1. Warm-up: avoiding plagiarism
Look at PPT slides 2-3. Try to remember what you learned about plagiarism, and how to avoid it.
2. Introduction to APA style
Go over slides 4-6 from the PPT which introduces the general guidelines for citation. Look at the example in slide 5 in detail, and especially focus on how to use the signal phrases.
3. Paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting
Complete the ACTIVITY SHEET. You will have a chance to practice doing a short paraphrase and a quotation. It’s important to keep in mind that you have to cite the source in both cases.
4. Demonstration of the APA style
Go over slides 8-10 of the PPT. You will learn from the slides how to cite the sources (books, articles and web pages) in the reference list.
5. APA activity
Answer the questions in the APA citation PRACTICE HANDOUT 1. In this activity, you will practice writing the reference list for various sources. You can consult the Hacker book or an online source.
6. Group activity: reference list
Look at the APA CITATION HANDOUT 2. Spend about 5 minutes working on correcting the errors in the sources page. I will then call members from each group to come up to the front of the class and make one correction per person.
