2010+Perseverance+Project

=Sixth Grade Unit 1: Research Project=

ELA Standards
> 1.4 Use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases, keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information.
 * //Research and Technology//

Other Standards/Skills

 * Plagiarism: what it is, how to avoid it
 * Effectively searching online
 * Evaluating online resources

Critical questions to ask while teaching:

 * 1) Why can't you just copy what you read on the Internet?
 * 2) Is there a better way to search than just typing a word in the Google box.
 * 3) Why can't you believe everything you read on the Internet?

What they will understand at the end of the unit:

 * 1) Copying without summarizing is plagiarism
 * 2) How to look for information online
 * 3) What the elements of a good online resource are

Vocabulary

 * 1) Plagiarism:
 * 2) Boolean search
 * 3) Operators
 * 4) Bias

Skills

 * 1) How to summarize from online sources
 * 2) Using quote marks for a sentence or two
 * 3) // MAYBE: How to bookmark and cite resources //
 * 4) Using Google Wonderwheel to narrow down searches
 * 5) Using boolean operators
 * 6) Evaluating sites based on what you know and basic logic
 * 7) Recognizing bias

Materials to be used
Google WonderWheel || Teaching the iGeneration (Ferriter) ||
 * ===Videos=== || ===Links=== || ===Other Materials=== ||
 * Brain Pop
 * 1) Plagiarism
 * 2) Paraphrasing
 * 3) Copyright (?) || [|Save The Pacific Northwest //Tree Octopus//]

Formative

 * Final Report for their teacher

Summative

 * Checks for understanding as lessons progress
 * Blog posts on the subject (?)

Learning Activities
Objective prepare for our research papers Goal investingating the stories from our unit Intro Google WonderWheel: how to use it Activity students will look up topics using google wonderwheel, and generate some sub-topics to research Objective work on our research project Goal searching for web site on our topic Intro review of what was learned last time Activity locate some web sites on our topic Objective work on our research papers Goal discerning what is a realiable web site Intro "Tree Octopus" Activity students will write about the the signs to look for on a reliable web site Objective work on our research project Goal searching for web site on our topic Intro review of what was learned last time Activity locate some web sites on our topics Objective work on our research papers Goal learning how to paraphrase instead of plagiarize Intro BrainPop "Plagiarism" Activity continue with research Objective work on our research project Goal searching for web site on our topic Intro BrainPop "Paraphrase" Activity paraphrase from one of your research Web site
 * Week One**
 * Week Two**
 * Week Three**