Mr. Verlin Overbrook High School October 9, 2015

Do Now: Freewrite  Respond to the following prompt: list the steps you take when you are trying to locate useful information on the internet for a research project.

Objectives:  The students will be able to evaluate how words and phrases shape the meaning and tone in texts in order to perform research on the internet.

Focus Lesson: Website Eval.  Terminology  Search engine  Search string  Evaluation Domains  Authorship: personal, company, education or gov’t.?  Purpose  Intention to inform: academic  Sale of goods and services: commercial  Bias: can you detect bias in favor of a group or interest? If so, explain.

Focus Lesson: Website Eval.  Evaluation Domains (con’t.)  Content  Accuracy of information?  Inclusion of references for backup?  Cross check references?  Design  User friendliness?  Ease of navigation?  Ease of reading?  Use of graphics?  Internal search capabilities?

Focus Lesson: Website Eval.  The task: use Google to find 3 websites about the Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts suitable for research. Prove their viability by using the web site evaluation form. In order to receive full credit, your form must include:  A score for each of the domains using the rubric indicated  At least 1 phrase justifying each score