Homework for Feb 1 - 9 DO NOT PUT OFF the work until the weekend. See late
penalty below.
For all of this week and the beginning of next week, homework will be to work
on the:
#1 Research assigned topic to answer the questions on the instructions
#2 Create presentation on Google.docs to share with class
#3 Create a moving plate model - instructions will be given on Tuesday
#4 Practice your presentation.
Class time to work on the project will include last Friday and this Monday for
library research. Friday the 5th and Monday the 8th to work on your
presentation, model or practice speech.
The entire presentation is due on Tuesday, Feb. 9th.
I will be available many days before and after school. Wednesday morning and
Friday afternoon I will not be available after school.
The project due date will not be changed if we have a snow day. You are set
up with a google.docs account to communicate with your partner, so keep
working regardless of the snow we will get Wednesday.
Students that procrastinate and cannot finish the project on time will get a
late grade of -10%. This will cause both partners to get a late grade. Do
not let your partner down. Students that have a partner that is ill on the
due date can present on Wednesday Feb. 10th. If the ill partner is not
available on the 10th then the remaining partner should present alone and may
read the part of the missing partner if necessary.
Friday reminders: Presentations are on Tuesday. Monday students can practice
their speeches with their partner and I will be available to help find an
answer before your presentation. The Plate Map Puzzle we started in class on
Thursday will be collected and graded next Friday. There will be a plate name
quiz the Tuesday after break.
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I have noticed an incident of plagiarism in the presentations. I will define
it for you so the policy is clear:
Plagiarism as defined by Dictionary.com
The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of
another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
Literary theft. Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's
language or ideas and then calls the work his or her own. Copyright laws
protect writers' words as their legal property. To avoid the charge of
plagiarism, writers take care to credit those from whom they borrow and quote.
The school policy is to give a failing grade to any student assignment that is
plagiarized.
If you copy and paste your facts – You are plagiarizing. You must put them in
your own words. Those of you that are using bullet points have condensed what
you have read and are NOT plagiarizing.