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.
Pinocchiogrreed

  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.