Mrs. Conti’s Block C Homework

 

LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 

Due Wednesday, September 24:

 

- Glossary Words: Information Literacy, Plagiarism, Citation, MLA Handbook/Style, Annotated Bibliography

 

- Reflection:  List and describe 3 different situations (outside of school) when it would be necessary to be information literate.  Then explain why it would be important to be information literate in those situations. Be as specific as possible.

 

- The class website can be found on the SJA website (www.sja1890.org) or at http://www.informationliteracy08.pbwiki.com.

 

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Due Thursday, September 25

 

- Glossary Words: Paraphrase Notes, Summary Notes, Quotation Notes, Note Card, Bibliography Card (Bib Card)

 

 

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Due Monday, September 29

 

- Glossary Words: OPAC, Call Number, Dewey Decimal System, General Encyclopedia, Specialized Encyclopedia, Primary Source, Secondary Source, Anthology

 

- Locate the Plagiarism Section in your MLA Handbook and create a citation for it

- Locate an additional article on Plagiarism and create a citation for it 

 

- Redo Reflection from Monday

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Due Monday, October 6:

 

- Glossary Words:  Database, Keyword Search, Subject Search

 

- Read and take notes (summary, paraphrase, and quotation) on

       - The Plagiarism section in your MLA Handbook pgs. 66-75

       - The Plagiarism article you located through INFOhio—Ebscohost—MAS Ultra  

 

~ Due Tuesday, October 7:

 

- Create an annotated bibliographic entry* that follows the guidelines presented in class for:

            - One of the sources about the internet that are on reserve in the library

            - A source you located about Poe using the OPAC

 

*Remember that this includes the citation and the annotation. This should also be typed and formatted correctly. Look at the example that we provided to you.

 

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 Due Tuesday, October 7:

 

 

- Glossary Words: Acceptable Use Policy, bibliography, works cited, parenthetical citation

 

- Choose one database covered in class and search for an article on “internet safety”; read the article and create a citation for it. (remember what it is)

 

- Due Wednesday, October 8: create a bibliographic annotation entry for the internet safety article located above. (See handout for further directions).

 

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Due Wednesday, October 8:

 

- Complete your annotated bibliographic entry for your internet safety article from the Online Database

 

 

- Read the article and be prepared to discuss, “Whales in the Minnesota River?” (www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/03/circuits/articles/04trut.html)

 

 

- Glossary Words: Internet, Boolean Operators, Search Engine, URL, World Wide Web, Top Level Domain

 

 

- Finish Bumper Sticker (Due Thursday, Oct. 9)

 

 

- Study for your unit test.

 

 

*Continue to work on all annotated bibliographic entries.

 

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- Finish Bumper Stickers

 

- Glossary: Relevance, Authority, Credibility, Currency, Readability

 

- Study for your unit test.

 

*Continue to work on all annotated bibliographic entries.

 

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 Due Monday, October 13:

 

 

- Read and be prepared to discuss the article, “Whales in the Minnesota River?” (www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/03/circuits/articles/04trut.html)

 

 

- Locate a website about “website evaluation”, read it over and write a citation for it.

 

 

- Study for your unit test.

 

 

*Work on all annotated bibliographic entries; including the Internet Safety website (http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/internet_safety.html) and the Website Evaluation website that you located above.

 

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- Study for test (Tuesday, Oct. 14)

- Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography (Due Wednesday, Oct. 22)

- Complete Website Evaluation Worksheet (Due Friday, Oct. 17)