Activity 3 Integrity in Writing

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Draatist and !ritic, "#$%&"'(()
Emerging as a Scholar
No* is the tie to +e yourself as entioned in the ,uote a+ove. -hat does not ean that
you are to +rin. your old *ritin. style and ha+its into this advanced /ro.ra, +ut it does ean you
are to /resent ori.inal and insi.htful ideas that eer.e fro *ithin you as you e0aine various
to/ics. 1t the sae tie, you *ill +e asked to su+stantiate *hat you *rite +y citin. other scholars.
None of this is easy; in fact, it is one of the .reatest co.nitive challen.es acadeics face. It is like
learnin. chess. 2ou can learn the +asics of the .ae in a fe* *eeks +ut you can .et +etter and +etter
at it over a lifetie. It does not atter *here you are on your 3ourney to +ecoe a .ood acadeic
*riter, there *ill al*ays +e ore to learn. 1s a .raduate student you *ill +e thorou.hly studyin.
theories and research, and criti,uin. the. 1s you eer.e as a scholar, you *ill find the fla*s and
.a/s in the *ork of others, and .radually create your o*n niche in your /rofessional arena. In other
*ords you *ill eer.e as a res/ected scholar in your o*n ri.ht. No one .rants you the status of a
res/ected scholar easily, it is soethin. you have to earn.
4raduate *ritin. skills e0tend +eyond learnin. and restatin. the *ork of others. While you
i.ht *rite hundreds of /a.es a+out ideas and research a+out a /articular to/ic, the *ords you *rite
*ill need to +e your o*n. -hey *ill coe as the result of careful thou.ht. 2ou *ill need to kee/ a
/ile of sources on your desk, or a ro+ust co/uter file of articles in /df forat, or to..le +et*een
*e+ /a.es, as you co++le to.ether the *isdo of others to /rove a /oint or /resent an ar.uent. But
you ust .o +eyond that and create an ori.inal synthesis. 1s a res/ected scholar, *hat you *rite *ill
coe fro a careful /rocess of ullin. over ideas, distillin. the, and creatin. your o*n educated
o/inions, /ro/osals, and /lans.
In this activity you *ill learn ore a+out Northcentral 5niversity6s hi.h standards in *ritin.,
standards that re,uire that *hat you *rite reflects your o*n thou.ht. 2ou6ll learn to kee/ ,uotes at a
iniu and ho* to /ro/erly /ara/hrase the *ork of others *hen you need to. 7ven the
unintentional use of the ideas of another /erson, *ithout the use of a /ro/er citation or a clearly
/ersonal *ritin. style that reflects your o*n e0/ression of ideas, can constitute a violation of the
Northcentral Inte.rity /olicy, a violation called /la.iaris. 2ou ay think that /la.iaris eans 3ust
/resentin. soeone else6s /a/er as your o*n, +ut it .oes +eyond that into the need to think and create
your o*n ideas. Northcentral6s insistence on the hi.hest standards in inte.rity assures the hi.h
re/utation of your o*n de.ree, and encoura.es the .ro*th of innovative /ractices and /roisin.
research.
Do you want your Voice Heard?
8ave you ever driven do*n a hi.h*ay and noticed that several eer.ency vehicles *ere
+lockin. the lanes .oin. the o//osite direction. -hen, as you kee/ drivin. you notice a lon. line of
vehicles *aitin. to .et throu.h the road +lock. -hen, as you continue you discover there are iles
and iles of vehicles *aitin. in the line. 2ou ay have *ished you had a *ay of tellin. the they
*ere .oin. in the *ron. direction and needed to find a different route. 8o*ever, there *as no *ay to
ake your voice heard.
9oethin. siilar can ha//en to you as you .ain dee/er and +roader insi.ht into the social
*orld as your .radate /ro.ra advances. 2ou ay see hundreds or thousands of /eo/le headin. in
the *ron. direction in their 3ourney throu.h life. 2ou *ill *ant your voice to +e heard. 2ou have
/ro+a+ly had the e0/erience of not +ein. a+le to convince others of i/endin. /ro+les and issues.
-he ore you learn the art of .ood acadeic *ritin., the .reater the chance is your voice *ill +e
heard +y a lar.er and lar.er audience. -he challen.e is that you have to +ecoe ,uite .ood at it
+ecause our social *orld is filled *ith a caco/honous roar of thousands of /eo/le tryin. to ake their
voices heard. Nearly all of those voices are s/outin. disor.ani:ed and unsu+stantiated assertions.
9oe are frustrated to the /oint of an.er +ecause no one is heedin. the and are shoutin. their
confusin. essa.es all the louder. It is a relief to hear a clear voice that /resents a concise, *ell
or.ani:ed, and *ell su+stantiated essa.e that can +e relied on. 2ou can +e the source of such a
voice, +ut it is a re*ard that you have to earn the hard *ay.
Important Tips
-ake s/ecial care to note the instructions on /ara/hrasin. offered in the resource and strive to
create an assi.nent that reflects your o*n style of *ritin. and thinkin.. 9oe ti/s to try include;
<irst, read and en3oy the /rofessional articles you are assi.ned <lana.an, <. =. (>(($) Only
/a.es "#%&"'% as it relates to Paulo <reire and 9ilova, I., ? Breh, W. !. (>("() on
Brickan.
In this assi.nent you are to co/are t*o educators; s/ecifically Brickan and <reire.
@ook over the ,uality /oints, the ,uestions you6ll need to address *hen *ritin. the +rief
/a/er for the assi.nent.
4o +ack to the articles and ake notes, in your o*n *ords, of the ain /oints you6ll need to
address those ,uestions.
Write a draft of your /a/er, and /ut it aside.
4o +ack to the /a/er, edit it, and then, if are va.ue on any of the re,uired /oints, .o +ack to
the article one ore tie.
Strive to avoid the use of direct quotations if possible, and to *rite in your o*n *ords and
/hrases that /ara/hrase the *ords of others and add /ers/ective.
Where you do need to use a direct ,uotation or to /ara/hrase the ori.inal articles, follo*
1P1 style in doin. so. -he follo*in. *e+site *ill .ive you a refresher on +asic 1P1
referencin. and citin. /rotocols; Introduction to 1P1 <orattin.
Be sure your /ara/hrases *ill /ass a -urnitin scan. !lick here for an i/ortant discussion of
/ara/hrasin.. !lick here to learn a+out -urnitin.
-he t*o links a+ove are very i/ortant to your acadeic success. 2ou need to +e very certain
you never receive an 1cadeic Inte.rity Aiolation letter at Northcentral 5niversity or any other
nook or cranny of 1cadeia durin. the any years ahead of your career. 2ou need to
understand /ara/hrasin. and you need to understand ho* -urnitin *orks.
our !eneric Assignment Template
2ou *ill +e develo/in. any, any assi.nents durin. your acadeic 3ourney. =ost of
the *ill have to +e /resented follo*in. 1P1 forattin. Protocols. In order to hel/ you *ith
this, a .eneric assi.nent te/late has +een sent to you alon. *ith this letter. In addition there is
an annotated version of this .eneric te/late that e0/lains its features. 2ou should read throu.h
these annotations so you understand soe of the key issues associated *ith 1P1 forattin..
9ave this te/late to your hard drive. -hen save a +acku/ co/y of the te/late to your
hard drive. -hen save a co/y of the te/late on a flash drive and .ive it to your nei.h+or for safe
kee/in.. -hen eail a co/y of the te/late to your sister in 8o+oken and eail another co/y to
your +rother in Denver. 1sk the +oth to save it on their hard drives in case you i.ht need to
.et it fro the. I could .o on, +ut you .et the idea. -his te/late is very valua+le to you. It *ill
save you any hours as your 3ourney continues. Be sure you do not lose track of it.
Editing your !eneric Assignment Template "or Assignment 3
Step #. 7dit the runnin. head. 2ou *ill notice that at the to/ of the te/late you see the
follo*in..
Bunnin. head; BBI7< -I-@7 IN 1@@ !1P9 4O79 87B7
<ollo* instructions and edit this so it +ecoes;
Bunnin. head; !O=P1BIN4 <B7IB7 1ND BBI!C=1N
Step $. Bevise the title of the /a/er, the student nae, and the nae of the university on
the title /a.e.
2our title /a.e should end u/ lookin. soethin. like this.
1 !o/arison of Paulo <reire and Willia Brickan
9tu Dent
Northcentral 5niversity
Step 3. Develo/ a headin. and su+headin. structure. -his is a very i/ortant /rocess for
any co/le0 assi.nent you *ill develo/ durin. your .raduate *ork. It is vitally i/ortant that
the headin. structure eer.es from the instructions for the assi.nent, not from your own
ideas a+out ho* to .et or.ani:ed. Nearly all assi.nents *ill re,uire you to cover several /oints
or issues. If you use the instructions to develo/ your headin. and su+headin. structure you *ill
+e sure you do not iss anythin. and you *ill stay or.ani:ed and on to/ic. In li.ht of the
instructions for this assi.nent, the headin. structure should look soethin. like this.
%reire&s 'ontri(utions
)ric*man&s 'ontri(utions
+esistance %reire and )ric*man Encountered
Similarities in %reire&s and )ric*man&s ,ro"essional Stories
How %reire and )ric*man Di""ered
%actors that Impacted %reire&s and )ric*man&s Success
'onclusion
Step -. 2ou ust develo/ a reference list at the end of your assi.nent. 1fter you finish
ty/in. the last *ord of the +ody of the /a/er, /ress !ontrolD7nter in order to create a hard /a.e
+reak. 2our reference list ust +e.in on a ne* /a.e. 1s you *ill notice in the .eneric te/late
the reference list +e.ins *ith its o*n level one headin..
our Assignment Should .oo* li*e This
If you have done everythin. correctly, this is ho* your first t*o /a.es should look.
In/Te0t 'itations
2ou *ill need to offer in&te0t citations in your /a/er. -he definitive .uide to /ro/erly
forattin. in&te0t citations +e.ins on /a.e "E% of the 1P1 anual. 2ou *ill have to refer to this
section of the anual fre,uently as your 3ourney continues. 8o*ever, there are soe .ood
*e+sites that *ill .ive you an overvie*. !lick here for a .ood introduction to in&te0t citation
forattin.. If you advance the slide sho* usin. the arro* at the +otto of the screen and vie*
the ne0t three slides as *ell you *ill have a .ood overvie* of /ro/er citation forattin.. <or this
assi.nent you have to create a reference list entry for a cha/ter fro a +ook. !lick here for a
*ell done e0/lanation of ho* to do this. 9croll do*n a +it until you see the headin. Book
Chapter References.
Assignment .ength
-he sylla+us offers the follo*in. coent a+out the len.th of this assi.nent.
Keep your paper within the suggested length (writing in a concise manner is one aspect
of scholarly writing); what is critical in this assignment is that you write clearly,
paraphrase correctly, and use citations and references appropriately. Your paper will be
submitted to a text-matching service to see how well you were able to discuss these
ideas in your own words using appropriate citations.
ength! "-# pages (app. #$% words per page)
2ou do not need to count the title /a.e and reference list in this len.th .uideline. With a
title /a.e and reference list you *ill have a ran.e of %&$ /a.es to *ork *ith.
1lso, you are asked to insert the N!5 !over /a.e that your instructor uses to /rovide
you *ith feed+ack. 9ince you *ill +e *orkin. hard to create a title /a.e *ith a /ro/er runnin.
head etc, you ay not *ant to disru/t your hard *on forattin. e0cellence. I do not ind if you
leave the cover page off of this assi.nent. I *ill revie* your title page forattin. and then I
*ill insert the cover /a.e for you. (Note; there is a difference +et*een a title page as is sho*n in
the .eneric assi.nent te/late and the Northcentral University Cover Page *hich is desi.ned
to .ive a systeatic structure for instructors to /rovide their feed+ack. 2ou edit your title /a.e
a//ro/riately and I *ill /aste in the !over Pa.e *hen I .rade this assi.nent. 8o*ever, *hen
asked, you should insert the cover /a.e for future assi.nents.)
+e"erence .ist
2ou *ill also have to develo/ a reference list at the end of your /a/er. -he 1P1 anual
offers the definitive discussion of reference list forattin. +e.innin. on /a.e "#(. 2ou *ill need
to refer to this section of the anual often. 8o*ever, there are soe .ood internet sites that *ill
hel/ you .et started. !lick here for an overvie* of ho* to forat reference list entries. If you
advance the slidesho* +y clickin. the arro*s at the +otto of the screen you *ill learn a .reat
deal a+out reference forattin..
What coes ne0t isF
111 VE+ I2,3+TA4T 555
Start a ,ersonal Writing 'hec*list
I *ork very hard to .et all y students to do *hat is *ritten +elo*. 1las, I fail ost of
the tie +ecause y students don6t think they have tie to do this. If only they all kne* it *ill
save the tie in the lon. run. 9ince I created a .eneric assi.nent te/late for you, you o*n
e any hours of saved tie. I a askin. you to invest those hours in a Personal Writin.
!hecklist.
In the feed+ack you receive for this activity you *ill ost likely find ar.in coents
a+out your acadeic *ritin., 1P1 skills and so on. -his assi.nent is an e0a/le of the ty/ical
assi.nents you *ill +e doin. for uch of your future course*ork and acadeic *ritin. skills
*ill +e very i/ortant as you /ro.ress. No* is the tie to +e.in a Personal Writing Checklist.
9tart a =icrosoft Word docuent *here you *ill enter any si.nificant feed+ack you receive on
your *ritin. so the lessons are not lost. -hen, use that checklist to hel/ you do a final edit for all
*ritten assi.nents fro this /oint on. 1s you receive feed+ack on your *ritin., your /ersonal
*ritin. checklist *ill .ro* and +ecoe ore relevant and useful to you. 1s you continually
refresh yourself on these issues +y usin. the check list for a final edit for assi.nent after
assi.nent, acadeic *ritin. skills *ill +ecoe second nature to you as you re/eatedly correct
errors until you no lon.er ake the. Often you can cut and /aste /ieces of instructor feed+ack
into your checklist; as a result, develo/in. your check list *ill not +e tie consuin.. 8o*ever,
usin. it effectively *ill take tie.
8ere is an e0a/le of the ty/e of thin.s you should /ut in your checklist. -hese are only
e0a/les and it is +y no eans a co/lete list. G. C. Bo*lin., the author of the 8arry Potter
series, is re/uted to have earned H",(((,(((,((( +y *ritin.. 8o*ever, she is still learnin. ho* to
+e a +etter *riter. 2ou *ill +e learnin. a+out effective *ritin. for as lon. as you are alive and
*ill al*ays have ne* thin.s to add.
Note that any of these checklist ites include references and su//ort for the issue that
is +ein. addressed either +y referrin. to the 1P1 anual or to a link. When your instructors .ive
you feed+ack they *ill often include this ty/e of su//ort, do not lose track of it, cut and /aste it
into your ever .ro*in. checklist. 1lthou.h the first /oint +elo* is a+out a+stracts +ut you will
not need an abstract for any assignents in this course +ecause the assi.nents are too +rief to
*arrant one.
1+stracts are not indented. 9ee /a.e >E of the 1P1 anual for .uidance on a+stract
forattin. and also /a.e %" to see an e0a/le of a /ro/erly foratted a+stract.
70ce/t for a+stracts, indent all other /ara.ra/hs, check 1P1 .uide /. >>'.
In the 1P1 anual *e find the follo*in. coent a+out the use of a/ersand; Precede
the final nae in a ulti/le&author citation in runnin. te0t +y the *ord and. In /arenthetical
aterial, in ta+les and ca/tions, and in the reference list 3oint the naes +y an a/ersand (?)
(/. "E$). @ook at the +otto sa/le of a citation +y t*o authors *hen you click here. 2ou can
see an e0a/le of *hen you use and instead of ? in the first e0a/le *hen you click here. If
you list ulti/le authors as /art of a sentence you use and. If you list ulti/le authors in a
citation enclosed in /arentheses you use ?. 2ou also use ? *hen you list sources *ritten +y
ulti/le authors in the reference list. @ook at the +otto t*o e0a/les *hen you click here.
On a /a.e >#I of the 1P1 .uide it states, JDou+le&s/ace +et*een all lines of the
anuscri/t. Dou+le&s/ace after every line in the title, headin.s, footnotes, ,uotations, references,
fi.ure ca/tions, and all /arts of ta+les.J In other *ords, dou+le&s/ace everythin.. If you look at
the sa/le reference list /rovided +y the 1P1 anual on /a.e K"K you *ill see dou+le s/acin.
also a//lies to reference lists as indicated in the a+ove ,uote.
1P1 re,uires that *e use a serf ty/e font for the +ody of our /a/ers. -he t*o choices are
-ies Ne* Boan and !ourier. 8o*ever, -ies Ne* Boan is the +est choice (see the +otto
of /a.e >># of the 1P1 anual). 1l*ays use a "> /oint Ne* -ies Boan font for all
assi.nents unless directed other*ise.
-he definitive .uide for forattin. 1P1 headin.s is found on /a.e I> of the 1P1
anual. 1lso, you can click here for an authoritative online e0/lanation of 1P1 headin.
forattin. /rovided +y the 1P1. Note that levels K, % and $ all have a /eriod at the end and the
content follo*in. the headin. +e.ins on the sae line as the headin.. 2ou can see an e0a/le of
a level K headin. in the sa/le /a/er on /a.e %$ of the 1P1 anual. Notice ho* the headin.
ends *ith a /eriod and the aterial follo*in. the headin. +e.ins on the sae line as the headin..
-he Pu+lication =anual of the 1P1 (>("() offers the follo*in. coent a+out not usin.
an introduction headin.; -he introduction to a anuscri/t does not carry a headin. that la+els it
as the introduction. (-he first /art of a anuscri/t is assued to +e the introduction) (/. IK).
2ou can see an illustration of an introduction to a /a/er +ein. /resented *ithout a headin. in the
sa/le /a/er on /a.e %> of the anual.
Para.ra/hs should have to/ic sentences and the /ara.ra/h should su//ort or develo/ a
sin.le controllin. idea that is e0/ressed in the to/ic sentence. !lick here for an introduction to
this i/ortant to/ic.
-he sa/le /oints a+ove i.ht not have any /ersonal connection to your *ritin. at this
tie +ut on all future occasions *hen an instructor .ives you feed+ack on your *ritin., /ersonal
connections *ill +e for.ed and the *ritin. lesson the instructor teaches you *ill +e clearly
relevant to your future *ork.
our wor* will (e 'hec*ed "or 3riginality
Northcentral uses an online te0t atchin. service called -urnitin to hel/ us s/ot inte.rity
violations and to .uide students *ho ay +e relyin. too uch on the *ritin. style and /hrases of
others and not enou.h on their o*n style. I *ill share the results of that te0t check *ith you. Please
note that self plagiaris is still plagiaris and is considered a serious acadeic inte.rity violation. If
you su+itted an assi.nent at Northcentral or another university in the /ast it is /ro+a+ly in the
-urnitin data +ank. If you do a little revisin. and resu+it the sae assi.nent it *ill coe +ack
*ith a very /oor ori.inality score and your standin. at Northcentral 5niversity ay have to +e
e0ained +y a eetin. of the 1cadeic Inte.rity Board, soethin. that you never *ant to see
ha//en.
How to 'orrectly 4ame your Assignments When Saving to our Hard Drive
Northcentral 5niversity has a very s/ecific /attern for savin. activities to your hard drive
+efore you su+it the. -he /attern looks like this.
2our last nae, first initial, e..., 7D5$(((&K (DoeG7D5$(((&%).
-he a+ove e0a/le assues you are on activity K in 7D5$((( and your nae is Gohn Doe.
8ere are other illustrations.
1nistonG7D5$(((&K (eans activity K for Gennifer 1niston in 7D5$((()
Bockefeller-7D5E"("&$ (eans activity $ for -o Bockefeller in 7D5E"(")
4raha47D5#(((&E (eans activity E for 4ordon 4raha in 7D5#((()
2ou *ill notice that there are no s/aces in the nae of the assi.nents *hen they are saved to
your hard drive, that *ay they do*nload *ithout an issue. 2ou *ill continue to have trou+le *ith
the N!5 systes if you include s/aces in the naes of any docuent you u/load or do*nload.
Wor*ing Ahead on the 'ourse
It *ould +e *ise for you to *ork ahead on activity %; 8o* to <ind What 2ou Need, ho*ever;
Northcentral 5niversity has a fir /olicy that re,uires you to *ait until one assi.nent is .raded and
returned +efore su+ittin. the ne0t one. 2ou can still *ork ahead. =any students start *ork on the
ne0t activity as soon as they su+it the last assi.nent. 1s soon as the /reviously su+itted
assi.nent is .raded and returned they check the feed+ack and do soe final editin. if any of the
/revious feed+ack a//lies to their ne0t assi.nent. -hey then su+it the ne0t assi.nent a fe* days
early and thus avoid .ettin. close to the deadline. 8o*ever, you are only re,uired to su+it +efore
the deadline, *orkin. ahead is *ise +ut is not re,uired.
An 3pen Invitation to 'ontact 2e
1re you frustrated, /u::led, over*heled, +ored, sick, sick and tired, havin. a +a+y, .oin. to
visit a ne* +a+y, sli//in. +ehind schedule, feelin. like no one understands or cares, curled in the fetal
/osition, or other*ise distressed in any *ay a+out this courseL If so, /lease contact e usin. one of
the ethods listed +elo*.
Marla Kelsey
Education Foundations Faculty
Email: mkelsey@ncu.edu
Skype: marlakelsey
Phone: 480-8-0!4"#8 a.m. to 8 p.m. $ri%ona time & click here to check'
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. (illiam )utler *eats