Citing our Paragraphs

Today we revisited our paragraph organizers in order to add proper citations.

AIM: I will complete my MEAL paragraph using three accurately written citations.

Standard: 7.1.3 Explain the evidence supporting hominid origin in East Africa.

Do Now:
1) Vocabulary term: A human-made object from the past.
2) Vocabulary term: A person who studies the past.
3) Vocabulary term: A scientist who digs up artifacts to study the past.
4) What is the Latin word for southern?

Lesson Steps:
After we finished the Do Now we reviewed the content we learned by going over the first three readings of the second advisory. We then revisited excerpt # 3. At the bottom of this page was a section which taught students how to write a proper citation. We filled this out and talked about the importance of avoiding plagiarism.

We then revisited our rough draft paragraphs from last night. I showed students how we could add our citations into our paragraphs in order to make them more scholarly.

Students then used the remaining time in class to write a final draft of this paragraph and turned it in.

Homework:
Complete all questions for readings #4 and #5.

Handout: Scroll down to see reading #4. All questions are found on the first two pages.

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