Vocabulary Skills Enhancement HW Practice Using yourdictionary AND

1. Vocabulary Skills Enhancement HW Practice Using www.yourdictionary.com AND GLOBAL LITERACY READING TASK [ON BACK] • Why www.yourdictionary.com? • Source is reliable • Has example/model sentences in order to clarify my understanding of the word REMEMBER – This is a hand-written assignment! Task: Word - Part of Speech - Definition Summarized in My Words - Model Sentence Copied From Site for Clarification - My Own Unique Sentence Example Plagiarize - Verb - Stealing a person’s ideas or writings and pretending that it is mine. Whose job is it anyway to see if someone has actually plagiarized in a publication? My teacher says that when I paraphrase, I have to give credit to the source, so I do not plagiarize. • After I do this for all words, I will select 5 words, and write a 2-3 paragraph story or essay using those words • COLLEGE PREP/HONORS – 10+ Words

2. Task 2: Global Literacy Skills Development - Students must actively read an article from the news. - Students will then highlight the article, noting the most important parts. - Finally, students will write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the article, OR, they may “create a quiz” by writing 7 questions, and 7 answers, about the article. **COLLEGE PREP/HONORS – MUST DO BOTH *** HONORS – MUST DO 2 ARTICLES NOTE: Quiz questions must be written in complete sentences. - Students must turn in article with their work. Rules: 1. NO sports, articles about actors, singers, television, movies, music. In other words, it must be “current events”, not lifestyle, sports, or entertainment. 2. Article MUST be 10+ paragraphs long. 3. You MUST write your summaries/questions in your own words! 4. Students may NOT “share” articles. 5. You may use the following sources. They can be “hard” copies, or you can print articles from the sources’ websites: ~NJ Star Ledger ~ NY Times ~ Time Magazine ~ Newsweek ~ ~ National Geographic ~ Smithsonian ~ Popular Mechanics ~ ~Consumer Reports ~ Washington Post ~ Chicago News/Tribune ~ ~~Other options may be approved; please ask~