1. Upcoming, Important Dates:
02/12/2019
Upcoming, Important Dates:
Add these dates to your agenda, if they apply to you:
Wednesday (02/13) – Writing Fair Entries Due
- Work Place Wednesday
Thursday (02/14) – Valentine’s Day Attire - $1
Friday (02/15) – Valentine’s Dance (4:30-6:00)
Monday (02/18)-Friday (02/22) – Winter Break – No School
Go get your breakfast NOW. Do not wait.
Turn in any signed paperwork to the homeroom bin.
If you are not eating, you must read something of your choice.
HOMEROOM = SILENCE

2. Language Arts – Warm Up 02/12/19
Website Challenge
Can I Trust It?
(1/2 Sheet + Notes)
Presented by Mrs. Chaney
Your independently-found website: Use your green bookmark and ½ sheet.
Cobb Digital Library: Use this resource to help you find a new website.
Review your green bookmark.

3. Language Arts – Work Session 02/12/19
Essential Question: How can I evaluate a source?
Standard: ELACC6RL3 – Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

4. Language Arts – Work Session 02/12/19
Website Challenge: Can I Trust It? (1/2 Sheet + Notes)
Presented by Mrs. Chaney
Finish your notes from yesterday using the same computer and your history. (Hint: Use the same browser – Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.)
Cobb Digital Library
Select: Databases (on the left side of the page)
Type in the Search Bar: opposing
Click: open now
Click: drop down (from the search bar)
Select: both (not opposing viewpoints or global issues)
Search: Use key words (Example: pollution Mexico City)
Search: Magazines and News Articles
Sort by: Newest (from the drop-down options on the search bar)
Hold: Ctrl + F (to get a search bar for key words)
Write: the title of the article on your notes to identify your source

5. Language Arts – Work Session 02/12/19
Website Challenge: Can I Trust It?
(1/2 Sheet)
Presented by Mrs. Chaney
Topics:
Pollution in Mexico City or
Rainforest Destruction in Brazil
Use your green bookmark to help.

6. Language Arts – Work Session 02/12/19
Website Challenge: Can I Trust It?
(1/2 Sheet)
Presented by Mrs. Chaney
Topics:
Pollution in Mexico City or
Rainforest Destruction in Brazil
Use your green bookmark to help.
Take notes that are PARAPHRASED, not plagiarized.

7. Language Arts – Work Session 02/12/19
Source Evaluation
Half-Sheet
Domains = .com, .edu., .gov
Do not trust sites older than you!
To be credible, a site must have all of the following:
The right domain
Verifiable authority
Valid P.O.V./Purpose
Recent Date (no older than 5-6 years)

8. Language Arts – Closing Session 02/12/19
Read
You will have a Biblionasium due on February 28.
You should be halfway through your book by Friday.
Homework:
Read!
Check your Student Vue account!
Writing Fair Entries – Due TOMORROW!