Writing102 Sat. 9-12:15

We started class by discussing plagiarism and we worked from our text, Ch. 5. The instructor showed students the most important parts of the chapter. Regarding source bias, she showed students how both the right and the left put their points of view out.  With the right, it is primarily through think tanks. With the left, it is primarily through bloggers. We watched two clips about writers who plagiarized.

Next students received their corrected Point 2 back and also their poetry explication. The instructor went over the components of the poetry roundtables:

--picture of poet
--mp3 reading of the poem or student reading the poem
--two papers (genre and the poet's place in the genre and a second paper, the meaning of the poemO

We chose roundtable dates. Students will host their roundtable on the date on the chart.

Next we discussed how to quote poetry and do the Works Cited entry for an mp3 or for a youtube video.

Next week:

We will work on putting all three points of the paper together in class through using transitions.

Bring the poetry paper with the meaning of the poem.  Needs in-text citations and Works Cited

Be prepared for drama terms exercise on terms from Q-Z.


This is from OWL on how to cite a youtube clip:

How do I cite a YouTube video in MLA?

The MLA does not specifically address how to cite a YouTube video. This has, it appears, led to some confusion as to the best method of for citing YouTube videos in MLA.
Based on MLA standards for other media formats, we feel that the following format is the most acceptable for citing YouTube videos:
Author’s Name or Poster’s Username. “Title of Image or Video.” Media Type
Text. Name of Website. Name of Website’s Publisher, date of posting. Medium. date retrieved.

Here is an example of what that looks like:

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9. Sept. 2010.