1.  because your late finishing the job youll have to give we boys the videos to take to jans house  my sister she dont always have time to visit us on our birthdays but she does send presents

2.  Turn these folders in no later than Friday.  You should have journal entries from around September 19 – October 10.  Vocab quiz tomorrow

4.  Help you become more comfortable with the uses of and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries

5.  ELA8W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The student  a. Plans and conducts multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.  b. Achieves an effective balance between researched information and original ideas.  c. Avoids plagiarism.

7.  Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. (Don’t copy page after page of material.)  They must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

8.  Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.  A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source.

9.  Summarizing involves putting the main idea into your own words, including only the main point.  Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.  Summaries are much shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.

11.  Provide support for claims or add credibility to your writing  Give examples of several points of view on a subject  Highlight a particularly striking phrase, sentence, or passage by quoting the original

13.  Read the entire text, noting the key points and main ideas.  Summarize in your own words what the single main idea of the essay is.  Paraphrase important supporting points that come up in the essay.  Consider any words, phrases, or brief passages that you believe should be quoted directly.

15.  Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.  Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card.  Check your rendition against the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.  Use quotation marks to identify a word or phrase you have borrowed exactly from the source.  Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper.

16.  Read “So That Nobody Has To Go To School If They Don’t Want To.”  Write a 1-paragraph paraphrase of Sipher’s reasons why students shouldn’t be forced to attend school.  Write a 1-paragraph summary of the 5 benefits of doing away with mandatory attendance laws.