Research

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You Won't Believe

Fake News Detection Agency

How to cite sources using MLA 8 - Worksheet

Citation Help - Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Summer Reading Challenge

Can you read 100 minutes or more per week? Of course you can! Use this reading log to keep track and turn in to Mrs. Carroll or your English teacher when we return to school in the fall. These logs will be sent to the district and entered into a chance for our school to win a $10,000 library makeover!

Not sure what to read? Take a look at the titles on the Battle of Books reading list (see below). The contest is in March of 2018. Don't have a team? Don't worry. We'll help you find a team in September.

Did you know that in June the Los Angeles Public Library will be sending you a new library card which will have NO FINES EVER? Amazing! Use your new card to rack up those reading minutes this summer.

Battle of the Books 2017-2018

Title	Author	Genre
Does My Head Look Big in This?	Randa Abdel-fattah	Realistic Fiction
The Night Gardener	Jonathan Auxier	Suspense
Code Talker	Joseph Bruchac	Historical Fiction
Stella by Starlight	Sharon Draper	Historical Fiction
House of the Scorpion	Nancy Farmer	Sci-Fi
Lily and Dunkin	Donna Gephart	Realistic Fiction
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library	Chris Grabenstein	Realistic Fiction
Witness	Karen Hesse	Story in Verse
A Thousand Nights	E. K. Johnston	Fantasy
Going Vintage	Lindsey Leavitt	Realistic Fiction
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon	Grace Lin	Fantasy
Rain Reign	Ann M. Martin	Realistic Fiction
Wonder	R. J. Palacio	Realistic Fiction
Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark	Ridley Pearson	Fantasy
Towers Falling	Jewel Parker Rhodes	Realistic Fiction
Full Tilt	Neal Shusterman	Sci-Fi
Taking Sides	Gary Soto	Realistic Fiction
Girl in Reverse	Barbara Stuber	Historical Fiction
Ghosts	Raina Telgemeier	Graphic Novel
The Time Machine	H. G. Wells	Classic

Fake News?

Read about DHMO.

Use the C.R.A.P. method.

C.R.A.P. Worksheet

Articles to read:

How to Tell Real News from Fake
How Fake News Goes Viral
How Headlines Change the Way We Think
How a Raccoon Became an Aardvark
Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds


Fact and Bias Checking Websites

• Politifact
• FactCheck.org
• Snopes.com
• Washington Post Fact-Checker
• Media Bias Fact Check

Video: Bad Statistics

Video: Spread of Fake News

Battle of the Books

Please plan on meeting in the library during lunch (bring your lunch) every Tuesday for the rest of February and March.

This will be time to meet with your teams, make sure everyone is on track with your reading, and have PRACTICE COMPETITIONS. We are one month away from our Millikan Battle of the Books!