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KING SEMINAR INSTRUCTIONS:


Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (READING FOUND IN DUOTANG) or online here
Pairs Research/work:


Both of you will be coming up with 10 seminar discussion questions (together) and all the research,

details you require to answer the question properly.

You will sit with your partner and assist one another with research and the written component.
You will submit the 10 seminar questions (and your answers) on the date of the Seminar.

1. Have the 10 questions (and answers right under them; plus any cited research sources for each question).
Example: question #1: write it out.,
answer #1: write your answer to your question
Sources for #1: books, interviews, sites and other resources you used to respond to the question
EXAMPLE format for questions/answers/sources:
Question1: If you were living in Rosa Park's town of Montgomery during the bus episode, what do you…
Answer 1: ……
Sources: MLA format, just list the books, articles, urls of what you used for that specific question
-needed for dates, years, statistics, content you WOULD NOT have known if you hadn't read it somewhere.
-reliable sources: journals, newspapers, audio/video footage
Question 2:
Answer 2:
Sources:

2. ONE sheet for submission. BOTH Your names on the sheet.
3. EACH PERSON Be prepared to LEAD a discussion on your questions (as if you were the teacher).
4. I may ask you to lead a discussion with your question(s)

or if I don't get around to that, you will participate by raising your hand and addressing the seminar leader.
5. Your mark is both:

  1. written (questions, answers, citations) group mark

  2. oral: individual mark

 

SEMINAR RESOURCES

SEMINAR DISCUSSION

  1. For your Seminar in class, you will be required to bring 10 good questions (and the corresponding answers, in your own words/notes and works cited).

Questions can be about:

  • historical relevance of the reading

  • biographical information about King

  • literary merit: style, tone, diction, techniques

  • interesting facts re: background of the essay, people, setting, etc.

  • parallels to current events in the world


2. Please ensure that you have multiple copies of these questions:

one for you, one for your partner and one to be submitted to me for evaluation.
Along with the questions, you should include a WORKS CITED page.

Please use MLA Format to complete this.

For ease of reference, at the end of each question/answer, you should cite the sources which will be keyed to the Works Cited page.This way I will know where your research came from for each question and can find these easily.



3. During the Seminar:

  • sit next to your partner; share notes if you have to or have copies for both of you of your research and your questions

  • you can bring in pictures, brief Audio/Visual clips (2-3 min), books, magazines to introduce your question/research or illustrate your point.

  • be prepared to lead a question. When I ask you to lead one, choose the best one from the selection that you have created that you think would stimulate good discussion. As a moderator of that question, you will be responsible for soliciting responses from your peers. Please choose a variety of speakers and if some students are silent, you can call them by name and encourage a response from them.

  • Evaluation: See below for how to lead a seminar and for the rubric. Participate by raising your hand and contributing to others' topics for discussion.


4. At the End of the Seminar:

  • submit your research to me. This should consist of:

a) 10 questions and corresponding answers/research (in your own words), well-documented
b) Works Cited Page, following the MLA Format (see below)...remember to alphabetize
c) I do not require your other notes and I do not want pages printed from the internet or photocopies of text
THE SEMINAR: some useful links
How to Lead a Seminar
How to Give a Good Seminar
Facilitating a Good Discussion
How to Participate in a Seminar
 


PARTICIPATION RUBRIC FOR SEMINAR DISCUSSION:

along with my checking off how many times you speak during the seminar,

I will evaluate the content of your responses to the questions
SEMINAR EVALUATION RUBRIC.doc​

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EBSCO VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD LIBARY SITE 

USERNAME = YOUR STUDENT NUMBER

PASSWORD=SAME AS YOU USE AT SCHOOL FOR VSB SECURED NETWORK

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MLA FORMAT: PURDUE LAB
HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTES IN-TEXT
HOW TO CITE ONLINE SOURCES SEE BELOW, FROM PURDUE OWL

"Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases)

Here are some common features you should try and find before citing electronic sources in MLA style.

Not every Web page will provide all of the following information.

However, collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:

  • Author and/or editor names (if available)

  • Article name in quotation marks. 

  • Title of the website, project, or book in italics.

  • Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates, volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.).

  • Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.

  • Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.).

  • URL (without the https:) DOI or permalink.

  • Date you accessed the material (Date Accessed).

  • Remember to cite containers after your regular citation.

    • Examples of containers are collections of short stories or poems, a television series, or even a website.

    • A container is anything that is a part of a larger body of works.



CREATIVE COMMONS SEARCH
GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH
-CHOOSE FILTER "USAGE RIGHTS"> "FREE TO USE, SHARE, OR MODIFY, EVEN COMMERCIALLY"
-GO TO THE ORIGINAL SITE ("VISIT PAGE"); USE THIS URL WHERE YOU FIND THE ORIGINAL IMAGE OR INFORMATION. RECORD/COPY/PASTE THAT SITE URL AND THE DATE THAT YOU ACCESSED IT.
 

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"Just Walk On By" by Brent Staples

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