Please see Coding for social and cultural analysis to assist with your analysis.
18 December 2009
How to upload your project to your blog
Juniors: the time is almost here! On Monday, December 21, you'll be sharing your final project for The Great Gatsby and the 1920's with small group of your classmates. You'll click on your blog, and the link for your project will be there for us to see.
Reminder: Only use your pseudonym on the Internet. That means the name on your title slide is your pseudonym.
How do I upload my project to my blog?
First, check to make sure that your blog is active today in class: Friday, December 18.
Second, upload your presentation.
If your platform is a Photostory 3 for Windows or Windows Movie, you need to save it as a "mpg." This is one of the standards for posting on the Internet. Then close the file. Go to youtube.com. Register as a user if you've never done so before. Afterward, in the upper right hand corner, hit "upload," browse through your files at the prompt for your mpg, and click "done." It will take several minutes to upload. Once it uploads, copy the url.
If your platform is a Power Point, go to scribd.com and register. Then hit "upload," browse through your files at the prompt for your Power Point, and click "done." It may take a few minutes to upload. Once it uploads, copy the url.
Third, open up your blog. Go to "new post." Add in a small new post that invites your viewers to go to your project. It might read something like this: "Please see my new presentation about the 1920's." Then click on the word "Link" on the blog toolbar. It will ask you two questions:
a) "text to display:" Type in the name of your presentation here.
b) web address: Paste in the url of your presentation.
c) Hit "ok."
d) Hit "publish post."
Voila! You have created a link to your presentation for Internet users to view. Good for you!
Reminder: Only use your pseudonym on the Internet. That means the name on your title slide is your pseudonym.
How do I upload my project to my blog?
First, check to make sure that your blog is active today in class: Friday, December 18.
Second, upload your presentation.
If your platform is a Photostory 3 for Windows or Windows Movie, you need to save it as a "mpg." This is one of the standards for posting on the Internet. Then close the file. Go to youtube.com. Register as a user if you've never done so before. Afterward, in the upper right hand corner, hit "upload," browse through your files at the prompt for your mpg, and click "done." It will take several minutes to upload. Once it uploads, copy the url.
If your platform is a Power Point, go to scribd.com and register. Then hit "upload," browse through your files at the prompt for your Power Point, and click "done." It may take a few minutes to upload. Once it uploads, copy the url.
Third, open up your blog. Go to "new post." Add in a small new post that invites your viewers to go to your project. It might read something like this: "Please see my new presentation about the 1920's." Then click on the word "Link" on the blog toolbar. It will ask you two questions:
a) "text to display:" Type in the name of your presentation here.
b) web address: Paste in the url of your presentation.
c) Hit "ok."
d) Hit "publish post."
Voila! You have created a link to your presentation for Internet users to view. Good for you!
15 December 2009
PEPI Suggestions for The Great Gatsby
PEPI Power Pointe
14 December 2009
10 December 2009
Getting Started with Research
Hello, Juniors!
The time has come for you to begin to research themes that interest you in conjunction with the texts you are reading for English class. The directions below will help you to begin the process. By the end of our session today, you'll have several good sources to turn to as you write. You must accumulate at least five citations by the end of class today.
Most of your research citations must be peer-reviewed/ scholarly research. If you find a secondary source that you think is valuable, see your teacher for input and approval before moving on.
Here are three different places to go for scholarly research.
Most of your research citations must be peer-reviewed/ scholarly research. If you find a secondary source that you think is valuable, see your teacher for input and approval before moving on.
Here are three different places to go for scholarly research.
A) Directions to access online databases for research:
Minimize this page so you'll be able to follow the directions.
1) Go to the website of your local library.
Click on "online databases" [You'll be directed immediately to this site from your school computer. If not, ask your teacher for the library card or user name. From home, you' can log in with your own library card or borrow the FHS Library code.] Search through the following databases:
Academic One File; Expanded Academic ASAP; General One File; Power Search.
Enter in different keywords until you find articles that seem of interest to you. Click on "peer-reviewed" and "full text" so that you'll find the best full sources for your area of interest.
2) Google Scholar: Did you know that Google offers specific databases for research? Go to Google, Advanced Search, then scroll down to Google Scholar. Type in your keywords. You will find abstracts [which are summaries of whole articles], book reviews, pdf's, and some articles.
3) Your teacher also holds a college library identification card, which offers access to some different databases. Ask her about this resource if you need special access to special themes.
B) Saving the citations you find:
Finding good sources is only a start! Saving is much more than copying a URL, You have to save your research in files so that you can have access to the research in the future. Here goes:
Open a Word file. Save it as "research sources for English class." Everytime you find a good source, enter in each of the following criterion:
Author
Title of article
Journal where the article was published
Date of the article's publication
Date you accessed the article
Page numbers of the citation from beginning to end
[MLA no longer requires you to save the URL, by the way.]
[MLA no longer requires you to save the URL, by the way.]
Then copy and paste any text you think might be valuable below this citation. You may just save part of an article, like the introduction, or you may save the entire article. Make sure you have the page numbers correctly noted in either case.
Yes, you must cite the author and the page numbers for websites. Citing other author's ideas does take time, but, once you get accustomed to this process, you'll be a great researcher!
08 December 2009
Juniors' The Great Gatsby Research Project Descriptions
Assignment:
You will create a research project in which you choose one topic of interest from the 1920s and argue it.
You’ll support your argument using peer-reviewed/ scholarly research and textual excerpts from The Great Gatsby. Your composition will have two components:
1) You will create a slide show in which you organize your ideas using visual, digital, audio, and print sources to argue and support a particular position.
2) Afterward, you will use the information you assembled in the slide show to write a 2-3 page paper.
Objectives:
You will choose and become an expert in an area of your own interest from the 1920s.
You will design an argument statement.
You will gather research from books and online databases and include excerpts from research resources to support your argument statement.
You will support your argument through textual excerpts from The Great Gatsby.
You will interpret the peer-reviewed/ scholarly and textual evidence to create your own unique voice.
You will manipulate media and design to suite your purpose and genres.
Purpose:
The purpose of any learning event is to explore and extend your thinking. These research compositions will accomplish that purpose by giving you the opportunity to express your ideas through a series of meaningful choices regarding selection of information, interpretation of resources, writing, design, and public presentation.
Whenever you synthesize your prior knowledge with new knowledge, you change as an individual. Ultimately, you share a new sense of self through new ideas, feelings, and thinking, which helps you to connect better to others in your community and the world beyond it.
PART ONE:
Overview of your Research Project
Slide/ section one: Title slide
The title slide is the argument, or main persuasive idea, of your overall project. Titles in the academic world have two parts. The first part of the title is often a clever play-on-words; the second part of the title points to your specific argument and names the primary text around which you are designing your discussion.
Here are example titles:
“Three Houses Divided: The Great Gatsby and Metaphors of Socio-economic Class”
“Carelessness and Culture: Playing Forward The Sun Also Rises to the New Millennium”
“Spiritual Shallowness: How Our Town Can Inform Contemporary Society”
Slide 2: Diagram slide
The diagram slide describes relationships among concepts. The diagram slide is a one slide representation of your argument (which doesn’t refer to the primary text, but, rather, to universal ideas), the key terms from your evidence, and the core ideas of your entire project. The diagram slide should be composed primarily of images/ visuals/ schematics. You should have very few words on your diagram.
The Body of Your Project: Three Slides
Each slide should explain your argument in one of three different ways. Each slide discusses a dimension of the particular point of view upon which you have decided. To construct a body slide, you must adhere to a formula which is known as PEPI: Point, Evidence from the primary text, Peer-reviewed/ scholarly research, and Interpretation. These are the slides in which your unique voice should shine.
Slide 3: PEPI a
Point a) Write one topic sentence that describes the situation you want to explore in this slide. Do not refer to the primary text in this topic sentence.
Evidence from the primary text a) Pull one excerpt from the primary text that supports the point you made above.
Peer-reviewed/ scholarly research a) Pull one excerpt from research that connects to the point you made above.
Interpretation a): Synthesize the point, evidence from the primary text, and peer-reviewed/ scholarly research into one sentence in which your own unique voice shines through. Remember: interpretations answer “why” and “how” not “what.”
Slide 4: PEPI b
Repeat the steps above, but, this time, use a second point that explains your argument. Of course, you’ll use a new excerpt from the text, a new peer-reviewed/ scholarly article except (yes, that means a new author, too), and a new approach to interpreting it all.
Slide 5: PEPI c
Repeat the steps above, but, this time, use a second point that explains your argument. Of course, you’ll use a new excerpt from the text, a new peer-reviewed/ scholarly article excerpt (yes, that means a new author, too), and a new way to interpreting it all.
Slide 6: Synthesis Slide
The synthesis slide draws together the most important information from your five previous slides. It captures the essence, totality, and significance of the messages that you have targeted. Suggestion: copy the most important words and phrases from each of the PEPI slides, and rewrite them in a new and invigorating way in your synthesis.
Have fun! Be creative! Make a research project shine with your unique voice!
PART TWO: The MLA Research Paper
You will draw the majority of the writing and ideas for this paper from your research project. Thus, your MLA research paper will utilize the PEPI formula so you can write with academic voice and authority.
Print length: 2-3 pages, not including the Works Cited page.
Style: The paper must cite all sources using MLA format, including in-text citations.
Number of textual excerpts: at least three
Number of research sources: at least three (with three different authors)
In these two projects, students will…
communicate effectively by listening, speaking , writing, using a variety of media and techniques
• read critically with understanding
analyze and solve problems effectively by…
o identifying, clarifying and describing issues/problems;
o locating, organizing and processing information from various sources;
o utilizing thinking skills and reasoning strategies;
o creating, testing and justifying solutions and conclusions
You will create a research project in which you choose one topic of interest from the 1920s and argue it.
You’ll support your argument using peer-reviewed/ scholarly research and textual excerpts from The Great Gatsby. Your composition will have two components:
1) You will create a slide show in which you organize your ideas using visual, digital, audio, and print sources to argue and support a particular position.
2) Afterward, you will use the information you assembled in the slide show to write a 2-3 page paper.
Objectives:
You will choose and become an expert in an area of your own interest from the 1920s.
You will design an argument statement.
You will gather research from books and online databases and include excerpts from research resources to support your argument statement.
You will support your argument through textual excerpts from The Great Gatsby.
You will interpret the peer-reviewed/ scholarly and textual evidence to create your own unique voice.
You will manipulate media and design to suite your purpose and genres.
Purpose:
The purpose of any learning event is to explore and extend your thinking. These research compositions will accomplish that purpose by giving you the opportunity to express your ideas through a series of meaningful choices regarding selection of information, interpretation of resources, writing, design, and public presentation.
Whenever you synthesize your prior knowledge with new knowledge, you change as an individual. Ultimately, you share a new sense of self through new ideas, feelings, and thinking, which helps you to connect better to others in your community and the world beyond it.
PART ONE:
Overview of your Research Project
Slide/ section one: Title slide
The title slide is the argument, or main persuasive idea, of your overall project. Titles in the academic world have two parts. The first part of the title is often a clever play-on-words; the second part of the title points to your specific argument and names the primary text around which you are designing your discussion.
Here are example titles:
“Three Houses Divided: The Great Gatsby and Metaphors of Socio-economic Class”
“Carelessness and Culture: Playing Forward The Sun Also Rises to the New Millennium”
“Spiritual Shallowness: How Our Town Can Inform Contemporary Society”
Slide 2: Diagram slide
The diagram slide describes relationships among concepts. The diagram slide is a one slide representation of your argument (which doesn’t refer to the primary text, but, rather, to universal ideas), the key terms from your evidence, and the core ideas of your entire project. The diagram slide should be composed primarily of images/ visuals/ schematics. You should have very few words on your diagram.
The Body of Your Project: Three Slides
Each slide should explain your argument in one of three different ways. Each slide discusses a dimension of the particular point of view upon which you have decided. To construct a body slide, you must adhere to a formula which is known as PEPI: Point, Evidence from the primary text, Peer-reviewed/ scholarly research, and Interpretation. These are the slides in which your unique voice should shine.
Slide 3: PEPI a
Point a) Write one topic sentence that describes the situation you want to explore in this slide. Do not refer to the primary text in this topic sentence.
Evidence from the primary text a) Pull one excerpt from the primary text that supports the point you made above.
Peer-reviewed/ scholarly research a) Pull one excerpt from research that connects to the point you made above.
Interpretation a): Synthesize the point, evidence from the primary text, and peer-reviewed/ scholarly research into one sentence in which your own unique voice shines through. Remember: interpretations answer “why” and “how” not “what.”
Slide 4: PEPI b
Repeat the steps above, but, this time, use a second point that explains your argument. Of course, you’ll use a new excerpt from the text, a new peer-reviewed/ scholarly article except (yes, that means a new author, too), and a new approach to interpreting it all.
Slide 5: PEPI c
Repeat the steps above, but, this time, use a second point that explains your argument. Of course, you’ll use a new excerpt from the text, a new peer-reviewed/ scholarly article excerpt (yes, that means a new author, too), and a new way to interpreting it all.
Slide 6: Synthesis Slide
The synthesis slide draws together the most important information from your five previous slides. It captures the essence, totality, and significance of the messages that you have targeted. Suggestion: copy the most important words and phrases from each of the PEPI slides, and rewrite them in a new and invigorating way in your synthesis.
Have fun! Be creative! Make a research project shine with your unique voice!
PART TWO: The MLA Research Paper
You will draw the majority of the writing and ideas for this paper from your research project. Thus, your MLA research paper will utilize the PEPI formula so you can write with academic voice and authority.
Print length: 2-3 pages, not including the Works Cited page.
Style: The paper must cite all sources using MLA format, including in-text citations.
Number of textual excerpts: at least three
Number of research sources: at least three (with three different authors)
In these two projects, students will…
communicate effectively by listening, speaking , writing, using a variety of media and techniques
• read critically with understanding
analyze and solve problems effectively by…
o identifying, clarifying and describing issues/problems;
o locating, organizing and processing information from various sources;
o utilizing thinking skills and reasoning strategies;
o creating, testing and justifying solutions and conclusions
01 December 2009
Seniors' Multimedia Project Description for Othello
Hello, Seniors,
Please review the Multimedia Project Description for Othello located below. CF
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhkmtpnj_2f5kjsgfz
Please review the Multimedia Project Description for Othello located below. CF
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhkmtpnj_2f5kjsgfz
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