Preparing to Write

In the weeks ahead, you will be applying information from this course in written form. To prepare for this, please complete the following questions and submit to assignment submission. 1. Identify three websites that assists students with citation and preparing works cited pages. Provide the URLs. a. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ b. http://prhs.prsd.org/researchguidepreparingworkscited&bibliographiccitations c. http://www.aresearchguide.com/10works.html 2. Identify one website that instructs students how to paraphrase information in MLA or APA format. Provide the URL. d. https://web.williams.edu/wp-etc/acad-resources/survival_guide/CitingDoc/ParaphrasingMLA.php 3. What is your technique for taking notes from your sources so you avoid plagiarism? What is your strategy in summarizing and paraphrasing information? e. I keep my notes separate from my actual drafts of the paper. Also it’s important that I don’t copy and paste and instead write everything fresh. It’s also very important to quote sources properly I have learned. My strategy for summarizing and paraphrasing information is to read the entire paragraph, and set it aside. Then I will think about what I read, and write it in my own words. 4. Good writing incorporates proper paraphrasing and signal phrases. How does a signal phrase enhance a paper? What big mistake does it help you avoid? Note: Information on signal phrases can be found at http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html f. Signal phrases is a way to inform the reader that a direct quote or a paraphrase is going to follow. It enhances a paper by adding adjectives to the sentences to pull the reader in. It helps to avoid plagiarism since it kind of introduces the person whose work is being cited. 5. Take a look at this sample MLA formatted paper: http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-daly-mla.pdf . Name three things you observe about the way it is formatted. Pay close attention to parenthetical citation (Smith 40) and the Works Cited page. Note: If the link does not work you can Google “sample MLA paper” and use one you find. g. On the works cited page with the author Layton, Lyndsey, there is no punctuation after the name of the article source. Should be Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2000: (same goes for the other entries on the works cited page as well) h. There is a parenthetical citation of (qtd. in Layton C9)which based on what I read should say (Sundeen) i. There is another parenthetical citation of (qtd. in Layton C9) that was quoted in the report that doesn’t appear to be in the works cited at all. It says, “Lon Anderson of the American Automobile Association agrees” and then there is a direct quote but nothing close to that in the works cited area. 6. What is ICCC’s policy on plagiarism? j. ICCC will initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty which includes things such as cheating and plagiarizing. Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated in any course. When an instructor suspects a student of scholastic dishonesty they will inform the student as soon as possible of the allegation. The instructor will determine the disciplinary action to be taken. 7. In your opinion, how prevalent is the issue of academic dishonesty and plagiarism on college campuses? What unique challenges does online instruction bring to this issue? k. I think academic dishonesty is very common on college campuses because we students have quick access to much more information these days than they used to. The internet has probably contributed a great deal to plagiarism because everything is online. You can google something and pretty much find exactly what you are looking for. However, it’s so wrong because those who do that are learning nothing, and putting their academic futures on the line. 8. Write your own value statement about academic honesty. l. Academic integrity is a vital asset to education. It is the responsibility of all students to understand proper methods of using and quoting from materials. Students must only take credit for work that he has completed by his own efforts.