Comparatives

H/W - All Class
Play this game Millionaire Game - Take a screen shot to prove you have finished it!

Girls - Please fill in this survey for Olivia's and Laila's research project: Beauty Standards
Please fill in this for Joaquin's Research

Research Project - The majority of note-taking should be finished before tomorrow. You will only have 20 minutes of class time to work on note. Make sure you have done most of your note taking before then.
REMINDER - Your research piece will be almost finished for Friday (end of class)- You will have Monday's class to edit and turn in.

Lesson Recap:

Research Tutorials

H/W - All Classes
You must collect detailed notes from one of your resources. Use Cornell or Visual Note-taking (Due:Tue) - These notes WILL be inspected and assessed!!! - You are accountable to your PARTNER - If you do not do the work, partnerships will be split up!

Link to collect sources: My List of Sources
SAS MS Database: Passwords

Use these tutorials to navigate the two simplest (catch the superlative!) databases for your research

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Global Issues in Context   Video Tutorial

These sites are the easiest to navigate and find quality content!

From Homebase: Pay it Forward - Can you do three random acts if kindness unconditionally?

Due Dates

Please take this due date in mind as you plan for the last two weeks of school

Monday 8th Dec: Final Membean assessment for semester: 40 questions. Think about reviewing your quizlet file.

Friday 12th Dec: 2nd round of research paper - (students away at Telunas will  be able to submit their paper on Tuesday 16
th)

Students who are missing work or need to resubmit for higher grades (e.g. Memoir, research based essay etc) Last date for submission is Friday 12th Dec. Report cards are calculated in the last week of school, so I cannot accept old assignments after this date.

Assessing Credibility of Sources

Superlatives to a Degree

Use these resources for today's lesson:

• C/Net.com
• Jamieoliver.com
• FoxNews.com
• Wikipedia.com
• CNN.com
• Bestfoodfacts.org
• ABCNews.com

Independent Practice

During your silent reading time today, please do some preliminary research by reading about topics that interest you.  While reading, generate a list of genuine questions. These questions can later be developed into your research question.
Topic Research Guide

SAS Library Databases (see Discovery, Global Issues in Context, Opposing Viewpoints in Context)

SAS Online Database Passwords

Research Essay: 2nd Time Around

Look at this mentor example of a very strong RR

Reminder: All your assessment rubrics are linked on the blog in the left column. Today's RR will be assessed by the RR rubric. - Claims and Evidence

Research Based Essay

• The 2nd round of research based essays starts Monday. (yeepee!)
• You will have exactly 5 hours of class time + any H/W you decide to put into your paper.
• Due date for the papers are end of class: Friday 12th
• You will be able to work with a partner
• If you score better on this paper, your grade for your previous paper will change to a formative grade.
• This is the last writing grade for your report card

H/W - All Classes
You must come to class with a topic on Monday and a Research Question for your pair
Use this resource to find topics:  Middle School Database Research Topics

Firday's class we will spend looking at how to spot credible sources and examine some of the resources in the school's research databases


Homebase Reflection: Finding Your Inner Peace