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Rambo/Mastrangelo-World of Citations

2/2/2015

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Lesson Standards:
  • ELACC7L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  • ELACC7L6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
  • ELACC7W8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.

Easybib

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Username: firstnamelastname@simpson.com (your ‘real’ name, not nickname, no spaces, not a real email address!)

Password: your student ID # (lunch #)


All Together Now:
Let’s practice this citing sources thing!

  1. http://www.timeforkids.com/news/danger-dessert/99091 
    1. Fill in the blanks in EasyBib to cite this webpage.
    2. Double check the “auto-cite” <–this is often incorrect!
  2. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article


Citing a picture

  1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-Caramel-Bar.jpg 
    1. Fill in what you can.
    2. You need to give your picture a description!
On Your Own:
Cite the following sources in your “Practice” project in EasyBib.

  1. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar753961&st=chocolate
  2. http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/coke-secret-recipe-changed-article-1.1438185
Search for and find a picture of the following people. Create citations for them in your “Practice” project.

  1. Doctor John Pemberton (inventor of Coca~Cola)
  2. Ruth Graves Wakefield (inventor of chocolate chip cookies)
Choose one of the articles you cited above & take notes in the Notebook feature of Easybib.

  1. Who is the article about?
  2. What action took place?
  3. When did the action take place?
  4. Where did the action take place?
  5. How did the action take place?
  6. Why did the action take place?

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