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FINAL PROJECT : WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project Ms. Bradley 7 th Grade English

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Page 1: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

FINAL PROJECT:WE DIDN’T START THE

FIRE

Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide

you through your final project Ms.

Bradley 7th Grade English

Page 2: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny RaySouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, TelevisionNorth Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, PanmunjomBrando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye

Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queenMarciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and ProkofievRockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, DancronDien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning teamDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, KhrushchevPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, KerouacSputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai

Listen Here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2SS0zqmzk

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseballStarkwether, Homicide, Children of ThalidomideBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, MafiaHula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and KennedyChubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the CongoHemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange LandDylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia, British BeatlemaniaOle Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sexJ.F.K. blown away

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back againMoonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rockBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airlineAyatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicideForeign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law,Rock and Roller cola wars

Page 3: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

WHERE DO I START???

Remember your

basic search

engines:

www.google.com

www.bing.com

www.yahoo.com

www.dogpile.com

GET ORGANIZED! note_taking-graphicorganizer.doc Searching_tips.rtf

Researching

Page 4: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

IS IT GOOD??? Double check validity of sources:Validity_Student_handout1.do

c

ResearchingWikipedia

Page 5: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

Q: I’VE GOT MY INFO, NOW WHAT??? A: IT’S TIME TO START WRITING YOUR INFORMATIVE ESSAY!!!

Q: What is an Informative Essay???

A: http://word-crafter.net/CompI/InformativeEssay.html

BUT WAIT…….

Writing

Page 6: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

Time Get AgainTO ORGANIZED

Getting all of your info into paper format can be tricky!

Don’t fret! These graphic organizers are here to help!

five-paragraph-essay-organizer.pdf

hamburger.pdf

Writing

Page 7: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS

DUE!!!

Make sure to properly cite your information!

Where do I find the info to cite?? Citing_web_sources_S

tudent_worksheet_MLA1.doc

Citing

***This site will help you cite***

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

Page 8: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

IS IT MINE???

• Please refer to your syllabus for the Plagiarism Policies!

Syllabus.pdf

Citing

Page 9: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

PROOFREADING TIPS:

Give peers

constructive feedback

Don’t forget to use appropriate proofreading marks!Key_Proofreading_Marks.pdf

Proofreading

Don’t rush through it; read carefully

Use a different color

ink to proofread

Page 10: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

SO, HOW DO I TELL THE DIFFERENCE???

Editing: Spelling Grammar

Punctuation

Run-ons

Fragments

Revising:ContentFluencyStructureOrganizationWord choice

Editing/Revising

There is a fine line between Editing and Revising…

This site provides more details: https://sites.google.com/site/teachingrevision/thediffere

ncebetweenrevisionandediting

Great Question! Each step focuses on different things; for example:

(Fine Line)

Page 11: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

HERE ARE A FEW MORE

HELPFUL SITES TO AID IN THE EDITING AND

REVISING STAGES:

Dictionary/Thesaurus Help: http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Grammar/Punctuation Help: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/grammar.htm http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/Gram

mar/

Editing/Revising

Help for all aspects of your paper:

http://www.kidinfo.com/language_arts/writing.html

CHECK OUT THIS SITE BEFORE YOU TURN IN YOUR FINAL DRAFT!

Page 12: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

YOUR TURN TO MAKE A POWERPOINT!!!

Things to remember when creating a PowerPoint presentation:

Keep it simple! Make it interesting! Include pictures!

Use color! (But make it readable!) Include a title slide!

Be creative!

Presenting This site has lots of helpful information for the technical aspects! http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/powerpoi

nt-help-and-how-to-FX101816832.aspx?CTT=97

Page 13: Final Project : We didn’t start the fire Helpful tips, pointers, & resources to guide you through your final project

REQUIREMENTS: Informative Essay:

2 pg minimum

12 point font

Double space

Due: Dec. 8th

Power Point: 5 slide minimum

First slide must include topic name

Must include pictures related to topic

Due: Dec. 9th

Just in case you’ve forgotten…

Rubric: Informative Paper

Rubric.docx

Rubric: Power Point Grading Rubric.d

ocx

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

December 2011Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 51. Listen to We “Didn’t Start the Fire”2. Class discussion3. Receive topics4. Give assignment instructions5. Receive grading rubrics

61. Research topics2. Begin writing first draft HW: First draft due NEXT class!!!

71. Peer review, edit, revise first drafts2. Work on final draft HW: Final draft due NEXT class!!!

81. Turn in final draft 2. Begin work on power point presentations  HW: Power point presentations due NEXT class!!!

91. Present power points

10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Schedule~

Plan Ahead~~Be

Pr

epar

ed~

***Don’t Procrastinate***

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QUIZLET TIME!!! After you peruse this

informative PowerPoint, check out my Quizlet link and test your new knowledge!

http://quizlet.com/_46ykm

Quizlet

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MY SOURCES: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/   http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/

http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/critical_thinking.aspx

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a2SS0zqmzk

http://word-crafter.net/CompI/InformativeEssay.html

http://www.wincalendar.com/2011-Word-Calendar.htm

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??Origin=EC790014051033&CTT=6&ver=12&app=powerpnt.exe

http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm

http://quizlet.com/7043206/total-review-flash-cards/

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