1. Please keep an activity log using a sheet of loose leaf paper. Designate a group member to record your start and stop times (when you have logged on and off the computer.)
2. Document the URL's of the sites that you have visited (the site addresses: www.whatever.com)
3. Comment briefly on the site; if you liked it, if it made sense to you, etc.
4. Indicate which words that you looked up and any new definitions.
5. Choose at least one word on the Fake Out! Site to guess and one word to make up a definition for and list the words on your sheet.
6. EXTRA CREDIT: Check out the Puzzlemaker site and design a worksheet for your classmates.

The most commonly used reference book is the dictionary. There are different types of dictionaries devised for particular uses. For most purposes, a standard abridged desk size dictionary such as Miriam-Webster's is satisfactory for finding definitions of words, spelling and pronunciation.

However, that the standard dictionary is abridged means that the editors have selected the more commonly used words in the language and have omitted many that are uncommon or less widely used. If you cannot locate a particular word in the standard dictionary you should consult an unabridged dictionary such as Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. This volume contains many, but not all, the words in the English language, including out of date words, slang words and acronyms. These volumes are huge and expensive and usually not found outside of libraries.

Some of these larger dictionaries include special sections at the back that may be useful. A gazetteer is an alphabetical listing of famous or other place names. Some sections contain short biographies of famous people such as presidents of the United States. Others contain specialized information such as flags of countries of the world, population counts, and dates of important events. The preliminary directions should be consulted in order to understand the format of definitions and special symbols used, particularly pronunciation symbols.

There are also numerous other special dictionaries that can be checked for additional or more specific information (ASL, knotting, computer) . Some of these dictionaries are slang, abbreviations, rhyming, synonyms, antonyms, and acronyms. There are also foreign language dictionaries translating words from one language to another for example from English to French. There are also a few online translators that allow you to type in a word or phrase in English and then will translate it into the language of your choosing.

Online dictionaries can be extremely basic such as the Picture Dictionary. There are also entire websites devoted to categorizing the various types of online dictionaries such as the Web of On-line Dictionaries. Most search engines such as Yahooligans, KidFusion, and Bess, the Internet Retriever contain reference sections with links to online dictionaries.