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11.01.2005

Hello November! What are you doing today?

1. If you haven't already, create a post on your blog that shares what you may use as a primary source for your research project.

2. Comment on the blogs of two other students. What do you think about his/her primary source idea? Is it actually a primary source, or a secondary source? Do you think that source will yield interesting information about their topic? Do you have any suggestions for him/her?

3. 2nd/4th period- Complete two new citations with notes    
3rd period-Complete one new citation with notes

Be sure to check out the calendar for your class. I've moved back the deadlines a bit for the rough draft and final draft to give us more time to get our research done well.

Finally, while looking at some of your blogs, I've noticed that some of your citations are looking incomplete. Please follow my instructions for creating and my model citation exactly, or you may be plagerizing without even knowing it! Here are the posts of a couple students who are doing citations well, so you can see what I'm looking for:

Hatim
Michael
Desi

Primary and Secondary Sources

Are you still confused about the difference between primary and secondary resources? Here are a few websites to help you out:

University of Maryland Library
Randall Library Instructional Services

Gooch!

As you know, a student named Jonathan Gooch, or Gooch, wrote to us from Tuscumbia, Alabama. Write him back to tell him a little bit about yourselves, DHS and our community. His email address is bsgooch@bellsouth.net. When you email him, copy me on the email by putting my email address in the box following the cc: so I can give you a bit of extra credit. Make sure your letters are school appropriate!

Warning

These blogs are class blogs to be used for school purposes only. Let me repeat. Your blog is for a grade. Each time you use inappropriate language or  make discriminatory remarks, I will react the same way I would if you made the same remarks in my classroom. Consider yourselves warned. Remove, at once, all offensive comments from your blogs.

Sample Citation

Sample Citation

Notes: These facts from the CDC suggest that the flu hasn't spread to humans in any great quantity, so why is everyone so worried? They are watching it for the outbreak of a pandemic, but why is the potential seem so great. How does it differ from other diseases that maybe aren't watched so carefully? In the meantime, can we get the disease by eating chicken?

Citation:

" Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus." Influenza (Flu): Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones. 10 2005. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 25 Oct. 2005 <http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/facts.htm>.

Parenthetical Within Text
( Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus)

The H5N1 virus does not usually infect humans. In 1997. However, the first case of spread from a bird to a human was seen during an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region. The virus caused severe respiratory illness in 18 people, 6 of whom died. Since that time, there have been other cases of H5N1 infection among humans. Recent human cases of H5N1 infection that have occurred in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam have coincided with large H5N1 outbreaks in poultry. The World Health Organization (WHO) also has reported human cases in Indonesia. Most of these cases have occurred from contact with infected poultry or contaminated surfaces; however, it is thought that a few cases of human-to-human spread of H5N1 have occurred.

So far, spread of H5N1 virus from person to person has been rare and has not continued beyond one person. However, because all influenza viruses have the ability to change, scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus one day could be able to infect humans and spread easily from one person to another. Because these viruses do not commonly infect humans, there is little or no immune protection against them in the human population. If the H5N1 virus were able to infect people and spread easily from person to person, an influenza pandemic (worldwide outbreak of disease) could begin. No one can predict when a pandemic might occur. However, experts from around the world are watching the H5N1 situation in Asia very closely and are preparing for the possibility that the virus may begin to spread more easily and widely from person to person.”

10.26.2005 Today's Assignment

I want to make sure that you all have the chance to really understand making citations, so I am changing several of the deadlines for citations.

For today, I want my 2nd and 4th period to have two citations and 3rd to have one citation. Follow the instructions and model of my citation post to create your own.

Then, 2nd and 4th period should comment on two other blogs, and 3rd period should comment on one other blog. Give feedback about your classmate's citation. Is it done correctly? Does it follow the form of my model? Do you have any suggestions for how to make it more helpful?

How to make a citation with notes

1. Find a website, magazine article or book that contains interesting information about your topic. If you think you might be able to use it, or you have gotten a new idea from reading it, you should create a citation with notes.
2. Open a new window and go to the Citation Machine. On the left-hand side of the page, in bright yellow, find the type of source you have found. For example, if it is a regular webpage, click on Web Page. If you found your page using one of the Galileo databases, you must choose “Online Subscription Database.”
3. Look at the form provided. Fill in the blanks using the information from your resource. Leaving both windows open and toggling between them is an easy way to do this. If you cannot find information, such as a web page author or date of publication, leave that blank empty.
4. Highlight and copy the MLA citation. Paste into a new blog entry. Below the citation, paste in the quote you want to use, the information you want to paraphrase, or the idea you learned from the source. (Hint-Copy and paste the “parenthetical within text” part too. You might need to use it if you quote this source in your paper.)
5. Finally, write one or two sentences commenting on why this information or source is interesting to you and how it relates to your research topic.
6. Save and Publish your blog entry.

Sample Feedback Comments

Some of you might feel a little lost when you sit down at to write feedback comments. Try to remember that even the best writers can use constructive criticism. These blogs are a safe place for us to read each other's work and help each other become better, stronger, and more interesting writers. So, read what your classmates are posting, and then let them know how it's going. Remember to give specific feedback. Don't just say, "I liked it" or "I didn't like it." Tell them what exactly worked for you and what didn't. Also, give specific suggestions for ways the writing can be improved.

Look at the following links to get an idea of what I am looking for:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4

What do you think makes a good comment?

Get Organized

Here are links to calendars to help you plan:
Honors Advanced Comp
Advanced Comp
Bookmark them and check back frequently for updates!

Changed Deadlines 10.24.05

The due date for your Blue Vinyl reader responses is on Thursday, October 27, 2005. Click the following link for the rubric: Download 9a_blue_vinyl_rubric.doc

The due date for your Romeo and Juliet field trip reviews are due on Monday, October 31, 2005. Click the following for the rubric: Download 9a_romeo_and_juliet_review.doc