Wednesday 5/12/10 - Weird Star (ELA) Schedule.(43 minute periods)
Warm Up. Answer in your notebook.
  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?

  4.  "...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..."
     Topic: Are any UFOs really spaceships? Good Source or Not? If not a good source, explain why not.
  5. Alien Autopsy on Fox TV. Air date: 2007.
  6. Area 51, a Discovery Channel investigation into the famous Area 51 where the Air Force supposedly hid an alien spacecraft.
  7. Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time, an encyclopedia of research about "paranormal" events.
  8. The web site An Unseen World.com, "Gateway to the Supernatural from a Astro-Biblical Perspective" by Reverend Fred "Sonic" Smith, last updated 4/5/07.
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
  1. After a while, interest in yoyos _________(ed) and some other fad took over.  a) jeer  b) clamor  c) bode  d) wax  e) wane
  2. The echoes of Tom's shouts in the cave sounded like ________(ing) laughter that mocked them. a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wane  d) perishable  e) bode
  3. Tom felt a little sorry for Injun Joe, "for he knew how this _________ had suffered." a) effusive  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  4. Tom went behind the limestone "waterfall" in order to use his candle to light it up for Becky's __________.  a) imperishable  b) stupor  c) clamorous  d) gratification  e) bode
  5. You should refrigerate ________(s) like milk and eggs, because they quickly go bad if you don't.  a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) perishable  e) bode
  6. As the month goes on, the moon will ________ until it is full, and then ________. a) wax, wane  b) wane, wax  c) jeer, bode  d) bode, jeer
  7. When the boys came back from "the dead," Aunt Polly _________(ly) hugged and kissed Tom, and then embarrassed Huck by doing the same to him. a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  8. The sub didn't have much control over the class, and there was quite a(n) ________ when the principal walked in.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) clamor
  9. Tom thought that Huck's dream about rats was  __________(ing) that trouble was ahead.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) bode
  10. He ate a(n) __________   amount of hot dogs in the hot dog eating contest.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) prodigious
  11. After the rumble, Ponyboy was in a ________ as Dally dragged him to the hospital to see Johnny.  a) jeer  b) wretch  c) clamor  d) stupor  e) wane


Note-Taking Practice - Fold the sheet vertically.Take bullet notes on the bike sharing article. Compare with demo.