November 29

How to Write Your Works Cited/Bibliography

Today you will learn the online automatic way to generate a bibliography for your research paper.  Whenever submitting work of your own that uses the ideas of other people you MUST cite your sources to give credit to the original people who did the work first.  Also, by citing direct evidence and quotations of people in your research you are also borrowing from their credibility.  For example: if I said that there are estimated to be more than 200,000 galaxies, each with over 200,000 stars on average that sounds like a pretty big claim for a teacher from Arborg that doesn’t even own a telescope.  But if I quoted this fact from Dr. Stephen Hawking as stated in his book A Brief History of the Universe, then it would sound pretty believable.  I have borrowed his credibility to support my own research!

Here is a link to a great free bibliography website and a video on how to use it.

http://www.easybib.com/

here are some more cites that should work too.  Sometimes after the first bibliography the website asks you to turn off the ad blocker.  If this happens then just use another site for your next citation.

http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book

http://www.bibme.org/apa

http://www.citethisforme.com/citation-generator/mla

https://www.qub.ac.uk/cite2write/harvard3l.html

https://www.citefast.com/?s=MLA

 

November 12

Quick Write – Nov. 12

Choose one of the following 3 prompts.

  1. A wealthy donor plans to build a new facility that will benefit young people in your area. It could be a swimming pool, a theater, a skateboard park, an art school, or any other facility that would provide young people with constructive ways to spend their time.  What should we build in our community?  What would you want?
  2. Your principal wants to invite a celebrity speaker to your school. Think about the celebrity you would choose to have speak; then, tell your readers why.
  3. Girls and boys often enjoy playing the same sport. Some people believe that girls and boys should be able to play on the same team. What is your opinion on this issue?
November 4

Tai Asks Why – Health Class – Bullying

Today we talked about bullying in specific reference the the podcast called “Tai Asks Why” on CBC radio.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/taiaskswhy/here-s-why-people-bully-and-how-we-can-stop-it-1.5269665

Here is a copy of the assignment/response from class.

19.11.04 tai ask why – bullying

Follow the transcript of the podcast here to help you search up answers/responses from the assignment.

19.11.04 tai ask why – bullying – notes