Wednesday, March 4, 2009 March 4, 2009

SWBAT use the internet effectively for research by listening to a tutorial.

Agenda

• Jumpstart

  • 1st and 3rd: Pre-reading Jumpstart

  • 6th: List three things you learned about Afghanistan and write commentary about it.

• Afghanistan Research Project

  • Project Overview and Pairs

  • Internet research tutorial

    • Boolean Searches:http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit04/primer04_08.phtml

    • Citing Sources:http://citationmachine.net/

• KR Prereading Land and People

  • 1st: Google Earth

  • 3rd: Begin assignment

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Boolean.pdf

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 March 3, 2009

SWBAT describe the land and people of Afghanistan by reading an expository text and labeling a map.

Vocabulary: Sunni, Shiite, Kabul, Pashtun, Hazara

Agenda

• Finish Post-AIMS movie

• Pre-reading Jumpstart

• The next book we will be reading, The Kite Runner, is set in Afghanistan. What do you know about Afghanistan? What would you like to know about Afghanistan? Create a K-W-L chart and list four things you know about Afghanistan and 5 things you want to know about Afghanistan.

• KR Prereading Land and People

• Google Earth: Afghanistan