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Handouts developed for Strategies
1.
APA Citation Workshop – O – Rama
: This is a fun exercise to get students to startthinking about brainstorming and about how to use outside sources in their papers.
2.
Shark VS. Bear:
This is another activity; it works well following Workshop – O – Rama.It is designed to help students think about what types of questions to ask themselves asthey prepare to write a paper. It also addresses organization.
3.
A Quick Reference Guide to Citing the Most Common Types of Sources
: I give thishandout with every workshop I do in Strategies classes. It is simply a how-to guide for APA formatting.
4.
How to Avoid Plagiarism
: I usually include this with the Quick Reference Guide. Here,I lay out what exactly plagiarism is and what students must do to give credit to their sources when they write.
5.
Plagiarism activity
: This activity is simply meant to give students a chance to practicethe skills they learned in the Plagiarism workshop
6.
Conquering a Confusing Assignment
: This is a very short handout with a few tips abouthow to read an assignment in order to figure out what exactly an instructor wants thestudent to accomplish.
7.
Proofreading 101
: This handout gives students some easy steps they can take in order tocatch the most common mistakes when proofreading their papers.
These handouts are developed in such a way that I can combine them in order to create aworkshop that meets the specific needs of your students. I am also very willing to modifyany of these handouts or create new handouts if you have specific composition concerns youwould like me to address with your students.*Note: The formatting of each of these handouts has been changed for presentationpurposes. Handouts that I use in workshops usually have graphics and more spacing. Ihave condensed the material here.
 
APA Citation Workshop – O – Rama
1.How to survive an alien invasion2.How to dance and still look cool3.How to start (and win) a food fight
Our Mission:
as a class, we are going to brainstorm about topic number _____. We are alsogoing to incorporate two outside sources and cite them using APA style formatting. Sources arelisted on the back of this paper.
Your Mission:
as a group, brainstorm some answers to the following questions.What resources (tools, materials, contacts, plans, etc.) would you need?What steps (in order) would you need to take to put this plan into action?What would be the benefit of learning this skill?What precautions would you suggest to limit the risks of this plan?
Outside Sources:1.How to survive an alien invasion
•
Bill Pullman, Blasted on the 4
th
of July: My encounter with Aliens copyright1997, published in New York by Classified Books Inc.“If you plan to infect their defense shields with a virus, make sure to practice your maneuvers and flight plan in advance with a handy dandy crop-dusting plane.” From page 67 of book 
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Area51.gov website, webpage “How to get out alive” written by AmericanSurvivors of Alien Visitations, last updated on 12/15/2003; information retrievedon 1/10/2009, web address www.area51.gov/getoutalive“Aliens are actually very kind and sensible individuals, except for the fact that they wantto take over the world, suck the brains out of humans, and decimate the ecosystem.”
2.How to dance and still look cool
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Kevin Federline, PoPo Wow!: Dancin’ with K-Fed copyright 2004, publishedin Atlanta by Spears Publishing“Nothing adds to your image as a dancer better than the undershirt you woreyesterday.” From page 10 of book 
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Travolta.com website, webpage “What every dancer should know” written by John Travolta, last updated on 02/13/1997; information retrieved on1/10/2009, web address www.travolta.com/whattoknow“Although there are many ways to improve your dancer image, the real foundation of any good dancer is a good polyester suit.”
 
3.How to start (and win) a food fight
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Jenny Craig, The People’s Cheesecake: baked goods as weapons copyright2001, published in Denver by Krusty Publishing Inc.“You gotta consider the velocity of your cheesecake when launching it into the air.Toppings like cherries or chocolate may be attractive, but can cause wind resistance.”From page 110 of book 
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Milkmoneybully.com, webpage “Making the most of a food fight” written byFood Fighters Anonymous, updated on 1/4/2008; information retrieved on1/10/2009, web address www.milkmoneybully.com/foodfight101“Studies have shown that dumping an entire lunch tray is 15% more effective thanthrowing any single item from said tray.”
Activity:
Using the sources for topic number _____, choose where each source would best fitinto your paper. Why is this the best place for the source? Which examples from the
“Quick Reference Guide” handout
would you use to figure out how to do an in-text and a reference listcitation for each of these sources?After we have looked at the
“Quick Reference Guide” handout,
attempt to create an
in-text
anda
reference list
citation for each of these sources. You can use the space on the back of the“What should I write about” handout to do this.
APA style citations for the sources used in the APA workshop1.How to survive an alien invasion:
Pullman, B. (1997). Blasted on the 4
th
of July: My encounter with Aliens . New York:Classified Books Inc.
 In-text: (Pullman, 1997, p.67).
American Survivors of Alien Visitations. (2003). Area51.gov. How to get out alive.Retrieved January 10, 2009 from www.area51.gov/getoutalive.
 In-text: (www.area51.gov/getoutalive).
**Notice that when you have an organization taking credit for a website, they are listed first inthe citation. If an individual was named as author, they would be listed first. If no one takescredit, list the name of the website first.
2.How to dance and still look cool:
Federline, K. (2004). PoPo Wow!: Dancin’ with K-Fed. Atlanta: Spears Publishing.
 In-text: (Fererline, 2004, p. 10).
Travolta, J. (1997). Travolta.com. What every dancer should know. Retrieved January10, 2009 from www.travolta.com/whattoknow.
 In-text: (www.travolta.com/whattoknow).
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