Cheating Form
Name_______
_____Kage _Bargeron________
_________Date: ____9/26/13_______________
Directions
: Complete the following worksheet while you are in the lab using articles from the SIRS database. Definitions:
~Premise (SIRS refers to the premise as the essential question)
- a premise is not a statement of fact; it is a debatable statement with which other people may agree or disagree.
Example: The school should provide students with more choices in the dress code. This is not a fact.
Someone can agree or disagree with this statement.
~Supporting statements
- help convince your reader to agree with your premise.
Example: The number of students getting ISS would decrease if the dress code weren’t so strict.
Assignment:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Go to the SIRS Issues Researcher database (found on the FMS Media Center page).
Click on the “My Products” page.
Log in using Freedomms (note the two m’s). Password patriots.
Click on SIRS Knowledge Source.
Look over the extensive topic list carefully. Pick a topic of high interest to you or pick a topic about which you want to learn more.
6. Click on a topic. Some topics have sub-topics. Choose the topic or sub-topic you want.
7. You are going to read the six articles on both sides of the issue.
8. Fill out the form for each article.
(1).Premise (essential question
)__ Can the increase in academic cheating be blamed on the amount of pressure students feel to succeed?__________________________________________________
Pro side ____
_√____
_ or Con side ___
_√_
____
(CHECK ONE)
Name of the article
___________At_Issue:___Cheating____________________________________
Summarize the article:
Many_kids_in_both_high_school_and_college_have_admitted_to_cheating_at_one_point_in_their_
educational_career._Is_it_the_pressure_that_makes_kids_cheat_or_is_it_society_convincing_studen ts it_is_ok?_Either_way_we_need_to_pick_our_educational_and_successing_leaders_carefully.
What are the supporting statements
? Pro: _This article shows that
_____Kage _Bargeron________
_________Date: ____9/26/13_______________
Directions
: Complete the following worksheet while you are in the lab using articles from the SIRS database. Definitions:
~Premise (SIRS refers to the premise as the essential question)
- a premise is not a statement of fact; it is a debatable statement with which other people may agree or disagree.
Example: The school should provide students with more choices in the dress code. This is not a fact.
Someone can agree or disagree with this statement.
~Supporting statements
- help convince your reader to agree with your premise.
Example: The number of students getting ISS would decrease if the dress code weren’t so strict.
Assignment:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Go to the SIRS Issues Researcher database (found on the FMS Media Center page).
Click on the “My Products” page.
Log in using Freedomms (note the two m’s). Password patriots.
Click on SIRS Knowledge Source.
Look over the extensive topic list carefully. Pick a topic of high interest to you or pick a topic about which you want to learn more.
6. Click on a topic. Some topics have sub-topics. Choose the topic or sub-topic you want.
7. You are going to read the six articles on both sides of the issue.
8. Fill out the form for each article.
(1).Premise (essential question
)__ Can the increase in academic cheating be blamed on the amount of pressure students feel to succeed?__________________________________________________
Pro side ____
_√____
_ or Con side ___
_√_
____
(CHECK ONE)
Name of the article
___________At_Issue:___Cheating____________________________________
Summarize the article:
Many_kids_in_both_high_school_and_college_have_admitted_to_cheating_at_one_point_in_their_
educational_career._Is_it_the_pressure_that_makes_kids_cheat_or_is_it_society_convincing_studen ts it_is_ok?_Either_way_we_need_to_pick_our_educational_and_successing_leaders_carefully.
What are the supporting statements
? Pro: _This article shows that