Spelling Pretest #13 - 1-24. Old School. Trade and Grade.

Outline Practice I. I will fill in 3. Go! (Partners?)
Side II is homework.
 
 

Evaluating Sources I - Below are 11 descriptions of sources for a research paper on the effects of diabetes. Identify each source as either A = Preferred Source, or B = Less Reliable. (Be ready to explain why the Less Reliable ones are less reliable.)

1. An entry in a medical dictionary published in 1973
2. An article published this year in a medical journal
3. A July, 2004 magazine article titled "Dealing with Diabetes," written by a doctor
4. A web page prepared by the American Diabetes Association
5. An autobiography of an actress with diabetes
6. A 1985 encyclopedia article on the causes of diabetes
7. An AMA* pamphlet called Living with Diabetes displayed in your doctor's office

*American Medical Association
8. An online chat room discussion for people who have diabetes
9. An interview with a doctor, published in the New York Times this year, about diabetes treatments
10. An interview, published in the LA Times this year, with a woman whose grandmother died from undiagnosed diabetes
11. A web page called diabetessucks.com.