Welcome to Seminar 5

We will begin on time.Meanwhile, enjoy chatting.

It’s SHOWTIME! Tell me about how our class is going for you so far. Too fast? Too slow? Just right? How is class different than you thought it would be?

Discussion

Project: Outline Due by midnight Tuesday On one of the topics from Unit 1 Be in APA format Be in Roman numeral format, following the sample outline

format given in the unit.

Unit 5 Work

A three point thesis.

Three points that support the thesis Taken directly from the thesis and In the same order as in the thesis.

Two points supporting each main point with evidence

In text citations

A minimum of two sources

Full sentences, but not paragraphs

Your Unit 5 Project should have:

Have a separate title page + reference page.

Be in APA format Be double spaced only Written in12 point font size only Include page numbers and running headers

[*if you are using Word 2007, go to doc sharing to learn how to do this correctly.]

Should not use bold type

Your Unit 5 Project should:

Maggie’s Sample Outline

I. Introduction

A. Jazzy Introduction

B. Background information

C. Thesis statement

We will be talking more about “jazzy” introductions in another seminar. For her paper, Maggie starts off

talking about movies.

Outline Piece by Piece

Background information is defining the problem or the history of the problem.

Maggie talks about how films have credits, and academic papers need to have credits, too – where the research came from.

Background Info

Maggie’s Thesis and Key Points

Her thesis First key point from thesis turned into a topic sentence

V. Conclusion

A. Restatement of thesis (reSTATE not rePEAT)

B. Concluding statement.

A good conclusion is NOT simply a restatement or summary of what you have already said. We will talk more about conclusions in another seminar.

Conclusion

Notice that no where does Maggie say what students SHOULD do. She simply provides information. She uses “can” instead of “should.”

Your outline, due Tuesday night, should be a formal, Roman-numbered outline. Your points are to be in full sentences, but NOT paragraphs.

Word has a built-in outlining feature: go to Format, then Bullets and Numbering, then Outline Numbered.

Remember to include complete APA-style citations for all outside sources you used, both in the text and at the end of your paper.

Also, if you have not already done so, go to doc sharing and download the APA Cheat Sheet.

Also, unlike your first assignment, this assignment must be done in APA format with a title page and a reference page.

The title page should have (all centered)

• the title of your project,

• your name,

• and the course number.

• All in 12-point font.

• Do not use a larger font or bold

Double-space the entire project, including the title and reference pages.

You will also need to include a page number and a running header in the upper right hand corner of every page.

This and other information such as margins, double-spacing, etc. can be found in doc sharing in Using Microsoft Word or Word 2007.

Personal Pronouns

For academic writing, do not use the words such as “I” or “we” or “our” unless they are part of a direct quotation. We’ve talked about this before

Do Not “Speak” Directly to Your Readers

Writers who use "you" are speaking directly to their readers. For example, let's say you are writing about education and children. If you say, "You should have more say in your children's education," you are speaking to the reader.

This might work if you were writing an article intended to be read by parents of younger children. They may relate to your talking to them.

Who Are Your Readers?

However, if your readers are more general, they will not relate to "you." If they do not have younger children, "you" does not apply to them.

Instead, talk about your topic and say, "Parents should have more say in their children's education."

The reader will understand that you are talking about PARENTS, not about the reader.

When I was teaching at a local community college, some of the students were writing about steroids. In their essays, many said, "If YOU take steroids..." I wanted to say to them, "I do not take steroids, never did, and never intend to!" [LOL]

In general, do not remind the readers they are reading a paper

Avoid using phrases such as “This paper will examine…” or “Research for this paper showed…”

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is taking someone else's work, words, or ideas and presenting them as if they were your own.

Work includes original ideas, strategies, and research, art, graphics, computer programs, music, and other creative expression.

What are the consequences of plagiarism?

1. Job Loss

* Reporters for the New York Times have lost their jobs because they plagiarized articles.

* A professor at the University of Colorado is being investigated for plagiarism and could lose his job.

* A Florida judge plagiarized on a military exam and could lose his military rank.

2) Legal Problems

• Actor Michael Douglas sued a Florida company for using his image to make money. He asked that all profits from the use of his picture be given to him.

• Dan Brown, the author of the DaVinci Code, was sued by the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, who claim Brown took ideas from their book. Brown, however, was cleared of the plagiarism charge.

• Former President Carter has been accused of

plagiarizing his new book. A number of his advisors quit because of this allegation.

3) Failing a class or being expelled

Being accused of plagiarism can have severe consequences in U.S. colleges and universities. You may receive a zero for your work; you may get an F for the class, or you may even be expelled from the school.

Most students do not intended to plagiarize, but the rules of documentation can be very confusing. It is important to learn how to use borrowed material correctly so you can avoid the consequences listed above.

How Can You Avoid

Plagiarism?

There are two ways to avoid plagiarism

1) Put quotation marks around any quoted material and cite. ( )

2) Use mostly your words and ideas. When you are writing an essay, most of

the words in the essay should be your own words, and most of the ideas in the essay should also be your own.

You do research to support or "prove" your ideas. You borrow an author's words sparingly, using only enough to prove your point.

You may be thinking, "But this is a research paper, so how can I use my own words and ideas?" The best way to do that is by discussing the

information that you find. Give the reader your ideas about the

information; don't just "parrot" back what someone else has written.

Use Research In Moderation

Has anyone heard of Turnitin.com?

Turnitin.com is an online site that checks student essays for plagiarism.

I submit all of your essays to Turnitin.com, not because I am trying to "catch" you doing something wrong, but because I want to help you learn to quote and paraphrase correctly.

By the time you have completed this class, I want you to feel comfortable using borrowed material. I want you to feel sure that you know how to use borrowed material correctly.

By turning your work into Turnitin.com, I can see if you are making errors, and then I can point those errors out.

You, in turn, can learn how to correct any errors and avoid them in the future.

Since most errors found by Turnitin.com concern poor paraphrasing, I want to go over in more detail what you can not do in a paraphrase.

When you paraphrase, you must change all of the important words and the sentence structure (order in which the words appear).

You can not take a few words from one sentence and a few more from another sentence and glue them together as your own.

Poor Paraphrasing

Original Quotation: “…WE watched and witnessed SOME OF OUR comrades behave LIKE swine WHILE OTHERS behaved LIKE saints. MAN HAS BOTH potentialities within HIMSELF; WHICH ONE is actualized DEPENDS ON DECISIONS but NOT on CONDITIONS" (Frankl, 1984, p. 135).

Bad Paraphrase: IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WE saw SOME OF OUR friends act LIKE pigs WHILE OTHERS acted LIKE angels. It is a fact that MAN HAS BOTH possibilities WITHIN HIMSELF. Therefore, WHICH ONE he becomes DEPENDS ON DECISIONS NOT ON CONDITIONS. (Frankl, 1984, p. 135)

Even though the writer changed some of the words, many of the words come directly from the original as does the sentence structure and words. That last slide would be considered plagiarism.

Review of Rules for Borrowed Material

• Use quotes sparingly, but any time you use someone else's words, you must put them in quotation marks.

• Paraphrase as an alternative to quoting. However, if you paraphrase, you must still document.

• When you paraphrase, change ALL the words, not just one or two of them.

• Give credit in two places: in the text and on the Reference Page.

• When in doubt, cite.

• Read Maggie’s final project – it’s great!

Reminders

If you post after midnight Tuesday, let me know

To get a higher grade in Discussion, use good spelling and grammar, use people’s names, respond early, and answer the questions.

• Remember that praise is fun, but we learn more from helpful and thoughtful critiques.