Monday, October 17, 2011

Week 9 Blog: 2A Prep for Essay

For this week's blog you have to do two things (due Friday 10/21 by midnight):

1. Tell me about the two books and Internet sources you've found.

For each book, list the citation:


      Citing a book. Author. Title of Book (underlined). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. For example: Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Random House, 2003.


Example:

Depastino, Todd. Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003.



For each Internet site, list the full citation:


      For citing an individual work on the Internet: Author. Title. Date on page (if given). Name of  Associated Institution (if given; underlined). Date of access < web address>. For example: Downer, Jillian. In Her Shoes. 18 May 2008. The Shoe Dish. 24 May 2008 <http://theshoedish.com>.

Example:
Homelessness and Poverty in America. National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. 11 October 2011. < http://www.nlchp.org/hapia.cfm>


2. Post your essay outline

Example: 

Paragraph 1 – state problem and give statistics; give opinion about why this is a problem

Paragraph 2 – discuss research; what I learned from the books/Internet sources about the causes of homelessness

Paragraph 3 and 4 – discuss personal experience around the problem of homelessness; discuss my own thoughts and ideas about this issue

Paragraph 5 – discuss research; what I from the books/Internet sources about how to solve homelessness


Good luck,
Mr. Sabath



6 comments:

  1. Aliah Pinckney 2a

    1. Allenbaugh,Kay. Chocolate for a Teen's Soul-2000
    -Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen. Teens Talk Relationships.-2008

    My two websites are
    http://www.lovequotes4u.com
    http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com

    2.paragraph 1- give facts and opinion about the problem
    paragraph 2- discuss what i learned from love and my own experience
    paragraph 3- discuss my own life style from love
    paragraph 4- discuss ideas about the effect on love
    and paragraph 5- discuss how to change the problem on love

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  2. Tania McCray 2-A

    1. Racism:A short story- by George M. Fredrickson
    Understanding and dismantling racism:The twenty-first century challenge to white america-by Joseph R. Barndt

    http://www.amazon.com
    http://www.niot.org/local-lessons

    2.paragraph 1-address the problem
    paragraph 2&3- talk about the problem
    paragraph 4- explain my opinion about the topic
    paragraph 5- give some solutions to the problem

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  3. Darius Oodm 1.Published New York : Twenty-First Century Books, 1996.
    Edition 1st ed.
    Format 144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    LCCN 95-40738 /AC
    ISBN 0-8050-3768-3 2.Published New York : Facts on File, c1999.
    Format 152 p. ; 24 cm.
    LCCN 99-10354
    ISBN 0-8160-3976-3
    3.http://www.deamuseum.org/museum_ida.html
    4.http://druglibrary.net/schaffer/Library/basicfax.htm#q1

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  4. Desiree Wheeler 2a
    BOOKS:Olson, Gillia M.. Polar bears' search for ice: a cause and effect investigation. Mankato: Capstone Press, 2011.

    Kazlowski, Steven, and Theodore Roosevelt. The last polar bear facing the truth of a warming world : a photographic journey. 1. ed. New York: Braided River, 2008.
    WEB SITES:
    "Animals 'shrinking' due to climate change - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. .

    •BRODER, JOHN M.. "Warming Is Seen as Wiping Out Most Polar Bears - New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. .
    OUTLINE:Paragraph1-state problem,Paragrah2&3-give facts and research,Paragraph4-give opinon and personal experiences,Paragrap5-give solutions

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  5. ricowilliams
    1.legualiseing weed-people geting locked up dien geting hurt over a plant people have their own oppion and the goverment will also get taxs
    2.paragraph 1-address the problem
    paragraph 2&3- talk about the problem
    paragraph 4- explain my opinion about the topic
    paragraph 5- give some solutions to the problem

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  6. Class,

    Please look at the models I provided. Desiree is the only student who put these citations in the correct forms! Look at hers to make corrections. Makes sure you put them in the right format for your essay!

    Mr. S

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