TODAY ...
- Get a laptop from the laptop cart - make sure you are using the laptop assigned to you.
- To reach the Library Databases ...
- Go to the district website www.sfisd.org
- Hover over "STUDENTS" and click on "DESTINY LIBRARY" on the pop menu
- Click on "Santa Fe High School"
- To start with (and this may be the only site many/most of you will need for this particular project) look under "ONLINE DATABASES" and click on "GALE DATABASES"
- Click on "OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT"
- Search for your topic - add keywords about your issue if you need the search to be more specific.
YOU CAN BYPASS THE DISTRICT WEBSITE VIA THIS LINK ... http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=j084909
username (if needed) - santafeisd
password - indians
- Take your time and read/scan through the information you find - we will work today and tomorrow in the classroom reading and scanning, so you will have time to dig for your 6-7 sources. As you find sources relevant to your argument (or opposing arguments/viewpoionts), you SHOULD be able to download and save to your OneDrive ... from there, when we go to the computer lab, you will be able to print your sources.
RESEARCH CALENDAR ...
January 30 - Research in Class
January 31 - Class Will Meet in the Cafetorium due to MOY Testing for English I and II
February 1 - Library Computer Lab A103 to Print Sources
February 2 - Classroom to begin analyzing and highlighting notes in sources
February 3 - Library Computer Lab A103 to find/print additional sources
February 6 - Work in Class to finish analyzing/highlighting sources - SOURCES DUE TODAY!