Agenda for 31 August 2016

Early Release

1. Collect summer assignment

                Annotated articles and typed journals

                Submit digital copy of typed journals to Turnitin.com by midnight tonight or it will be late

                “On my honor I have neither given nor received assistance on this assignment.”

1. Collect homework

                Article #3 for 1^st and 3^rd

                Article #2 for 2^nd

                Please write the Honor Pledge at the top of the paper and sign if you haven’t already done                   so

                “On my honor I have neither given nor received assistance on this assignment.”

2. Plagiarism handout

3. Plagiarism assignment

                Should be completed by the end of class

                Finish for homework, due Friday, September 2

Questions for Plagiarism assignment

Directions: Answer the following questions on your own paper, in at least one paragraph.

1. Write your own definition of plagiarism. (“What is plagiarism?”) (no paragraph needed)

2. Do you believe plagiarism is as important as teachers/instructors/administrators do? Explain why or why not. Provide an example. (“Why are my instructors so concerned about plagiarism?”)

3. Give three examples of “common knowledge.” (“What about ‘common knowledge’?”) (no paragraph needed)

4.  What is the difference between paraphrasing and quoting? (“What about paraphrasing?”) (no paragraph needed)

5. What do you think a citation is? How do you think citations will be used in your research papers? (“Step 1: Accentuate the positive…”)

6. What are your current note-taking practices? Describe them in as much detail as possible. (“Step 2: How can I keep track…”)

7. From the suggestions given, which will be the most helpful for you in this class? Explain why. (“Step 2: How can I keep track…”)

8. In the section, “Works Consulted/cited” there are four citations beginning with “Alberti, Leone Battista” For each citation, you should write out the citation and label the following: author, title, publisher, translator, city of publication, publisher, date of publication. Please note, not every citation will have the all this information. (no paragraph needed)

Please remember to write the Honor Pledge at the top of your paper, and provide your signature next to it:

“On my honor I have neither given nor received assistance on this assignment.”

Next class

                Review class definitions of lenses

                Discuss MLA format

                Introduce debate