English 101 Week 1

Wednesday Announcements To find your assignments on Canvas, go to the Modules page and work in the current week. Plagiarism homework – thanks for starting it early, but so far no one completed the assignment correctly. Diagnostic essays will be given back at the end of the term.

Critical thinking moment #1 Percentage of Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2014 primary-campaign contributions that came from the United States: 90 That came from three U.S. families: 30

Continued… Number of U.S. congressional districts in which trade with China has produced more jobs than it has cost: 1 Estimated minimum gallons of water used annually to produce Coca-Cola products : 8,000,000,000,000 Portion of the world’s population that amount could supply with drinking water each year: 1/4 Source: http://harpers.org/archive/2015/03/harpers-index-370/

Section 1: Avoiding plagiarism What Is Plagiarism? Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.

Academic writing When you write a research paper or many other types of academic work, you must gather information from many sources. But how can you show your teacher what information is new to you? And what must you do to show you are not plagiarizing (stealing sentences or ideas)? You must cite your sources, or show where the new information came from.

Definition According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means to steal and pass (the ideas or words of another) as one's own to use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

What’s the big deal? In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

What constitutes plagiarism? All of the following: Turning in someone else's work as your own Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

When in doubt… Any assignment that includes plagiarized work will receive a zero. As mentioned in the syllabus, the second instance of plagiarism will result in an F for the entire course. If you’re not sure whether you’ve cited something correctly, just ask!

Guidelines You must use “quotes” if you copy five or more words exactly. You should not cite information that everyone knows.* Try to paraphrase information. Even paraphrased info should be cited if it is new to you. To cite, put the author's last name and the page number in parentheses( ). Notice that the period goes at the end of the citation.

Let’s practice* You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading. ~ Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451, p. 17 I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ~J.K. Rowling, speech at Harvard University, 2008

Plagiarism homework Go to: Modules / Week 1 / Discussion Board Quiz: Plagiarism Follow the instructions: post your source material, and then your example of how to refer to that material in a paper. You need to post your quote *and* vote “P” or “A” on your classmates’ quotes. We will review in class on Monday

Section 2: How do you prepare to write?

Brainstorming can be very organized…

…or very free form

Brainstorm: What are you good at?

Now narrow that list Which items involve a process? Which are the most interesting? Which do you know that most about? Share your short list with a neighbor

The expository essay Our first formal essay assignment will be the expository essay (see handout) The first draft is due Monday for workshop. It should be complete and represent your best effort. The final draft is due Wednesday on Canvas.

How to Kill Zombies Read the sample essay (handout) and consider how you would score it based on the essay rubric.

This week’s homework: Write rough draft of expository essay Complete one grammar activity on Canvas Submit your plagiarism quote and vote on your classmates’quotes on Canvas Read Anne Lamott essay on Canvas and be prepared to discuss it on Monday