Thursday 5-6-04: Seventh Grade
Reminders: What's due this week:
-Dragonwings Unit Final Projects
due today, Thursday, May 6th.
-First Rough Draft Outline "Pink Sheets"
due tomorrow, Friday, May 7th.
Warm Up (Number 1 to 10: write each phrase,
then answer True or False: 1/2 point each) (7 minutes
max)
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Should always indent second line in citation.
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Put book titles in "quotes."
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Date of publication is important.
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URL's need to be exactly right.
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Google is a great research tool.
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You cannot use Google: that's cheating.
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Plagiarism is not a serious offense.
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Bullet notes will help you avoid plagiarism.
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A research paper found online is an acceptable reference source.
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You can look at other research papers for ideas.
Correct Warm Up (3 minutes max)
Works Cited Worksheet, "Blue Sheet", Correction/Announcement
(3 minutes max)
Plagiarism Revisited (5 minutes max)
Dragonwings Projects A-Go-Go
(10 minutes
max)
-Turn in your projects to
Mr. B.
-Extra credit
for sharing your project with the class. (1 to 10 points possible)
Making a Paragraph from Bullet Notes (10 minutes
max)
-Copy into your notebook:
1
point for each good sentence. (6 points max)
not
extra credit
-Write a paragraph
using the bullet notes below. (Four to six sentences: sixty words max.)
Birth
and Early Life of Abraham Lincoln
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As adult, did not like to talk about his childhood
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born: 02-12-1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky
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Lived on homesteads: Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
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Named after grandfather: pioneer farmer killed by Indians
1786
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Knob Creek: first home he remembered
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Log cabin, dirt floor, 1 window & door
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played in creek, almost drowned
Correct Assignment: Share Paragraphs with the Class
-how do our paragraph compare to the passage
we read in class yesterday?