Here are some resources that will help you with some of the assignments we are or have worked on.
Presentations:
Use Visuals – Usually your visuals are posters, charts, or even a presentation. Whatever your visuals may be, keep them simple and don’t put too many words on them
Look at your audience – Where you should be looking when presenting, the answer is right in front of you. Don’t just single out one person, but instead try to make eye contact with many people throughout the room.
Show everyone your personality – Show some character when presenting. You all have a wonderful personality inside of you. Show this in your presentation. If you do this you’ll grab your audience’s attention.
Make your audience laugh – Yes, you want to educate your audience, but you need to make them laugh as well. It keeps the audience alert and they’ll learn more from you than someone who just educates.
Talk to your audience, not at them – People hate it when they get talked at, so don’t do it. You need to interact with your audience and pretend that you are having a casual conversation.
Show some movement – Show some movement when speaking, naturally you may forget to do so. Make sure you show some gestures or pace around a bit (not too much) on the stage when speaking. Remember, no one likes watching a pylon. People are more engaged with an animated speaker.
Avoid using certain words - Avoid saying “uhm”, “ah”, or any other useless words frequently. You usually don’t notice when you use them, but the audience does. It gets quite irritating; so much that some members of the audience will probably count how many times you say these useless words.
Different is good! – If you don’t do something unique compared to all the other presenters the audience has heard, they won’t remember you. Try something different and unique to grab your audience's attention!
How to Write A Proper Bibiography
A bibliography is a list of the sources you used to get information for your report. It is included at the end of your report, on the last page (or last few pages). You will find it easier to prepare your final bibliography if you keep track of each book, encyclopedia, or article you use as you are reading and taking notes. Start a preliminary, or draft, bibliography by listing on a separate sheet of paper all your sources. Write down the full title, author, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication for each source. When assembling a final bibliography, list your sources (texts, articles, interviews, and so on) in alphabetical order by authors' last names. Sources that don't have authors (encyclopedias, movies) should be put into alphabetical order by title.
For a Book: Author (last name first). Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE: Dahl, Roald. The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.
For an Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers.
EXAMPLE: The Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1997. Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp. 50-51.
For a Magazine: Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page numbers. EXAMPLE: Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World." Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): p. 11.
For a Newspaper: Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city, state of publication. (date): edition if available, section, page number(s).
EXAMPLE: Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl." The New York Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, p. 34.
For a Person: Full name (last name first). Occupation. Date of interview.
EXAMPLE: Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996.
For a Film: Title, Director, Distributor, Year.
EXAMPLE: Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995
CD-ROM: Disc title: Version, Date. "Article title," pages if given. Publisher.
EXAMPLE: Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: Macintosh version, 1995. "Civil rights movement," p.3. Compton's Newsmedia.
Magazine article: Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of magazine (type of medium). Volume number, (Date): page numbers. If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE: Rollins, Fred. "Snowboard Madness." Sports Stuff (CD-ROM). Number 15, (February 1997): pp. 15-19. SIRS, Mac version, Winter 1997.
Newspaper article: Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of newspaper (Type of medium), city and state of publication. (Date): If available: Edition, section and page number(s). If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE: Stevenson, Rhoda. "Nerve Sells." Community News (CD-ROM), Nassau, NY. (Feb 1996): pp. A4-5. SIRS, Mac. version, Spring 1996.
Online Resources Internet: Author of message, (Date). Subject of message. Electronic conference or bulletin board (Online). Available e-mail: LISTSERV@ e-mail address
EXAMPLE: Ellen Block, (September 15, 1995). New Winners. Teen Booklist (Online). Helen [email protected]
World Wide Web: URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address). author (or item's name, if mentioned), date. EXAMPLE: (Boston Globe's www address) http://www.boston.com. Today's News, August 1, 1996.
Adapted from Teachervision.com
This site also helps you organize your resources! Click and check it out! www.bibme.org
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How to Write A Proper Bibiography
A bibliography is a list of the sources you used to get information for your report. It is included at the end of your report, on the last page (or last few pages). You will find it easier to prepare your final bibliography if you keep track of each book, encyclopedia, or article you use as you are reading and taking notes. Start a preliminary, or draft, bibliography by listing on a separate sheet of paper all your sources. Write down the full title, author, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication for each source. When assembling a final bibliography, list your sources (texts, articles, interviews, and so on) in alphabetical order by authors' last names. Sources that don't have authors (encyclopedias, movies) should be put into alphabetical order by title.
For a Book: Author (last name first). Title of the book. City: Publisher, Date of publication.
EXAMPLE: Dahl, Roald. The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.
For an Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Title, Edition Date. Volume Number, "Article Title," page numbers.
EXAMPLE: The Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1997. Volume 7, "Gorillas," pp. 50-51.
For a Magazine: Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date): page numbers. EXAMPLE: Jordan, Jennifer, "Filming at the Top of the World." Museum of Science Magazine. Volume 47, No. 1, (Winter 1998): p. 11.
For a Newspaper: Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of newspaper, city, state of publication. (date): edition if available, section, page number(s).
EXAMPLE: Powers, Ann, "New Tune for the Material Girl." The New York Times, New York, NY. (3/1/98): Atlantic Region, Section 2, p. 34.
For a Person: Full name (last name first). Occupation. Date of interview.
EXAMPLE: Smeckleburg, Sweets. Bus driver. April 1, 1996.
For a Film: Title, Director, Distributor, Year.
EXAMPLE: Braveheart, Dir. Mel Gibson, Icon Productions, 1995
CD-ROM: Disc title: Version, Date. "Article title," pages if given. Publisher.
EXAMPLE: Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: Macintosh version, 1995. "Civil rights movement," p.3. Compton's Newsmedia.
Magazine article: Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of magazine (type of medium). Volume number, (Date): page numbers. If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE: Rollins, Fred. "Snowboard Madness." Sports Stuff (CD-ROM). Number 15, (February 1997): pp. 15-19. SIRS, Mac version, Winter 1997.
Newspaper article: Author (last name first). "Article title." Name of newspaper (Type of medium), city and state of publication. (Date): If available: Edition, section and page number(s). If available: publisher of medium, version, date of issue.
EXAMPLE: Stevenson, Rhoda. "Nerve Sells." Community News (CD-ROM), Nassau, NY. (Feb 1996): pp. A4-5. SIRS, Mac. version, Spring 1996.
Online Resources Internet: Author of message, (Date). Subject of message. Electronic conference or bulletin board (Online). Available e-mail: LISTSERV@ e-mail address
EXAMPLE: Ellen Block, (September 15, 1995). New Winners. Teen Booklist (Online). Helen [email protected]
World Wide Web: URL (Uniform Resource Locator or WWW address). author (or item's name, if mentioned), date. EXAMPLE: (Boston Globe's www address) http://www.boston.com. Today's News, August 1, 1996.
Adapted from Teachervision.com
This site also helps you organize your resources! Click and check it out! www.bibme.org
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Handwriting Practice
If you need extra practice with your handwriting skills, here is a webpage that will produce extra practice sheets for you! Click on the letter you would like to practice and print the page.
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/alphabets/index.htm
Tagxedo
Tagxedo is a way to have fun with words! Here is the website: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
Tagxedo is a way to have fun with words! Here is the website: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html