“Warm Up, 11/29 — CRAAP.”
- Does the information answer your research questions? a) Currency b) Relevance c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Purpose
- Is the author trying to persuade, entertain, inform, or sell? a) Currency b) Relevance c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Purpose
- Are there errors in punctuation, spelling, or grammar? a) Currency b) Relevance c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Purpose
- Is your topic in an area that changes rapidly, like technology? a) Currency b) Relevance c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Purpose
- Can you find outside information about the author? a) Currency b) Relevance c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Purpose
“Vocabulary, 11/29.” (16)
NOTE: Please add the word surfeit to your list. (Since we already had sullen.) surfeit (n): an amount that is too much.
- _____
- _____
- _____
- He didn’t think the judgement was fair, so he only paid the money ______(ingly).
- One of the things that Edward had, that Alyce wanted, was a ______ heart.
- At the end of the book, Alyce had gone from someone with no place in the world to someone that had a _____ of places to choose from.
- (2) The _______ merchant thought his wife was being ______(ed) by a stomach worm.
- The efficacy of that natural _______ has not been tested.
- (2) You should have used the word ______ in your definition of the word ______.
- (3) I _____(ed) at Mom ____(ly) as she ___(ed) me for being on my phone too much.
- *** (2) Health ____(s) cheered when San Luis became the first city in America to ___ smoking in restaurants.
“Alyce, 11/29.”
Draw a Plot Mountain (use about 1/2 page). Now fill it in with the proper events from Alyce. For the exposition and rising action, pick an event that occurs during each section. Then answer the following questions.
- This book was a sort of a quest story. What was Alyce looking for? Did she find it?
- What do you think the main theme of the book is?
Chromies!
Research Topics!
First of all, the prohibited topics: Disney or Disneyland, rock/rap/singing/movie/sports stars or celebrities, animals because they’re cute, skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, skiing, particular cars/planes/motorcycles/etc, mass murderers/criminals, video games, tv shows, movies.
Pick something that you can tell a brief anecdote about, something you can show somebody doing or a reason for learning something. Pick something you can ask questions about that require more than a sentence or two to answer. Hobbies, careers, scientific/mathematical topics, historical topics, health and medical topics are more what we are looking for.
