Internet Activity # 1
Details – Unit 1
Instruction: If possible, print this activity and fill in the lines as you go along. If you can't print this page, use a sheet of paper to write the answers you find on the Internet.
Objectives:
By completing this activity, you will:
· Read for important details
· Write about physical details
· Identify the most important detail
· Organize details chronologically
· Identify several supporting details
· Choose between details of fact and opinion
1. Go to the Old House Web Site at www.oldhouseweb.net
2. At the top menu, click on here’s how. Click on Walls and Ceilings. Under Stories at this level, click on Repairing Plaster Walls. Read the first step of Method 1 and the first step of Method 2. Write a physical detail about covering a large hole here:
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3. Go Back. Click on Plastering: An (almost) lost art. Read the article.
Write an important detail about plastering here:
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4. At the bottom menu, click on Preparing the house. Identify two supporting details about plastering and write them here:
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5. At the bottom menu, click on The plastering begins. Read the article. List one detail for each of the steps in applying the three coats of plaster.
First,_________________________________________________________
Next,_________________________________________________________
Last,_________________________________________________________
6. At the bottom menu, click on The final. Read about how Wally applies the final white coat. Circle the type of details that you read about plastering walls and ceilings.
FACTS OPINIONS
7. At the top menu, click on Walls and Ceilings. Click on Repairing Old Plaster. Scroll down the page. Click on the Ask the Old-House Doctor. Write a factual detail and an opinion about the answer to the question here:
FACT_______________________________________________________
OPINION_____________________________________________________
9. Go Back. Click on Removing efflorescence from plaster. Read the summary and first three steps. Write about a physical detail about efflorescence here:
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10. Go Back. Click on Repairing Historic Flat Plaster Walls and Ceilings (Introduction). Read the second paragraph about lime plaster. Write a detail about lime plaster here:
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11. At the upper right-hand corner click on Next Page. Scroll down the page. Read about conditions that cause plaster to crack. Write two supporting details about these conditions here:
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12. At the top menu, click on HOME (www.oldhouseweb.net) Bookmark this site for future visits.