HANDOUTS:
Download these handouts:
Overview for the year:
Independent Book Report handout (WHAT YOU NEED TO DO): INDEPENDENT_BOOK_REPORT_Requirements_2011_2012
Independent Book Report FORM: independent_book_report_form
Book Recommendation Form: BOOK_RECOMMENDATION_FORM
Book Presentation Guide & Rubric: INDEPENDENT_BOOK_report_PRESENTATION_2011_2012
Get Gmail!
If you have not signed up for a gmail account yet, I would recommend you do so now & make your address your first and last name (it’s much more professional than unicornluver8888@yahoo.com, trust me)
Create a Gmail Account!
You will be using the various features that gmail has to offer over the course of the school year.
TURNITIN.COM:
Turn in your essays here: http://turnitin.com/static/index.php
If you don’t have an account yet, go here: http://turnitin.com/newuser_join.asp?svr=13&session-id=7494740a9f5ae42a92803c5f2cd9083d&lang=en_us&r=88.646391839351
[Please enroll in the class “Sophomore Honors” ID: 4047649 password: readingrocks]
Student Training Resources: http://turnitin.com/static/training/student.php
PLAGIARISM: DON’T DO IT:
What is Plagiarism: http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html
What is Citation: http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_citation.html
Steven Colbert (sarcastically) talking about Plagiarism: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/181870/april-27-2006/plagiarism [Consequently all of Kaavya Viswanathan’s books were recalled, taken off shelves, and destroyed by the publisher in addition to her losing her book deal. Lesson: don’t plagiarize, you will get caught, there will be consequences.]
RESOURCES:
MLA FORMATTING & STYLE GUIDE! http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Holistic 6 Traits Rubric: The_Six_Traits_Holistic_6_Traits_Rubric
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