2.  YOUR ideas  YOUR understanding  YOUR expressions  YOUR rendering of your readings  YOUR comprehension of what you studied  YOUR phrasing  YOUR words  YOUR structures  YOUR errors!

3.  Copying and pasting  Translating  Rephrasing by changing certain words  internet articles  Ready made articles  Stolen materials  Not citing references  Not acknowledging other people

4.  Taking notes  Check your writing against resources  Do not copy difficult materials  Put your OWN arguments, not others’  Show YOUR understanding  Quote certain phrases and cite references  Review your writing more than once  Get a friend to proofread for you

5.  Level 1: Sympathetic – giving advice  Level 2: considered cheating – giving warning  Level 3 & 4: considered a crime – punishment

6.  Reading the question  Thinking about the question  Brain storming and reading  Planning the essay  Drafting  Editing  Proofreading  Reviewing  publishing

7.  Read the question carefully  Read the guidelines carefully  Get the key words in the questions  Keep record of any suggested resources

8.  Make a mind map of the several aspects of the essay  Insert the resources for each aspect  Write separated ideas for each aspect in a semantic map. topicidea topic idea topic

9.  Read lots of resources about the topic  You can read articles from the net  You can read chapters in books  You can read articles in newspapers  REMEMBER  This READING is for collecting information, not for copying  If you cannot find resources, ask the six servicemen.

10.  After the READING, you have lots of ideas about the essay.  You can now organize the ideas in: an introduction, a body (or development ), and a conclusion.  IntroductionBodyConclusion

11.  Write your essay without referring back to any resource you used.  Focus on writing your own understanding  NEVER copy  Don’t worry about your errors and mistakes

12.  Read your essay and correct for your self your mistakes in:  Spelling  Vocabulary choice  Grammar  And cite the quotations you used.

13.  Give your article to a friend or a colleague to read it for you and extract the errors you didn’t notice.  Preferably a native speaker  Rewrite the article after the corrections

14.  Leave your article for a day or two  Then reread it and make the necessary changes and modifications  Return the question again and make sure you have fulfilled the requirements of the question.

15.  Submit your article to your tutor.  Read the tutor’s feedback carefully  Although you will not submit the article again, it is better if you rewrite it for your records to avoid your mistakes.

16.  Good Luck