas and then how to use these in creating an outline. Notes from this discussion are below as is a video reviewing how to create an outline in NoodleTools.

Notes on writing a thesis statement:

 

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 Notes on writing a thesis statement (cont'd):

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Main Ideas:

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Writing an outline:

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How to create an outline in NoodleTools (video):

(the video was created with another class so some of the finer points may relate more closely to that project, but how to create an outline in NoodleTools remains the same).

Everyone then had the rest of the period to complete their notecards. Homework this weekend is creating an outline of the background section.

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
     3 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     3 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their notecards. I was on hand to answer questions and went around to check in with students.

Handouts:
Outline Information
Thesis Statement Information
Main Idea Information
Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information 
NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

NoodleTools: Outlines

NoodleTools: Notecards

NoodleTools: Bibliography

Research: Using Marvel and Google

 

Homework:

Complete all source citations and notecards, create thesis statements and main ideas for the background section of your paper.

Combine notecards and thesis statement/main ideas to make an outline in NoodleTools.

Revise or complete any assignments as necessary.  

02.26 - Paraphrase and Quotation

At the beginning of class today, we briefly reviewed paraphrase and quotation, how to create notecards in NoodleTools, and the notecard requirements for this project (see below).

Notecard Requirements:
10 notecards total
     3 summary notecards
     2 paraphrase notecards
     2 quotation notecards
     3 free choice notecards (summary, paraphrase, or quotation)

Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on their notecards. I was on hand to answer questions and went around to check in with students.

Handouts:
Quotation Information
Paraphrase Information
Summary Information 
NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Video Tutorials:

NoodleTools: Notecards

NoodleTools: Bibliography

Research: Using Marvel and Google

Homework:

At this point with your research, you should have at least 5 notecards created (if you don't get up to this number for homework).

Revise or complete any assignments as necessary. 

02.25 - Set 10 Roots and Prefixes quiz / Paraphrase and Quotation

At the beginning of class today, we reviewed set 10 roots and prefixes with the game "Zoo" that was taught to us by a student in the class. The roots, prefixes, and words addressed through this activity are available below.

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After the quiz, we corrected responses as a class. The quizzes were then turned in and will be added to the gradebook this weekend.

Next, we reviewed how to paraphrase and quote sources in our research and looked at how to make notecards in NoodleTools (see notes below). We also looked at reworking our due date schedule for research given where we are at with our work this week and the re-scheduling of winter carnival from the Friday before break to this Friday.

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We will look at how to adjust dates after 3/5 later according to what pacing is best for the class.

Tomorrow, everyone will have the class period to work with this material.


Homework:

Identify passages in your research sources that you would like to paraphrase or quote. We will incorporate this information on notecards tomorrow.

Revise or complete any assignments as necessary.

02.24 - Grade Reports / Paraphrase and Quotation

At the beginning of class today, we had a quick check in around what people did for break. Everyone had four minutes to chat with a partner. We then went around and each group shared out one of the things they had learned about their partners vacation (the instruction slide from class is below).

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I handed out grade report sheets for the assignments completed so far for quarter 3 and returned work that was handed in just before vacation.

We then reviewed the work we will be doing for the Public Figure Project using an informational sheet that I handed out in class. This lead us into a review of summary and then discussion about what good use of paraphrase and quotation involves. In the last five minutes of class, people used the informational sheets from class to write a found poem describing how to quote or paraphrase correctly (depending on which sheet they were using).

Handouts:
Quotation Information (from the LHS Research Guide)
Paraphrase Information (from the LHS Research Guide)

Homework:

Prepare for the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz (rescheduled from Thursday 2/13).

If you did not yet complete your notecards with three sentences that summarize each source, do so for homework.

Revise or complete any assignments as necessary.

02.13 - Snow Day

There was no school today due to the weather.

The roots/prefix quiz scheduled for today will be rescheduled for the Monday that we return from break.



Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish cataloging your sources in your bibliography and finish your three sentence summary notecards for each source.

Prepare for the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz for this Thursday.
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.

02.12 - Sources and Summaries

At the beginning of class today, everyone worked on either the set 10 roots and prefix practice or tried out an alternate roots and prefix activity (if they had finished the practice sheet already).

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Alternate roots/prefix activity (completed in individuals' writer's journals)

After 20 minutes, we reviewed the answers to the practice sheet and people shared out their roots/prefixes stories.

We will have the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz tomorrow.

We then returned to working with sources and note cards summaries of sources for the public figure project. I handed out a section overview to help people better understand the development of our research. For today, people should be particularly focused on the first section and making sure that the sources they find help them answer the questions associated with that section.

Everyone had the rest of the period to work with their sources, bibliography, and notecards.

Handouts:
NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Public Figure Project - Section Overview

Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet


Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish cataloging your sources in your bibliography and finish your three sentence summary notecards for each source.

Prepare for the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz for this Thursday.
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.  

02.11 - NoodleTools Bibliography and Notecards

At the beginning of class today, we reviewed how to create a bibliography and notecards in NoodleTools.

Everyone then had the rest of the period to do the following:

1 - Identify at least three sources that provide good background information on your public figure.
 2 - Catalog your sources in your NoodleTools bibliography.
3 - Create a three sentence summary for each individual source as a note card.

Handouts: 
NoodleTools: Getting Started
NoodleTools: Bibliography
NoodleTools: Notecards

Information on notecards from these handouts is also available via the instructional videos below. These videos were created for another project topic, but the process remains the same.

Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish cataloging your sources in your bibliography and finish your three sentence summary notecards for each source.

Prepare for the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz for this Thursday.
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.

02.10 - Revision & Creating Projects on NoodleTools

In the first part of class today,  I handed out the practice sheets for set 10 roots and prefixes. Everyone worked with these sheets and I also handed out grade report sheets for the third quarter and returned assessed work. Everyone had this time to work on their roots and prefixes and/or work on any revisions indicated on the returned work.

In the second part of class, I showed everyone how to sign up for NoodleTools. We reviewed how to do a bibliography on NoodleTools and then everyone had time to get on a computer and create their project on NoodleTools. For a review on how to create a project and enter sources into the bibliography, see the video below.

When signing up for NoodleTools, check the options shown below and then enter your name (last name goes first) with a dash and then the name of the person you will be researching (see my example with Nikola Tesla).

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Handouts:
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet
Public Figures Source Summaries


Homework:

Determine your three sources (or more) for the general background on your public figure. Record these on the Public Figures Source Summaries sheet.

Prepare for the set 10 roots and prefixes quiz for this Thursday.
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Word List
Set 10 Roots and Prefixes - Practice Sheet

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.

02.06 - Big Rooty / Using Marvel and Google

At the beginning of class today, we reviewed the set 09 roots and prefixes with a new language game called "Big Rooty". I taught everyone the game and then we brought in the roots and prefix element as a way of reviewing for the quiz (rules and notes from class below). We then had the set 09 quiz which we corrected together in class.

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(The game's title slide is an edit of an album by the Basement Jaxx)

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Next, I reviewed how to access the online Student Research Center through Marvel database and looked at how to use Google and Google Scholar to find sources related to everyone's public figures. A review video of how to use these searches is available below. The video was made for a class doing another topic, but all of the advice and information regarding how to use the search engines is solid for any project and general interest.

Homework:

Identify three strong (reliable with plenty of information) for your public figure.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.

02.04 - Public Figure Project: Background Information

For class today, we began work on our public figure project. At the beginning of class I checked in with individuals on what person they had decided to research. I then reviewed the overall structure of the paper and what the research process will look like. In sum, the paper will consist of four sections and we will use the same research pattern to gather, outline, and write about information learned through research (see slides below).

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Everyone had the rest of the period to begin researching their public figure. For today, no one need to decide on what sources they were using. The idea was to begin gathering and finding information and then later we will look at how to determine which information is good and valuable.


Homework:

Continue researching your chosen public figure. We will look at how to determine which information is useful and credible next class.

Prepare for the set 09 roots and prefixes quiz on Thursday.
Roots and Prefixes Set 09 - Word List
Roots and Prefixes Set 09 - Practice

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.

02.03 - Roots and Prefixes Set 09 / Revisions

At the beginning of class today, I handed out set 09 roots and prefixes sheets and returned set 08 revisions. Everyone had the first half of class to work on their set 08 revisions and complete the word list sheet for set 09. If anyone had extra time their focus should have been on coming up with multiple examples for the different roots/prefixes.

Roots and Prefixes Set 09 - Word List
Roots and Prefixes Set 09 - Practice

In the second half of class, I reviewed overall performance on the found poems we did last week for Bob Seeger and Janet Yellen. In this review, I also focused on how to achieve a 4 on this sort of assignment. Everyone had the remaining time in the period to complete or revise their Seeger and Yellen found poems.

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Homework:

Complete or revise your Seeger or Yellen found poem(s) as necessary.

Prepare for the set 09 roots and prefix quiz on Thursday.

Complete or revise any work that scored below a 3.

01.31 - Roots and Prefixes Quiz / Week Review

At the beginning of class today, everyone had a few minutes to review this week's roots and prefixes. We then played a round of language ninja to review these words (directions and notes from our game below). Then, everyone took the roots and prefixes quiz which we then corrected together as a class.

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I then reviewed the work that we were completing this week and everyone had time to make sure they had completed these assignments and submitted them for grading this weekend. These assignments were:

Pete Seeger found poem
Yellen article processing questions
Yellen Found  Poem

Homework:

If you did not do so in class today, complete the following assignments:
Pete Seeger found poem
Yellen article processing questions
Yellen Found  Poem

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.