FINALS: RESEARCH PAPERS

RESEARCH PAPER RESOURCES

HOW TO DETERMINE IF A WEBSITE IS CREDIABLE
How to Determine a Credible Website


What is the date on the website or article you are looking at? i.e. how old is the

information you are looking at? Is it current? Is it frequently updated?

Who wrote the webpage / article? Are they credible? Do they give citations /

references to credible authors / websites that they have used in their material?

What type of domain is the website? An educational — edu website can be written by

any student with space on their college’s server. It does not mean the website and or

information contained within the website is factual or even credible.

Likewise, a pharmaceutical website may offer information on a drug you’re researching,

but more than likely if it is a drug they are selling their website is going to offer a slanted

or biased view of the drug and not an objective opinion offering both the pros and the

cons of the product.

Is the page valid?

Is it documented with footnotes or links? That is, does the author of the website or

article cite credible sources within their work or point you to credible sources via URLs,

such as a medical article with links to a source in the New England Journal of Medicine?

Finally, ask yourself:

Is this as good a resource as I could find in the library or through a library database

(remember the library’s sources have been screened by librarians)?

The Internet can be a source of informative websites, but in order to find the good

information the Internet has to offer a little detective work is needed. And it will save

you time and potential frustration in your research work!
If you’re still not sure of a websites validity you can always ask your teacher.
source: http://www.svc.edu/library/docs/credible_websites.pdf
 
RESEARCH SCAFFOLDING WORKSHEET LINK
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1155/scaffold.pdf

INTERNET CITATION ORGANIZER
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson983/organizer-form.pdf


RESEARCH PAPER SOURCES INSTRUCTION:

ALABAMA VIRTUAL LIBRARY WEBSITE: http://www.avl.lib.al.us/
CLICK ON STUDENT RESOURCES
ON THE DROP DOWN MENU CLICK HIGH SCHOOL
SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU FIND EBSCO host Search
Type your topic into the search bar
you can find credible resources here!








 

April 9-13

English 9 Honors

 

Homer's The Odyssey

What defines THE EPIC, characteristics, examples and epic conventions handout link: http://www.pljulianhs.net/ourpages/auto/2009/10/18/55946921/EPIC_HANDOUT.pdf

Link to handout on HEROES AND ANTI HEROES: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-kYN1CrWgCkJ:www.jonescollegeprep.org/ourpages/auto/2008/9/5/1220645619162/Hero-Anti-Hero%2520Handout-jcp.doc+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiKqVmxMt8ulFZmyc-J_6whV0zNS9WWaTtEn1bNv2QBW_sPT4p9nrvX1MrHvGm4QpWrvbC8-5NOViwxGj5CK07VOXHkWcisIDRKshoRqs4WxBkZqM7xQyS9AxO4nSYwHmrCEkJs&sig=AHIEtbTFJnyM2Zvst_hoJ9pnJNaNMDXF9g

VOCABULARY: YOUR VOCABULARY WILL BE PRESENTED IN YOUR TEXTBOOK.
READINGS AND STUDY QUESTIONS WILL BE ASSIGNED IN CLASS. AN ESSAY PROMPT WILL ALSO BE ASSIGNED
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AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE USING THE TEXT OF IN COLD BLOOD (TIMED TESTS WILL BEGIN EACH PERIOD)


USING MICHAEL SANDEL'S LECTURE SERIES: "JUSTICE" WE WILL TRY TO TAP INTO OUR ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ISSUES AND PRACTICE THIS ALONG WITH SANDEL'S HARVARD CLASSES. SANDEL CALLS UPON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF
KANT, BENTHAM, STUART-MILLS, LOCKE,  AND RAWLS TO EXPLORE CONCEPTS OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY, AND CITIZENSHIP

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ENGLISH 11

YOU MUST BRING YOUR TEXT TO EVERY CLASS MEETING UNTIL THE END OF SCHOOL

THIS WEEK WE WILL EXAMINE JOHN HERSEY'S HIROSHIMA ALONG WITH OTHER TEXTS FROM MID-CENTURY VOICES THAT WE HAVE STUDIED.
PARTICULAR LITERARY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:

* OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE REPORTAGE

Tim O'Brien's "Speaking of Courage" from the novel Going After Cacciato
*Conflict--internal/external
TEST Monday April 16th  OVER THIS MATERIAL  

1. AUTHOR: Elie Weisel
    TEXT"Night" pages 913-923    
    Literary focus: Memoir

2. AUTHOR: Robert Jackson
    TEXT: "Arrogance of Cruelty and Power" 
    Literary forcus: persuasive argument and types of appeals

3. AUTHOR: John Hersey
    TEXT: "A Noiseless Flash"
     Literary Focus: subjective and objective reportage

4. AUTHOR: Randall Jarrell
    TEXT: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
    Literary Focus: Implied Metaphors

5. AUTHOR: Tim O'Brien
    TEXT: "Speaking of Courage"
    LITERARY FOCUS: Conflict internal/external


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FRENCH I/II
CHAPTER 7 - CLOTHING
VERBS PORTER, METTRE, VOULOIR, POUVOIR
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS

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SHAKESPEARE...fair is foul and foul is fair/what bloody man is that/a drum a drum Macbeth doth come/double double toil and trouble...

THIS WEEK WE BEGIN OUR STUDY OF THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
HANDOUTS ON THEME AND MACBETH AS A TRAGIC HERO
IMAGERY, VISIONS, AND LANGUAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN CLASS

*Weird Sisters essay lecture and discussion

COMPARATIVE SCENES PRESENTING DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PLAY
MONDAY WE WILL BEGIN WITH THREE PRESENTATIONS OF ACT I SC.1 BY VARIOUS DIRECTORS: ROMAN POLANSKI'S 70'S FILM OF MACBETH, FOLGER SHAKESPEARE THEATER'S STAGING AND A BBC PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY

MONDAY NIGHT READING ASSIGNMENT: READ ALL OF ACT I AND PREPARE FOR A QUIZ
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE WILL DISCUSS ACT 1, READ PARTS AND MOVE INTO ACT 2 AND 3. WE WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE REPRESENTATIONS OF LADY MACBETH BY SEVERAL ACCLAIMED ACTRESSES.

March 19-April 6

GRADUATION EXAMS ARE THIS WEEK.....GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST YOU BRILLIANT STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE PREP SESSIONS ON SATURDAY. YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

THIS IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT OVER SPRING BREAK. PLEASE CONSULT DR. CATHY BARKS WEB PAGE ON IN COLD BLOOD --Novel Module 6 : The American Nightmare— In Cold Blood
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cwbarks/incoldblood.html  HER WEB PAGE INCLUDES COMMENTARY STRUCTURE, GUIDANCE FOR READING THE NOVEL, STUDY AND THEMATIC QUESTIONS (WHICH YOU MUST COMPLETE AND BRING TO CLASS WHEN WE RETURN TO CLASS ON APRIL 3)

ADDITIONALLY, I WANT YOU TO READ THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB PAGE OF DR. BARKS: http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cwbarks/termproject.html
THIS PAGE REINFORCES MANY OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING WRITING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS YEAR. 


I DO NOT LIGHTLY ASSIGN THIS WORK...IT IS IMPERATIVE TO YOUR LEARNING PROCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR AP PAPERS
THIS WEEK WE ARE COMPLETING YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

IN APRIL WE WILL BEGIN A STUDY OF THE SYNTHESIS ESSAY. ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE GEARED TOWARD ENTERING INTO A CONVERSATION WITH SOURCES.



FRENCH 1/2

THIS WEEK WE WILL COMPLETE A VIEWING OF THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. PLEASE STUDY THE HANDOUTS ON ALEXANDER DUMAS, BONAPARTISTS VS. ROYALISTS, THE BYRONIC HERO, THEMES, HISTORICAL REFERENCES. THIS IS A LINK TO THE POWER POINT I WILL SHOW IN CLASS. WE WILL EXPLORE ALL LITERARY ELEMENTS OF THE WORK:

I WILL PRESENT A LITERARY ANALYSIS POWERPOINT OF THE WORK IN CLASS ON FRIDAY.




WRITING ASSIGNMENT AND HANDOUT WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS.

YOU WILL CREATE A TIMELINE OF THE PERIOD SURROUNDING THE TEXT OF THE NOVEL. THIS WILL BE DONE IN THE COMPUTER LAB. THIS IS TO AID IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF DUMAS' WORK AS A NOVEL, WHICH IS ALWAYS SET IN A PARTICULAR PLACE IN A PARTICULAR TIME.


HISTORICAL INFLUENCES:

The political climate of the setting of The Count of Monte Cristo is intrinsic to the plot of Dumas's narrative. For, it is the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte which proves to be the nemesis of Edmund Dantes. When he is arrested and brought before the Deputy Procureur du Roi, de Villefort, Dantes would be freed without having delivered a letter to Elba, the island on which Napoleon has been confined after being sent into exile. For, when de Villefort asks to whom the letter was delivered, he changes his plans to release Edmund because he has aspirations of ascending politically. Presently, the Bourbon king, Louis XVIII, has been restored to the throne, and since de Villefort's father is a Bonapartist, a Girondin, or part of a political faction during the Revolution, de Villefort must keep this information quiet. So, when de Villefort learns that the letter Edmund Dantes has carried for the dying captain is addressed to Elba, he senses that a movement is underway to restore Napoleon as emperor. Also, since he is engaged to a Royalists' daughter, Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran, and since any connection of deVillefort with his father will ruin his prospects of marriage and social advancement, the prosecutor decides that he must assure that no connection between himself and Napoleon exists. Therefore, he incarcerates Dantes indefinitely as a political prisoner in the Chateu d'If, where he will not reach anyone further.



While in prison, Edmund meets the Abbe Fari, who reveals the truth of Napoleon's political threat to Dantes. Finding this ironic, he explains the situation of his own incarceration to the young man, one that is the opposite of that of Dantes: He has been imprisoned for being a supporter of the Bourbon kings against Napoleon. When Dantes realizes the treachery of deVillefort and the men who have written the incriminating letter, he vows revenge upon them all if he should escape the prison. This revenge is what propels the remainder of the main plot of The Count of Monte Cristo.



ENGLISH 11

COMPLETE A READING AND GROUP DISCUSSION OF ELIE WIESEL'S NIGHT.

Major genres, a glossary of literary terms, and a variety of literary devices will be studied in depth.

POWERPOINT DISCUSSION GUIDE IN CLASS:

*NON FICTION ASSIGNMENT-- HANDOUT WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS


*READ ELIE WIESEL’S 1986 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. AFTERWARDS WRITE A ONE-PAGE LETTER TO PROFESSOR WIESEL IN, WHICH YOU RESPOND TO NIGHT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE THESE COMMENTS HOLD FOR YOU AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN.

SHAKESPEARE

THIS WEEK YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION OF BENEDICK AND BEATRICE IN THEIR OPENING SCENE.

WE WILL BEGIN A STUDY OF MACBETH AFTER SPRING BREAK...SO YOU NEED TO GET THE PLAY

ENGLISH 9

GRAMMAR STUDY

BEGIN THE ODDESSY

February 13-24

ACT TEST PREP SITE ONLINE: http://www.testprepreview.com/act_practice.htm

This a link to interactive grammar and writing quizzes. EXCELLENT SITE!!!!!!!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm#marks

AP English

THIS IS THE LINK TO THE VOCABULARLY WORDS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21st:  http://quizlet.com/10138144/elliott-ap-language-1-flash-cards/

1.  Homework for the weekend of the 2/10/12 COMPLETE THE PACKET HANDED OUT IN CLASS ON SYNTAX AND PERSUASION.
2. THIS WEEK YOU WILL TAKE A TEST OVER EXAMPLES OF THE TERMS WITHIN THE PACKET, RESPOND IN AN ESSAY TO AN ARGUMENTATIVE PROMPT, AND ENGAGE APPEALS THROUGH SYNTAX. SPECIFICALLY YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH ETHICAL, EMOTIONAL,  LOGICAL APPEALS, DETERMINING AUDIENCE, DETERMINING AUTHOR'S PURPOSE, ARGUMENTATION, DETAIL, DICTION, CONNOTATION, DENOTATION, AND IMAGERY IN WORKS OF NONFICTION.

3. YOU WILL HAVE A PACKET TO COMPLETE ON APPEALS THROUGH SYNTAX.
4. A BRIEF MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE QUIZ (if we have time)

ENGLISH 9 HONORS

1. THIS WEEK WE WILL COMPLETE ALL ACTS OF ROMEO AND JULIET
2. WEDNESDAY: TAKE A TEST OVER LITERARY AND VOCABULARY TERMS  FROM ROMEO AND JULIET: (found at the following link) http://quizlet.com/1765739/romeo-and-juliet-acts-1-2-vocabulary-and-literary-terms-flash-cards/
3. ****next week you will be tested over the following vocabulary words: http://quizlet.com/5735962/honors-english-romeo-and-juliet-vocab-flash-cards/
4. TURN IN COMPLETED STUDY PACKET ON ACTS I, II, III, IV, V on Tuesday February 21, 2012.

ENGLISH 11

1. IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE QUESTIONS OVER FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S SHORT STORY "A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND" PLEASE DO SO AND TURN INTO ME BY THURSDAY.
2. Literary terms to know this week: Test Thursday: http://quizlet.com/5610969/final-exam-literary-terms-flash-cards/
3. Thursday: TEST OVER THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE  PAGES IN TEXT--815-867.
4. UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES IN CLASS WORK AND HERE IS A LINK TO PRACTISE: http://www.quia.com/cb/7146.html
5. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21ST WE WILL VIEW AND TAKE A TEST OVER SHAKESPEARE'S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

SHAKESPEARE

1. WE WILL COMPLETE a reading  and viewing of The Merchant of Venice
2. test over the play: identification  of quotes, vocabulary, sequencing, playhouses, medieval drama

French I/II
OH FUN WE ARE STUDYING FOOD!!!!!

1. Complete all exercises assigned in class on TUESDAY FEB. 7, 2012. REVIEW EXERCISES IN CLASS
2. THE PARTITIVE, BOIRE, VOULOIR, PRENDRE (VERBS USED WITH FOOD), THE IMPERATIVE
3. FOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. TEST OVER CHAPTER 6
5. PRACTICE YOUR VERB CONJUGATIONS AND GRAMMAR AT THIS INTERACTIVE LINK: http://www.realfrench.net/grammar/games.php?function=choose_single&ex=4

ALSO AT THIS WEBSITE YOU CAN WATCH PRESCHOOL TELEVISON SHOWS. THIS WILL HELP YOU ENHANCE YOUR LISTENING AND ORAL PRODUCTION SKILLS: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CC1652CEB157D9B&feature=plcp