10.4

Bell Ringer:

 * The following people have not published their final essay to their blog. Many of you emailed me your essay. But, you must publish it to your blog, and then paste it to the list. If you don't know how to do this, ask someone at your table who can help.
 * Work together at your tables to make sure EVERY ONE has this completed in the first five (5) minutes of class.
 * 3B: Jacob D., Colten, Karla, Johnny, Ty, Alison
 * 4B: If you're name is not on THIS LIST--you need to add it!

=Today's Lesson: Creating an Annotated Bibliography=
 * What is it?
 * List of the books you've read independently this quarter. The list is formatted in MLA style, with a MLA bibliography entry for each book, followed by an annotation. The annotation is a brief summary AND your commentary, explaining some element of the book. Your commentary can focus on a CHARACTER, a THEME, the SETTING, or writer's STYLE.
 * Why do it?
 * To catalogue and reflect on the books you've read this quarter.
 * To practice writing summaries and good analytical paragraphs.
 * To practice writing.
 * How will it be graded?
 * I will share a rubric with you this week.
 * You will publish it to your blog, titling it "2010 First Quarter Reading List."
 * Copy and paste the link here-- TODAY . You may continue to edit the post, adding to it, but you must have created the post and added at least one book to it by the end of THIS CLASS PERIOD!
 * You must complete the bibliography no later than October 14--the last day of the nine week grading period.

Resources:

 * easybib: Use this online tool to create your bibliography entry. Then you can simply copy and paste it into your blog post.
 * Sample Annotated Bibliographies:
 * First Sample: This one shows you how to space the bibliography and emphasizes using STRONG VERBS.

Mrs. Huff's sample bibliography entry (mine focuses on CHARACTER):

Larsson, Stieg. //The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo//. New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2009. Mikael Blomkvist, his once-respected reputation as a journalist now tarnished, retreats to a small town in Switzerland, seizing a job opportunity from an old titan of the Swedish industry to escape the city and restore his reputation. He must spend a year, trying to resolve a nearly forty-year-old unsolved murder. He enlists the help of Lizbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius. Lizbeth is a most interesting character: her bodied riddled with tatoos, she is a tiny (barely over four feet) girl with a disturbing past and a tough demeanor. She suffers from undiagosed Aspergers and has difficulty connecting emotionally people. An accomplished computer hacker, she has connections world-wide, yet she is essentially alone. Through Lizbeth, Stieg shows a relatively misunderstood illness.

While you work on bibliographies, I'll be pulling out small groups for writing conferences on your "Ka-Ching" essays.