Mrs. Kupchik's Block A Homework 

 

Late work will not be accepted

 

Due Tuesday September 30:

 

- 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.

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Due Wednesday, October 1:

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

 

- Locate another article on plagiarism in the MAS Ultra Database and write a MLA citation for it. Make sure to print it out or make a not of where it is so you can find it again.

 

- Read "Eye on Cheaters" Article

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Due Thursday, October 2:

 

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

 

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

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

       - The Plagiarism article you located in the MAS Ultra Database

 

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Due Friday, October 3:

- Glossary Words:  Database, Keyword Search, Subject Search

 

#Due Wednesday, October 8: 

- 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 Maya Angelou 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 Monday, October 6:

 

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

 

 

- Annotated Bibliographic Entry: Choose one database covered in class and search for an article on “internet safety”. Create an annotated bibliographic entry per previous instruction (typed).

 

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Due Tuesday October 7:

 

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

 

- Finish Bumper Sticker

 

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

 

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Due Wednesday, October 8:

 

 

- Finish Annotated Bibliographic entries for OPAC resources:  Maya Angelou and Internet

 

 

- Finish Bumper Stickers

 

 

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

 

 

- 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 (Monday, Oct. 13)

- Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography

- Complete Website Evaluation Worksheet (Due Thursday, Oct. 16)