1. Welcome to AOSC200

2. Outline I. About Your TA II. About this Course III. About Discussion
IV. Avoiding Plagiarism
V. MLA Formatting
VI. Annotated Bibliography
VI. Questions?

3. About Your TA Office hours: T 11:00am-12:00 in CSS3420 or by appt.

4. About this Course
Everything you need to know is on the course webpage:
Past quizzes, exams, etc will be posted on ELMS
Studying Tip: Don’t memorize!
Admission Tickets 5%
Topic of the day 10%
Quizzes 20%
Projects 20%
Mid-Term 20%
Final 25%

5. About Discussion
Everything you need to know about discussion is on MY webpage:
I do NOT take attendance, but participation in discussion will affect your grade. For missed/lost materials, see my webpage.
You do not need to bring your book every week—I will if you need it.
We will review course material & discuss group projects
BRING QUESTIONS!! (or them to me!)

6. Avoiding Plagiarism
Writing assignments are expected to be in your own words
There will be consequences if you copy or don’t cite your references
Quote/Paraphrase/Summarize: What’s the difference?
Questions? Ask me or consult:

7. MLA Formatting
All your work in this class will be expected to be in MLA format
Use a citation service (free):
Generally:
Books: Last name, first name. Title. City: Published By, Year. Print
Website: Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.
Journal: Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): pages references. Medium of publication.
For reference:

8. Annotated Bibliography
What is it?
A list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (around 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph (annotation).
What is the purpose?
Inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
What is an appropriate source?
NASA/NOAA/EPA websites, scholarly articles, certain university webpages (.edu)
Examples:

9. Questions?