This project will involve
several steps, time in the Information Resource Center and research, using
books, in the classroom.
Step I. Classroom: Information
Literacy. Mrs. Omae will visit to discuss Information Literacy and show you how
to use an Online Library Subscription.
DVD: Evaluating Sources and Wikipedia discussion (Francis of Assisi
example). Understand why reliable academic sources are crucial to becoming
a successful scholar.
Introduction to Thomson-Gale
Student Resource Center-Gold
Introduction to “predatory reading”
Step II. Information
Resource Center:
Understand how to use an Online Library Subscription
Day 1: You will locate and email or print from Thomson-Gale Student Resource
Center-Gold and open a NoodleTools
account.
Step III. Day I Homework
Locate and read your Thompson-Gale Student Center-Gold
biography article from your email.
If you do receive article
ask your parent to check Spam filter.
If you cannot check Spam filter,
go to www.lcusd.net/lchs/library
and select Thomson-Gale Student Resource Center to retrieve article again.
Before skimming your article read the homework questions. Lost your homework?
Remember
Predatory Reading!
Identify
"signposts." Signposts are the basic structural cues in a piece
of writing. Is the reading divided into sections? Are there subheads within the
reading? Are the titles clearly descriptive of the contents? Read the first and
last paragraphs closely.
Topic sentences. Topic sentences (usually the first sentences of each
paragraph) are miniature arguments. Important topic sentences tell you what the
paragraph that follows will be about. You can also use them to decide if a
paragraph seems important enough to read closely. From
Boudoin College Writing Guide http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/
Take notes in your own words using bullet points to avoid
plagiarism
What
is a bullet point and why do we use them?
Bring your homework to the
IRC. You will begin a PowerPoint presentation using this information.
Step IV. The Information
Resource Center: documentation & technology skills
Day
2: Use NoodleTools to create
citation for Thomson-Gale article
Find a picture of person,
save to folder & print
Step IV Day 2 Homework: create a citation in NoodleTools for the picture. Once
completed, ask your teacher or Mrs. Omae to check your work.
Days 3 & 4: Short PowerPoint tutorial
Have you
received your Certificate of Achievement? Turn it in to your teacher!
Create a basic PowerPoint in the
IRC using this information
Cite sources used for PowerPoint
pictures using NoodleTools
Day 5: Learn how to digitally turn-in of finished
presentations to your teacher’s folder.
Due date: Digitally turn-in your PowerPoint to your
teacher’s folder by due date.
Hint: If you decide to
work on your PowerPoint at home, be sure to Save as Type: PowerPoint 97-2000 so
you can open the presentation file at school.
You will also need to use
a flash drive. If you don’t have one, ask you parents to buy you an inexpensive
one at Radio
Shack or Amazon.com. Be sure you back up your work on your home
computer and your folder at school!
WHY? What if you lose flash drive? The flash drive or working on the
PowerPoint at home is not required.
Step V. Classroom: more research using books. Mrs.
Omae will visit to discuss plagiarism and show you how to create a MLA format
Works Cited page that will be turned digitally.
DVD:
Avoiding Plagiarism
Using books
for research: tables of contents, indexes, citing books
How to generate the final Works
Cited page
By the time you finish your research in the classroom, you
should be able to verbally explain this person’s importance in more detail,
using your PowerPoint bullet points as prompts.
Step VI. The product of
the classroom research will be an oral report.
Step VII. Turn on your
final Works Cited page, digitally, by your teacher’s due date.
5 Required sources:
Thomson-Gale biography article, your textbook, 1 book from cart in classroom, 2
websites used for pictures used in PowerPoint . You may use more sources but
they must be reliable. Please
remember that Wikipedia is NOT a valid academic source (academic
def.: of or pertaining to a college, academy,
school, or other educational institution, esp. one for higher education: academic requirements. Dictionary.com).