Day 28: APA

Remember what happens when you plagiarize?

You end up with really bad hair...you will also receive an F on the assignment/paper with a possibility of failing the course.
Don't worry though. Learning APA style can help you keep your hair safe.

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.

Day 12: Summarizing and Paraphrasing

Class will begin by discussing THIS PICTURE. What can you do to make sure you don't plagiarize?

Next work in a group to come up with ways in which summaries and paraphrases differ. Think about how can you use each of them in your writing? After gathering your thoughts, we will discuss them as a class. Visit the OWL WEBSITE to see how summaries and paraphrases differ.

Work through the following ACTIVITY in order to test your knowledge on what a successful summary is. You can view the answers HERE.

I will introduce a SUMMARY RUBRIC that you can apply to your own summary writing.

Visit the following website http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/ and try to summarize the 6 steps of successful paraphrasing. Then work on summarizing THIS PARAGRAPH.