Don't forget!!

Power Point presentations are due uploaded to Schoology by 11:59 tonight.  We begin presentations tomorrow back in the classroom.

Your vocabulary is also due tomorrow. 

What's Due This Week??

Monday your Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited was due.  If you haven't turned it in you need to do so.

Wednesday by 11:59 PM your Power Point is due to be uploaded into Schoology.

Thursday you need to turn in your vocabulary graphic organizer with 20 vocabulary words, definitions, and sentences (the original sentence in which you found your word).

Thursday and Friday you will be presenting your presentations to the class.

Monday, April 29th.  You will take a vocabulary test over our last three sets of vocabulary (19-21).  You will be able to use your vocabulary sheets for this test.

Final Stage: Presentation!!

This week we begin working on the Power Point part of the research project.  You will created a Power Point with eleven (11) slides.  Please make sure to follow the rubric, and upload by Wednesday at 11:59 PM.  Remember, this is only part of the entire project.  Please see your rubric.

_____Power Point (35)

_____Must have cover page with picture of author. (10
 This is the first page of your PPt.  You will need to make sure to have a picture of your author, his or her name, and then your name.

_____Ten slides with content and graphics (25)
 Each slide must have information about your author.  Each slide must also have some sort of picture with it.  Remember, DO NOT write paragraphs and expect to read it to us as you present.  Use bullet points, or some method where you write just enough to know what you are talking about in  your presentation.  DO NOT write one or two words and slap a picture on it.  Make sure you do a good job, remember, this is a summative.

                    _____10 slides (10)

   

                     _____Graphics on all slides (5)

                    _____Content on all slides (10)

New Due Dates

Due to the library being closed this week I've shifted our schedule.

Author's Wheels are still due today (April 17) because the only thing to print was the picture, and you were told about that last week.

Works Cited & Annotated Bibliography will be due April 22nd.  We are in the writing lab, so you can print these two pieces then.

Presentation upload is April 24th now. 

You will present on the 25th and 26th

Have a great weekend.  Don't forget, there is no school Friday.  :)

Annotated Bibliography Examples

Here is an example of what I want for your annotated bibliography.  You can go to easybib.com to get citation help.  Then cut and paste them into your documents. 

Sheila Coffey

Ms. Coffey

English III, 4

16 April 2019

Annotated Bibliography

“Alice Walker.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 12 Apr. 2019, www.biography.com/writer/alice-walker.

         When I went to this site I was able to get lots of background information

 about my author.  This site had so much information that I was able to find out

almost everything a person would want to know about Alice Walker.  I definitely

 recommend this site for anyone looking for information about this author.  The

 site is relevant and updated recently.

“Anne Bradstreet.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation. 2019. Web. 12 April

         2019.

I used this site to find information about my author.  There was quite a bit of information here, and I was able to get lots of background on the author. This website is very good in that it is relevant to the author, and was updated in 2019.  The information given helped me with my research.  This web site was beneficial to my work.   

Peled, Miko. “Thich Nhat Hanh: Be Beautiful, Be Yourself.” Alice Walker The Official Website for the American Novelist Poet, BFM Radio, 2 July 2013, www.alicewalkersgarden.com/.

         I used this website to search for further information on my author.  When I

went to this site I discovered that the information was too far out of date, so I did

 not end up using anything from this page.  I would not recommend this page for

research purposes if someone wants current information.

Notes Example

Below is an example of how I want you to take notes:

Notes Example: Anne Bradstreet

Website:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-bradstreet.  Visited 12 April 2019

Website title:  Poetry Foundation

Article title: Anne Bradstreet

No author

Publishing date:  2019

Notes from page:

Birth 1612

Death 1672

Birth name Anne Dudley

Married Simon Bradstreet and moved to New England.

“Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World” Poet (Poetry Foundation).

Did not go to school, but her father educated her.

Research April 10-26

Today we began our research unit.  You are researching an author.  You will find out all you can about the author so you can give a presentation about him or her.  Pretend you are writing their biography.  What information is needed:  Name, birth, death (if not alive), family, career, famous works, etc.  Anything interesting about your author.

You must have a minimum of five (5) sources!

You will make an annotated bibliography and a works cited page (both due April 18th) and a Power Point (due April 24th).  You will present your Power Point in class the 24th to the 26th.

You will also be finding 20 vocabulary words as you research.  You have the sheet to fill in as you work.  Make sure to write the word, definition, and the sentence in which you found the word.

You also need to have a picture of your author printed for Monday.  We will be doing an author wheel in class Monday.  I will grade this.

Research Project

Directions: You will be researching a famous author.  You will be provided with a list of authors from which to choose, or you may choose one of your own (upon teacher approval). Throughout this assignment you will receive several grades.  You will do an author’s wheel, an annotated bibliography, a works cited page, a Power Point, and a presentation using your Power Point.  Each assignment will be explained further as they are assigned. 

Below are the assignments and grades attached to each one.

Author Wheel:  100 (formative):  This is your first assignment leading into the overall research.  You will begin your research and make this wheel. (Individual grade)

The meat of the research: 100 (summative)

Annotated Bibliography:  35 Alpha order, complete with annotations, hanging indents, DS, TNR, 12 point font

Works Cited: 15   Alpha order, complete, hanging indents, DS, TNR, 12 point font

Power Point:  35 10 slides with specific information and graphics.  Must have cover page with picture of author.

PP Presentation: 15 No clowning around, professional, clear explanation, eye contact.  There is a rubric that will be followed for this grading.

Vocabulary: 100 (formative): You will do this as you research your author; a graphic organizer will be provided for you to track your vocabulary. (Individual grade)

Rubrics:

Research Rubric

_____Annotated Bibliography (35 points)

 _____Alphabetical order (5)

_____Complete annotations (20)

_____Hanging indents (5)

_____Mechanics: Double Space, Times New Roman, 12 point font,

1” margins (5)

_____Works Cited (15)  For this piece, you just take out the annotations, and

 wallah!  Done!

_____Alphabetical order (5)

_____Hanging indents (5)

_____Mechanics: Double Space, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch

          margins (5)

_____Power Point (35)

_____Must have cover page with picture of author. (10)

_____Ten slides with content and graphics (25)

                    _____10 slides (10)

                    _____Graphics on all slides (5)

                    _____Content on all slides (10)

_____Presentation (15) See rubric on back.

Total Points ________/100

There is a back page to this rubric, but I do not have a digital copy, so do not lose the copy you were given.  

April 1 - 5

Ms. Coffey’s Lesson Plans April 1-5

Monday, April 1^st: Book Jackets are due today at the end of class.

Tuesday, April 2^nd: Vocabulary Power Plus 19.  Go over the words, and do the Vocabulary Power handout.  You will have a vocabulary test over 19-21 on May 29^th.  Know the words.

Wednesday, April 3^rd: Works Cited PowerPoint.  Read through this, and do the exercise.  Annotated Bibliography Power Point.  Read through this.  There is a practice sheet…if I can find it.  It is very important to understand how annotated bibliographies are done.  You will be turning in an annotated bibliography and a works cited page as part of your research project.

Thursday, April 4^th:  In Text Citations.  Read through the power point, then we will do the practice sheet.

Friday, April 5^th: Make up day.  I’m out for EOC test preparation.  I will be on campus, but not in the classroom.