Peer Planner Evaluation, Prepare for quiz then Response 7

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• Peer Planner Evaluation, Prepare for quiz then
  Response 7
• How comfortable are you using computers?
• What computer programs do you know well?
• What is your experience doing research and
  writing research papers?
• Do you like doing research? How well do you
  think you write?
• What do you know about peer editing?
• When was the last time you did it? Was it
  effective

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Chapter7 Quiz (Get in Groups of up to 5
students. Hand in One Per Group)

1. Create an exam about Chapter 7. The exam MUST
   contain
2. 5 multiple choice
3. 5 True/False
4. 5 Short Answer
5. 1 Essay question

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Chapter 8 Researching and WritingGathering and
Communicating Ideas

• Keys to Success, Sixth Edition
• Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman
  Kravits

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Research, etc

• Computer Research requires computers
• We will be using room 212
• SHARING with another class
• Each time you complete an assignment, meet back
  in this classroom for a debriefing.

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Website

• http//ttosspon.wikispaces.com
• http//ttosspon.wikispaces.com/Writing_Research

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How Can You Find Reliable Information
on the Internet?

• Start with a Search Engine
• Use a Search Strategy
• Use Critical Thinking to Evaluate Every Source
• Research Tree Octopus
• List 3 Facts about the Tree Octopus and turn it
  in.

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Internet Search Strategy

• Think carefully about what you want to locate
• Use a search engine to isolate sites under your
  desired topic or category
• Explore these sites to get a general idea of
  whats out there
• Use your keywords in a variety of ways to uncover
  more possibilities
• Evaluate the number of links that appear
• When you think you are done, start over

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Evaluating Internet Information The CARS Test
for Information Quality

• Credibility
• Accuracy
• Reasonableness
• Support
• Take a Look at Key 8.3, pg 249

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Group Project

• Using the CARS method, evaluate the articles
  given to your group
• These are more reliable because they have Fact
  Checkers and Research to back them up.

More reliable Less reliable
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Tree Octopus Facts

• Donald Leu, University of Connecticut
• fabricated (made up) the tree octopus to test
  students ability to evaluate information they
  find on the internet.
• Created http//zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ 
• Did YOU trust the website?
• How does it stand up to CARS

• Credibility
• Accuracy
• Reasonableness
• Support

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http//ttosspon.wikispaces.com/Writing_Research

• Fill out CARS worksheet by choosing 1-2
  articles from website. Click on a link, analyze
  the article. Get definitions from pg 249

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Google (Yes, Its a Verb) (pg 251)

• Form a group of up to 5 students. Follow the
  directions on pg 251.
• Choose a common topic to search. How many hits?
• How many different topics did your search return
  other than the topic you intended?
• Select 2 off-the-topic links and write a thesis
  statement that would require to use these leads
  in your research.
• What does this tell you about using search
  engines?

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Writing for a Purpose

• Form into groups
• Each group will choose a topic (or present one of
  your own!)
• ? Tooth brushing
• ? Ice cream
• ? Automated teller machines (ATMs)
• ? Sleep deprivation
• ½ of your group members will write a persuasive
  the other ½ of your group members will write an
  informative skit/speech about your topic

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What Is the Writing Process?

• Planning
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing

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The Four Stages of the Writing Process

• Planning Brainstorming, Free-writing,
  Journalists Questions, Research, Thesis
  Outline
• Drafting Introduction, Main Ideas (Body),
  Supporting Evidence, Conclusion
• Revising Step back, take another look, be more
  objective
• Editing Correcting errors - everyone must do
  this!

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Write a thesis statement

• This is the CENTRAL MESSAGE you want to
  communicate!
• State your subject and your point of view
• It should reflect your writing purpose inform or
  persuade?
• It should be appropriate for the audience the
  readers.

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Planning your essay

• Evidence Gathering Sheet
• Determine topic
• Determine purpose
• Combine the two to create THESIS
• Give REASONS youthink that to be true
• Each reason becomesa topic sentence

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Evidence Gathering
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Essay planning part 2

• Take each one of yourReasons from the topic
  starter
• Develop each onemore fully into a para.With 2
  examples

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Evidence Gathering Paragraphs
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Brainstorming

• Write down thoughts
• related to the topic
• Organize the ideas
• into categories

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Organizing the Body of a Paper

• By Time in order or reverse order
• By Importance Most important to least important
  or reverse
• By Problem Solution Straightforward!
• By Argument present both sides make your own
  conclusion at the end
• By Cause Effect how events, ideas, or
  situations caused subsequent events
• By Comparisons How events, people, situations,
  and ideas are the same (hint find similes and
  metaphors)
• For more ideas, take a look at Key 8.5

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Avoiding Plagiarism
by the way.. We use Turnitin.com here!

• Plagiarism is the act of using someone elses
• exact words, figures, unique approach, or
  specific
• reasoning without giving credit.
• Some ways to avoid plagiarism include
• Make sources notes as you go.
• Learn the difference between a quotation and a
  paraphrase.
• Use a citation even from an acceptable
  paraphrase.
• Understand that lifting material off the Internet
  is plagiarism.
• Take a Look at Key 8.6 for an example

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Citing your Sources

• Cite all mentions of another authors original
  ideas, statistics, studies, borrowed concepts
  phrases, images, quoted material, and tables.
• You do not have to cite facts which are commonly
  known by your audience and easily verified in
  reference sources.
• Specifics are cited, general knowledge is not.
• When in doubt, cite your source.

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In-text citations

• (also known as parenthetical documentation)
• In other words- in parentheses.
• Your in-text citations work with your
  bibliography (works cited) page to identify where
  any quotes or ideas borrowed from another author
  came from.
• References in the text MUST clearly point to
  specific sources
• in the list of works cited.
• - MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,
  6th ed.

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Works Cited page MLA style citation

• Include a Works Cited page listing all sources
  cited within the body of the paper.
• Double-space, alphabetize the entries.
• Do not indent first line, but do indent the
  following line(s) in an entry. (Called hanging
  indent in MSWord.)

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Works Cited page

• Halio, Jay L., "Elizabethan Age." Grolier
  Multimedia Encyclopedia. Scholastic
• Library Publishing, 2006. HF-L High School. 1
  Apr 2006 lthttp//gme.grolier.comgt.
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• Life in Elizabethan England. Summer 2005. 31 Mar
  2006 lthttp//renaissance.dm
• .net/compendiumgt.
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• Pressley, J. M. "An Encapsulated Biography."
  Shakespeare Resource Center,
• February 10, 2005. 3 Mar 2006 lthttp//www.bardweb
  .net/man.htmlgt.
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• Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York
  Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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• Thomas, Heather. The Life in Times of Queen
  Elizabeth I. 23 Mar 2006. 1 Apr
• 2006 ltwww.elizabethi.orggt.

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In-text citations Direct Quote

• example
• When Mercutio is wounded, he screams A plague
  on both your houses! referring to both the
  Capulets and the Montagues (Shakespeare 70).
• The parenthetical notation (Shakespeare 70)
  identifies where the quote came from and refers
  to your bibliography page for further publication
  information.

Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Romeo and
Juliet. New York Scholastic, Inc., 1969.
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Direct Quotes

• Direct quotation
• Educators are cautioned that labels tend to
  stick, and few people go back later to document a
  shifting profile of intelligences (Gardner 139).
• Paraphrase with in-text citation
• Gardner explains that there are difficulties in
  labeling children with a type of intelligence,
  including the problem that labels may last, while
  the assessment may change (139).

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How to Paraphrase
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Which of these should be cited?

1. On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center and
   the Pentagon were attacked by hijacked
   airplanes.
2. Atta, Binalshibh, al Shehhi, and Jarrah had lived
   in Germany and were chosen over more established
   Al Qaeda members due to their exposure to the
   West and ability to speak English.

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B was correct it is specific and not commonly
known

• How would you cite it? In-body
• Atta, Binalshibh, al Shehhi, and Jarrah had lived
  in Germany and were chosen over more established
  Al Qaeda members due to their exposure to the
  West and ability to speak English (National
  Commission 160).
• Works Cited
• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon
  the United States. The 9/11 Commission Report.
  New York W.W. Norton, 2004.

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Which of THESE do you need to cite?

• A. The science labs at East St. Louis High
  School are 30 to 50 years outdated.
• B. When public schools were segregated,
  conditions were not equal.

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A! It is very specific, even w/ out quotes!

• How would you cite it? In-body
• The science labs at East St. Louis High School
  are 30 to 50 years outdated (Kozol 27).
• Works Cited
• Kozol, Jonathan. Savage inequalities Children in
  Americas Schools. New York HarperCollins, 1991.

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Create a Works Cited Page (7 on checklist)

• Use the website listed to create a Works Cited
  page.
• You dont have to remember the format of each
  component, just use the
• Use an MLA creator like http//www.easybib.com/
  or http//21cif.com/tools/cite/mla/index.html if
  you wantor Download the template from Tosspons
  website If you want

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Analytical Questions to ask yourselfas you
revise

• Does the paper fulfill the requirements of the
  assignment? (topics, length, style)
• Will my audience understand my thesis and how I
  have supported it?
• Does the introduction prepare the reader and
  capture attention?
• Is the body of the paper organized well?
• Is each idea fully developed, explained, and
  supported by examples?
• Are my ideas connected to one another through
  logical transitions?
• Do I have a clear, to the point writing style?
  (try to avoid the passive voice!)
• Does the conclusion provide a natural ending to
  the paper?

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Homework!

• Homework (due next meeting) Chapter 8Planner 7
  Record two times when you used stress-reducing
  strategies, especially times related to test
  anxiety. Provide details and specifics. Write a
  paragraph reflecting on how employing
  stress-reducing strategies may help you perform
  better in school and on the job.Portfolio 7-
  On-the-Job Testing (pg 238)Portfolio 8- A Job
  Interview Cover Letter (pg 272) Portfolio7.docx 
  Portfolio8.docx