Thursday, May 1 - Research

Objective: By the end of class, students will research self-generated questions from informational text in order to develop the skill of finding relevant and reliable information quickly and efficiently that will be beneficial in any career.

DO NOW

Get your soft HOLT reader and turn to page 321 to have access to your questions. 

Direct Instruction

Get a laptop and begin research to answer each question. Continue to change the words you enter in google until you find what you are looking for. For Example: If you enter, "What did Shackelton's men eat?" and you do not get what you are looking for, try different words such as "shackelton expedition diet" or "elephant island food sources," etc. 

Reminder: Wilkipedia is not a reputable source!!

Guided / Independent

Type the questions, answers and cut and paste your sources into a google drive document and share with me.

Extra Credit 
Use Easybib.com to properly site your sources as you would in a research paper.

Closure
Independent student checks.

Exit Pass

What is the most surprising thing or the most helpful thing you discovered during your research?