Short List
- Attendance Check and Warm-up
- Plagiarism Warm-up Discussion
- Paragraph Reading
- Paraphrasing
- Guided Writing, Peer Review, and Question-Asking
Write a comparison and contrast paragraph around 300 words in length. Here is the specific assignment prompt that overviews the details of the assignment. The assignment is due on TONIGHT.
- Please do not forget to name the file: "111_compare_netID_0" (The highlighting indicates that this is something that will change based on your name. For example, my comparison and contrast paragraph would be called, "111_compare_jpbair2_0.").
The Details
Schedule of events:
We've talked about (1) comparison and contrast writing, (2) the article we are basing our paragraphs on, (3) the details of writing this week's paragraph. Now, we are going to discuss one way of using sources without plagiarizing and have time for open questions.
1. [5 minutes] Attendance Check and Warm-Up
2. [5 minutes] Plagiarism Warm-up Discussion
What do you remember from our discussion about plagiarism?
- What is plagiarism?
- How can we avoid plagiarism in our writing?
- Key words:
- Paraphrase
- Quoting
- Summarizing
- Signal Phrases
- In-text Citation
- References
- What do you think paraphrasing is?
3. [5 minutes] Paragraph Reading
We are going to have some guided practice paraphrasing in class. First, start by reading this paragraph:
"In some respects, the increasing frequency of mountain lion encounters in California has as much to do with a growing human population as it does with rising mountain lion numbers. The scenic solitude of the western ranges is prime cougar habitat, and it is falling swiftly to the developer's spade. Meanwhile, with their ideal habitat already at its carrying capacity, mountain lions are forcing younger cats into less suitable terrain, including residential areas. Add that cougars have generally grown bolder under a lengthy ban on their being hunted, and an unsettling scenario begins to emerge." --Ray Rychnovsky, "Clawing into Controversy," p. 40 (qtd. in Hacker, 2009, p. 409)Sample Paraphrase:
"Californians are encountering mountain lions more frequently because increasing numbers of humans and a rising population of lions are competing for the same territory. Humans have moved into mountainous regions once dominated by the lions, and the wild habitat that is left cannot sustain the current lion population. Therefore, the older lions are forcing younger lions into residential areas. And because of a ban on hunting, these younger lions have become bolder-- less fearful of encounters with humans." (Hacker, 2009, p. 409)
Hacker, D. (2009). Rules for Writers (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford.
4. [10 minutes] Paraphrasing
Now, open up Microsoft Word or a new Google Doc and then hide this page. Paraphrasing happens best when we aren't looking at the original source. This insures (or does a much better job at insuring) that the words we use are our own and just the idea is the original writer's.
Question! Do we still need to site/give credit to the original writer even if we are not using their words?
(The answer is yes.)
5. [10 minutes] Incorporating Paraphrasing into our Comparison and Contrast Paragraph
How do you talk about features from this article in your paragraph? One great way to compare and contrast the various characteristics is by paraphrasing what the original source's author said about those specific characteristics. Now, we will take a look at our paragraph (or outline) and practice paraphrasing in our paragraph.
6. [Last 15 minutes] Guided Writing, Peer Review, and Question-Asking
Before I leave you to finish the paragraph, I want you all to have a chance to get my feedback on what you re working on, ask questions, and get support from your peers as well.
Peer Reviewing:
If you would like to have someone else look at your paper, outline, and/or paraphrasing, you will have the opportunity to do so now. When we read other students' papers, we agree to these guidelines. If you do not agree to these guidelines, please refrain from reading other students' work:
- We are a team of learners, all trying to improve, therefore, it is my job as a peer reviewer to help my classmate.
- I am to help my classmate to do his or her work--I am not doing it for them.
- There is no room for negativity in this team atmosphere and in the culture of this classroom. Everything I say will be said with positivity, encouragement, and support. Nothing I say will be mean or degrading.
(We will have a more detailed training on peer reviewing soon).
Writing:
If you choose not to have any peer reviewing, you may use this entire time to write, asking me or your peers any questions. You are not permitted to leave.
Resources:
Homework:
Write a comparison and contrast paragraph around 300 words in length. Here is the specific assignment prompt that overviews the details of the assignment. The assignment is due on TONIGHT.
- Please do not forget to name the file: "111_compare_netID_0" (The highlighting indicates that this is something that will change based on your name. For example, my comparison and contrast paragraph would be called, "111_compare_jpbair2_0.").
Attribution: Sections 1, 2, 5, and 6 are entirely my own, but the activities in sections 3 and 4 on paraphrasing were created by Cassandra Rosado (leaning on the Hacker book cited above).
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