Monday, November 17, 2014

Citing Sources and Creating a Bibliography




















Francine is confronted about Plagiarism


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Link to Practice Creating Citations Handout 
1.  Create a Google Drive document- name it Bibliography
2.  Type Bibliography on document-
3.  Once you create citation on EasyBib, copy and paste it to your Google Drive document
4.  Be sure to indent all lines after first of each citation!  And put in ALPHABETICAL order! 
5.  Share with Ms. Casassa and Ms. MacDonald

 Click here to go to Easybib

Ready for a challenge?

Source Scavenger Hunt: Using EasyBib,  type your favorite animal into the search bar. Locate a website, book, and newspaper article that relates to your favorite animal. Copy and paste the citations into a Google Doc titled Bibliography.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Holidays Around the World



HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

Holidays: A Sampler from Around the World

From America to Scandinavia to the Far East, people celebrate holidays with special rituals and festivities. Take a quick tour of some holiday traditions throughout the year.

National Holidays Around the World  

The table from InfoPlease lists the date and name for select national holidays in countries around the world.

Christmas Around the World

Christmas Traditions around the world and how Christmas is celebrated in different countries and cultures.

Learn to respect other people's traditions and cherish your own with this guide to multicultural winter celebrations. 

Winter Holidays Around the World

The winter holidays are linked to religious festivals that are celebrated in a unique way all over the world.  Here are some interesting ones. 

Santa's Net 

Christmas Traditions around the World.

 

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Introducing the Main Character in your Book using Voki

You are going to think about the main character in the book you are currently reading. Complete the Character Trait online worksheet and then the graphic organizer I've shared with you on Google Drive. When you finish both, have an adult in the class review it. Then you can create a VOKI!! Submit all work through Google Classroom. Also, submit the URL of your Voki so we can listen to it. Good luck and have fun!




Complete Graphic Organizer on your character

Go to Voki to create your Voki main character

First, sign up to Google Classroom
1.  Sign into your Google account
2.  Click on the Google Classroom icon on the left side of my Barnard Tech page.
3.  Click "I am a student"
4.  When prompted, type in this classroom code:
                                jbpmkd
5.  Congratulations!  You have now joined Google Classroom Tech Class