2 March 2016 Bell activity: Take out your research work. Take out the purple sheet from yesterday and mark off the steps completed. Then fill in the list of steps you still need to finish. Review the plagiarism definition sheet given to you. Today we will …. learn the difference between a supportive visual aid and a distracting visual aid. learn how to drag and drop all the required parts of your research project into the appropriate folders. learn the difference between making it the WRITER’S JOB to PROVE he or she DIDN’T PLAGIARIZE, instead of making the teacher PROVE that the writer DID PLAGIARIZE.

George Washington was an impressive individual because of his determined and adventurous spirit, his great ability to lead, and his confident humility.

George was a determined individual who often found himself in the midst of adventures.

George Washington exhibited a tremendous ability to inspire and lead those around him.

George Washington was a confident man, but he was not arrogant or in need of validation through power or status; in fact, he was the true definition of a humble leader.

Martha Washington Saunders/C ELA 28 Feb 2016

George Washington was an impressive individual because of his determined and adventurous spirit, his great ability to lead, and his confident humility.

Choose a font that is easy to read from across the room. Don’t layer photos behind the Thesis Statement or Claim sentences.

George was a determined individual who often found himself in the midst of adventures

Avoid excessive animation effects. Avoid sound effects, especially when what you want the audience to hear is you, not sound clips. In a formal academic presentation, sarcastic or ridiculous humor is inappropriate the way slang is inappropriate in an academic essay. It communicates the wrong tone for the assignment. Save the jokes for later.

George washington exhibited a tremendous ability to enspire and lead those around Him!!!

Again, make sure the tone of your presentation is appropriate. Save the humor for later. Make sure the pictures do not cover the words. Make sure you edit your sentences and avoid errors. Do not use exclamation marks!!!!!!

George Washington was a confident man, but he was not arrogant or in need of validation through power or status; in fact, he was the true definition of a humble leader.

Keep your font styles simple & easy to read. Fancy fonts are just for titles and heading. If the picture covers the words, you are doing things backwards. In this type of presentation, it is your words that matter, the pictures are extra.

SUBMITTING THE REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS TO THE RIGHT HAND-IN FOLDER This is the last day we will have the laptops. Therefore, it is important that before you leave today you submit the required 3 assignments to the Hand-In folder. 1.Your works cited page (Microsoft word document). 2.Your power point slide show 3.A copy of every research document listed in your works cited page.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HAND – IN FOLDER YOU CANNOT SAVE DIRECTLY TO THE HAND-IN FOLDER. INSTEAD YOU MUST SAVE A DOCUMENT TO YOUR OWN DRIVE FIRST. THEN DRAG & DROP A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT INTO THE CORRECT HAND-IN FOLDER.

FINDING THE CORRECT FOLDER IN WHICH TO DROP YOUR SAVED DOCUMENT: 1)CLICK on the file folder icon at the bottom of the screen. FROM TODAY’S HANDOUT….

1)You will be working in the folder directory in the left hand of the window. (#1)

You will be clicking on “carrots” to the left of the folder name.

WORKS CITED PAGE: Save your works cited page to your own drive as “your last name, Works Cited”. Find the “Works Cited Pages” folder listed on the student share drive; hand-in; Saunders; Block …. Drag a copy of your saved document from your own folder & drop it into the correct folder. Check to see that it saved in the correct folder.

POWER POINT PRESENTATION Save your Power point to your own drive as “your last name, topic name” Find the folder “POWER POINT PRESENTATION”, listed on the student share drive; hand-in; Saunders; Block …. Drag a copy of the saved document from your folder & drop it into the correct folder. Check to see that it saved in the correct folder.

RESEARCH DOCUMENTS Find the folder with your name listed on the student share drive: hand-in; Saunders; Block ---; Research Documents: your name Drag a copy of each saved research document from your folder & drop it into your research folder. Check to see that it is saved in the correct folder.

#1 #2 #3 Before you can hand-in any document you must save it to your own drive (it is listed as your name). On Wednesday you will need to submit each of the following documents. Please follow the instructions for each. WORKS CITED PAGE: Save your works cited page to your own drive as “your last name, Works Cited”. Find the “Works Cited Pages” folder listed on the student share drive; hand-in; Saunders; Block …. Drag a copy of your saved document from your own folder & Drop it into the correct folder. Check to see that it saved in the correct folder. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HAND – IN FOLDER STUDENTS CANNOT SAVE DIRECTLY TO THE HAND-IN FOLDER. INSTEAD STUDENTS MUST SAVE A DOCUMENT TO THEIR OWN DRIVE FIRST, THEN DRAG AND DROP A COPY INTO THE CORRECT HAND-IN FOLDER. FINDING THE CORRECT FOLDER IN WHICH TO DROP YOUR SAVED DOCUMENT: 1)CLICK on the file folder icon at the bottom of the screen. 2)You will be working in folder directory in the left hand of the window. (#1) 3)You will be clicking on “carrots” to the left of the folder name. (#2) 4)DO NOT OPEN A FOLDER by clicking on the name instead of the carrot. 5)If you accidently open the folder, click on the back arrow above the list (#3) 6)Keep clicking on carrots till you have found the folder you need. POWER POINT PRESENTATION Save your Power point to your own drive as “your last name, topic name” Find the folder “POWER POINT PRESENTATION”, listed on the student share drive; hand-in; Saunders; Block …. Drag a copy of the saved document from your folder & drop it into the correct folder. Check to see that it saved in the correct folder. RESEARCH DOCUMENTS Find the folder with your name listed on the student share drive; hand-in; Saunders; Block ---; Research Documents: your name (#4) Drag a copy of each saved research document from your folder & drop it into your research folder. Check to see that it saved in the correct folder. #4