1. Today’s goals Peer review the 1st draft of our synthesis essays
Further discuss plagiarism and how to avoid it
Register for final conferences

2. Extra credit opportunities
3 remaining
Advertisement project
Due 7-27 at 3pm in EGL
Can be done in small groups (2-3 students)
You must be present when we watch/view your advertisement in order to receive credit
Word Games & Ad Viewing
Come to EGL on 7-27 to view ad project and play word/English games
Further Peer Reviewed Research
Find a SECOND peer reviewed source for use with your synthesis essay (you must have a total of 2 peer reviewed sources in your synthesis essay to receive extra credit)
Write a typed, 1 page summary of the source (Due by 7-24)
Add your new peer reviewed source to your synthesis essay (it may be a background source and does not have to be in the summary section)

3. Class discussion- Synthesis & plagiarism
What is an academic conversation?
How/where do we show our relation to other author’s texts in synthesis writing?
What are the three methods we can use to integrate sources into our writing?
What are the three ways we can cite a source or give credit to an author?
What is plagiarism? Is it possible to accidentally plagiarize?
When and how often do we need citations in research writing?
What is the smallest possible unit from a source that could be considered plagiarism?

4. Avoiding plagiarism
Make sure to use quotations whenever you use 2 or more words in succession from a source
You must give a citation when using any data or numbers
Even if you are paraphrasing or summarizing, you must give an in-text citation or attributive tag for your source
Vary between attributive tags and in-text citations to avoid repetition
If you are ever unsure about whether to cite something, cite it!
The penalties for over-citation are ALWAYS less than the penalties for plagiarism

5. Works Cited Page Reference
Periodicals
Author Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Volume.Issue (Year):pages. Database (if applicable). Medium of publication. Date of access (if accessed online)
Example: Duvall, John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White Noise." Arizona Quarterly 50.3 (1994): JSTOR. Web. 5 Apr
Most of the peer reviewed articles from the library databases will fall into this format
Electronic Sources
Author Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article” (if applicable). Title of Website. Version numbers or revisions. Publisher or Company, Date of Publication. Web. Date of access.
Ex: Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug Web. 4 May 2009.
Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
URLs are no longer required
It is recommended to start your citation with Easybib.com, but you should double check its veracity here, especially with peer reviewed sources

6. Group activity – avoiding plagiarism
In groups of 4-5 students
Read “Is vegetarianism healthier than nonvegetarianism?” on page 496 and compare to Writer 3 on p. 497 and Writer 4 on p. 512
How is writer 4 plagiarizing but writer 3 is not? Give 2+ specific examples from each source.
Writer 4’s plagiarism is likely accidental and they might respond, “I cited my source. How did I plagiarize?” How would you explain to writer 4 that they have plagiarized?

7. Group Activity: Synthesis Peer Review
In groups of 2-3 students based on the topics you have working on, answer the following questions about every group members’ first draft:
Does the essay’s introduction grab the readers’ interest with its hook? What kind of strategy does it use to do this?
What is the writer’s thesis? Take this word for word from the essay you analyze. Does this thesis satisfy the criteria we discussed last class or does it need further revision?
What elements does the essay forecast for the body paragraphs? Are these based on supporting points or on the sources themselves?
Does the essay seem more formal or informal? Find one example quote to illustrate this.
What are some example transition words used in the essay? How does the essay transition into its summary section?

8. homework Synthesis Essay Draft 3 600+ words
Due to Turnitin.com BEFORE CLASS on Monday 7-24
Should include introduction, body paragraphs, and works cited page