Thursday, November 21

11/18

Today we discussed note taking expectations.  See today's slideshow screenshots below.
 

 

Words of the Day so far (definitions from Google-Oxford)

1. barrier (noun): something that blocks the way; an obstacle
2. claim (verb): state or assert that something is the case
3. cite (verb):  Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
4. source (noun): a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained
5. plagiarism (noun): taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
6. grit (noun):passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals
7. paraphrase (verb): express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
8. perspective (noun): a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance
9. context (noun): words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning
10. impact (noun): an effect or result

Our Word of the Day test will be Tuesday, November 25, which means I will also collect the Word of the Day worksheets at this time. (We will spend some time reviewing on Monday, November 24.) Go to QUIZLET to study your words, but remember that you will be using them in context of a story.  Memorizing the definitions may not be adequate.

Now overdue:

Topic Exploration Sheet:  This was the sheet that Mrs. Watson gave to students when we were in the LMC.  Your task was to skim through the various nonfiction books we had provided and write down topics of interest to you.  For full credit, you were supposed to find at least 15 topics that were at  least remotely appealing to you.  (Topics like WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, Dark Ages needed to be narrowed down into smaller subtopics.)  On the back, you were supposed to write your top three choices in topics, as well as the name of any partner you were thinking about having.

Topic-Narrowing Strategies:  To help students narrow their "ginormous" topics down, two strategies were offered: the inverted triangle method and the concept map method.  Students were supposed to attempt one of these by the end of the hour on Tuesday, November 12.

Topic Proposal Sheet:  This sheet is due Thursday, November 14.  Students will need to delve into their desired topic to complete this sheet with success.  They are expected to converse with their parent/guardian about this as well and get a signature from their parent/guardian that shows approval of their topic.  At the bottom, backside of this sheet, there is a spot for a partner approval, as well as parent permission for this as well.

NHD Working Bibliography document: Students were instructed to open a Google Document, name it with their name, followed by NHD Working Bibliography.  They put the heading Annotated Bibliography centered at the top and then made two subtitles, flush left, one for Primary Sources and the other Secondary Sources. Then they were to add the two sources from their Topic Proposal Sheet to it, positioning the two sources in its correct category (either primary or secondary).