FullerBig6English10Fall2013

Big6Overview

FilleachblankbubbleonthewebbelowwiththeappropriatestepalongtheBig6process:

UseofInformation
Evaluation
TaskDefinition

Synthesis

InformationSeekingStrategies

LocationandAccess

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Step1:TaskDefinition
Big6Step
1.TaskDefinition

Product(s)

Duedate(s)

(Understandmyassignment)

2.InformationSeekingStrategies
(Brainstormwhere/how/who?)

3.Location&Access
(Findsources)

4.UseofInformation
(Read/annotatesourcesandtakenotes)

5.Synthesis
(Combineinformationintoafinalproduct,
suchasapaper,presentation,etc.)

6.Evaluation
(Judgetheeffectivenessofyourfinalproduct
andyourprocess)

140characters(includingspaces)
#hashtags(e.g.,#workingthesis)
emojis/emoticons

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STEP2:LocationandAccess
Databases

HowtoAccess:http://rbhslibrary208.weebly.com/researchdatabases.html

RBdatabasepassword:atschool(rbhs)athome(SkywardDistrictLinks)

GaleStudentResourcesinContext:
LiteratureandtheArtsviewallShakespeare,WilliamCriticalEssays(or
AcademicJournals)LimitMacbeth

GaleVirtualReferenceLibrary:

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SearchbartypeMacbeth(Shakespeare,William)(Play)
ShakespeareforStudents:Macbeth
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Google
Isthisalegitimatesource?
Seetipsbelow!

Howtosearch!
UseBooleanCommands:

Checkoffthefollowingelementsofagood
sourceforeachsourceyoufind:

Recentdate

Citation

Authoritativeauthor

Authoritativewebsite

AlwaysRADCAB!
.com,.net,.org
.gov,.edu

R=
A=
D=
C=
A=
B=

MacbethANDdarkness

MacbethORdarkness

MacbethNOTdarkness

Macbethdarkness

dark*

darkdarknessdarkeneddarkly

NonPrint(Online)Sources:

MacbethOverview

ShakespeareonlineMacbethGuide
http://www.shakespeareonline.com/plays/macbethscenes.html

CharactersRoles

BBCGCSEBitesizeMacbethCharacters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamacbeth/2drama_macbeth_
charrev1.shtml

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ImageryandThemes

MacbethNavigator:IndexofThemesandMotifs
http://www.shakespearenavigators.com/macbeth/Themeidx.html

BBCGCSEBitesizeMacbethThemes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamacbeth/4drama_macbeth_
themerev1.shtml
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PrintSources:

*bookswillbeavailableforcheckoutduringclasslibraryvisits*

LessonPlan

Web:(23min)
Individual

Chart:(58min)
Getoutassignmentsheetandfillchartouttogether
Walkstudentsaroundthewebreinforcingsimplerdefinitions

DefineTaskasaTweet(810min),32students=8groupsof4
Groups/partners
havegroupscompeteforperfecttweet

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Remindstudentstoannotate/highlight/underlineasIpresent

Databasetutorial(810min)
GoogleTips(15min)
NonPrintResourcessheet(1min)

Nexttime:

Big6Quiz(embedintopptkidscanpollinresponsewithappissuehavetoinstallappon
phones)playatendifhavetime?
http://www.ranchoromero.net/games/Big6/bg6quiz.html

UsePearlTrees,LiveBinders,orDeliciousfornonprintresources

Big6Taboogame