Note Cards: Feb 18 - 24

Assignment Feb 18 & 19:
Groups took sample note cards and...
•Stacked the cards according to topic.
•Used this information, write a paragraph for each topic.
•You don’t have to use all the cards.
•Don’t forget to put the source number in parentheses after each piece of information.
•Paragraphs were turned in during class.

BE ADVISED:
•Note cards should be finished by the end of class class on Friday, Feb 20 (1st) and Monday, Feb 23 (4th).
•You should begin your outline and drafting next class (outline BEFORE draft)
•If you do not have note cards, I will not accept your rough draft. This is a process. You must follow the steps.
•Remember, your rough draft is a major grade.
•Also, I will not accept a final draft without a rough draft.

Feb 11, 12, 13, 17

Students worked on their annotated bibliographies in class.

Source check - 8 source minimum. Only 4 web-based sources. Finditva.com sources are not considered web-based; I consider them printed material since somewhere in the world, there are journals, magazines, newspapers with these sources in them.

Class instructions:

•Work on your annotated bibliography.
•Number each source.
•Create a bibliographic entry for each source.
•Read each source.
•As you read, highlight parts you know you want to use in your paper, parts that answer your questions!
•Write an annotation for each source. This includes summary, assessment, and reflection. Read yellow sheet for instructions and example.
•Continue draft your annotations today in class.
•Final drafts are to by typed on your own time.

Annotated Bibliography Format:

•Bibliographic entry: MLA format. Double spaced, hanging indent. Entries must be in alphabetical order.
•A space after the entry and the summary. A space between the summary and assessment, between the assessment and reflection.
•A space between the reflection and your next bibliographic entry.
•See example.
•Format sample can be found on the Y-Drive.

Edit the annotated bibliography sample entry: Put parentheses around the publication date (19 Jan 2007).

Feb 5, 6, 9, 10: Internet Research

Students are in the computer lab these days to find sources for their paper.
Other classwork was also assigned.

If you were absent any of these days, you need to check the Y-Drive (Public, Woodliff, English 12, Research folders) for specific instructions.

Instructions for using finditva.com:

•Go to http://finditva.com/
–Go to York Co Public Library in the pull-down menu.
–Password is 23146443123693
•or you can use your library card # if you have one

February 9 & 10: Annotated Bibliography assignment with sample was given. This is due February 18 (odd) & 19 (even)

4 February: 4th period

1) Read “An Interview with Diana Sheets: Reading in the Age of the Internet” (handout). Follow instructions below.
2) Groups created a poster of important information found in the interview for the research process.
3) Generate at least 7 questions for Part 2 and turn in.


Create a Works Cited entry for the interview/article.
Answer the following questions/follow the instructions:
QUESTION 1:
(A) Make a chart of the information Sheets provides in her answer to question 1.
(B) What sources does she cite?
(C) Summarize the 3rd paragraph (“It’s important to keep…”). Give an example from your life that supports what she is saying here. Give an example that refutes what she is saying.
(D) What does it mean when she says that “there is very little vetting occurring on the Internet”?

QUESTION 2:
(A) In your own words, explain how “the Internet is our Wild, Wild West.”
(B) Explain the metaphor using examples.
(C) What kinds of deception might you encounter online? Give examples of these.

QUESTION 3
(A) In your own words, explain what “content scraping” is.
(B) Are you guilty of “content scraping”? If so, how?
(C) What can you do to avoid this?

QUESTION 4
(A) In your own words, explain how “autobiography is the least reliable of genres.”
(B) Scenario: You are writing your autobiography. You tell how you recall an incident from your life. A person who was part of the incident recalls it differently. Who is right? Explain how this makes your autobiography unreliable.
(C) What is the difference between a sophisticate reader and a naïve reader when it comes to autobiography?

QUESTION 5
(A) Summarize Sheets’ answer.

QUESTION 7:
(A) Paraphrase the answer to question 7.

QUESTION 8
(A) Why are people not reading primary sources?
(B) How are book reviews used?
(C) Why is it important to form your own judgments?
(D) Define “anemic” and “myopic” as they are used in this answer.
(E) Paraphrase the last sentence “The fact that…”

QUESTION 9
(A) How does Sheets say that journalism is being affected by the Internet?
(B) List a piece of advice Sheets gives in this answer. How can you use this advice?

Feb 3: 1st period

Turn in work assigned on Friday, January 30.

MLA works cited blog entry notes. Instructions for Weblog works cited entries can be found here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/ (scroll down toward the bottom)

Students read 2 blogs and completed the following for each and turned in:

1. Create a works cited entry for each.
2. Read each blog then
   •Summarize each in 2-3 sentences.
   •Assess each by answer the following questions:
   •(a) What makes it a credible source?
   •(b) How might you use this source in a paper?
   •(c) What, specifically, might your paper be about?
   •(d) What is the goal of the blog?
   •(e) Is it biased or objective?
3. For each blog, use a quote in a sentence of your own. Use correct parenthetical citation to cite the source.

Part 2: "What You Want to Find Out" due end of class.
•Put an MLA heading in the top left hand corner of your paper (no need to double-space when handwriting. No need for a header either.)
•Make a list of questions that will help focus your research.
•When finding sources, you will use these questions. Your sources should help you answer the questions.
•Remember: don’t be too general. Your paper is only 1500 words long.

Today's PowerPoint can be found on the y-drive, "Research" folder.

Feb 2: Research Practice

Practice included:
1. using quotes and paraphrases in a paragraph
2. using weblogs as sources, summarizing, assessing, reflecting (annotated bibliography practice). Using quotes from blogs in a sentences and citing them properly.

See PowerPoint "Feb2" on y-drive "Research" folder for specific notes and instructions.

Due today:
1) "French Fries"
2) 2 blog entries

Due Wednesday:
1) Part 1 of I-search (2-4 paragraphs about what you already know about your topic) due beginning of class
2) Part 2 of I-search (generate questions you want to find the answers to) due end of class