Hi Girls! I just wanted to say how happy I was after our class. You all are awesome! I can already tell we are going to have a great year. Thanks for jumping right on in!
A few thoughts for you: As I mentioned at class, I want to reassure you that I am going to teach you how to read these history books. I want you to know that we are going to spend class time talking about how to read history books, how to get the main point from alot of words, how to set a good pace, etc.
You all are at a special time in your education. You are experiencing a "learning curve" that is critical to the rest of your highschool years. Up to this point, you have been probably been learning mainly facts and dates and doing alot of reading. Now, you are starting to read harder books and to learn how to make connections and analyze material and dicussion. So, I want you to be encouraged that over hte next few weeks, I'll be helping you with this.
A few things I would like you to practice before coming to class:
* when you do your reading this week this is what I want you to do: in addition to what we talked about as far as having several sittings to get through the reading and scribbling, circling, underlining, and hightlighting this is what I want you to do.... The authors are very good about dividing their main ieas into sections which are marked off usually by a header or a phrase that introduces the topic: ie. p. 6 in your Early American Republic book says, "George Washington's 'Republican Court'". After each topic Iwant you to ask yourself, "What was the main point of what I just read in this section? Then, write that down in yoru notes. And bring those notes to class. Summarzing the main point of each section will help you more than you know. Please please please do this ok?
We are going to have a great class next week! Learning about hte early history of our nation is awesome!
~Lauren
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Hey Ally,
My edition of "Pride and Prejudice" isn't split into parts. How do I know what to read for homework?
Rachel K.
Lauren,
I have a question about summarizing the sections of our books. Would it be considered plagerism to write down what they said in a different way. Or since we're only summarizing what they wrote anyway, does it even matter?
Ally,
I have the same problem as Rachel. My book isn't split into parts, just chapters.
Thanks! I'm loving the classes!
Hannah Joy :)
For your own notes it is never plajurism to write down exact statements. IT is just when you claim the work is your own and it is an assigned project or you are writing something public.
Okay, thanks Lauren! Looking foward to class!
Maybe everyone should learn how to spell "plagiarism" -- you all butchered it!! :D
Love, Ally
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