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Topic:Reference
cards/ research paper.
Grade
Level:
Grade 11 (College Prep.)
Instructional
Objectives:
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Students
will utilize prior knowledge of research techniques to critique note and
bib cards.
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Students
will be able to select appropriate thesis statements according to the taught
thesis statement model.
Concepts
addressed: note
cards, bib cards, and thesis statements.
Materials:
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Student
generated note and bib cards.
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Peer
evaluation sheet
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Copy of the rubric
fro student viewing.
Engagement/
Anticipatory set:
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Warm
upà
Review of the types of note cards. Students will be asked what a note card
is and what are the different types of note cards.
Types
of Note Cards
1.Direct
quote
2.Paraphrase
3.Précis
4.Personal
note
5.Summary
6.Quote/paraphrase
Procedure:
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Homework
will be checked. Students are
to have 9 total index cards: 2 bib cards, 3 note cards for each bib card,
and one title card.
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One
student will be asked to write one of their bib cards on the board. They
will also be asked to read a corresponding note card and tell what kind
of note card it is.
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Students
are split up into pairs.
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The
reference cards, note, bib, and topic cards, are exchanged within the partnered
groups.
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Students
will review each other’s cards, filling out the attached peer-editing sheet. This
activity will take approximately twenty minutes. An
additional instruction will be given pertaining to numbers 4 & 5. This
information is written on the board:
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Identify
the type of note card used by your partner.
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Write
how the card does or does not relate to the topic. Be
specific to better help your partner in the future.
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The
students will receive their evaluated cards and peer editing sheets. A
discussion will take place within the groups about the information read
and evaluated.
Key
discussion questions:
I will be circulating
throughout the classroom as the students discuss the reference card evaluations.I
will pose the following key questions to each group.
§Why
do the note cards illustrate the topic?
§How
would you correctly add that bit of information into a bib card?
§Why
do you need to insert the author’s name and page number following a direct
quote or paraphrase?
§What
is a SLUG?
§Why
is a SLUG so important on a note card?
Closure:
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Two
student pairs will be asked to write one of their note cards on the board.
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Each
of the four students will share this note card, its explanation, and relevance
to the topic orally.
Extension
Activity:
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