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Wednesday, Mar 1

2/28/2023

WORD OF THE DAY!
Crapulous: (adj) Caused by or showing the effects of alcohol.
The crapulous driver was apprehended and his liscence was suspended.

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Agenda

Differences between studying and learning. How are they different? Why are both important?
SUPER HELPFUL TEST STUFF MAYBE YAY!
Practice some really fun stuff.

Tuesday, Feb 28

2/28/2023

WORD OF THE DAY!
Alacrity: (noun) cheerful and brisk readiness.
The student's alacrity for their reserach projects surprised the teacher.

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Daily Check-in

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question
I can find relevant authoritative sources

Agenda

Research day 3 of 5: Continue finding sources! Take notes! You should be taking notes on your second source.

Monday, Feb 27

2/24/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question
I can find relevant authoritative sources

Agenda

Research day 2 of 5: Continue finding sources! Take notes! You should have 3 sources at least by now. Start taking notes on your 1st source.

Friday, Feb 24

2/23/2023

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Friday Growth Practice: Week 6 in Google Classroom
Daily Check-in

Agenda

DON'T FORGET YOUR PERMISSION SLIPS!
Periods 2 and 4: Pancakes and mental health day!
- Options:
  Creation Station
  Puzzle
  Catch up on homework/do reserach
  Play chess
  Read a book
  Vocabulary Gimkit
Period 5: Freesearch #4. Continue Reserach.

Tuesday-Thursday, Feb 21-23

2/17/2023

In the library!

Tuesday - Source Credibility
Wednesday - Research Databases
Thursday - RESEARCH DAY!
- Retreival Practice
- potential sources form
- IF YOU NEED. Finish the 4.1 reserach proposal with this as your topic
  - Topic: Mental Health Days
    Perspective 1: Need for mental health support in high school
    Perspective 2: How to implement and balance academic support
    Conclusion: Your argument for/mental health days, how and why we should implement.

Friday, Feb 17

2/16/2023

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Friday Growth Practice: Week 5 in Google Classroom
Daily Check-in

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question
I can find relevant authoritative sources

Agenda

Finish 4.1 reserach proposal and planning sheet (passed out in class)
Discuss note chart (4.2 in Google Classroom)
Research day 1 of 5: Start finding sources! Take notes!
Need to raise your grade on the checkpoint quiz? Ask me for alternative Credit: Freesearch #3

Thursday, Feb 16

2/16/2023

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Daily Check-in
Unit 3 Checkpoint Quiz #3 (in Google Classroom)

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question

Agenda

Finish 4.1 reserach proposal and planning sheet.
Discuss note chart.
Start finding sources!

Wednesday, Feb 15

2/15/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question

Agenda (order of operations)

Finish Unit 2 Mastery Checks
Finish Unit 2 Quiz
Finish 3.2 Works Cited
Finish 3.3 In-Text Citations NoRedInk
Begin work on 4.1 Reserach proposal

Tuesday, Feb 14

2/14/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Unit 3 Checkpoint Quiz #2
If you havent yet, check out the potential reserach topics at the bottom of this document.

Learning Goal

I can generate a research topic and research question

Agenda

Reserach brainstorming
- Write down 5 issues that teenagers face today
- Write down 5 things you're interested in
- Write down 5 things you'd love to learn more about
- Mind map, freewrite, narrowing.
Research Proposals (slides and video are in Google Classroom)

Monday, Feb 13

2/13/2023

Happy Birthday Lucy!

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Daily Check-in
Unit 3: Checkpoint Quiz #1 (in Google Classroom)

Learning Goal

I can gather relevant information from multiple authoritative sources

Agenda

3.4 Selecting Support (slides, video)
Wrap up 3.3 NoRedInk
Look at Research Proposals for tomorrow

Friday, Feb 10

2/10/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Friday Growth Practice Week 4 (in Google Classroom)

Learning Goal

I can create an in-text citation from a source.
I can gather relevant information from multiple authoritative sources

Agenda

Research Skills Quiz #1 moved to Monday
Review 3.2 Works Cited
Freesearch #2! In Google Classroom

Thursday, Feb 9

2/8/2023

Hey folks, sorry to be gone. My 2 year old is sick so I'm home being a dad. Hope your day is great. Be welcoming and courteous to the sub.

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Daily Check-in

Learning Goal

I can create an in-text citation from a source.
I can gather relevant information from multiple authoritative sources

Agenda

Since I'm gone, we'll move our quiz over citations to Friday, just FYI.
Goals for today (in order of importance) are as follows
- Period 5 only! Finish this lesson on In-text citations (slides, video) and do the NoRedInk assignment posted in Google Classroom. Feel free to discuss the questions with a partner and bring questions to me tomorrow.
- Periods 2 and 4: Finish the NoRedInk for Signal Phrases and In-text Citations (links are in Google Classroom under 3.3)
- If you finish do these:
- Watch this short video on Selecting Support/Taking Notes (slides, video) You could start the NoRedInk posted in 3.4 in Google Classroom.
- Plan out topic for a research project by checking out this video. Maybe even do some preliminary browsing of websites to see what kind of information is available.

Wednesday, Feb 8

2/8/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
In-Text Citation Review Sheet (passed out in class)

Learning Goal

I can accurately identify strong source information in a signal phrase.
I can create an in-text citation from a source.

Agenda

Language Skills #3 - In Google Classroom
Finish NoRedInk from yesterday.

Tuesday, Feb 7

2/7/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Building a Works Cited: 3.2 Works Cited in Google Classroom

Learning Goal

I can build a full-citation of a source using a citation builder.
I can accurately identify strong source information in a signal phrase.
I can create an in-text citation from a source.

Agenda

In-text citations (slides, video)
Make an in text citation for this website, post in Google Classroom under 3.3 In-Text Citations.
NOREDINK! Hooray! Linked on Google Classroom

Monday, Feb 6

2/6/2023

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
20 minutes do one of the following (please note that hanging out on your cell phone is NOT one of the options.)
- Finish Freesearch #1
- Finish any remaining unit 2 mastery checks or unit 2 quiz
- Study Vocab
- Look ahead at lesson 3.1 in Google Classroom
- Look at resources posted for Unit 4: Research Project

Learning Goal

I can identify the parts of a full citation in MLA format
I can build a full-citation of a source using a citation builder or from scratch.

Agenda

Full of CRAP!
Full citations (slides, video)
Practice: Create a citation for this site in 3.1 - Full Citations in Google Classroom
Using Google Citations (video)

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