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Dear Students,

I am so sorry that so many of you have been sick lately, or facing obstacles to finishing the semester. Please contact me because I have a plan … Read More

You must be CAREFUL using  Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not professionally written, edited or composed in any way.  It is NOT fact-checked. Anyone can post anything on Wikipedia. Usually, other users … Read More

How to Spot Fake News

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• ____ Strong Adjective – use the thesaurus to find at least one dazzling and appropriate adjective for every section  (or page) of your essay
• ____Strong Adverb – use the thesaurus

1. INTRODUCTION OF ALL ARTICLES
2. ARTICLE 1
   1. MLA STYLE DOCUMENTATION
   2. SUMMARY
   3. ANALYSIS – respond to the questions
   4. PERSONAL REFLECTION
3. ARTICLE 2
   1. MLA STYLE DOCUMENTATION
   2. SUMMARY
   3. ANALYSIS – respond to the questions

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/02/national-butterfly-center-conspiracy-threats/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/technology/fact-check-this-pizzeria-is-not-a-child-trafficking-site.html?_r=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/11/too-good-to-check-sean-hannitys-tale-of-a-trump-rescue/

https://time.com/4590255/pizzagate-fake-news-what-to-know/

• Interactive Media Bias Chart
• Making Sense of the News
• Media Bias/Fact Check
• Politifact
• A Resource

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_electronic_sources.html

Author. “Title.” Title of Book or Website.  Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink).

Sam Spade. “How to Be A Detective.”  New York … Read More

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For Wednesday, September 21

Texts:

• Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.

Please note that the document linked above starts … Read More