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. Topic: whether war is right or wrong

thesis: Although war can get the economy out of bad recessions, people need to find an alternative way to settle their differences because the taking of human life is rarely justified.

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plagiarism questions: 1.What is plagiarism? plagiarism is the stealing of someone's work or ideas. For example if you take a sentence and use it as your own, you are plagiarizing. 2. Why is it important not to plagiarize? It is important not to plagiarize because it is illegal and you can get in serious trouble. 3.What is the difference between plagiarism and copyright violation? The difference between plagiarism and copyright violation is that plagiarism is the taking os someone’s idea and copyright violation is when you copy a movie or something and you can be sent to prison for 5 years and fined 250,000 dollars. 4.What are the consequences for plagiarism at Dirigo High School? The consequences are a zero on the project you plagiarize on and a letter home. And possibly a detention. 5.What are the consequences for Plagiarism in college? The consequences for plagiarism is getting kicked out for some colleges. 6.How can you avoid plagiarism? You can avoid plagiarism by not copying anything or citing the resource.

Paraphrase/summary:

paraphrase - often shorter No attempt to shorten -Your own words

Summarizing - boiling it down “Nutshell” your own words

It was 1979, on a dark and dreary night, when george was found dead on the floor. Chuck Norris was the only eyewitness at the scene of the killing. Cody stood outside the window holding a bloody knife. When Chuck found out George was dead, he planned to kill Cody.

Paraphrase- In 1979, Chuck Norris was the only eyewitness of the killing of George. Chuck wanted to kill Cody when he saw Cody outside holding a bloody knife.

Summarize- Chuck Norris wants to kill Cody after the death of his freind

There once was a princess at the skatepark who was teaching Kain a new girly trick. then the kool-aid guy showed up and said, “Oh Yeeaahh”. He stole Kains skateboard and showed him some nasty tricks. while attempting an ollie, Mr. aid cracked his handle, spilling his kool aid innards all about the park. not “Kool”

paraphrase: Kain was learning new tricks from a princess and the kool aid man showed up. He stole his skateboard and did an ollie. He fell and broke his glass and died.

summarize: the kool-aid guy cracked his glass while teaching Kain a new trick.

In the year 3000, an alien named Bob was controlling this world. Bob had a rainbow afro. It was his pride and what he lived for. While sitting around a campfire, a tiny spark ignited his hair. the massive amount of hairspray caused an incredible and very colorful cranial explosion

paraphrase- in the year 3000, Bob the alien sat next to a campfire. a spark sprayed into his hair from the fire. his beloved rainbow afro caused an explosion from his head.

summarize- an explosion occured when an aliens hair was ignited

Outline: Introduction A. The first day a. Met Mr. Rowley learned his expectations Procrastination A. Task Enormity a. doesn’t want to start because of how big the project is b. think its to big so they don’t start B. Pleasure Seeking a. want to do what you want to do before starting b. most common procrastination C. Fear of Success a. afraid of succeeding b. people might expect a lot from that person D. Fear of Failure a. afraid to fail b. they don’t think that they can do it E. Perfectionism a. Don’t start because it needs to be perfect there can’t be anything wrong with it F. Insufficient skills Doesn’t pay attention in class b. usually doesn’t do it right because they don’t know what to do Wikispaces Setting up Wikis a. Created an account Made our own wiki Mr. Rowley’s Wiki Told us our homework Gave us links to things we might have needed Learning Styles A. Learning styles quiz a. Found out my learning style everyone took it and found out their learning styles Kinesthetic/Visual My highest learning style Most common learning style Helpful Programs A. Zotero a. Used for siting your sites kind of like easy bib plagiarism A. Why its bad a. Could go to jail b. could get fined 250,000 dollars Making an outline A. Outline homework a. Outline of class paraphrasing/summarizing A. Paraphrasing a. shortening it up B. Summarizing a. say what happened and a little bit more


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Alex Briggs Mr. Rowley historical research and writing November 18, 2009 Is War Right or Wrong For thousands of years, war has been a way that people had settled their differences after only a short attempt of fixing things. Throughout the world their are many different religions, races, and cultures that divide us into who we are and for some people, the differences make getting along with each other difficult for them. Although war can get the economy out of bad recessions, people need to find an alternative way to settle their differences because the taking of human life is rarely justified.