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Welcome to AOSC200
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Outline
 I. About Your TA
 II. About this Course
 III. About Discussion
 IV. Avoiding Plagiarism
 V. MLA Formatting
 VI. Annotated Bibliography
 VI. Questions?
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About Your TA
 Office hours: T 11:00am-12:00 in CSS3420 or by appt.
 Email: [email protected]
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About this Course
 Everything you need to know is on the course webpage:
https://www.atmos.umd.edu/~tcanty/aosc200/
 Past quizzes, exams, etc will be posted on ELMS
 Studying Tip: Don’t memorize!
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Admission Tickets 5%
Topic of the day 10%
Quizzes 20%
Projects 20%
Mid-Term 20%
Final 25%
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About Discussion
 Everything you need to know about discussion is on MY
webpage: http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~sebenish/
 I do NOT take attendance, but participation in discussion will
affect your grade. For missed/lost materials, see my
webpage.
 You do not need to bring your book every week—I will email
if you need it.
 We will review course material & discuss group projects
 BRING QUESTIONS!! (or email them to me!)
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Avoiding Plagiarism
 Writing assignments are expected to be in your own
words
 There will be consequences if you copy or don’t cite
your references
 Quote/Paraphrase/Summarize: What’s the difference?
 Questions? Ask me or consult:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
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MLA Formatting
 All your work in this class will be expected to be in MLA format
 Use a citation service (free): http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
 Generally:
 Books: Last name, first name. Title. City: Published By, Year. Print
 Website: Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Website Title. Publisher of
Website, Day Month Year. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed.
<URL>.
 Journal: Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year):
pages references. Medium of publication.
 For reference: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
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Annotated Bibliography
 What is it?
 A list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is
followed by a brief (around 150 words) descriptive and evaluative
paragraph (annotation).
 What is the purpose?
 Inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources
cited.
 What is an appropriate source?
 NASA/NOAA/EPA websites, scholarly articles, certain university webpages
(.edu)
 Examples: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
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Questions?
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