Transitions-Day 5

• We gave the students a few minutes to work on the Battle Analysis Chart while we waited for the stragglers to arrive.  At this point the students should have read through Chapter 8 and they should have completed the first four battles on the Battle Analysis Chart.
• We took the students to their respective houses to get them signed up with an Aeries account.
• After the Aeries accounts were set up, we took the class to the library computer lab to introduce Aeries, Turnitin.com. LGHS.net, and MLA Format.
• Unfortunately, Aeries was not set up yet, so they could not see their accounts, but I showed them mine, and explained what they would see (and what their parents could see) on theirs.
• We got them signed up on Turnitin.com, and explained the uses of the website.
• I them took them through the MLA Format Set-up Power Point Presentation.  They took notes on the MLA Format Notes handout.
• I then passed out the MLA Format Page Set-up Instructions and had them set up a word document in the correct format.
• We then (hurriedly) took them through the format for a paragraph.  We asked them write a very brief paragraph about Ender using one of the three thesis statements provided in the Paragraph Handout.
• At the end of the period, we showed the students how to upload a document to Turnitin.com.  They uploaded the Ender paragraph, and they were excused for the weekend.
• During the weekend they will need to read Ender's Game Chapters 9-10 and work on the Battle Analysis Chart.