Monday, 5/23/11 (17) Late Start Schedule.
Copy homework into assignment book. There's really only one thing.
I will have your sample pages tomorrow, but you should pretty much know what you have to do.
You may check out books in the library: ONE at a TIME! If you want another book, return the one you have.
 

POPResearch Quiz. Click. You may use your handouts, if you have them.

  1. You will receive extra credit if your title page has a picture related to your topic.  a) True  b) False.
  2. Your Works Cited page counts as one of your 5 page minimum.  a) True  b) False.
  3. Your introduction counts as part of your 5 page minimum.  a) True  b) False.
  4. The margins of your final draft should be ___ inch on all four sides. a) .25  b) .5  c) 1  d) 1.5  e) Whatever Word defaults to.
  5. The spacing between lines in your paper should be _____ space. a) single  b) double  c) 1.5  d) Whatever Word defaults to.
  6. The very last page of your paper should be your _______.  a) conclusion  b) introduction and conclusion  c) works cited page  d) outline  e) pictures
  7. You need to include at least _____ picture(s), maps(s), chart(s), graph(s), and so on.  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) Depending on topic; it doesn't matter.
  8. reference : _________ :: periodical : newspaper  a) book  b) magazine  c) source  d) encyclopedia  e) web site
  9. ...there are over 75 species of dolphin ("Dolphins" 231), and most of them... a) Correctly cited  b) Incorrectly cited  (encyclopedia entry/no author)
  10. The only animal with feathers (Smith, 1), birds are from the phylum Chordata... a) Correctly cited  b) Incorrectly cited  (book)
  11. ...a student leaving high school after four years has spent more time in front of the television than in the classroom. (Jones 51) a) Correctly cited  b) Incorrectly cited     (book)
  12. The only animal with feathers (23), birds are from the phylum Chordata... a) Correctly cited  b) Incorrectly cited  (same book as the previous question)
  13. ...over 1500 dolphins were accidentally netted by tuna fleets in 1999 ("Dolphins Endangered by Tuna Fishing" Smith C4).Most of them... a) Correctly cited  b) Incorrectly cited   (newspaper article)

Due Next Tuesday: The Whole Thang!


Seventh Grade: PREPYEE 1A. Practice Round w/a partner. Extra credit for anything over 21/28
 
 
 

Eighth Grade: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

I. Husker Du: Vocabulary? paraphernalia, boisterous, perfunctory, petulant, profusely
The party was so ________, the neighbors called the police.
The teacher taught in such a ______ way that you could tell he was sick of his job.
You need a lot of _____ for art class.
After he cut his finger, it bled _____.
After I told my boy he couldn't have candy before dinner, he got very _____, and refused to eat his pasta.

II.
"In (Nazi) Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics. I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak up."
       --Rev. Martin Niemöller (concentration camp survivor)

Discuss.

What is the connotation for you of the word lottery
Have you ever participated in something with a group that you would never do if you were alone? Why? Why do people in groups act differently than they do alone?
 
 

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