Kaplan UniversitySchool of Legal StudiesComposition IIUnit 3 Audio Seminar

Instructor: Janice Wendel, M.A.

What We Will Cover• Unit 3 activities• APA format & citation• Plagiarism• Writing tips & guidelines

UNIT 3 ACTIVITIES

• Readings• Seminar• Discussion • Project• Take A Break!

FROM THE KAPLAN WRITING CENTER

• APA-- Basic Citation Guidelines: https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/DocumentStore/Docs10/pdf/KU/Citation_handout_April%2014.pdf Why, when, and where we cite Summary, paraphrase, and direct quotations

• APA 6th ed.--Format & Citation Instructions: https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/DocumentStore/Docs10/pdf/KU/APA_Guidelines_FINAL_April14.pdf Report format In-text citation models and reference models

 

APA CITATIONS

• Reference example (bibliography page): Jones, L. (1990). How to eat and stay slim. Journal of Healthy

Living, 4(3), 120-125. Retrieved from

http://dim.lib.swu.edu/index/php.pdk

• In-text citation (paragraph): Nutrition and exercise play essential roles in good health (Jones,

1990).

WRITING BASICS

• Sentence structure • Subject-verb agreement• Commas, commas, commas• Apostrophes’ rules• Quotation marks [“…” & ‘…’] • Italics vs. Underlining• Spelllling tipz

UNIT 3 WRITING ACTIVITIES

• Discussion: Ethics . . . – Tales and lessons learned,

etc.

• Project: Title Page

WRITING TIPS & GUIDELINES

Formal Diction > Standard English Non-Standard English

WHAT WE COVERED• Unit 3 reading/writing• Ethical conundrums• APA• Some more writing tips

UNIT 3 TO-DOS . . . By Tues.

• Reading • Discussion • Unit 3 Project

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

• Agenda ideas?• Virtual Office thread• Talk to you, again, on our site!