Transcript Plagiarism: Educating, Avoiding, and Detecting

CM 220
COLLEGE COMPOSITION II
UNIT 9 SEMINAR
Instructor Sara Wink
General Education, Composition
Kaplan University
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Assignments
Reading
Invention Lab
The Final Project
Unit 9 Reading
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The Kaplan Guide to Successful Writing,
ch. 14 (196-204) and ch. 17
 Review the website for Food, Inc.
 Review a selected chapter related to a
common writing error in William Strunk,
Jr.’s Elements of Style, available at
Bartleby.com.
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Unit 9 Invention Lab/Discussion
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Describe a common editing concern you have (passive
voice, apostrophes, commas, fragments) and how the
chapter you selected from Bartleby.com helped clarify
any questions you had.
Discuss any other challenges you face as you revise and
edit your portfolio this week and prepare the multimodal component of your final project.
Respond to two classmates. Note resources that might
help your classmate address the challenges mentioned
in the post and mention any questions you still have
about your classmate’s big idea.
The Final Project Portfolio
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5-7 page revision of draft (unit 6)
 Revision of letter to editor (unit 5
invention lab)
 Revision of tech presentation (unit 7
invention lab)
 Responses to reflection questions
(in the final project instructions
and in this power point)
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Reminders
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The 5-7 length is just for the essay; this does not include the
title and references page, letter to editor, presentation, or
reflection questions.
The letter to the editor will be approximately ½ to 1 page,
as will the responses to the reflection questions.
Put all components in one Word document unless you need
to post a separate file for the presentation (such as a Power
Point). If you have an external link, include that in the Word
document. See the sample posted in the unit 9 folder of Doc
Sharing.
Review the grading rubric and assignment instructions
carefully! See the correct rubric in Doc Sharing (unit 9
folder).
Guidelines for Essay
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Essay must be a SUBSTANTIAL revision of the draft
you wrote in unit 6. Simply adding a few sentences
is not sufficient.
Arguments should be defended. Remember, the goal
in persuasion is to convince your audience of the
value of your position.
Consider and respond to counter arguments
Aim for strong, clear, readable sentences.
Guidelines for Letter to Editor
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You will revise the letter to the editor (or formal
message to another audience) you wrote for the unit
5 invention lab.
Take into account questions raised by your instructor
and classmates as you revise the message. How can
you make it more compelling for your audience?
Guidelines for Multi-Modal/Tech
Presentation
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The audience for this presentation of your ideas is WIDER than
the audience of your actual paper.
How will this affect the presentation of information?
Remember to take into account the suggestions you received in
unit 7.
Have at least 5 specific facts/ideas supported with evidence.
Be sure to cite sources. You can have those listed on your main
References page.
Reflection Questions
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What did you learn about yourself as a writer? As a
thinker?
What did you learn about the process of writing?
What skills did you develop that might help you in the
future?
What did you take from the larger conversation with
others?
How did your feedback from peers and your instructor
affect the revision of your blueprint, letter to the editor,
and presentation?
Write responses in paragraph form.
An Example
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Food, Inc.
Analyze the audience and purpose of this presentation
of information.
What is the purpose and how is it accomplished?
How is the audience addressed?
How does the METHOD of presentation affect how this
information is given to the audience?
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Editing Sentences
The Paramedic Method
Seven Steps for Revision
First of all: READ OUT LOUD
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It’s amazing how
easily we’ll process
crazy writing when
we read silently.
However, when one
reads a paragraph
like this out loud, one
can’t help but trip
again…and
again…and again…
According to rscheearch at an
Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t
myyaer in waht oredr the ltteers in
a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer
is at the rghit pclae. The rset can
be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. this is
bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter.
Paramedic Revision
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Paramedic Revision is a sentence level revision
strategy that helps to make writing more clear and
concise.
It revives tired, wordy, and awkward sentences and
makes them more readable
Steps
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Circle the prepositions (of, in, about, for, onto, into)
Draw a box around the "is" verb forms
Ask, "Where's the action?"
Change the "action" into a simple verb
Move the doer into the subject (Who's kicking
whom)
Eliminate any unnecessary slow wind-ups
Eliminate any redundancies. (“Paramedic
Revision,” 2010).
An Example
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The point I wish to make is
that the employees
working at this company
are in need of a much
better manager of their
money.
Who is doing the acting?
What is the action?
Are there any unnecessary
phrases?
Could any prepositional
phrases be more concise?
Actor: Employees
Action: Need
Direct object: manager
Revision
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Employees at this company
need a better money manager.
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Edit these sentences
The end of Chapter 14 can help you with all sorts of editing issues!
Why is grammar so hard to understand.
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Diana left for the days.
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The local library were closed on
Saturdays.
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The television in the does not have cable.
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Step back from all this consider the following
situation.
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The final five . . .
6. According to the instructor editing should be done after
revising content content needs to make sense before it
be edited.
7. According to (2010) Dr. Wuzzle surgery can be done
while the patient is awake with little risk.
8. There is much that can be done for hair loss, according
to Dr. Fandango (2010), “Mayo does wonders for the
scalp.” (page 6).
9. Childhood obesity is a major problem in America
today. Americans must realize just how heavy children
have become.
10. Punctuation can be a real pain in the butt; for many
people.
Seven Steps (The Kaplan Guide to
Successful Writing, pp. 196-204)
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1. Choose verbs carefully--they convey the action in your paper
and should be vivid and compelling.
Highlight being verbs (am, is, are, was, be, etc.). Try to eliminate
as many as possible since they are considered "weak" verbs.
Highlight "to have" verbs (has, have, had). Again, try to remove
those.
Try to choose active, vigorous verbs whenever possible.
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2. Take out unnecessary prepositions.
3. Make sure sentence lengths vary.
You don't want too many very long
or very short sentences.
4. Make sure all pronouns
(it, they, everyone, etc.)
have a clear reference.
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5. Try to limit the use of pronouns
who, which, and that.
6. Limit the use of "qualifier" words like
really, every, very.
7. Take out cliches
(children are our future, etc.)
Editing
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Let’s try
revising
sentences
from
your
drafts
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Try out this quiz for eliminating
wordiness:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gr
ammar/quizzes/nova/nova8.htm
Questions?
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Let’s open the seminar up to any questions you may
have about the final project requirements.
Remember that there is NO seminar in unit 10, but
we will have a final chance to share projects and
discuss the Big Ideas you have all proposed this
term!
Don’t forget that the final project can NOT be
turned in late: yes, even 12:05am is late. So,
PLEASE plan your submission time so that in case
your regular Internet crashes, you have a back-up
plan!