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2 Introductory Activity
What do this song and quote have to do with Global Classrooms?

3 INDIA Country of the Day.
This nation holds 1,330,482,910 (2016) (18% of the world's population) It is the world’s largest democracy It is the country with the second-largest population of English speakers 70% of all the world’s spices come from here This country has the largest population of slaves, estimated to be over 14 million It is home to the world’s most polluted city Yvonne Macpherson estimates that 100,000 abortions are conducted in this country annually solely because the fetus is female American author Mark Twain said that this nation is “the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition." INDIA

4 WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO AVOID IT
Plagiarism WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO AVOID IT

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6 Is this plagiarism? Plagiarism in the News
Melania Trump at 2016 RNC: “My parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life: that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise; that you treat people with respect.” Michelle Obama, speaking in 2008:  “And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them.” Is this plagiarism?

7 Official definition To plagiarize (verb):
to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own :  use (another's production) without crediting the source to commit literary theft :  present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

8 What does plagiarism look like?
Copying someone’s work Citing a source improperly Failure to cite a source Creation of false sources Turning in another person’s work as your own

9 Consequences/punishment
Failure of assignment!

10 How to avoid plagiarism
SUMMARIZE You must reference the original source Your summary should be shorter than the text you are summarizing You must use your own words, usually with a very limited use of quotations

11 How to avoid plagiarism
Paraphrase You must reference the original source The text you produce may be shorter or longer than the original text You must use your own words

12 How to avoid plagiarism
Quote You must reference the original source The text produced is the exact length of the original text quoted (unless ellipses are used) You must use the original author’s exact words and you must put quotation marks around them You must include the page number of the source from which you borrowed the author’s original language

13 Modern Language Association (MLA)
How to cite Modern Language Association (MLA) A full guide to citations can be found on their website:

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17 I know Your “SouRces”…

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19 When don’t you cite? You are discussing YOUR own experiences
You are compiling data from YOUR original research, from scientific experiments, etc. You are using common knowledge

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21 In text citation Indirect Quote: Some researchers note that “most Spaniards like Tortilla de Patatas more than Salmorejo" (Zimbardo, 62). Direct Quote: Zimbardo notes that “most Spaniards like Tortilla de Patatas more than Salmorejo” (62). Paraphrasing/Summarizing: Some researchers have observed that the popular Tortilla de Patatas is more well-liked than Salmorejo among Spaniards (Zimbardo, 62).

22 In text citations From a Book or Journal or Article
(Last Name(s), Page #) If there is no author: (“Title”, Page #)   From an Online Source: Use either the author name, or if the page has no known author, article title, in parentheses (Last Name) or (“Article Title”) If you feel it is unclear you my also site the database Example: (Last Name, NYTimes)

23 What is a Works cited? A Works Cited is a list of sources that goes at the end of you paper or presentation that tells the reader all the sources you have used Formatting sources in a Works Cited is different from formatting an in text citation Use these website to help you with citations: Easybib.com

24 Examples Book Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Essay or Chapter in Book Author Last Name, Author First name. “Title of Essay/Chapter.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Article Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

25 Examples Entire Website
Author/Creator’s Name (if available). Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Page on a Website Author Name (if available). “Name of Article.” Name of Website. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

26 Important reminders Always double check all your citations for accuracy, proper formatting, author and page number. Make sure all your in text citations match the sources listed in the Works Cited. Anyone reading your work should be able to easily locate the original source of any material you use in your own work.

27 Good sources University presses (Harvard, Cambridge)
Major Publishing Houses (Penguin, Random House) Well Known Organizations (United Nations, Government websites) Well-Known Newspapers (New York Times) Well Known Media Sources (BBC, CNN) Magazines Online Journals  (JSTOR)

28 Bad Sources Wikipedia Personal Blogs
Non-credible newspapers, magazines, editorials Think about “bias”

29 Practice Read the following article on the UN’s response to the Sustainable Development Goals: Summarize it (the whole article) in 4-5 sentences Pick 3 paragraphs to paraphrase and do so Write about what you find most interesting about the article, and incorporate 2 quotes with proper in-text citation Complete a works cited for the article


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