Ambyr+W.

1.) Is gay marriage right? 2.)Who should decide if abortion is right? 3.) Should we have war? Who decides? 4.) Should we have wind power in our town?

Sites showing that big foot exists:

http://bigfootsasquatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/bigfoot-proof-bigfoot-discovered-bigfoot-exists-sasquatch-is-real-bigfoot-sasquatch-researcher-dr-john-bindernagel/

http://www.faqkids.com/idx/29/216/Myths_Legends/article/Does_Bigfoot_Exist.html

http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/argosy.htm

http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/meldrum08.htm

http://mpalecek.blogspot.com/2009/02/loren-coleman-bigfoot-is-real.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1023_031023_bigfoot.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

http://mpalecek.blogspot.com/2009/02/loren-coleman-bigfoot-is-real.html

Sites showing that big foot does not exist:

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/bigfoot_is_not_real/C509/L99/

http://www.canada.com/langleyadvance/news/opinion/story.html?id=8a77b1a2-96d8-4ae9-9334-b7383403a0b0

http://boards.history.com/topic/Monster-Talk/Top-10-Reasons/520025639

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/01/axis_cafe_was_packed_tuesday.php

http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/bigfoot-is-not-real/

http://paranormal.about.com/cs/bigfootsasquatch/a/aa030804.htm

http://digg.com/general_sciences/Ten_Reasons_Why_Bigfoot_s_a_Bust

http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Bigfoot

My topic: Gay marriage

Name:_ Period:_

Research test 1.) How would you narrow down this question? Is gay marriage right?

__2.) Name three types of procrastination.__

3.) Explain what “pleasure seeking” is. _ 4.) Tell a story about one time you procrastinated and what you learned from it.

__5.) What makes a website valid?__ _ __6.) Circle the best Url.

a.) .com b.) .org c.) .gov

7.) Is this question too broad or too narrow? What is the best fast food restaurant?__ _ 8.) What form of procrastination is this? I didn’t want to do my homework because the assignment was too large. _

__9.) What is a way to tell that a website is not valid?__

10.) What is your learning style? explain it.

Do you think we should play ping-pong?
 * BONUS*

a.) YES b.) YES c.) YES



In the nineteenth century, There was a war between the two sides of Europe. The royalists and the Parliamentarians. A little boy and his sister were captured. The boy is getting questioned by an interrogator. He is questioning the boy on the whereabouts of his father. He seemed to be expressing sympathy towards the little boy. The little boys sister is standing behind him, the sergeant arm around her. The little girl is dressed in royalist clothing and is crying because she is afraid of what the soldiers might do to her family. The little girl may be questioned next. The sergeant has arrested the boy and girl and brought them to the interrogator to be questioned. He has his arm around the little girl which seems comforting and is not looking at the scene of the little boy in front of him. He may feel bad for the little boy and girl and think they should not be questioned like this. A woman in the background stands behind the girl watching the scene in front of her. She does not seem afraid of what is going on. She also seems to be hiding another woman behind her. Maybe her daughter? The calvary officer is sitting down on a bench beside the interrogation. He is very interested in what is going on. There is a clerk sitting at the table at which the boy is being questioned. He is writing down everything the interrogator says. His presence makes the scene more official. A man standing beside him is hidden by the shadows in the room. He is looking at the boy, assuring that the family is guilty. He holds many books in his hands. He seems to be happy that he holds the evidence of the royalist family. He is enjoying the distress. A man in black behind the interrogator sternly looks at the boy, he seems to enjoy the discomfort of the child and believes the family deserves a harsh punishment. A man in the corner of the questioning appears to be an onlooker of the team. He is hoping for more information to be victorious over the royalists.

1.) Although some religions are against gay marriage, shouldn’t the homosexuals decide whether they feel it is right for them to get married or not, because they have equal rights as much as anyone else.

2.) Gay marriage should be up to the homosexuals because it’s no one else’s business on what decision they would like to choose.

My thesis: Although some religions are against gay marriage, homosexuals should be able to decide whether they can marry or not, because every human being possesses basic human rights, including the right to love anyone they choose.

bibliography: Fessender, Will. “Document View - ProQuest.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

Gannon, Heather Ann. “Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

“Gay "Marriage"?.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage News.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage Rights - Where Is Gay Marriage Legal? - States That Allow Same Sex Marriage.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“HOMOSEXUAL (SAME-SEX) MARRIAGES - All sides to the issue.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

Lewis, Gregory B. “CJO - Abstract - Same-Sex Marriage and the 2004 Presidential Election.” Web. 26 Oct 2009.

Rauch, Jonathan. “Gay marriage: why it is good for ... - Google Books.” Web. 26 Oct 2009.

“Same Sex Marriage.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

Tuttle, Jeff. “Document View - ProQuest.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

Williams, Mary E. homosexuality. Print.

---. “Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

1.) What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is taking information from somewhere and claiming it as your own without citing where you got the information from. For example, Tj wrote a paper on student uniforms. He used the internet to find information on his topic. He copy and pasted the information into his paper. He also did not cite where he got the inf ormation from. This was completely wrong of Tj to do. For it to be right he needs to go back, put the information in his own words, and cite which website he got them from. 2.) Why is it important not to plagiarize? It is important not to plagiarize because it’s taking someone’s information and making it your own. There are also consequences following the act of plagiarizing such as school rules and others. 3.) What is the difference between plagiarism and copyright violation? The difference between plagiarism and copyright violation is that plagiarism is not citing where you got your information from and copyright violation is not recording who made/creating the form of song, video, ext. that you are using. For example, If Natalie wrote a paper and showed a video on her paper. Not citing her information would be plagiarizing and not recording who created the video would be copyright violation. 4.) What are the consequences for plagiarism at Dirigo High School? The consequence for plagiarism at Dirigo is a non passing grade on the assignment, redo the assignment and have a parental conference. Reduce the grade a letter down. Loss of credit for the semester. Removal from the course. 5.) What are the consequences for Plagiarism in college? The consequences for plagiarism in college are expulsion from the university. 6.) How can you avoid plagiarism? You can avoid plagiarism by citing your sources, making a bibliography, and writing the information you find in your own words.

Example: It was 1979. On a dark and dreary night, when George was found dead on the floor. Chuck Norris was the only eye witness at the scene of the killing. Cody stood outside the window holding a bloody knife. When Chuck found out that George was dead he began planning to kill Cody.

Paraphrase: In 1979, George was found dead by Chuck Norris. He was the only eye witness. Cody stood with a bloody knife outside. Chuck found out George was dead and planned to kill Cody. Summarize: In 1979, Chuck Norris found George dead, blamed Cody, and planned to kill Cody for revenge.

Example: There once was a princess at the skate park who was teaching Kain a new girly tick. Then the koolaid guy showed up and said ìOHH YEAHH!î He stole kainís skateboard and showed him some nasty tricks. While attempting an ollie Mr.Aid cracked his handle, spilling his koolaid innards all about the park. Not ìkool.î

Paraphrase: A princess was at the skate park and was teaching Kain a girly trick. The koolaid guy came to the park saying ìOHH YEAHH!î. He took kainís skateboard and did some awesome tricks. When he tried doing an ollie he cracked his handle and spilt his koolaid everywhere. Summarize: There was a princess at the skatepark showing Kain a girly trick when the koolaid guy showed up and cracked his handle while doing an ollie.

Example: In the year 3000, An alien named Bob, was controlling this world. Bob had a rainbow afro. It was his pride, what he lived for. While sitting around a campfire a tiny spark ignited his hair. The massive amount of hairspray caused an incredible and very colorful cranial explosion.

Paraphrase: In the year 3000, Controlling this world was an alien named Bob. He had a rainbow afro. He lived for his hair. He sat around a campfire and a spark caught in his hair setting it on fire. The hairspray in his hair caused it to set on fire. Summary: In the year 3000 an alien named bob controlled this world until his afro caught on fire and his head exploded.

What’s your learning style. Types of learning styles Visual Audio How to find out. Take online quizzes Take offline quizzes How to apply it to doing your work If you do well in Audio, record your classes and listen to them again. If your visual then pay attention to the motions of what the teacher is talking about. What’s your topic. defining the purpose To persuade people to believe in something To explain the significance of something. Brain storming Thinking of an arguable topic Thinking of a topic that can be explained Do’s and don’ts. Do: have a debatable topic Don’t: have a topic with to much information. What is a good research question. Making sure the topic can be researched Needs to be easy to research Needs to be able to be fully researched. Is he questions to broad or to narrow Not broad or narrow. Make it just right. Evaluate your own research question Does your question deal with your topic or issue Is the question easily and full researched Procrastination Types Pleasure seeking Fear of Failure Fear of success Task enormity Perfectionism Insufficient Skills Explanation Pleasure seeking: doing something you want to do instead of your homework. Task Enormity: when you think a task is to big to do. How to prevent them Pleasure seeking: Do your work and reward yourself after. Task enormity: Break it down into smaller parts. How can you tell if a website has valid information. Primary or secondary A primary source is the real object. Example: Declaration of independence A secondary source is something about the real object. Example: a book about the declaration of independence Url .com: not the best .gov: good (: Recent update Updated in 1987 then the website wouldn’t be very up to date. Updated in 2009 November 3rd. It would be up to date. Creating a thesis statement Topic Pick a topic Put it in your thesis statement Develop a question Make a question about your topic Put it in your thesis Perspective Answer your question from a unique perspective Make others think. How/Why you must cite your sources Easybib Add the website and get it in MLA format. Put on your bibliography Zotero Add your website and any information that isn’t there. Click to make a bibliography from all your cites. Why Cite your sources because it’s not your information Plagiarism is against the law. Plagiarism What is it? Plagiarism is taking information from a cite and claiming it as yours. Not citing your information. Why it’s bad. Plagiarism is bad because your stealing someone else’s information It’s also bad because your taking it and making it your own. How to prevent it. Put the information if your own words. MAKE SURE to cite where you got the help from.

The relationship between the population and land ownership was one of the causes of the French revolution because the third estate of the land in France was made of peasants who had to do hard work. The fourth estate had the least amount of land and had to pay the higher amount of taxes. The wealthy people had the most land and had to pay less taxes. This led to a rebellion. The wealthy people and the poor people were the one’s fighting. The poor people lost the battle. Bolivar was South America’s greatest general. He freed most of South American and Columbia. He wanted to create Grand Columbia which was to be a group of independent countries. He was “South America’s George Washington”. Bolivar believed in a free market. He liked what the American’s were doing during the American revolution. He liked the idea of democracy. He didn’t think that Spanish-America was fit for a democracy. He believed that all of America could be free. They would have to give up some of the terms of liberty. Simon Bolivar organized and led military forces. His direct action made Columbia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia independent. Bolivia motivated others to fight for there independence because they were all seeking it.



Ambyr Wilson Mr. Rowley Historical Research and Writing November 18, 2009 Gay Marriage Imagine this. Your deeply in love with someone, but you can’t marry them because it’s against the law. Is this person your in love with your friend? lover? girlfriend/boyfriend? Or are you nothing at all? Without the bond that marriage conveys, your friends and family may not see you and your “partner” as anything at all and the government surely would see you as nothing. Imagine a world without marriage. There never has been marriage, and there never will be marriage. What does your world look like? This is how homosexuals feel there whole life because they don’t have the right to marry people of the same sex. Although some religions are against gay marriage, homosexuals should be able to decide whether they can marry or not, because every human being possesses basic human rights, including the right to love anyone they choose.

Fessender, Will. “Document View - ProQuest.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

Gannon, Heather Ann. “Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

“Gay "Marriage"?.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage News.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage Rights - Where Is Gay Marriage Legal? - States That Allow Same Sex Marriage.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

“HOMOSEXUAL (SAME-SEX) MARRIAGES - All sides to the issue.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

Lewis, Gregory B. “CJO - Abstract - Same-Sex Marriage and the 2004 Presidential Election.” Web. 26 Oct 2009.

Rauch, Jonathan. “Gay marriage: why it is good for ... - Google Books.” Web. 26 Oct 2009.

“Same Sex Marriage.” Web. 12 Nov 2009.

Tuttle, Jeff. “Document View - ProQuest.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.

Williams, Mary E. homosexuality. Print. ---. “Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 28 Oct 2009.





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