Nice work!

I was really impressed by the way student ZR organized her research.  Look at this beautiful document!

It's such a great example!

In addition to the author, title, and URL, 

she writes the entire "Works Cited" entry in MLA format.

This saves her a lot of time, because she doesn't have to do it later!

She also pulls out the quotes she wants to use right away,

so that she doesn't have to go back and re-read every article 

every time she wants to reference it.

Way to go, Z!

Spring Break: Research Post

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you your spring break assignment!

<applause>

Be sure to write your Works Cited using proper MLA format.

Oh, and be sure to USE QUOTATIONS PROPERLY!

Duh. 

Have a great break, kiddos!

Finding Reliable Sources

My children!

You are discovering, I believe, that doing good research actually takes a lot of work!

Here is a list of guidelines I've provided for you.  Be sure to consider these criteria before choosing the sources you want to work with.

I'm not sure how we started talking about The Jungle Book in class today,

but it reminded me of what an amazing film it is.

This is my favorite song.  

So underrated.

This weekend!

Okay, friends.  It's the weekend.  And you know what that means:

MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING!

Be sure to:

1.)  Finish making flashcards for the words in Unit 6.  These are in your orange vocabulary books.

2.)  Finish writing two comments to post on Youth Voices.

Feeling stuck?  Uninspired?  Downright sad?

Check out Rica's post about being NORMAL.

Or Natalie's post about STEP PARENTS.

Or Ibrahima's post about WHY TELEVISION IS RUINING YOUR BRAIN.

Or Akella's and Niya's posts about emotional ABUSE in relationships?

Or Mariama's thoughts on MARRIAGE?

So much great writing happened recently!  

You can read that one before or after you watch some TV.  It won't matter :)

For your reference:

By Sunday, 3.25.12

At the end of this week, you should have:

- 13 total comments

+

- 3 total posts

on Youth Voices.

This week's post must be a Personal Inquiry post, which comes from your original 20 questions and follows this guide. 

Some of you are getting frustrated/annoyed/bored with the Comments Guide on the site, and have asked to deviate from it.  That is totally cool, as long as you make sure you:

a.)  write at least ten sentences for each comment,

b.)  use at least two direct quotations from the original post, and 

c.)  make a personal connection to the post ("This reminds me of ..." or "Others should read this because ...")

HAPPY POSTING!

Oh, and for those of you who didn't write down the Grammar Homework, which is due next class:

Read Section 28.4 in the purple Grammar book (pp. 504-518), and complete exercises 34-41 in your notebooks.