If you saw this Monday 2/26, there are additions.
Background
Sections that Helped Students in the Past
Experts
and the 5 Good Habits for Evidence
Jobs
You Do: the Test (Do not look at the paper yet)
Jobs
You Do: How to interpret the marks on your paper – I read them 3 times at a
minimum.
Why
Are Words in My Paper Highlighted in Pink
or Blue? (And when my blue died I had to use orange)
Why
Are Words in My Paper Underlined in Pink or
Written in Blue?
Why
Do You Write a Letter Plus a Number Next to Lines of My Paper?
Why
Are My Words Underlined in Pink and Why
Is D4 Beside That Line?
Jobs
You Do: Marking the Form and Doing Things for Your Future
Basic
Bad Habits That Led to Your Problems (Change for Your Future
The
Rubric and Your Graded Paper
Before instructors graded this
way without having to work at it. What may be different:
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Would a teacher expert in composition notice? |
Would a boss who pays you who is expert in the
business notice? |
Would a upper-level
professor who can write a letter of reference for you and who is expert in
the discipline notice? |
Would an instructor using my method notice? |
Will you notice if you use my method with peer
review or your own papers or trying to do well on a job or decision? |
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GH1: used reliable source |
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GH2: used a source page that fits the question |
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GH3: proofed every rigorously |
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GH4: plagiarized or “half-copy” plagiarized |
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GH5: changed the meaning of the author or made
the author look incompetent with language |
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Today you return everything I hand you. I will return your paper after I look carefully at your form on Friday 3/2 (no class that day)
Your scantron and
the keys
Notice: The deal—the incentive--I offer for change
A quick Demonstration of the magic of Endnotes
There
are YouTube videos for endnotes in the instructions for endnotes for your
paper. See Required Writing and then the assignment.
I will provide there an= sample of endnotes where you can see the things I
demonstrated.
On your paper
It means nothing negative. I read all papers at least 3 times. 2 of the times are when
I highlight:
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Anything you put in “” I highlighted with pink
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Any citation I highlighted with blue
It means a problem. I used these colors this way:
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If you had words that you should have put in “” I underlined
in pink
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If you had a statement of fact that should have had citation, I wrote a circle and
frequently wrote cite on the paper and F3 beside it
and underlined F3 in the “F” Paper column of the rubric and it means:
3. Did not cite accurately and according to the directions.
My best ideas come from my students. I had a student say to
me “you tell me what I am doing wrong the rubric” but you are “not telling me
how to do this right.” I realized that I could stick in front of the error the
# of the Good Habit that would prevent that problem.
If, for example, I write F3 beside a line of words in your paper that means:
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That is a serious enough error to cause an “F” letter grade (or
get you Fired from a good job)
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But, if you click on Good Habits for Evidence 3 in the tutorial at Evidence
Requirements, you can find habits—ways to work—that will prevent that serious
error that can cause an “F.”
(If you want more help than the Good Habits for Evidence tutorial, just ask. I
am glad to invest in each one of you.)
D4 is in the “D” Paper column of the rubric and it means:
4. Plagiarized or did “half-copy” plagiarism (also called “patchwrite”).
The best thing to do is to click on Evidence Requirements
and then scroll to the bottom to:
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This heading - Reference: Pages 744-747 The
Bedford Handbook on the Chicago Manual of Style - the standard for history.
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This file - Hacker_page746_Half-CopyPlagiarism_explained_with_examples.pdf
At the top of 746, it states that “half-copy” plagiarism can be:
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“mixing the author’s words with your own without
using quotations marks”
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“plugging your own synonyms [or what you think
are synonyms] into the author’s sentence structure”
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I will make a color-coded version of this as quickly as I can. Guys, if you have been taught how to things to get past a plagiarism
checker, that doesn’t make it useful for your life. No
one will pay you just to move words around. |
If
you compare the words that you wrote in the paper and that I underlined in pink
with the words in the primary or textbook, you probably will see what I mean
easily. If you do not see it, then we can talk. If you use the words I
underlined in pink without quotation marks and if the expert has the source, they will call it plagiarism or at a
minimum dangerous carelessness.
1.
Re your paper, what I recommend you do if you do
not understand?
See me. Let me talk you through it. Let me answer questions. If you want, let me talk
tips for YOU specifically.
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Just to make this blunt, my view of you guys My experience is that students do not fail at accuracy
because they are not capable. It is because they have habits that guarantee their
failure. Note: Some of you already did beautifully so this does not
apply to you. If you got at 24.9 on Good Habits for Evidence, do notice the
error/habit that is a danger to you. For the rest of you: You can change your habits—and, my
own experience says, have your brain work better for you. |
2. Fill this out correctly by noticing what I marked beside a sentence on your paper AND on the rubric on your paper.
My rubric number for an error matches the number of the habits that will stop the error.
3. The deals—the incentives—I offer for you to change:
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If you put an X below correctly, then you get
the full 25 points for Good Habits for Evidence for this writing. I will check
carefully this next Friday so be careful.
I highly recommend that you:
a. Compare your writing with the print of the page you used.
b. If you do not see the problem, ask me in class during the time allotted or
anytime I have office hours.
· If you change your habits with the Paper (the big 100 point assignment), then I will replace the letter grade for content for this with the equivalent letter grade.
Example of what you do below.
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If You Made a 0 on the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, to earn full points mark
each Habit (yellow box) that you
need to change and mark EITHER a) OR b) in yellow below: __a) I understand the rubric and the notes on the paper. __b)
I will talk with my instructor so I understand. |
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Directions:
If a # is underlined in the rubric, put an X below. Example:
If your instructor underlined 1. Used an unreliable source on your
rubric, you put an X beside Habit 1 below.
You also
must go look at Habit 1’s preventions. I am also glad to help each of
you. Tip: It is in Evidence Requirements
OR click here
for the Evidence Tutorial (URL:
https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/6THInBcJ4XmuMr/html) |
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Habit 1. Reliable Sources Only |
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Habit 2. Factual Accuracy
That You Verify with the Reliable Source Before You Write |
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Habit 3. Factual
Accuracy That Is Verifiable for Every Statement You Make |
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Habit 5. Quotation Changes Revealed Clearly |
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1. Tricked yourself because you did not look up words. Never assume.
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History I Examples |
History II Examples |
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direction banished established rant |
archconservative laborer striker rioter |
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Tricked yourself because you did not notice order of
events. (It matters who hits whom first.)
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History I Examples |
History II Examples |
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If anyone in the class asks for this, I will type it here. |
If anyone in the class asks for this, I will type it here. |
Note:
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Name_________________ |
1st Primary Writing ___ out of 25points
for content. Its Good Habits for Evidence __ out of 25. |
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Requirement |
"F" Paper
Criteria |
"D" Paper
Criteria |
"C" Paper
Criteria |
"B" Paper
Criteria |
"A" Paper
Criteria |
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Reading FOR Evidence (60%) |
1: Used an unreliable source. 2: Used an incorrect or incomplete part of
the source required for the question asked. 2&3:
Assumed. |
2: Misread or read passively. 3: Made errors such as cherry-picking facts
or embellishing facts. |
Accurately read the parts, but did
not try to evaluate or to synthesize the interconnections. |
Accurately read the parts and
analyzed each one. Tried to evaluate and synthesize interconnections. |
Accurately read the parts and
analyzed each one. Evaluated and synthesized the interconnections. |
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Writing WITH Evidence (30%) |
2: Did not answer all parts of the question. 3: Did not cite accurately and according to the directions. 5. Used "" inaccurately
and changed meaning. |
2. Wrote passively. 4. Plagiarized or did “half-copy”
plagiarism (also called “patchwrite”). |
Only summarized separately each of
the parts of the question, but did not cover interconnections. |
Revealed each part and covered
some interconnections. Provided few examples. |
Understood each part and revealed
the parts’ interconnections. Provided clear and representative examples. |
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Following Directions for Evidence
(5%) |
Did not follow directions above or
with the questions (such as maximum length). |
Did not follow directions. |
Followed the directions. |
Followed the directions carefully.
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Followed the directions exactly. |
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Mechanics (Language and
Punctuation) (5%) |
Many mechanical errors. |
Several mechanical errors. |
Two or more mechanical errors. |
One or more mechanical errors. |
No more than one minor mechanical
error. |
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Grade for its Good Habits for Evidence: * 0 = If any marks in “D” or “F” columns * full points = If no
marks in “D” or “F” |
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Grade for the content: If you made a “C” or “B” or “A,”
you also had no marks in the “D”
or “F” columns. You also earn full points for the Good Habits for Evidence. |
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