Thursday, November 8, 2012

Evaluating Resources Summarizer

In this lesson, you selected a nonfiction book and a website on your research topic.  After completing evaluations of both resources, answer the following questions in a comment to this post.

Which resource is the most helpful for research on your topic? What are three reasons why the resource you selected is the more helpful of the two that you picked on your topic? 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Evaluating Resources Activator

  1. Brainstorm a list six resources, print or nonprint, that you have used to research information for school assignments.
  2. Looking at your list, number the resources in order from the most helpful to the least helpful, with 6 being the most helpful and 1 being the least helpful.
  3. Post your ranking of your six resources as a comment to this post.

* Remember, this is just your opinion. Do not be concerned if your response differs from a classmate's.