Post-8: Paraphrasing

Dear All,

We're practising paraphrasing with you and doing a set of exercises to help you master this skill. First, we're going to watch a video explaining what constitutes plagiarism and how you can paraphrase the other people's words not to plagiarise:

Stop Thief. Avoid Plagiarism  by Paraphrasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3EHIoa9HI

Next we'll discuss the difference between quoting, paraphrasing and summarising: 

 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html
After that we will discuss the steps to paraphrasing without plagiarising in more detail:
https://bit.ly/37nsKum (Douglas College exercise)

And then we'll do a number of exercises to practise paraphrasing and summarising:

a)  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html

b)  Intermediate-level Paraphrase Exercises
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl_exercises/esl_exercises/paraphrase_and_summary_exercises/intermediate_paraphrase_exercises.html

c) More paraphrasing exercises (with answers): (added 25.11.2019)

http://intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/learnteach/epax/paraphrasing/Para3tryme.pdf
 Do Exercise D from the resource above under c) at home, we'll discuss it first and do Exercise E in which you are asked to summarise 3 passages. Please, read them at home, so that you'd be familiar with their content.

d) https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/Paraphrasing%20Handout%20-%20Activities.pdf 

Try to do the exercises yourselves first and then check yourselves against the KEY. Makes notes for us to be able to compare your answers with the key 

Post-7: Dealing with plagiarism

Dear All,

I thought you had a good idea what constitutes plagiarism, and thus there is no need to discuss this question with you. However, when reading your works I discovered an example of blatant plagiarism in one of the works written earlier by one of your peers. Thus I think it is necessary to return to the discussion of this issue to make it clearer to you what it is and how to avoid it.

Below is a short test which I am asking you to complete on your own before we'll discuss the answers together. Read the descriptions of the situations that refer to how smth was written and decide which of the situations presents a case of plagiarism. Also, explain why if you can.

1. An article is copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia) and is submitted as the student's piece of writing.

2. Some portions of the student's writing are copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia).

3. A sentence or a phrase in the student's piece of writing is copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia).

4. Some information from Wikipedia is quoted in the student's essay and the article reference information is given.

5. Some information from Wikipedia is summarised by the student and a reference is provided.

6. Some information from Wikipedia is summarised by the student in his own words but no reference is provided.

7. Some information from Wikipedia is paraphrased in the student's work but no reference is provided.

8. The information from Wikipedia is quoted and properly attributed.

9. The information from Wikipedia is summarised and properly attributed.

10. The information from Wikipedia is paraphrased and properly attributed.

When you finish, we'll discuss your answers and will do a number of exercises to help you have practise in writing without plagiarising.

Here is a presentation we're going to watch to learn more about what to do and how to avoid plagiarising:

http://library.acadiau.ca/research/tutorials/you-quote-it-you-note-it.html

Next, let's do the exercise the link to which is provided below:
https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/jennifer.vacca/engl1301/argument-research-essay/purdue-owl-quoting-summarizing-and-paraphrasing-handouts-and-exercise

Write your version of paraphrased sentence 1 in the thread

I'll also add another exercise to help you practise paraphrasing later today (13.11.2019)

You should practise paraphrasing the other excerpts from the exercise from the Purdue University (the link is above)

More materials (added 25.11.2019)

Dear All,

We're practising paraphrasing with you and doing a set of exercises to help you master this skill. First, we're going to watch a video explaining what constitutes plagiarism and how you can paraphrase the other people's words not to plagiarise:
Stop Thief. Avoid Plagiarism  by Paraphrasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3EHIoa9HI

Next we'll discuss the difference between quoting, paraphrasing and summarising:

 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html
After that we will discuss the steps to paraphrasing without plagiarising in more detail:
https://bit.ly/37nsKum (Douglas College exercise)
And then we'll do a number of exercises to practise paraphrasing and summarising:

a)  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html

b)  Intermediate-level Paraphrase Exercises
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl_exercises/esl_exercises/paraphrase_and_summary_exercises/intermediate_paraphrase_exercises.html

c) More paraphrasing exercises (with answers): (added 25.11.2019)

http://intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/learnteach/epax/paraphrasing/Para3tryme.pdf
 Do Exercise D from the resource above under c) at home, we'll discuss it first and do Exercise E in which you are asked to summarise 3 passages. Please, read them at home, so that you'd be familiar with their content.

d) https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/Paraphrasing%20Handout%20-%20Activities.pdf 

Try to do the exercises yourselves first and then check yourselves against the KEY. Makes notes for us to be able to compare your answers with the key