Tuesday, 11/29: Husker Du, Vocab, Research Topics, TMA, More!

“Warm Up, 11/29 — CRAAP.”

  1. Does the information answer your research questions?   a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  2. Is the author trying to persuade, entertain, inform, or sell?   a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  3. Are there errors in punctuation, spelling, or grammar?   a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  4. Is your topic in an area that changes rapidly, like technology? a) Currency  b) Relevance  c) Authority  d) Accuracy  e) Purpose
  5. 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.

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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. He didn’t think the judgement was fair, so he only paid the money ______(ingly).
  5. One of the things that Edward had, that Alyce wanted, was a ______ heart.
  6. 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.
  7. (2) The _______ merchant thought his wife was being ______(ed) by a stomach worm.
  8. The efficacy of that natural _______ has not been tested.
  9. (2) You should have used the word ______ in your definition of the word ______.
  10. (3) I _____(ed) at Mom ____(ly) as she ___(ed) me for being on my phone too much.
  11. *** (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.

  1. This book was a sort of a quest story. What was Alyce looking for? Did she find it?
  2. 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.