First, you will do a peer review on your classmates. Go to turnitin.com and go to Draft 2. Follow Miss Lutz for the next directions.
Second, we need to vote on our classmates' "Excellence Is" quotes. Click on the link below for the ballot.
Excellence Is Quote Ballot
Next, do the following activities that will help you evaluate the plagiarism and Academic word count in your papers.
- Go to turnitin.com and check the plagiarism amount on your Draft 2. Write down the amount in the Lab Day Activity Form.
- Write about what you will need to do to change it so it will be plagiarism-free. Remember that you cannot have any plagiarism (0%) on your final draft.
- Go to http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/ and copy the text of your Draft 2 to find out
- You need at least 7% academic vocabulary.
- The yellow font is the Academic Word List
- If you need to change the academic vocabulary, remember to change adjectives (easiest), then change verbs, and then if you have to change nouns (hardest). You can go to thesaurus.com to find synonyms, and then check for academic words in your Academic A Vocabulary Packet or on http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm.
- When you finish checking your plagiarism and academic word count, please fill out the form below.
Homework:
- Finish Peer Review Form (if you need to)
- Finish/Fill out the Lab Day Activity Form (if you need to)
- "Excellence Is" Quote Voting (only 1:30 class needs to finish this!)
Requirements for the Final Draft
Remember to include the following things when you turn in your essay:
- Full essay turned in to turnitin.com by 5pm on November 7th
- Title Page (1 page)
- Main essay (at least 2 pages)
- References page (1 page)
- % AWL (highlighted) after the essay paragraphs (http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/)
- Correctly APA formatted
- Free of plagiarism (0%, this is NOT negotiable)
- Green Classification Packet (especially rubric and tutor forms)
