1.
Did not write on one of the listed
Comparison Topics
OR did not do all of the question
OR did not think through what the question was trying to get you to notice.
2.
Did not read the required content or
did not read all of it.
3.
Did not follow the instructions in
the link of instructions or in the file for the specific comparison.
4.
Repeated the same habits or methods
you used previously even though that habit had been marked as an error.
Did not ask for help.
5.
Did not look up general words but
assumed
OR looked up words that have a specific historical meaning and tried to use a
current definition. (Frequently, students who try to use a modern meaning
instead of the meaning in the era studied misread much of the content in the
textbook.)
6.
Did not follow the model in the
textbook for spelling, punctuation, or meaning of words about history.
7.
Did not check your work for accurate
evidence (or proof for what you wrote) before submitting for a grade (or doing
work to keep your job).
proof or evidence |
Definitions from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary proof – “something
which shows that something else is true or correct” evidence –
“something which shows that something else exists or is true” |
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A brain trick for
checking your proof for what you say Place your textbook
(or your primary) on the left and your paper on the right. If you have a
citation for 185, you turn to 185 and touch the fact in the source with your
left hand and you touch your page with your right. Do they match: ·
In truth? ·
In the page number?
Cautions:
·
You must treat the discipline of history
as you would the disciplines of biology or chemistry or business or economics
or any other discipline that is about things that are real and verifiable.
You only say or write what you can prove with a citation from a reliable
source. ·
You must have a citation from sources
that this course lists as reliable. o For
each quotation (exact words written by the author) you use—and you must also place those words in a pair
of quotation marks (“”) o For
every statement or set of statements you make. If
you have 3 sentences based on the same page of the source, you cite 1 time and after the last
sentence. |
8.
Did not proofread your work before
submitting for a grade (or doing work to keep your job).
Proofread (or proof)
your work |
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary “to read and correct
mistakes in (a written or printed piece of writing)” Example: “He proofread the essay carefully.” |
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A brain trick for
proofreading what you say for accuracy, good language for history and in general, and for clarity For accuracy of
each quotation Place your textbook
(or your primary) on the left and your paper on the right. 1.
Between the opening
quotation mark (“) and the closing quotation mark (”), check each letter and each punctuation mark. 2.
If you do not match
the source, fix your paper. 3.
If you notice that
nearby words are also in the same words and order as the source, place those
words in quotation marks as well. In other words, fix your paper For accuracy of words from the source 1.
Have you made sure
that you have placed the author’s words in quotation marks as you should? Go
to Turnitin and check the Originality report for your paper. 2.
If some of your
words are identified as a match of other submissions and those words are not
in quotation marks (“”) correctly, then go compare those words in your source
and in your paper letter by letter. 3.
If you should have
used quotation marks (“”), fix your paper.
http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_GHforE_HOW_to_Work_WithoutHalfCopyPlagiarismOrMisquoting.htm
Cautions:
·
Do not put quotation marks around your
own words. ·
Do not put quotation marks around some combination
of your own words and the author’s words. ·
Do not put quotation marks around what
you think is your paraphrase of the author’s words. If
any of you believe the above bizarreness or think you were told to do those
things, please ask me and I will temporarily make visible pages from The Bedford Handbook—the standard
chosen by WCJC. The chief author, Diana Hacker, is a brilliant and respected
authority in the field whose examples of the rules make them clear to
freshman students. For accuracy of language
used by the discipline of history 1.
Have you spelled
the word the way the source does? 2.
Have you punctuated
the word the way the source does? 3.
Have you used the
word the way the source does? Example
for US History I: words such as freeman,
servant, and slave have specific meanings in the discipline of history. For correct use of
language in general 1.
Run spell check and
grammar check using your word processor. Do not accept every correction the
software suggests. Click on the explanation to be sure. 2.
Go to Turnitin and
check the Grademark report for your paper 3.
If some of your words
are identified as incorrect sentences or unclear, then rewrite your
sentences. Simple sentences are fine. For clarity 1.
Read aloud each syllable in your paper, ideally
in a silly accent. 2.
Your ear will notice omitted words, bad
grammar, and errors in meaning that your eye
will not. 3.
Write the
corrections on your printed paper that you must make. 4.
Make them in your
file. 5.
Compare your
printed page with your file to be sure you didn’t make a new error. |
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