Students will finalize their Power Point presentations
**Presentations will begin tomorrow
Presentations
Students will create a 10 slide Power Point presentation
Requirements:
-Students will create a 10 slide presentation
-Presentations should be 5 minutes long
-Presentations must be creative.
*The slides should be creative and contain a theme
*Students should present their material in a creative manner (EX. Dress like their
character,bring information to pass out to the class, create an overview sheet for the class, play music or
video clips)
Restrictions:
-You may not read from note cards or your slides
-Your slides must be creative.......More than a photo or a group of words
-You may use 3 small note cards during your presentation; however, you may not read from the cards.
Click the link below to view rubric for this project:
Power Point Project Rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1474890&
Monday, October 29, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Tuesday - Thursday (10/23-10/25)
Presentations
Students will create a 10 slide Power Point presentation
Requirements:
-Students will create a 10 slide presentation
-Presentations should be 5 minutes long
-Presentations must be creative.
*The slides should be creative and contain a theme
*Students should present their material in a creative manner (EX. Dress like their
character,bring information to pass out to the class, create an overview sheet for the class, play music or
video clips)
Restrictions:
-You may not read from note cards or your slides
-Your slides must be creative.......More than a photo or a group of words
-You may use 3 small note cards during your presentation; however, you may not read from the cards.
Click the link below to view rubric for this project:
Power Point Project Rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1474890&
Presentations
Students will create a 10 slide Power Point presentation
Requirements:
-Students will create a 10 slide presentation
-Presentations should be 5 minutes long
-Presentations must be creative.
*The slides should be creative and contain a theme
*Students should present their material in a creative manner (EX. Dress like their
character,bring information to pass out to the class, create an overview sheet for the class, play music or
video clips)
Restrictions:
-You may not read from note cards or your slides
-Your slides must be creative.......More than a photo or a group of words
-You may use 3 small note cards during your presentation; however, you may not read from the cards.
Click the link below to view rubric for this project:
Power Point Project Rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1474890&
Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Writing Day
Everyone should be writing their research paper today. Be sure to use the resources to help support these papers. Everyone needs to use at least 5 different sources in their paper. Remember not to plagiarise. Cite everything pulled from another authors' work.
If anyone has not finished their works cited yet, they are rapidly running out of time. This is a short project. Everything is due Monday. There is no time to be wasted today. No one should be goofing around on outside sources or there will be point deductions. NO GAMES, NO VIDEOS, NO WEB SURFING, NO ESPN. I will be checking to make sure everyone is working.
Academic Content Standards:
1.5.11 d WRITE WITH A COMMAND OF THE STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITION
1.5.11c WRITE WITH CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION
1.5.11a WRITE WITH A SHARP , DISTINCT FOCUS
1.5.11 b WRITE USING WELL-DEVELOPED CONTENT APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOPIC
Everyone should be writing their research paper today. Be sure to use the resources to help support these papers. Everyone needs to use at least 5 different sources in their paper. Remember not to plagiarise. Cite everything pulled from another authors' work.
If anyone has not finished their works cited yet, they are rapidly running out of time. This is a short project. Everything is due Monday. There is no time to be wasted today. No one should be goofing around on outside sources or there will be point deductions. NO GAMES, NO VIDEOS, NO WEB SURFING, NO ESPN. I will be checking to make sure everyone is working.
Academic Content Standards:
1.5.11 d WRITE WITH A COMMAND OF THE STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITION
1.5.11c WRITE WITH CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION
1.5.11a WRITE WITH A SHARP , DISTINCT FOCUS
1.5.11 b WRITE USING WELL-DEVELOPED CONTENT APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOPIC
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Writing Day
Everyone should be writing their research paper today. Be sure to use the resources to help support these papers. Everyone needs to use at least 5 different sources in their paper. Remember not to plagiarise. Cite everything pulled from another authors' work.
If anyone has not finished their works cited yet, they are rapidly running out of time. This is a short project and with the day off yesterday things are getting down to the wire. No one should be goofing around on outside sources or there will be point deductions. NO GAMES, NO VIDEOS, NO WEB SURFING, NO ESPN. I will be checking to make sure everyone is working.
Academic Content Standards:
1.5.11 d WRITE WITH A COMMAND OF THE STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITION
1.5.11c WRITE WITH CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION
1.5.11a WRITE WITH A SHARP , DISTINCT FOCUS
1.5.11 b WRITE USING WELL-DEVELOPED CONTENT APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOPIC
Everyone should be writing their research paper today. Be sure to use the resources to help support these papers. Everyone needs to use at least 5 different sources in their paper. Remember not to plagiarise. Cite everything pulled from another authors' work.
If anyone has not finished their works cited yet, they are rapidly running out of time. This is a short project and with the day off yesterday things are getting down to the wire. No one should be goofing around on outside sources or there will be point deductions. NO GAMES, NO VIDEOS, NO WEB SURFING, NO ESPN. I will be checking to make sure everyone is working.
Academic Content Standards:
1.5.11 d WRITE WITH A COMMAND OF THE STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITION
1.5.11c WRITE WITH CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION
1.5.11a WRITE WITH A SHARP , DISTINCT FOCUS
1.5.11 b WRITE USING WELL-DEVELOPED CONTENT APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOPIC
Friday, October 12, 2007
Beginning Writing
Today everyone should begin writing their papers and works cited page. Noodletools is the best aide for creating these works cited pages. The Noodletools site can be very slow. If it lags, work on the paper until the page finishes loading. Remember there is a very limited amount of time to complete this paper so everyone needs to be constantly working.
Academic Content Standard:
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization
1.5.11D- Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition.
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Today everyone should begin writing their papers and works cited page. Noodletools is the best aide for creating these works cited pages. The Noodletools site can be very slow. If it lags, work on the paper until the page finishes loading. Remember there is a very limited amount of time to complete this paper so everyone needs to be constantly working.
Academic Content Standard:
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization
1.5.11D- Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition.
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Research Day 2
Today we will be continuing researching everyone's given topic. There is not much time to complete this project so everyone should be working. Be sure to cover as many sources as possible. Everyone will need to use at least five different sources in their final paper. Be sure to write down all of the information for each source, not just the URL. It may be impossible to get back to these articles without the proper information.
If anyone needs help with their topics, do not be afraid to ask. I'll do my best to help find as much information as possible. Remember time is very limited so do not play around. People will fail if they do not have enough sources because they are goofing around.
I will be checking notebooks for a grade to be sure that everyone is doing their research, not playing on the internet. Anyone playing games, looking at ESPN, watching music videos, etc. will be losing points.
Today we will be continuing researching everyone's given topic. There is not much time to complete this project so everyone should be working. Be sure to cover as many sources as possible. Everyone will need to use at least five different sources in their final paper. Be sure to write down all of the information for each source, not just the URL. It may be impossible to get back to these articles without the proper information.
If anyone needs help with their topics, do not be afraid to ask. I'll do my best to help find as much information as possible. Remember time is very limited so do not play around. People will fail if they do not have enough sources because they are goofing around.
I will be checking notebooks for a grade to be sure that everyone is doing their research, not playing on the internet. Anyone playing games, looking at ESPN, watching music videos, etc. will be losing points.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Research Day
Today everyone will begin the research for their topic. Be sure to take notes during the researching process.
Everyone should be taking notes in their journals as they are researching. Be sure to take all of the information necessary to create a works cited while researching. Try to get as much information down on paper as possible.
Make sure that citations and notes are kept on the same journal page. Refer to the Bucknell link for any questions about the formating of citations. Be sure to know what kind of source is being cited at all times. (ex: newspaper, journal, book, website, popular magazine, etc. )
I will be checking notebooks for a grade to be sure that everyone is doing their research, not playing on the internet. Anyone playing games, looking at ESPN, watching music videos, etc. will be losing points.
Academic Content Standards:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Today everyone will begin the research for their topic. Be sure to take notes during the researching process.
Everyone should be taking notes in their journals as they are researching. Be sure to take all of the information necessary to create a works cited while researching. Try to get as much information down on paper as possible.
Make sure that citations and notes are kept on the same journal page. Refer to the Bucknell link for any questions about the formating of citations. Be sure to know what kind of source is being cited at all times. (ex: newspaper, journal, book, website, popular magazine, etc. )
I will be checking notebooks for a grade to be sure that everyone is doing their research, not playing on the internet. Anyone playing games, looking at ESPN, watching music videos, etc. will be losing points.
Academic Content Standards:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Researching Databases
Today will be everyone's last chance to learn all they can about the databases that we have access to. I will be covering another major site today which does require a login name and user password. Be sure to pay attention and make sure to write down the information somwhere that it will not get lost.
Everyone needs to make sure that they understand how to use each fo these sites after today, because I will not be spending time explaining this again.
Primary Source- an original fundamental and authoritative document pertaining to an event or subject of inquiry; a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event
Secondary Source- any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, usually not created contemporaneously (not created at the time of the event)
Example:
A biography is a secondary source and an autobiography is a primary source.
These specfic databases should be the most useful for this project.
Databases searchable under EBSCOhost Web:
MasterFILE Premier- (Almost 2,000 general reference articles. Over 100,000 primary source documents)
Newspaper Source (Database of various newspapers from around the country)
ERIC- (Educational magazines and journals)
MAS Ultra- (Searchable database containing hundreds of modern popular high school magazines)
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia- (The complete Encyclopedia)
History Reference Center- (Articles from magazines and journals on thousands of historical events)
SIRS Discoverer (Searchable database on thousands of topics)
****Nettrekker: (Educational search engine approved by teachers)
Required to log on to Nettrekker
Username: Berwickhs
Password: Library
AP Multimedia Archive- (Associated Press Photos)
Contemporary Authors- (Articles/Biographies on Modern Authors)
Biography Reference Bank- (Biographies on thousands of individuals both living and deceased)
No one may use outside search engines (Lycos, Google, Dogpile, etc.) or Wikipedia. These are not reliable sources of information.
http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf
http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/ISR/mla.pdf
Academic Content Standard:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Today will be everyone's last chance to learn all they can about the databases that we have access to. I will be covering another major site today which does require a login name and user password. Be sure to pay attention and make sure to write down the information somwhere that it will not get lost.
Everyone needs to make sure that they understand how to use each fo these sites after today, because I will not be spending time explaining this again.
Primary Source- an original fundamental and authoritative document pertaining to an event or subject of inquiry; a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event
Secondary Source- any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, usually not created contemporaneously (not created at the time of the event)
Example:
A biography is a secondary source and an autobiography is a primary source.
These specfic databases should be the most useful for this project.
Databases searchable under EBSCOhost Web:
MasterFILE Premier- (Almost 2,000 general reference articles. Over 100,000 primary source documents)
Newspaper Source (Database of various newspapers from around the country)
ERIC- (Educational magazines and journals)
MAS Ultra- (Searchable database containing hundreds of modern popular high school magazines)
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia- (The complete Encyclopedia)
History Reference Center- (Articles from magazines and journals on thousands of historical events)
SIRS Discoverer (Searchable database on thousands of topics)
****Nettrekker: (Educational search engine approved by teachers)
Required to log on to Nettrekker
Username: Berwickhs
Password: Library
AP Multimedia Archive- (Associated Press Photos)
Contemporary Authors- (Articles/Biographies on Modern Authors)
Biography Reference Bank- (Biographies on thousands of individuals both living and deceased)
No one may use outside search engines (Lycos, Google, Dogpile, etc.) or Wikipedia. These are not reliable sources of information.
http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf
http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/ISR/mla.pdf
Academic Content Standard:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Researching Basics
Today we will be working with a few more of the tools that are accessible within the lab. Be sure to pay attention to everything today. It is going to be a very short period, so we have to move fairly quickly. We will be working with Nettrekker, SIRS, Newspaper source and AP Multimedia.
If at any points there are any questions, do not be afraid to stop me and ask.
Nettrekker will require a password.
Username: Berwickhs
Password: Library
These databases are full of reliable sources for research papers. There should be no reason to search outside sources for this project.
We will also be picking topics today. Only one person in each class can write a paper on a specific topic. Here is the list to choose from:
Music
Prince
Buddy Holly
Gene Autry
Mel Torme
Burl Ives
Steven Tyler
Rage Against the Machine
Angus Young
Meatloaf Adel
Jimmy Buffet
Ozzy Osbourne
Michael Jackson
Elvis
Jerry Garcia
Johnny Cash
Rolling Stone
Sir Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Phil Collins
Bono
Dave Matthews
Toby Keith
Alan Jackson
Breaking Benjamin
Fuel
Luciano Pavoratti
Slash
Jon Bon Jovi
Eddie Van Halen
Eric Clapton
Sir Elton John
James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Actors
Don Johnson
Kelsey Grammer
Tony Shaloo
Bill Cosby
Dustin Hoffman
Julia Roberts
Shirley Temple
Judy Garland
Alyssa Milano
Gene Wilder
Richard Pryor
Bob Sagat
Christopher Reeve
Angelina Jolie
Tommy Lee Jones
Will Smith
Robert Eungland
Johnny Depp
Henry Winkler
Michael Keaton
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lou Ferrigno
Martin Scorcese
John Travolta
Michael J. Fox
Bill Murray
Dan Akroyd
Tim Allen
David Caradine
Bruce Willis
Adam Sandler
Ray Ramano
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Jennifer Aniston
Sara Michelle Gellar
Jerry Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Jack Palance
Authors
Bram Stoker
Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
Homer
Dante Alighieri
Virgil
John Steinbeck
J.D. Salinger
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Christopher Marlowe
R.L. Stine
Alexandre Dumas
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Mellville
Edgar Alan Poe
Ernest Hemmingway
Stephen King
Artists
Picasso
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Rembrandt
Van Goh
Monet
Charles M. Schultz
Directors
Tim Burton
Stephen Speilberg
George Lucas
George Romero
Matt Groening
Quentin Tarintino
John Carpenter
Alfred Hitchcock
Royalty
Marie Antoinette
Louie XIV
Richard III
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I
Henry Tudor
Inventors
Thomas Edison
Ben Franklin
Bill Gates
Phil Harrison
Eli Whitney
Johann Gutenburg
Isaac Newton
Orville/ Wilbur Wright
Leonardo DaVinci
Sam Walton
Rupert Murdock
Political Figures
Ghandi
Mother Theresa
Pope John Paul II
Buddha
Fidel Castro
Hillary Clinton
Al Gore
Douglas McArthur
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dalai Lama
Historical Figures
Christopher Columbus
Sigmund Freud
Charlemagne
Julius Caesar
Henry Ford
Nicolaus Copernicus
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Sports Stars
Michael Jordan
Jerome Bettis
Joe Dimaggio
Mia Hamm
David Beckham
Babe Ruth
Boomer Esaison
Joe Montana
Tiger Woods
Barry Bonds
Tony Hawk
Tony Dungy
Brett Favre
Andre Agasi
Maria Sharpova
Ana Kournakova
Venus/Serena Williams
Yao Ming
Matt Hoffman
Larry Bird
Allan Iverson
Wayne Gretzky
Mario Lemieux
Television Personalities
Katie Couric
Ted Turner
Bob Hope
Ellen Degeneres
Oprah
Dr. Phil
Johnny Carson
David Letterman
John Stewart
Ryan Seacrest
Jerry Springer
Montel Williams
Rachael Ray
Barbra Walters
Walter Cronkite
Presidents:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
George W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Alexander Hamilton
Ronald Regan
Richard Nixon
Academic Content Standards:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Today we will be working with a few more of the tools that are accessible within the lab. Be sure to pay attention to everything today. It is going to be a very short period, so we have to move fairly quickly. We will be working with Nettrekker, SIRS, Newspaper source and AP Multimedia.
If at any points there are any questions, do not be afraid to stop me and ask.
Nettrekker will require a password.
Username: Berwickhs
Password: Library
These databases are full of reliable sources for research papers. There should be no reason to search outside sources for this project.
We will also be picking topics today. Only one person in each class can write a paper on a specific topic. Here is the list to choose from:
Music
Prince
Buddy Holly
Gene Autry
Mel Torme
Burl Ives
Steven Tyler
Rage Against the Machine
Angus Young
Meatloaf Adel
Jimmy Buffet
Ozzy Osbourne
Michael Jackson
Elvis
Jerry Garcia
Johnny Cash
Rolling Stone
Sir Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Phil Collins
Bono
Dave Matthews
Toby Keith
Alan Jackson
Breaking Benjamin
Fuel
Luciano Pavoratti
Slash
Jon Bon Jovi
Eddie Van Halen
Eric Clapton
Sir Elton John
James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Actors
Don Johnson
Kelsey Grammer
Tony Shaloo
Bill Cosby
Dustin Hoffman
Julia Roberts
Shirley Temple
Judy Garland
Alyssa Milano
Gene Wilder
Richard Pryor
Bob Sagat
Christopher Reeve
Angelina Jolie
Tommy Lee Jones
Will Smith
Robert Eungland
Johnny Depp
Henry Winkler
Michael Keaton
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lou Ferrigno
Martin Scorcese
John Travolta
Michael J. Fox
Bill Murray
Dan Akroyd
Tim Allen
David Caradine
Bruce Willis
Adam Sandler
Ray Ramano
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Jennifer Aniston
Sara Michelle Gellar
Jerry Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Jack Palance
Authors
Bram Stoker
Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
Homer
Dante Alighieri
Virgil
John Steinbeck
J.D. Salinger
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Christopher Marlowe
R.L. Stine
Alexandre Dumas
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Mellville
Edgar Alan Poe
Ernest Hemmingway
Stephen King
Artists
Picasso
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Rembrandt
Van Goh
Monet
Charles M. Schultz
Directors
Tim Burton
Stephen Speilberg
George Lucas
George Romero
Matt Groening
Quentin Tarintino
John Carpenter
Alfred Hitchcock
Royalty
Marie Antoinette
Louie XIV
Richard III
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I
Henry Tudor
Inventors
Thomas Edison
Ben Franklin
Bill Gates
Phil Harrison
Eli Whitney
Johann Gutenburg
Isaac Newton
Orville/ Wilbur Wright
Leonardo DaVinci
Sam Walton
Rupert Murdock
Political Figures
Ghandi
Mother Theresa
Pope John Paul II
Buddha
Fidel Castro
Hillary Clinton
Al Gore
Douglas McArthur
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dalai Lama
Historical Figures
Christopher Columbus
Sigmund Freud
Charlemagne
Julius Caesar
Henry Ford
Nicolaus Copernicus
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Sports Stars
Michael Jordan
Jerome Bettis
Joe Dimaggio
Mia Hamm
David Beckham
Babe Ruth
Boomer Esaison
Joe Montana
Tiger Woods
Barry Bonds
Tony Hawk
Tony Dungy
Brett Favre
Andre Agasi
Maria Sharpova
Ana Kournakova
Venus/Serena Williams
Yao Ming
Matt Hoffman
Larry Bird
Allan Iverson
Wayne Gretzky
Mario Lemieux
Television Personalities
Katie Couric
Ted Turner
Bob Hope
Ellen Degeneres
Oprah
Dr. Phil
Johnny Carson
David Letterman
John Stewart
Ryan Seacrest
Jerry Springer
Montel Williams
Rachael Ray
Barbra Walters
Walter Cronkite
Presidents:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
George W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Alexander Hamilton
Ronald Regan
Richard Nixon
Academic Content Standards:
1.8.11A- Select and refine a topic for research
1.8.11B- Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Parallel Structure and Research
Today we will be covering parallel structure for just a short while to be sure that everyone is comforable with the topic. Remember, parallel structure is extremely important in any papers so everyone needs to be sure that they have this down. If there are any questions, today is the day to ask them. I will not be going in to detail on this subject again, so "speak now or forever hold your peace."
Do not forget. Parallel structure involves writing all of the items of any series in a similar structure.
Once everyone has parallel structure under control, we will move on to our next topic.
We will begin working with some of the research tools that are available in the classroom. This is going to be another very important aspect of the next project we begin so take notes.
There will be a lot to search for and only a little time, so everyone needs to be on the same page.
If anyone has any questions today do not be afraid to ask. The sooner everyone understands research, the easier this project will be.
Today we will be covering parallel structure for just a short while to be sure that everyone is comforable with the topic. Remember, parallel structure is extremely important in any papers so everyone needs to be sure that they have this down. If there are any questions, today is the day to ask them. I will not be going in to detail on this subject again, so "speak now or forever hold your peace."
Do not forget. Parallel structure involves writing all of the items of any series in a similar structure.
Once everyone has parallel structure under control, we will move on to our next topic.
We will begin working with some of the research tools that are available in the classroom. This is going to be another very important aspect of the next project we begin so take notes.
There will be a lot to search for and only a little time, so everyone needs to be on the same page.
If anyone has any questions today do not be afraid to ask. The sooner everyone understands research, the easier this project will be.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Parallel Structure
In many of the PSSA prompts that were submitted, parallel structure was almost non-existant.
It appears that many of you do not fully understand this idea so we will be spending a day working on this idea to help improve your writing.
We will start with a simple definition:
Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
This means that when creating a sentence with a series of ideas, all of these ideas must be constructed in a similar manner. This plays an extremely important role in the creation of blueprints.
By keeping items parallel you are giving them the same amount of importance in your paper. Since your three blueprint items are supposed to be the support for your thesis, they should all carry the same weight in your paper.
This is very important when writing academic papers so be sure to pay attention today.
EDIT: ****For anyone that missed school here are the examples that we went over in class****
Example 1
(-ing ending vs. infinitive)
Not Parallel: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to ride a bicycle.
Parallel: Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a bicycle.
OR
Parallel: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle.
Example 2
(single word/phrase choice)
Not Parallel: The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and in a detailed manner.
Parallel: The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and thoroughly.
Example 3
(Noun/verb choice)
Not Parallel: The teacher said that he was a poor student because he waited until the last minute to study for the exam, completed his lab problems in a careless manner, and his motivation was low.
Parallel: The teacher said that he was a poor student because he waited until the last minute to study for the exam, completed his lab problems in a careless manner, and lacked motivation.
Example 1
(Phrases)
Not Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and to do some warm-up exercises before the game.
Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game.
-- or --
Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and do some warm-up exercises before the game.
Example 2
Not Parallel: The salesman expected that he would present his product at the meeting, that there would be time for him to show his slide presentation, and that questions would be asked by prospective buyers.
Parallel: The salesman expected that he would present his product at the meeting, that there would be time for him to show his slide presentation, and that prospective buyers would ask him questions.
Not Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs.
Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and irregular verbs.
Academic Content Standard:
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization
1.5.11D- Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition.
In many of the PSSA prompts that were submitted, parallel structure was almost non-existant.
It appears that many of you do not fully understand this idea so we will be spending a day working on this idea to help improve your writing.
We will start with a simple definition:
Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
This means that when creating a sentence with a series of ideas, all of these ideas must be constructed in a similar manner. This plays an extremely important role in the creation of blueprints.
By keeping items parallel you are giving them the same amount of importance in your paper. Since your three blueprint items are supposed to be the support for your thesis, they should all carry the same weight in your paper.
This is very important when writing academic papers so be sure to pay attention today.
EDIT: ****For anyone that missed school here are the examples that we went over in class****
Example 1
(-ing ending vs. infinitive)
Not Parallel: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to ride a bicycle.
Parallel: Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a bicycle.
OR
Parallel: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle.
Example 2
(single word/phrase choice)
Not Parallel: The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and in a detailed manner.
Parallel: The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and thoroughly.
Example 3
(Noun/verb choice)
Not Parallel: The teacher said that he was a poor student because he waited until the last minute to study for the exam, completed his lab problems in a careless manner, and his motivation was low.
Parallel: The teacher said that he was a poor student because he waited until the last minute to study for the exam, completed his lab problems in a careless manner, and lacked motivation.
Example 1
(Phrases)
Not Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and to do some warm-up exercises before the game.
Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game.
-- or --
Parallel: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and do some warm-up exercises before the game.
Example 2
Not Parallel: The salesman expected that he would present his product at the meeting, that there would be time for him to show his slide presentation, and that questions would be asked by prospective buyers.
Parallel: The salesman expected that he would present his product at the meeting, that there would be time for him to show his slide presentation, and that prospective buyers would ask him questions.
Not Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs.
Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and irregular verbs.
Academic Content Standard:
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization
1.5.11D- Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition.
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