The mcgraw hill reader issues across the disciplines 12th edition

12 Noon Tuesday, September 5, 2017 – 9 pm Sunday, September 10, 2017

Important Calendar and Course Notes:

Three new tasks are posting this week:

1. Discussion Board 3 (Parts 1 & 2): Langston Hughes’ “Salvation” both due Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 (9 pm)

[Go to Discussion Board Forum tab for DB 3, Part 1

[Go to the Assignment tab for DB 3, Part 2]

2. Critical Response Essay (CRE) 1 is due in two weeks: Sept. 17, 2017 (9 pm)

The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines textbook is needed for DB 3 but not for CRE 1.

Task 1: Complete DB 3, Part 1: Due Sunday, September 10, 2017 (9 pm)

· First, locate and access DB 3, Part1, click Discussion Boards link, then DB 3 Part 1 Langston Hughes “Salvation” and, when you are ready, return to this DB forum link to post your response.

· Then, from the McGraw Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines, 12th edition, read Langston Hughes’ essay “Salvation” on pages 548 – 550.

· Next, outside of Bb, draft and revise a paraphrase (your own words) of Hughes’ thesis statement

· Finally, come back to DB 3, Part 1 forum and copy and paste your response

Task 2: Complete DB 3 Part 2 Sunday, September 10, 2017 (9 pm)

To locate and access DB 3, Part 2, click Assignments tab, and then click “Langston Hughes’ “Salvation” link

· Complete DB 3, Part 2 outside of Bb, using Microsoft Word or RTF document format.

· You are limited to ideas from the Hughes’ essay. No other ideas are permitted.

· Before coming back to Bb to upload (attach) your completed DB 3 Part 2 document, “Save As” using the following format: First Name_Last Name_Assignment Name

· Click on the DB 3, Part 2 assignment link, scroll down to “browse” tab, upload and then click Submit.

Task 3: Complete Critical Response Essay (CRE) 1 no later than Sunday, September 17, 2017 (9 pm)

· To access CRE 1, click on the Assignment tab and then on the words in the CRE 1 link to download the CRE 1 assignment sheet.

· Read and consider both CRE 1 topics, but select only one of the two to work on.

· To develop CRE 1, use only your own personal knowledge or experiences of people you know to write this essay. Absolutely no researched sources are required or permitted.

· To complete this task, create a new Microsoft Word or RTF document and write at least 2 but no more than 2 ½ double spaced pages in response to the topic question you select.

· To submit CRE 1, upload and attach (do not copy and paste) your Microsoft Word or RTF document to its Assignment drop box. To upload your CRE 1 file as an attachment:

· Click on the words “Critical Response Essay 1” (the same link you clicked on to access CRE 1)

· Click on “Browse” to locate your CRE 1 file from its saved location on your computer.

· Click on “Open” to move your CRE 1doc from its saved location to the Assignment drop box folder in BB.

· Click on “Submit” to complete the process.

Both Late Waiver/Late CRE 1 Submissions due no later than Sept., 24, 2017 (9pm)/No submissions accepted after this date

Avoid Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is defined as the intentional use (borrowing) of someone else’s ideas but failing to give that person credit—in every sentence where a borrowed idea appears, for having used their ideas in your work. You are making use of borrowed ideas (even though paraphrased—written in your own words) to complete both parts of Db 3. CRE 1 has no borrowed ideas—so no need for citations but DB 3 (parts 1 and 2) specifically require the use of ideas from Langston Hughes essay, “Salvation” and therefore, to avoid plagiarism, you need to document internal citations in each sentence of your work where there is a borrowed idea on Part 1 of DB 3 and both internal citations and a work cited entry for Hughes’ essay (printed source/book) at the end of your Db 3 Part 2 submission.

“Quick and Handy” MLA Internal Citation Notes

· The first time you internally cite a source, you must identify both the source and the exact page number for the borrowed idea appears in its original source, immediately after the borrowed idea . The internal citation is at the end of the sentence if the entire sentence is borrowed.

· If you work the identity of the directly source into the sentence structure, then all you need are page numbers in parenthesis, immediately after your borrowed idea.

· Example: According to Hughes’ essay, “Salvation”—the idea meant nothing to him (123).

· If you only mention the idea (using your words or direct quotes) but don’t include the source’s identity as part of the sentence structure, then both the source’s identity and the exact page number where the idea occurs in the borrowed text, immediately following the borrowed idea.

· Example: The idea of salvation does not seem real to him (Hughes, 123).

· If only one source is being cited, all subsequent (additional) cites of ideas from the same source are written as page numbers only. There is no “p” “pg” or “page” notations before page numbers.

· Only when the ideas of a new author’s work (one not already cited) appears between the first and next reference of a work already cited in your paper, do you need to treat a new citation of an already cited source like an original citation.

Textbook/On Line MLA Internal Citation Help:

· In the McGraw Hill E-book, see Chapter 1”Writing with sources using MLA Format” for help with internal citations and works cited entries

· In the Keys For Writer, 7th edition, see pp 166-79 and pp 180-225 for MLA internal citation rules

· See also the Web Link tab for Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab help with MLA internal citations

McGraw Hill Reminders: You must register as a McGraw Hill user in this course and then use Connect Code Access (version 3) for all McGraw Hill tasks in this course.

For the Pre-Test only, (Due September 18, 2017) however, there may still be a “courtesy access” option which allows you to complete the Pre-Test only without an actual access code. To register and or avail the courtesy access provision:

1. From ASSIGNMENT tab, click on any McGraw Hill assignment link (which takes you directly to the registration page).

2. Click on the REGISTER tab and follow the prompts to complete one of three options:

A. Gain temporary courtesy access to complete the first assignment (Pre-Test).

B. Register a code, purchased with the textbook.

C. Purchase access directly using a credit card.

With option “C” no physical code is given to you but by completing the transaction, you gain the necessary Connect Code Access for the remainder of the course and also gain access to the Electronic E-book, which has all of the MLA rules of internal citation and work cited, along with grammar and punctuation rules.

If your courtesy access has expired, I am unable to renew or extend it and you will have to register using option “B” or option “C” to complete both the McGraw Hill Pre-test and all remaining McGraw Hill assignments when posted.

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