DISTINGUISHNG FACT FROM OPINION

fact opinion1. proven by objective data 1. belief2. things known for certain to

have happened.2. things believed to have happened.

3. things known for certain to be true

3. things believed to be true.

4. things known for certain to exist.

4. things believed to exist.

3 ways to insert information into your own writing. (1) You can QUOTE it. (2) You can SUMMARIZE it. (3) You can PARAPHRASE it.

to steal

to use

to commit

to present

fraud

plagiarize

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

(A) A "citation" is : information about the author the title of the work the name and location of the company

that published your copy of the source the date your copy was published the page numbers of the material you are

borrowing

helpful to anyone Not all sources are good or right shows the amount of research you've

done strengthens your work by lending outside

support to your ideas

whenever you use quotes whenever you paraphrase whenever you use an idea that someone

else has already expressed whenever you make specific reference to

the work of another whenever someone else's work has been

critical in developing your own ideas.

Insert a short reference in parentheses at the end of each piece of

borrowed information. This short reference is

called an in- text citation.Prepare a list describing all

your sources completely. This list is titled,” WORKS CITED”

and appears as the last page of your paper.

IDENTIFYING CONTRAST

Consider how transitional words and phrases can help make our writing clear and cohesive.

Unity = effective paragraph central purpose and main idea

Strong paragraph= sentence clearly connected

Transitional words appropriate transitions

Deciding what to focus on:• What's relevant to the assignment? • What's relevant to the course?• What's interesting and informative?• What matters to the argument you are

going to make?• What's basic or central (and needs to be

mentioned even if obvious)?• Overall, what's more important—the

similarities or the differences?

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

INTRODUCTIONThis is the most important part of the

presentation is:-

1. To act as an attention grabber for the audience

2. Relax while doing your presentation

1. A funny story2. A video clip, (less than 60 seconds)3. Unusual statistics4. A cartoon. 5. Suspense

3 Rules:"Friends, Romans, countrymen" "The good, the bad and the ugly"

"Blood, sweat and tears"

- think of ways of illustrating these points and then you have the bulk of the structure of the presentation.

Ideas include; A funny story (one that encapsulates at

least one of the main themes of the presentation,

A high energy video clip, Relieving the suspense (you may be

wondering why I brought this cardboard box onto the stage...)

1) What is the purpose of you making this presentation?

2) Who will be attending? 3) Does the audience already know about

the subject? If so how much do they know?

4) What do you think will be the audience's attitude towards you (e.g. hostile, friendly)?

• A good introduction does four things: • Attracts and focuses the attention of the

audience • Puts the speaker and audience at ease • Explains the purpose of the talk and what

the speaker would like to achieve • Gives an overview of the key points of the

talk • It is often a good idea to begin a talk with a

question, a short story, an interesting fact.

Are they relevant to the experience of the audience?

Are they concrete? Will the audience find them interesting? Are they varied? Are they memorable?

A good conclusion does two things: Reminds the audience of your key points Reinforces your message Your conclusion should end the

presentation on a positive note and make the audience feel that have used their time well listening to you.

Many speakers worry about questions from the audience. However, questions show that the audience is interested in what you have to say ad can make the talk more lively and interactive

"reading between the lines.“ using background knowledge combined

with information from the text and illustrations to draw conclusions about what is implied but not directly stated

• infer by drawing a conclusion• provide evidence to support your inference• The explicit instruction of inference must

include:

– specific examples of how the teacher looks at a text

– what the teacher is thinking during the process of inferring

– explicit teaching of the variations of the term – the process used to infer

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