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EMAILS and WIKISPACES - DAY TWO Note: Emails must be correct format. Sending emails is NOT like texting on a phone. Although there are many people who do this, it is inappropriate in any professional setting to not use correct grammar. You are in high school! You must use academic punctuation and capitalization (YES! Always capitalize “I”, months, names, countries/nationalities, and the beginning of sentences!) When emailing a teacher, it is generally not appropriate to load up with hundreds of smiley faces and icons, colors, etc. One color/ icon will suffice.

Directions- CHECK OFF after each number AS YOU DO THEM! 1. Make sure you have sent an email message to Ms. Anders with your Wikispaces username. If you haven’t done this yet, you must do it now!!! Follow all directions on the sheet Ms. Anders gave you yesterday.

2. Once you get an invitation to join the class website, sign in and read the HOME page and your PERIOD page carefully. DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING YET!

3. Ms. Anders will assign a topic to you and your partner. Once you do that, then you may go to your PERIOD’s page and highlight your topic (not the page number or section- the title ONLY.)

4. You will then go up and click the LINK button and give it the same page name as the topic. Make sure you are simply creating a “wiki link” (not “external”, nor “anchor”.)

5. This will open up a new page. Once you click “edit” you can delete the writing that is there and replace it with your own! If you’d like, you can give your page a title that relates to your topic. With the title highlighted, use the TEXT box to change font and color. Explore the different headings you can do too.

6. Make sure you are clear about the requirements on your PERIOD page about what you are going to be responsible for.

7. Do you have your email username and Wikispaces username written in the front of your CB (along with Ebackpack PW)? Ms. Anders will check for this next self-assessment!

8. Before continuing on this page, you will create your brainstorming, notes and rough drafts IN THE BACK PAGES OF YOUR COMP BOOK! Ms Anders would like to see all your ideas BEFORE you type out final drafts. Get a textbook and start taking notes on your page (pages) so that you can become the class “expert” on that section! The more you understand and are able to teach to others, the better your grade!

TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW: URL= address LINK= allows you to connect to another page on the web (either within the website or to a new site) FORMAT= how a page is arranged TEMPLATE= categories on a page that help you to organize information

Canada 1. p.51-53 Introduction to Canada Section 3.1-3.2 2. p.54-56 The Five Regions and their Cultures Section 3.3-3.4 3. p.57 Languages Section Section 3.5 4. p.58 Climate Section 3.6 5. p.59 Architecture Section 3.7 6. p.60-61 Economic Activity Section 3.8 7. p.60-61 Thinking Globally Section 3.9-3.10

Great Lakes 8. p.65-66 Introduction and Geography Section 4.1-4.2 9. p.68 (top only) -69-71 Pollution of the lakes 4.3-4.4 10. p.68 Article on Pollution. Main Points! 11. p.72 Invasive Species Section 4.5 12. p72-73 Habitat Loss Section 4.6 13. p. 74 Thinking Globally Section 4.7 14. p.Thinking Globally Pt. II Section 4.8

Urban Sprawl 15. p.79-81 Introduction and Geography Section 5.1-5.2 16. p. 82 Pros and Cons of Urban Growth Section 5.3 17. p.83-84 Case of Portland, OR Section 5.4-5.5 18. p. 85-86 Case of Toronto, Ontario Section 5.6-5-7 19. p.87-89 Case of Atlanta Georgia Section 5.8-5-9 20. p.89 Thinking Globally Section 5.10-5-11