Hi, kids!
You all know that one of the best days in G/T has been our day excursions to TEDxKids. I know that you all have super ideas and stories to share, so here’s an opportunity for a “pursuit”.
Hugs,
Ms. C
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Tom Sawyer: Characterization/County Food Fair
“County Food Fair”: Match a Southern dish to your character. For example, if I analyse Huck Finn, I might choose Mississippi Mud Pie to represent him – (layered (multi-dimensional, hard crust (life’s struggles), chocolate (dark), and white (innocence), Mississippi (regional).
Mark Twain Exhibit: http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/online/MarkTwain/default.asp
NY Times: Dialect Quiz: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
If you were absent on Tuesday, February 25th, then you need to watch the following video and take notes. Place these notes in the writing section of your binder. This is an extension of the notes on “Integrating Quotations” that were given on Monday.
Once you’ve completed this task, you will need to revisit your IW prompt about the theme of “To an Athlete Dying Young”. Practice the different ways of blending quotations by rewriting the answer to the IW prompt. You will have a separately written answer for each of the methods.
Blending Quotations:
You may use your notes, previous work examples, and SpringBoard activities as references for completing these assignments.
The Outsiders Literature Circle Novel Jigsaw
Team 1:
Create a new cover for your novel
Write a Book Review
Team 2:
Create an Anti-bullying Ad/Campaign
Write an expository piece that explains the purpose, goal, and requirements for joining the club
Tangerine Literature Circle Novel Jigsaw
Team 1:
Create a new cover for your novel
Write a Book Review
Team 2:
Create an ad for a Tangerine Book Club
Write an expository piece that explains the purpose, goal, and requirements for joining the book club
When each team has almost completed its assignments, then jigsaw the pieces into an engaging presentation. You will decide what, if anything, needs to be tweaked, so that your jigsaw pieces fit seamlessly. You will need to decide who will do and say what during the presentation. Every member must participate in the presentation. The presentation should not last more than 10-12 minutes and should definitely not be less than 6 minutes.
Submitting someone else’s work as your own.
1. turning in a paper acquired online regardless of whether is
free or purchased.
2. downloading an article or portion of an article and submitting it as your own.
3. submitting another student’s work as your own.
Copy and paste.
This form of plagiarism is very popular because students seem to feel that if they use several different sources for their copying, they are less likely to be caught.
Not citing a source.
Any ideas or material you use from another source must be documented or cited. This includes summaries written in your own words. If the ideas are not yours, you must cite the source(s).
Neglecting required quotation marks.
Any time you use the exact wording from a source, you must include quotation marks around the phrase, sentence, or paragraph. For longer quotations [called block quotes], special spacing is used in place of the quotation marks.
Borrowed or not?
Sometimes in the note taking process, a writer will forget to indicate what the origin of an idea is. Perhaps this is because the idea from the source is close to the writer’s own ideas. You must give credit for ideas borrowed from your sources.
OTHER ERRORS AND ABUSE OF SOURCES.
Inaccuracy
Inaccurate paraphrasing of source material can be a major problem especially for inexperienced researchers. Be certain that your paraphrase accurately reflects what the original source means. Another error is the misapplication of quotations. This error may be caused by the researcher not understanding the material in the source, or by “forcing” a quotation in a paper where is does not fit.
Taking material out of context
People in the political arena are particularly bad about using this “technique.” When you take an idea, phrase, or quotation out of its original context [the surrounding words that give meaning to the idea] and place it into you work, you may change the meaning of the original.
Overuse of sources.
1. Stringing together quotations and / or ideas from your sources produces very poor papers. In fact you will usually fail a paper put together this way because you really haven’t written much yourself.
2. When you rely on too few sources or depend on a single source for the bulk of the information in your paper, you really haven’t done much in the way of research.
“Plunking”* source material.
Dropping source material [especially quotations] into your paper without comment or without preparing your reader produces choppy, sloppy writing. It also increases the chances that you will plagiarize inadvertently.
* The term plunking comes from the following source:
VanderMey, Randall et. al. The College Writer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004
Broad citations.
Citations should appear as near to the cited material as possible. In other words, don’t place a citation at the end of a paragraph [or string of sentences] unless the reference is only for that last sentence.
We all “fail” at something. Just remember: That is how we learn and grow and become the person we are meant to be.
Perserverance. Growth Mindset.
After watching this, what are your thoughts on what the speaker has to say? Leave your comments and questions below.
Take the Grit Scale.
Hey, kids,
Culture Day is for anyone who wants to actively participate. You are not required to do so.
If you choose to participate, you will need to briefly describe on a notecard (or you can do this at home) what your cultural artifact is and what it says about your culture or how it represents your culture.
If you do not wish to participate, you will have other learning that you will be able to do during class.
Participation is your choice entirely.
Here’s to a fabulous Friday!