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Mr. Thomas Worthington--Social Studies Department--Cold War Debate

                         
 State Flag of Russia                    State Flag of Ukraine


Library Digital Resources

Virtual Reference Collection  

ABC CLlO American History 
ABC CLIO World History Modern Era 

History Study Center
Proquest Historical New York Times
Proquest K12
SIRS Researcher

Online Catalog 

Academic Integrity  

NoodleTools Citations System

Citation Machine   

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USSR or USA?

     With the defeat of fascism and militarism at the end
of World War II, the world was immediately thrust into the
Atomic Age and what became known as The Cold War between
the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR).  Each

superpower quickly built up its nuclear weapons arsenal
and developed the ability to put nuclear warheads  on rockets
and cruise missiles. The world was on the brink of nuclear war. 
In the upcoming debate, you will be expected to defend one of the
above positions in regards to the role the country played in
creating the Cold War. 

Question:  Who was more responsible for the Cold War?  

Historical Background:

Opening Statement:

Position #1:

Position #2:

Position #3: 

Position #4:

Position #5:

Deference to the opposing side: 

Closing Statement:  

Note: Prepare for the debate as usual, but hand in
research from at least three separate resources.                                        

Intellectual Property, Academic Integrity and Avoidance of Cyberbullying

 

 

Websites for Protection of Intellectual Property

United States Copyright Office 

United States Patent and Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Organization

Academic Integrity

NoodleTools Citations System

Citation Machine 

Turnitin
Avoidance of Cyberbullying 
Information and Resources

National Junior Honor Society Inductees 2013-2014

 

 

 

8th GRADE
Alana Abesamis	Ariel Gaete	Matthew Petraco
Austin Adams	Benjamin Garcia	Morgan Petraco
Christian Agostino	Theresa Gerrity	Ryan Petraco
Kelly Allen	Bryan Iangrande	Angelina Etterson
Tyler Ancona	Michael Iaquinto	Amanda Pretory
Isabella Anderes	Matthew Grillo	Joseph Prinzevalli
Simone Atwa	Britini Guthy	Faima Quadir
Arianna Barbieri	Liv Halvorsen	Daniel Raber
Bridget Becchina	Zachary Hobbes	Kelly Raftery
Jillian Becker	Thomas Howell	Luciana Ragolia
Catherine Betz	Timothy Hsu	Ashley Resnick
Veronica Buhler	Emily Huang	Ashley Robinson
Eva Buonaiuto	Steven Jellen	Alexandra Romanoff
Hailey Buttaro	William Jin	Rosenband Odeya
Justin Cahill	Jordan Jonas	Jason Rosenfeld
Julia Campanella	Antonella Jones	Clara Rosenzweig
Theodore Campbell	Zoe Kahnis	Maxwell Ruffner
Richard Caporusso	Ryan Kampe	Andi Sauer
Richard Carbone	Ryan Keary	Olivia Schmitt
Alexander Case	Dongwook Kim	Matthew Seyfert
Jacob Chapman	Yuto Koga	Manaal Siddiqui
Xiang Chen	Megan Kuhnel	Delaney Simpson
Dylan Chou	Lawrence Lan	Alexander Sobel
Steven Chu	Faith Leonard	Connor Stafford
Ryen Cinski	Sophia Lo Biondo	Brendan Steinberg
Annatje Clark	Abigail Long	Leah Sugrue
Frances Clever	Timothy Longo	Charles Sun
James Coccaro	Michael Lu	Noah Tanenbaum
Keren Collins	Deirdre Lynch	Emily Tanzi
Isabella Colombo	Cathy Ma	Schuyler Tasman
Andrew Constantouris	Kamryn Maccarello	Sydney Tasman
Dominick Cosentino	Rachel Maloco	Rebecca Templeton
Shannon Coughlan	Jessica Marino	Gina Torre
Benjamin Cummings	Frank Mattimoe	Peter Tsemberides
Hannah Daly	Emily Mauro	Laura Ulrich
Liam Davenport	Malachy Mc Avoy	Kevin Vera
Ryan Devlin	Julia Mc Govern	Holly Vion
Husain Dhoon	Ross Mc Ilvaine	Deven Wackett
Isabella Diehl	Harry Merzin	Alyson Wertheim
Aidan Diviney	Israel Miller	Alex Wiggins
Michael Dobo	Cameron Montana	Kaitlyn Wilson
Natalie D'Onofrio	Marisa Mueller	Kayla Winicki
Logan Doran	Kate Mulham	Elizabeth Wong
Laura Douglas	Kylie Munn	Andrew Wright
Kyle Dunham	Mathieu Nagle	Lauren Young
Drake Eggleston	Hallie Nicholas	Leon Zhao
Kathleen Esfahany	John Ninia	Sophia Zhukovsky
Nathan Fastenberg	Christian O Toole	Luka Zuric
Sophie Ferguson	Jake Okrent	Jennifer Zwerling
Molly Fernandes	Matthew Okrent
Jessica Fiorella	Janine Olson
Emily Fiorenti	Cole Palmer
Hannah Fondacaro	Arianna Parkhideh
Matthew Fortier	Kendall Parrish
Arianna Fournaris	Emily Perelli
Niki Friedwald	Cayla Perini
9TH GRADE
Michelle Barnett
Michael Bilfinger
Isabella Brand
Maria Gacovino
Patrick Germano
Skylar Haas
Sarah Hollmann
Sarah Klecher
Hannah Lorenzen
Jake Marte
Emily Pashinsky
J. Alexander Pfitzer
Claudia Powell
Alexander Qin
Sophia Rashidzada
Jason Robinson
Sylvi Stoller
Nestor Tkachenko
Jake Weizenecker



April Is School Library Month

School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's educational career. Read about the history of School Library Month.
The 2014 theme is Lives change @ your library® and Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, has been named the national spokesperson.
“I don't know where I'd be without my school library,” said Kinney. “Our librarians were passionate about putting great books in the hands of kids, and making us into lifelong readers. School libraries introduce kids to whole new worlds and new perspectives and are so important in broadening kids' minds. It's crucial that we support our school libraries, especially in times of tightening budgets. I'm so grateful for the well-stocked libraries and knowledgeable, dedicated school librarians that were a part of my childhood.”

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Ms. Laura Leidahl--English Department--The 7th Grade Research Paper

HOW TO MAKE AN OUTLINE ON NOODLETOOLS.

1.     Log onto your NoodleTools account and click on your research paper project.

2.     On your dashboard, select “Notecards and Outline”.

3.     The tabletop:

a.     Drag your notecards out of the “new notecards” pile on the left hand side.

b.     See what information you have. Do you notice cards that are of similar topics? You can start to group them together. Drag one notecard on top of the other. NoodleTools will ask you to create a pile name. Write down what it is that all of these cards have in common. Put the cards in the order you’d like them to appear in the paper. You should have at least 2 notecards in each pile.

4.     The outline:

a.     Uppercase roman numerals explain what the paragraph is (the main idea)

b.     Uppercase letters give you “Subtopics”.

c.     To get started with your introduction:

i.     Roman numeral I should say “Introduction” and hit the green plus sign.

ii.     For A, write “Hook” and hit the green plus sign.

iii.     For 1, write what your grabber will be, then hit the plus sign, and then the “move left” button until you see B.

iv.     For B, write “Research Questions” and hit the green plus sign.

v.     For 1, write your first research question, then hit the plus sign, and then the “move left” button until you see C. For 2, write your second research question, etc.

vi.     Hit the green plus sign and use the “move left” button until you see C. Write “Thesis Statement”.

vii.     Hit the green plus sign and type in what your thesis statement is.

viii.     For your first Body Paragraph:

1.     Hit the green plus sign and use the “move left” button until you see roman numeral two (II). Type in “Body Paragraph 1 Main Idea:…“ and then type in what this paragraph will be about. You can rephrase and answer your first question here.

2.     Drag and drop the pile of notecards that corresponds with the main idea.

3.     Repeat for the rest of your body paragraphs. You need at least 3 body paragraphs.  

ix.     For your conclusion:

1.     Your uppercase roman numeral should say “Conclusion”.

2.     Your A. should say “Touchback”. Underneath the touchback, write your main points to go over.

3.     Your B. should say “Heart of the Matter”. Underneath this, you should write down what you think is the most important piece of information that the reader needs to take away from your paper.

4.     Your C. should say “Zinger”. Underneath this, write the last sentence that you think would leave your reader saying, “WOW!” J

REMEMBER, YOU CAN STILL RESEARCH! IF YOU FIND GAPS IN YOUR OUTLINE THAT YOU NEED TO FILL, GO BACK AND FIND SOME ANSWERS!

 

Ms. Laura Leidahl--English Department--The 7th Grade Research Paper

Library Digital Resources

Virtual Reference Collection  

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Proquest K12
SIRS Researcher

Online Catalog 

Academic Integrity   

NoodleTools Citations System

Citation Machine   

ACCESS MY LIBRARY SCHOOL EDITION APP

Log in to the Gelinas Information Center Using
Your Smartphone or Tablet (click here for directions) 

The 7^th Grade

Research Paper

For this year’s research assignment, you will become an expert on one topic of your choosing. You will conduct research and take what you have learned throughout the coming weeks to write a research paper on your topic.

Timeline and Grading:

TASK	DUE DATE	Graded As…
Determine my topic and research questions	Tuesday, April 8th	4th Quarter Classwork
Declare my thesis statement	Wednesday, April 9th	4th Quarter Classwork
Submit 6 notecards on Noodletools **9 for honors	Every day from Wednesday, April 9th-Friday, April 11th	4th Quarter Classwork
Finalize all notecards on Noodletools and submit works cited page	Monday, April 21st	4th Quarter Quiz
Finalize your MLA outline on Noodletools	Wednesday, April 23rd	4th Quarter Classwork
Hand in my final paper, works cited,  and rubric	Friday, April 25th	4th Quarter Major Assignment
**Dates are subject to change

Your task is as follows:

1. Pick from a very broad category of topics. The following is a list of some topics. If something else interests you, just run it by me for approval!

Animal Experimentation

Natural Disasters

Bullying

Capital Punishment

Child Labor

Cloning

Pollution

Standardized Tests

Social Media

Video Game Violence

Racism

Fracking

Modern Wars (Sudanese Civil War)

          Right to Bear Arms
          Freedom of Speech

2. Come up with 3 research questions about the topic you choose. In other words, what do you want to know about that topic?
3. Research those specific questions. We will be in the library for three days. You should find at least 4 good sources. Only one of these may be a traditional encyclopedia, like World Book or Encyclopedia Britannica, and can be in print or on the computer. Please make sure you have a variety of sources (print or digital), such as books, videos, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, reputable websites, et cetera. Two sources must be from the library’s Virtual Reference Collection.
4. You will be required to create a works cited page on Noodletools, listing everything you’re using as research. As you research, write note cards for your paper. You will need to have a minimum of 6 note cards on Noodletools. This must be completed by Monday, April 21^st. Your note cards and works cited will count as a quiz grade.
5. Together, we will be organizing your thoughts in an MLA-style outline on Noodletools. This must be done by Wednesday, April 23rd.  Your outline will count as a class work grade.
6. Turn your outline into your research paper.
7. The final copy of your paper will be due Friday, April 25^th. The paper should be typed, double-spaced, size 12 font, Times New Roman. Your final research paper will count as a fourth quarter major assignment grade.

A note on absences / lateness to school the day the paper is due.

You have been told well in advance when the paper is due. Even if you are absent, you MUST have someone trustworthy deliver the paper on that day. If you are late to school and miss my class, you must make sure I get the paper that day. If you are planning on leaving school early the day the paper is due, you must give me the paper before you leave. If a dire emergency leaves you unable to complete the paper or deliver it to me the day it’s due, you must include a handwritten note from home explaining the reason for its lateness.

A reminder on the 7^th grade English lateness policy

If the research paper is late, you will lose ten points for each day it’s late, up to three days. Your parent or guardian will be contacted if you fail to hand it in by Thursday, May 1st. If the paper is not in by Monday, May 5th, it is a flat 65 if it is handed in. If the paper is never handed in, it’s a zero.

A note on plagiarism

Plagiarism is essentially “idea-stealing”. It is taking credit for information that is not your own original idea. While research is all about getting information from other sources, you avoid plagiarism by giving credit to the source of information. There are two ways to do this:

·         Directly quote the author. Use quotation marks around his/her own words, and mention whose words these are.

·         Put the information in your own words. You still must give credit to the author for the information! Use parenthetical (in-text) citations to do this.

Plagiarism is taken very seriously in our school, and we will spend more time in this unit learning how to avoid plagiarizing a paper. If part or all of your research paper is plagiarized, the dean and your parent / guardian must be notified. You will be required to redo the assignment, and a 65 would be the highest grade obtainable. Save yourself the trouble— showcase your own unique ideas, and give credit where credit is due!