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S.E. Hinton and That Was Then, This Is Now: Author Study Research Project

Our LEARNING GOALS for this project:

1. Gain deeper understanding of S.E. Hinton and That Was Then, This is Now.

2. Learn how to avoid plagiarism through good note taking and citation skills.

3. Learn about blogs and how to create one.

This Project will result in 6 grades:

1. Notes (based on note taking rubric)

2. A written citation sheet

3. Planning/pre-writing assignment

4. A Blog post (based on a rubric)

5. A self evaluation rubric

6. A peer evaluation (blog post comment)

Our schedule for this project:

|Day 1: |Day 2: |Day 3: |

|Introduce project and goals |Use Pathfinder to do independent |Use Pathfinder to do independent research |

|Learn about avoiding plagiarism through note taking and |research and take notes. |and take notes. |

|citing sources | |Need to get notes checked (with note taking |

|Class activity on note taking | |rubric). |

| | |Get citation sheet checked. |

|Day 4: |Day 5: |Day 6: |

|Learn about Blog and receive instructions on citation |Finish pre-writing. |Finish Blog. |

|maker, pre-writing and blogging. |Get pre-writing checked off. |Complete self-evaluation. |

|Finish research, create citation document in citation |Begin blogging. |Complete peer evaluation. |

|maker, and begin pre-writing exercise. | | |

Your FINAL product should answer these Research Questions:

1. What influenced S.E. Hinton to be a writer?

2. What was her writing process for her novels, in particular That Was Then, This Is Now?

3. How does S.E. Hinton make her characters realistic?

4. How do Bryon and Mark achieve S.E. Hinton’s goals for creating characters?

5. What is some relevant and interesting information you learned through your research?

Pathfinder

Author Study: S.E. Hinton

Based on reading of: That Was Then, This is Now

WWW

1. Go to:

2. Explore all 4 sections of the site (Bio, Books, Movies, and Misc). Focus on what S.E. Hinton says about That Was Then, This is Now.

3. This is a Personal Webpage. Fill out the Personal Webpage information on your citation sheet.

4. In your notes focus on:

a. What was S.E. Hinton’s writing process for That Was Then, This is Now and the rest of her books?

b. What was S.E. Hinton’s motivation for writing in general?

c. What does S.E. Hinton say about the book and movie version of That Was Then, This is Now?

NC WISEOWL

NC Wise Owl- Newspapers

1. Click on Tree Icon on the desktop

2. Choose Wiley Middle

3. Choose NC Wise Owl under Best Resources

4. Click on Middle School Zone.

5. Look at the menu on the left side.

6. Click Newspapers.

7. Password: wiseowl

8. Type this exact phrase into the search box with the quotes: "S.E. Hinton"

9. Look on the left, under the heading: Publication.

10. Click Canadian Press, The It will look like this:

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11. From the results, read article #2 titled “S.E. Hinton reflects on 'The Outsiders,' published 40 years ago.”

12. This is a Newspaper Article from an online database. Fill out the Newspaper Article – online database information on your citation sheet.

13. In your notes focus on:

a. What does S.E. Hinton write about in her books?

b. What makes her characters realistic?

c. This article discuss The Outsiders; what is similar about The Outsiders and That Was Then, This is Now?

NC Wise Owl – Student Research

1. Go to NC Wise Owl.

2. Go to the Middle School Zone main page.

3. Look at the menu on the left side.

4. Click Student Research.

5. Password: wiseowl

6. Click the blue words that say Advanced Search

7. In the top box (next to Find) type: Hinton, S.E.

8. From the pull-down menu next to this box choose: AU Author

9. On the next line, change the “and” in the pull-down menu to “or”

10. In the box type: Hinton, S.E.

11. From the pull-down menu next to the box choose: SU Subject Terms

12. Your search should look like this:

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13. Now, press the orange Search button.

14. Read article #2 titled “TEEN-AGERS are for real”

15. This is a magazine article from an online database. Fill out the information for Magazine/Scholarly Journal Article-online database on your citation sheet.

16. In your notes focus on:

a. What does S.E. Hinton say about teenagers?

b. What are S.E. Hinton’s goals for her writing and characters?

c. How do Bryon and Mark address the issues she discusses in the article?

NC Wise Owl- e-Book Center

1. Go to NC Wise Owl

2. Go to Middle School Zone

3. Look at the menu on the left.

4. Click on e-Book Center (8th button down)

5. Click “Search All Books”

6. Password: wiseowl

7. In the first pull down menu choose: Document Title (ti)

8. In the first search box type: Hinton

9. Your search should look like this:[pic]

10. Press the blue search button.

11. Read the article titled “Hinton, S.E.”

12. This is an Encyclopedia Article from an online database. Fill out the information for this resource on your citation sheet.

13. In your notes focus on:

a. What made S.E. Hinton want to be a writer?

b. What are the similar characteristics of her characters and novels?

BEFORE YOU MOVE ON!!

1. You should now have notes from 4 sources: (1) a personal website, (1) a newspaper article from an online database, (1) a magazine article from an online database, and (1) an online encyclopedia article.

2. Make sure you have filled out your citation sheet for all 5 sources.

3. Get your citation sheet checked by one of the teachers.

4. Make sure your notes follow the rubric guidelines.

a. Notes are in your own words and you know the meaning of all the words you used.

b. You used bullet points and phrases (few complete sentences)

c. You have notes to answer all the research questions.

5. Get your notes checked by one of the teachers.

6. You may now move on to planning/pre-writing your blog post.

These notes are from Source # 1

Each source has 4 questions for you to think about while taking notes. Write one question per box and write your notes below. Think about the criteria for writing notes that we went over in class.

|A.___________________________________________________ |B.____________________________________________________ |

|C.____________________________________________________ |D. Other information I found relevant and interesting: |

These notes are from Source # 2

Each source has 4 questions for you to think about while taking notes. Write one question per box and write your notes below. Think about the criteria for writing notes that we went over in class.

|A.___________________________________________________ |B.____________________________________________________ |

|C.____________________________________________________ |D. Other information I found relevant and interesting: |

These notes are from Source # 3

Each source has 4 questions for you to think about while taking notes. Write one question per box and write your notes below. Think about the criteria for writing notes that we went over in class.

|A.___________________________________________________ |B.____________________________________________________ |

|C.____________________________________________________ |D. Other information I found relevant and interesting: |

These notes are from Source # 4

Each source has 4 questions for you to think about while taking notes. Write one question per box and write your notes below. Think about the criteria for writing notes that we went over in class.

|A.___________________________________________________ |B.____________________________________________________ |

|C.____________________________________________________ |D. Other information I found relevant and interesting: |

Pre-Writing/Blog Planning

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|Criteria |Advanced |Proficient |Basic |

|My Notes Should Be |85-100 |70-85 |70 and below |

|Accurate and Complete |All information is accurate. |All information is accurate. |Not all of the information is |

| | | |accurate. |

| |Notes include facts on the topic and enough |Notes include some facts related to topic,| |

| |details to support main ideas. |but not many details to support main |Notes do not include facts on the|

| | |ideas. |topic or details to support main |

| |I cite my sources and they are reliable. | |ideas. |

| | |Sources are given. | |

| | | |Sources are not given. |

|Related to my topic |All notes are about Avi and his books. |Notes are only about Avi. |It is not clear how the notes |

|and research questions| | |relate to the topic. |

| |The notes answer all the research questions.| | |

| | |The notes answer most of the research | |

| | |questions. |The notes answer few research |

| | | |questions. |

|Meaningful to me |All the notes are in my own words. |Some notes are copied. |All notes are directly from the |

| | | |resources. |

| |I know the meaning of every word I used. |There are a few words that I don’t | |

| | |understand. |My notes don’t make sense to me. |

|Well Organized |All the notes are grouped by the source from|Notes are grouped by the source from which|There is no organization to my |

| |which they came and all the notes that |they came, but they are not grouped by |notes. |

| |answer a question are grouped together. |which question they answer. | |

| | | | |

| |I used bullet points to separate notes, and | | |

| |short phrases instead of complete sentences.|It is hard to tell where one note ends and| |

| | |the other begin because I didn’t use |My notes are just a list of facts|

| | |bullet points or I wrote full sentences. |or full sentences taken from the |

| | | |sources. |

1. Personal Web Page-Careful! Make sure the author is an expert!

Example: Lowe, Wesley. Pro Death Penality Web Page. Nov. 2001. 22 Oct. 2002 .

|Author’s Name |Web Page Title |Update Date |Access Date |URL |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

2. Newspaper Article – online database

Example: Stern, Henry. "Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile." Oregonian [Portland, OR] 9 Apr. 2003. Newsbank.

Roseburg High School, Roseburg, OR. 14 Apr. 2003 .

|Author’s Name, if |“Article Title” |Newspaper Title |[City of Newspaper if not |Publication Date |Page # |Database Name and/or|subscribing agency--NC |

|given | | |in title or local] | | |Database Service | |

| | | | | |NC Wiseowl | | |

| | | | | |NC Wiseowl | | |

Creating Your Blog Post, INSTRUCTIONS:

1. First you will type your Blog post in Microsoft Word, and you will SAVE!

2. Go to:

3. Username: wileymediacenter@

4. Password: 678books

5. Press blue “Sign In” button

6. You should be on the “Dashboard” Page

7. Look under the heading “Manage Blogs”

8. Find the Blog title “Wiley Student Work”

9. Under “Wiley Student Work” press the blue “New Post” button

10. It will look like this:

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11. A blank post box will appear.

12. Make sure to put a Title in the Title box

13. In the post box include your First Name and Last Initial, like this: Annie K.

14. Include your school name, like this: Wiley Middle School

15. Include the date you are writing the post, like this 2/22/2010.

16. After you have entered that information you can copy the Blog post you wrote in Microsoft Word and Paste it into the post box.

17. Read through your whole post and make sure you have included ALL source citations.

18. Now press the orange “Publish Post” button.

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Note Taking Rubric Name_____________________________________________

Date: Class period:

Notes checked by:________________________________ Grade:______________

S.E. Hinton

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