2nd, 6th / 3rd: 1 / 2 October 2008

We were in the computer lab today.
Agenda:

1. Type hero paragraph written in class on Monday.
2. Create a profile at turnitin.com and submit your hero paragraph
3. Create a “wordle” of your hero paragraph This assignment is now for extra credit since the computers in the lab won't accommodate the wordle application. You'll have to find a computer that will work! Due: 3rd period October 9, 2nd and 6th period October 10.
4. Type the Works Cited entry for “Sharing Philosophy with Children” in MLA format.
5. Use the Internet to answer questions about One Thousand and One Nights.
6. Use the Internet to narrow a research topic and find information about it.
7. Grade reports were issued to students at the end of class. Any questions concerning these reports should be asked after school, not during instructional time.

1. Hero Paragraph:
•Open a word document.
•Double-space your paper.
•Type your heading and paragraph.
•Save it. Print it. Turn it in.

2. Create a profile at turnitin.com. Then submit your hero paragraph.
•Instructions for creating a profile and submitting a document can be found here:
•http://www.yorkcountyschools.org/ths/English/cook/AdvEnglish/Turnitin.pdfdvEnglish/Turnitin.pdf

–Class ID for 2nd period: 2441941
–Class ID for 3rd period: 2383085
–Class ID for 6th period: 2441943
–Enrollment password: woodliff

•After you create a profile, you will submit your hero paragraph. The submission title will be "hero paragraph"

3. Wordle. Students weren't able to generate a wordle from the school's computers. You can do this from home for an extra 10 quiz points. Due: 3rd period October 9, 2nd and 6th period October 10.

4. Type Works Cited Entry for the article “Sharing Philosophy with Children.”
•Open a Word document
•Double-space it
•Type your heading on the left as follows:
–First and Last name
–Mrs. Woodliff
–English 10 – class period
–1 October 2008
•Title: Bibliography/Works Cited Practice
•Return/Enter after the title
•Go to “format” – “paragraph” – “indentation” “special” “hanging indent”•Now type your entry.
•Now type your entry. Then insert a header: tab to the right hand corner. Type your last name and insert page number.
•Save, print, and turn it in.

5. Use the Internet to find answers to the following questions about One Thousand and One Nights
1.Who is Scheherazade ? (also spelled Shahrazad)
2.Who is Sinbad the Sailor?
3.What is the 3rd voyage of Sinbad about?
4.Who is Polyphemus? What piece of literature tells of Polyphemus?
•Copy and paste the url of the website/webpage where you found each of the answers.
•You may copy and paste these questions into a Word document. Then print everything when you are finished and turn it in.

6. Internet Research
•For homework, you were to choose a broad topic you wanted to research. These included:
–Philosophy/philosopher
–College/university
–Profession
–Mythological figure
•Now you will narrow your topic using Wikipedia.

A word about Wikipedia:
•Wikipedia is not a scholarly source. Encyclopedias are not scholarly sources.
•You WILL NOT use Wikipedia as a source in any project or paper.
•You can, however, use Wikipedia as a tool. Go there to find information that you will later research using scholarly sources.

After you have narrowed your topic, find an 2 articles or webpages about that topic from an academic source.
•You may search 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)
•You may try ask.com
•You may try a google news search
•You will find 2 scholarly articles/webpages with information about your topic. Type or write down the citation information you would need for a Works Cited page (that info is on the next slide). Then print the article/webpage. Make sure your source isn’t too long. You will be responsible for reading all of it!

The following is information you will need to create a Works Cited page. (If you can't find some of this information, you will just leave it out)
•Author:
•Article or webpage title:
•Publicatin or website title:
•Date published:
•Date last updated:
•Date accessed:
•url:
•Any editors, volume or issue numbers?

#1, 2, 4, & 5 (above) should be completed by Tuesday, October 7 for 2nd and 6th period and Wednesday, October 8 for 3rd period.

#6 should be completed by Monday, October 13 for 2nd and 6th and Tuesday, October 14 for 3rd.. You are responsible for completing this on your own time. We will not be returning to the computer lab!

#3 is now extra credit and is due October 9 for 3rd period and October 10 for 2nd and 6th.