4.4.7 Connect and Apply, "Flying Cars," Citation Formation

Connect and Apply, "Flying Cars," Citation Formation

4.4.7

Word Work: Connect and Apply

Learners can:

• define multisyllabic words  

• pronounce multisyllabic words  

• write sentences using words with affixes and roots

• Remember, one of the reasons you study these affixes and roots is that they are among the most commonly used affixes and roots in the English language.

• There is a good chance you see or hear them at least once a day!

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Words in the Wild

Writing: Citation Formation

Learners can:

• cite paraphrases and short quotations

• build works cited entries and a works cited page  

• Signal phrases, or lead-ins, are words and phrases that indicate the start of a quote.

• They are placed at the start of a quote or paraphrase to alert readers that they are about to read material from an outside source.

• The phrase “According to Bonheur” that is used on the left is a common signal phrase. It tells readers that Bonheur is the source of the information.

• Quotes always need a signal phrase!

Signal Phrases

Remember that quotes are when you record what the author wrote word for word, while a paraphrase is when you translate the author's ideas into your own words

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Adding Signal Phrases

Multiple Choice

When do you use a signal phrase?

• Use a signal phrase to transition into a source and alert readers there is an upcoming quote or paraphrase.

• Use a signal phrase to alert readers that you are about to include your personal opinions about a topic.

• Use a signal phrase every time you include information that is not your own prior knowledge or thoughts.

• Use a signal phrase in your works cited page to indicate who wrote the work.

Assignment: "Flying Cars"

You CANNOT submit this section blank today!!!!

• “Flying cars: No longer a far-off fantasy” by Kris Coronado is published by The Washington Post.

• The Washington Post is a well-established and award-winning publication.

• As you read, make sure that you are annotating!

• You can find the article on page 133 in your ELA notebook

Background Information and Reading

• Projects such as building, maintaining, and selling AeroMobil Flying Cars or Kitty Hawk Flyers require the work of many people with a variety of interests and aptitudes to use their skills.

  • Aptitudes are areas of natural strength and skill.  

• Use what you read in the article about the form, roadblocks, and potential uses of flying cars as you complete a brief career artifact assignment.

• You will:

  • select interests and aptitudes from a list;  

  • consider careers related to flying cars; and

  • explain what you would and would not enjoy about a career related to flying cars.

Career Artifact Assignment

What are we doing?

​The last section of the assignment includes space to reflect and explain what elements of the career you would enjoy or not enjoy.

The example student says that they would enjoy being a marketer because of their creativity, flexibility, and organization. They communicate well and are well-versed in social media use. They would not enjoy responding to and managing negative comments and behaviors online. Additionally, they think it would be difficult to market a product they did not think was a good consumer product.

​The second section of the assignment lists careers that could be associated with flying cars.

The example student considers the careers of a marketer or graphic designer. They learn more about each career and decide a marketing career appeals to them more.

​The first section of the assignment lists interests and aptitudes.

The example student selects the interests and aptitudes of creativity, flexibility, social media, communication, and organization.

• Use your understanding of flying cars from the article to help determine a career related to flying cars that interests you. Then, research information about that career using the search engine of your choice.

• Look up the career, read more about its description, and consider what you would enjoy and not enjoy about the career.

• Use what you learn to complete your “Career Artifact Assignment: Flying Cars."

• The template for you to download is on page 6 of your edio lesson. Once you download the document, click 'Enable Editing' to begin typing.

Time to Work

• The rest of class is time for you to finish your assignment

• Don't forget to save your work when you are finished by clicking 'File, Save As'

• Once complete, upload your document to page 6 of your edio lesson

• After you finish and submit your assignment, the rest of class is choice time. You can be working on iready practice, silent reading, overdue edio lessons, or your Informational Writing Project

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Work and Choice Time