Friday,+January+21



Bell Ringer
Lit Circle Groups- Look at the dates for Lit Circles and determine your group's pacing. Divide the books into chunks to be discussed during each lit circle.

Read Aloud

 * Discuss the chart above. What facts and figures stand out? What conclusions can you draw?
 * Read the article in Time - "Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?"

Mini-Lesson
How do you know if a source is reliable? Look at this link.

Let's say that I am doing a research project on Facebook. In my paper, I want to persuade my readers that Facebook use actually promotes anti-social behavior and is no substitute for time spent with actual human beings.

Check out the following sources I found. Source 1- Yahoo Answers Source 2- Why I Hate Facebook Source 3- Wikipedia Source 4- How Facebook is Taking Over Our Lives Source 5- 2010 Person of the Year Mark Zuckerburg

With your group, evaluate these sources. Rate each one from 1-5 with 5 meaning that the information is very reliable and would make an excellent source.

Browse the following sites: Be on the lookout for topics that you find interesting. You need to be FIRED UP about your research topic! You will be spending a good deal of time with your subject matter, so find something you can't wait to tell the world about!

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 * Comment on one (1) story- legitimate comments please!
 * Post the link to your comment in the discussion board.
 * Make sure to jot down some information about this in the "Seed Thoughts" section of your writer's notebook. You may want to find this article again!
 * Find another source on this topic.
 * Post the link to this source. In the post, discuss whether this source seems reliable or not. What are the author's credentials? When was it written, and have things changed since then?

Share
Check out some of your classmates' comments!

Homework
Be searching your brain and the Internet for ideas for your topic. You will need to select a topic next week in order to begin researching. Read and journal!