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Month: November 2016

Wednesday, 11/16: CRAAP, Vocab, TMA

Let’s try the CRAAP test on this website:

http://www.rythospital.com/

Currency:
Relevance:
Authority:
Accuracy:
Purpose:

What’s the verdict?

“Warm Up, 11/16.”

(8) Go to the four websites below and try to determine the primary purpose of the site. Is it;
–Advocacy – to sway opinion, to advocate for something?
–Commercial – to promote or sell something?
–Reference/information – to provide useful information or services?
–Scam/Parody/XXX

Please say what you think the purpose is and what makes you think so.

  1. http://www.autobytel.com/
  2. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
  3. http://votesmart.org/
  4. http://www.dhmo.org/
  5. https://www.chevron.com/corporate-responsibility/climate-change

 

Checking Show-Me-You-Knows!

“Vocabulary, 11/16.” (11p) You will use words more than once.
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. compliment : taunt :: MYOB : _____
  6. The holiday season is a time for _____  and for quiet family gatherings. (2?)
  7. Since there was no specific topic, the discussion _____(ed) on for hours and never got anywhere.
  8. “Will, so happy with twice the _____ he expected (from Tansy), made sure to tell everyone” about how much help Alyce was.
  9. They say that remedy works, but nobody has tested its _____ in treating a cold.
  10. Please don’t be late; leave yourself _____ time to get here before it starts. 
  11. He didn’t know how to do the job he was assigned, and he _____(ed) around for a few days before he asked for help.
  12. *** After their quarrel, they wouldn’t even ______ each other when they passed in the hall.

 

The Midwife’s Apprentice.

Let’s hear your SWBS sentences about Alyce and Magister Reese.

 

Tuesday, 11/15: CRAAP, Vocab, TMA

Periods 1,2,3 get the rest of the week off KBARB.
Period six, not so much.

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Please get a Chromie!

The CRAAP Test.
Currency – Relevance – Authority – Accuracy – Purpose

“Warm Up, 11/15.”  (8) Go to the four websites below and try to determine the primary purpose of the site. Is it;
–Advocacy – to sway opinion, to advocate for something?
–Commercial – to promote or sell something?
–Reference/information – to provide useful information or services?
–NOTA?

Please say what you think the purpose is and what makes you think so.

  1. https://www.princetonreview.com/
  2. http://www.bookspot.com/
  3. http://www.thedogisland.com/
  4. http://www.emilyslist.org/

 

Debrief/Correct Test #12.

 

“Vocabulary, 11/15.” You will use words more than once.
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  1. _____   2. _____   3. _____     4. _____   5. _____
    6. After a large dinner and two _____ servings of pie, I was a little overly full.
    7. He was always very _____ about doing his homework just right every time.
    8. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading and writing skills, you will ____ in high school.
    9. Sometimes the ____ of a cure lies in the mind of the person who believes it will work.
    10. wander : meander :: rush : _____
    11. fear : pluck :: mourning : _____
    12*** After doing poorly on the Friday tests, she finally took the _______ and studied for the next one. She got her A.

The Midwife’s Apprentice!

Let’s hear those summaries!

Monday, 11/14: Welcome Guest Teacher, Copy Homework, SAWs, TMA

Welcome Guest Teacher! Mr. Coward has jury duty. (Be a 10!!)

Copy homework into assignment book.

“SAWs, 11/14.”
transport, initiative, incorporate, incidence, acknowledge hi5 graph

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The teacher said to ____at least five vocab words in the essay.
  5. Even as more attention is drawn to “cancer awareness,” the actual ______ of cancer has been declining since 1992.
  6. Part of being a good citizen is _______(ing) that there are differences between people, and that is ok.
  7. Californians voted on quite a few ________(s) which claimed to try to fix various issues in our state.
  8. The roots of this word literally mean to “carry across.”

 

The Midwife’s Apprentice.

Finish reading ch12.

Copy and complete the Summary Sentence Starters on a separate sheet. Collaborative.

 

Thursday, 11/10: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 12

Paperwork Link

Mental Floss.

  1. From what can you take away the whole, and still have some left?
  2. I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?
  3. Wacky Wordy. What 6-word phrase is represented?

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  4. Wacky Wordy: (2 words, one hyphenated)
    1. Do Do
    2. Dew Dew
    3. Due Due
  5. If men have two hands, and monkeys have four hands, what has three hands?
  6. A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot. What was the mother’s name. Remember to please capitalize the name of the momma kitty when you write.
  7. What do these three things have in common? Corn, Weasel, Balloon

Test #12

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Wednesday, 11/9: Transitions, Vocab Review, RBC, TMA

Tomorrow’s Test (already?): Transitions, Vocabulary, RBC Remote, TMA.

“Transitions, 11/9.” (9p)
furthermore, first, third, in fact, until then, consequently, in contrast, second, then, however, but, nevertheless

  1.  (3) ______, I will boil the water. ______, I will brew the tea, and ____, I will serve it.
  2. I know Pedro quite well. _____, Pedro happens to be my best friend.
  3. Jackie studies all the time; ______, Billy never studies. (Not however. Not that one either.)
  4. First, Mary went to the store, and _____ she went to visit her mother.
  5. (2) The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. _____, it’s best to avoid it.
  6. Write a sentence using the word nevertheless. (Bonus if it is about Alyce.)

“Vocabulary Practice, 11/9.” Write the word. (13p)
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  1. (#6) _____
  2. (#6) _____
  3. (#9) _____
  4. (#7) _____
  5. (#6) We sat there, ___(ed) in his fascinating shipwreck tale.
  6. (#6) The theme of Richard Cory is that what you ______ is not necessarily what the reality is.
  7. (#8) compelling : boring :: scarce : _____
  8. (#8) “Now, now, don’t be ______. Speak up!”
  9. (#7) I was ____ when I saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher!
  10. (#7) Cigarette smoking has ___(ed) since 1967 to its lowest rate ever.
  11. (#9) Everyone promised to ____ by Judge Judy’s decision.
  12. (#8) His brother’s sudden disappearance caused great ______ in the family.
  13. *** “Is she still at work?” “I ______ so, since she’s not home.”

 

 

RBC Quiz – Web Page. (7p) Write the answer, not the letter.

  1. When the student searched for “Could an asteroid hit Earth?” the search engine returned more than 10,000 results. a) True b) False c) You can’t tell.
  2. Even though the student asked a five word question, the search engine ignored one or more of them. How many words were ignored? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
  3. A link is always underlined. a) True b) False
  4. A web address is also known as a… a) ULR. b) http. c) search engine. d) site. e) URL.
  5. Not including the search feature, how many “interactive areas” (places where you can do something) are linked to on the “All About Asteroids” main page? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 0
  6. From what we can tell from the main page, the “All About Asteroids” site gives information on… a) how many asteroids hit Mars each year. b) how people can make their own model asteroids. c) what an asteroid is. d) movie myths about asteroids. e) all of the above.
  7. Which link would you click to look for something else about asteroids on the “All About Asteroids” site that’s not listed on the main page? a) See More Science Topics b) See More General Topics c) Search This Site d) E-mail the Authors e) Take This Poll

 

ALYCE –