Please read the instruction。 I will upload the #Grading Rubric. Choose either Passage A or Passage B to write on. For the passage that you choose, please write a response (of at least 50 words) to the following 3 questions: Which passage are you weighing in on? You can simply write Passage A or Passage B. Is the student plagiarizing from the original text? You can simply write YES (it is plagiarism) or NO (it is not plagiarism). Offer as many reasons as you can to explain why you think the student is or is not plagiarizing.

Purpose In a research class like ours, it's critical to learn what constitutes responsible use and citation of source information and talk about avoiding plagiarism. Plagiarism involves the misrepresentation of someone else’s words, ideas or data as one’s original work, including, but not limited to, the following: Intentionally representing as one’s own work, the work, words, ideas or arrangement of ideas, research, formulae, diagrams, statistics, or evidence of another. Taking sole credit for ideas and/or written work that resulted from a collaboration with others. Paraphrasing or quoting material without citing the source. Submitting as one’s own a copy of or the actual work of another person, either in part or in entirety, without appropriate citation (e.g., from paper mills or other internet-derived products). Sharing computer files and programs or written papers and then submitting individual copies of the results as one’s own individual work. Submitting substantially the same material in more than one course without prior authorization from each instructor involved. Modifying another’s work and representing it as one’s own work. Plagiarism is cheating and will not be tolerated in this course. The work you turn in for this course must be your own original compositions, and the use of other sources or materials must be properly acknowledged. Your own commitment to learning requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, or any other form of academic dishonesty—even in as little as one sentence—is unacceptable. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to Student Services, wherein a range of disciplinary measures may take place, including receiving an F for a plagiarized assignment. Please read the “Academic Honesty and Dishonesty” section of the IVC Campus Policies. (1) Read 2 sets of passages We will engage in a class debate on whether or not the student writer of two passages is guilty of plagiarism. Please read Passage A and Passage B below. ________________________________________________________________________________ PASSAGE A: Original passage from Michael Ventura’s “The Tools of an Animal”: Different tools shape words differently, the way different tools build furniture and shoes differently.... Pen and paper are slow and messy, of course. Modernity loves speed and claims to hate mess. But speed is only a value when it’s useful, and it isn’t always useful. Slowness can be useful too. Using an instrument that doesn’t let you go too fast can make you pause where you might not have, and a pause at the right time can change or even save your life, not to mention your work. Passage from a student’s essay: Most writers have come to depend on computers, and they can’t imagine writing a paper without one. But, in an essay titled “The Tools of an Animal,” Michael Ventura reminds us that sometimes computers aren’t the right tool for a writer’s task, sometimes using an instrument that doesn’t let you go too fast can make you pause at a crucial point--and this pause may save your work from failure (5). Works Cited Ventura, Michael. “The Tools of an Animal.” The Independent Weekly 20 Apr. 1994, 5. ________________________________________________________________________________ PASSAGE B: Original passage from William Zinsser’s On Writing Well: Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it’s not a question of gimmicks to “personalize” the author. It’s a question of using the English language in a way that will achieve the greatest strength and the least clutter. Passage from a student’s essay: An important quality of good writing is “aliveness” (Zinsser 6). To achieve aliveness, a writer must avoid gimmicks and instead use the English language to achieve great strength and a minimal amount of clutter. Works Cited Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction. 3rd. ed. New York: Harper, 1985. ________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Weigh in on whether ONE of the passages is plagiarizing the original text Choose either Passage A or Passage B to write on. For the passage that you choose, please write a response (of at least 50 words) to the following 3 questions: Which passage are you weighing in on? You can simply write Passage A or Passage B. Is the student plagiarizing from the original text? You can simply write YES (it is plagiarism) or NO (it is not plagiarism). Offer as many reasons as you can to explain why you think the student is or is not plagiarizing. #Grading Rubric: