Tuesday, 5/5/09 - Weird Testing Schedule for STAR ELA (Periods 1, 3 only - 46 minutes)
No clickers today. We will be grading the piece of paper. This sheet goes into your research folder with the research handout you received yesterday.

Warm Up.

  1. What piece of information, if you can find it, should always be first in the work cited (bibliography) entry?
  2. (2) When you find a book related to your topic, where should you start reading?
  3. (2) The following is an excerpt from a research paper on the effects of watching too much tv. 
    a) What is Jones?                        b) What is 51?                       "...either way, this means that a student leaving high school after four years has spent more time in front of the television than in the classroom (Jones 51). Therefore..."
    Write OK if the statement is a good thesis statement (not whether you think it's true). Rewrite the not-so-good ones.
  4. Some people think global warming is a myth.
  5. If we do not do something to stop global warming now, the effects on our earth will continue to get worse and more dangerous.
  6. There is a holiday for Cesar Chavez.
  7. Gandhi had a significant impact on society because he spread peace and prevented violence throughout the world.
  8. Mary Kay had a significant impact on society today because she was the first woman to start and own her own business.
  9. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids. 
    Good Source or Not? Topic: Are any UFOs really spaceships? If not, explain why not.
  10. Alien Autopsy on Fox TV. Air date: 2006.  a) good  b) not
  11. Area 51, a Discovery Channel investigation into the famous Area 51 where the Air Force supposedly hid an alien spacecraft. a) good  b) not
  12. Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time, an encyclopedia of research about "paranormal" events.   a) good  b) not
  13. The web site An Unseen World.com, "Gateway to the Supernatural from a Biblical Perspective" by Reverend Fred "Sonic" Smith, last updated 4/5/05.   a) good  b) not
Topic Talk/Problem Topics

Notes into Paper: