September 18, 2017 - September 22, 2017 Weekly Schedule for ERWC

Monday, September 18th:
In the library all this week.
Areas of concern:
Run-ons
Sentence Fragments
Pronouns and antecedent agreement
Article: "a" vs "an"

Monday, September 18th:
In the library
Lectures/videos with Ms. Whitham over library resources, data bases, access to gale.edu
Remember, students have to go through the LAUSD portal to access gale.edu
Assignment: send a link or article you found today that is relevant to your topic to lms.lausd.

Tuesday, September 19th: 
8:00 - 8:20: 
Please bring your vocabulary workshop book today. Go over Vocabulary Unit 2, #11 - 20. This will be due on Wednesday, September 27th.

8:20 - 9:13:
In the library to do research.
Video: "How Should I Search in a Data Base?"
Advanced search in a database
EBSCO Publishing  - Explora High School Research
Boolean Search (And/Or/Not)
Abstract: Summary of article
Limit by date and source type
Email or download to google drive
(Cite button MLA)
Look for resources in EBSCO and/or Gale
Send through schoology one article relevant to your research paper.


Wednesday, September 20th: 
8:00 - 8:20:
Go over answers to grammar homework; exercises 2 and 3; 
8:20 - 9:13:
In library today to research
Website evaluation
Watch video on "Evaluating Sources"
Look at good and bad websites
The CRAAP Test
Continue your research in digital library or on the internet
Apply the CRAAP test
For classwork: Send through schoology one article relevant to your research paper.

Thursday, September 21st: 
No school today! 

Friday, September 22nd: 
8:00 - 8:20:
ERWC Grammar Book: 
Pages 4 - 5; Activity 4: "What makes a sentence complete?"
Pages 5 - 6; Activity 5: "Identifying complete and incomplete sentences" 
This will be due on Wednesday, September 27th.
Your vocabulary Unit 2, #11 - 20 will be due on September 27th.
8:20 - 9:13: 
In the library today to do research - notecards
Went over bibliography/work cited
Watch video "MLA 8 Style Guide"
Look at the resources listed under work cited
Cite link on the library website
Continue your research in the digital library or on the internet
Apply "CRAAP"
Resources:
Owl Perdue - invaluable resource for the following informatin:
Online Writing Style
Work Cited Page 

Assignment: 


Three work citations on relevant books, etc. for senior project 

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