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__ Instructions 3/1--Get Feedback, Revise and Edit __
By now you should have a good start on your rough draft. It's time to think about getting some feedback on your draft. To do that, send an email to someone on the wiki (you can send one to the whole group, or just to an individual that you'd like to give you feedback). In your email, be sure to explain to them the parts of your writing that you want them to pay particular attention to. In addition to getting feedback, you should also:


 * Fill out a website evaluation for one of the sources you have used.
 * Complete a website citation worksheet for each source that you have used.
 * Work on your Introduction.
 * Work on your Conclusion.
 * Revise for ideas/content, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, and voice.
 * Begin editing for spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.

__ Instructions 2/26--Continue Drafting __
Hopefully you got a good start on your writing yesterday. You should continue drafting by responding to #'s 2,3,4 & 5 on the template. Remember that whenever you paraphrase or include a direct quote from a source, you must give credit to the author whose work you used in your own writing. Here's what you should do today in the lab :
 * Locate your page by typing your name in to the search box.
 * Finish #'s 2-3 by listing in complete sentences the background information and the causes.
 * Work on #4 by writing a complete paragraph that explains which of the three factors that you listed in #3 is the most important.
 * Work on #5 by explaining the impact of the crusades on a group and an individual.
 * Here is where you must include a direct quote from your research.
 * Begin working on your intro and conclusion.
 * For the intro--write in general about what causes people to have conflicts with one another.
 * For the concusion: write about how the crusades could have been avoided.
 * Once you have finished 2,3,4 & 5 on the template, get and give feedback using the discussion tab at the top of the page.

__ Instructions 2/25--Finish Organizing, Begin Drafting __
By now you should have some good information that you have clipped from the web and saved somewhere (either on a word document or in your Diigo library). Now it's time to begin organizing your thoughts so that you can begin to draft the writing. So, today you should:


 * Complete the Graphic Organizer. (background, causes, impacts and invdividual)
 * Begin Drafting
 * Create a new page.
 * Select the template called "Written Format".
 * Name it your first and last name.
 * Tag it by our class period (e.g. ss1, ss2, ss5, ss6).
 * Start by writing your responses to #'s 2-3 (background and causes).
 * These may be listed, but please use complete sentences.

__Instructions 2/24--Continue Reading/Notetaking, Begin Organizing__
Today is a chance for you to continue reading from the websites that were collected on Monday. If you are not finding those to be of value, you can continue to search on your own using key words and phrases. Once you have a good amount of information stored in your Diigo library or on a word document you are ready to begin organzing that information. Follow these steps in the library today :
 * Open a tab in Internet Explorer for our Crusades Research wiki.
 * Open up a tab for your Diigo account and sign in.
 * If your account has not yet been verified, resend the verification email.
 * Continue reading through the collected links on the page for you topic.
 * Continue clipping the best pieces of information to your Diigo libarary.
 * Remember, you should be looking for sentences that show the impact of the crusades on Christians, Jews or Muslims.
 * Choose one of the websites that you clipped information from and complete the website evaluation worksheet.
 * Continue working on the graphic organizer that you started in class.

__ Instructions 2/23-Sifting through the Data __
Now that we have compiled a list of resouces, it's time to go through them to determine if we have any "gold nuggets" that could be used in our writing. There is no easy way out of doing this part of the research process. You have to do the difficult work of sifting through the data, just as a prospector pans for gold by sifting through river sediment.. Follow these steps today in the lab: Go to the page that corresponds with your topic choice and begin clicking on the links.
 * Choose a topic and let me know by completing the form on the Topic Selection page.
 * Sign up for a diigo account.
 * Go to [|www.diigo.com] and click "sign up".
 * Add the "diigolet" to your favorites bar.
 * Do Not download the toolbar.


 * Look for ".edu" or ".org" ones first.


 * Read multiple websites links on the page for your topic.
 * As you read, bookmark and highlight interesting pieces of data using the diigolet feature.
 * Once you've read some, choose the best or worst and complete the "Website Evaluation" worksheet.

__Instructions 2/22--Gathering Sources__

 * Find your assigned seat.
 * Go to [|www.mrtalmadge.com]
 * Pause to check out the new redesign.
 * Click on the wikispaces logo at the bottom of the page.
 * You could also click on the link under class announcements
 * Click "sign in" at the top right of the page.
 * You should already have a "firstnamemrt09" username.
 * If you can't remember your username or passord, sign up for a new one.
 * Once you have signd in, click "Join this Wiki" at the top of the sidebar.
 * Open a new tab in your browser.
 * Go to [|www.google.com]
 * Click on "search settings."
 * Scroll down and select "strict filter".
 * Go back to the main search page.
 * Begin searching for websites that contain information about the impact of the crusades on Christians (Seats 1-12), Jews (Seats 13-24) and Muslims (25-35).