Paper Bank Links

Student Links

• English Works! On-Line Writing Lab Writing Section: This site offers hints about the writing process, including pre-writing strategies, essay structure guidelines, and how to write research papers and summaries. The webpage also offers a variety of writing samples, such as a cause-effect paper sample.

• Student Writing: This link from the College Writing Programs at the University of California-Berkeley will give you a chance to read a variety of student narratives.

Teacher Links

• Sample Assignments: This webpage offers a variety of sample assignments, categorized by division (i.e. Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences). "Sample Assignments" is a helpful resource for new teachers or for experienced teachers looking for a new paper assignment.

• The Professional Portfolio: Southeastern Louisiana University's webpage contains both portfolio examples and hints. While some of the information on this webpage is specific to Southeastern Louisiana University's faculty requirements, the examples and suggestions are applicable to most universities and colleges.

Unfortunately, plagiarism from the World Wide Web is becoming more and more of a problem. The following websites provide suggestions for reducing and detecting plagiarism.

Johnson, D. Plagiarism-proofing assignments. Phi Delta Kappan, March 2004 Adapted from a chapter in the book Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age (Linworth, 2003)

http://carlisle.unn.ac.uk/Intranet/LTA/Plagiarismwebpage.htm

Using Google.com to Detect Internet Plagiarism from Marywood University Library.

Teach-nology's links for managing, preventing, and detecting plagiarism.

You might also want to check out Western Illinois University English Professor Bruce Leland's advice at: www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm

In our experience, plagiarism is often a learning issue. Student's simply do not know how to properly credit material from sources. The web provides excellent resources for the writer who wants to learn or brush up on how to credit the ideas or words of others in his or her own writing:

Avoiding Plagairism from Darling's Guide to Grammar

CCD OWL handouts MLA and APA citation

Avoiding Plagiarism from the Purdue OWL.

Occasionally, we see students submit a piece of work that suggests intentional "cheating." In those cases, students have typically lifted an essay in whole or part from the web. Below are a few of the most well-known and popular paper mills (sites that provide access to essays):

Evil House of Cheat: www.cheathouse.com/uk/index.html

School Sucks: www.schoolsucks.com

Ivy Essays: www.ivyessays.com

Cyber Essays: www.cyberessays.com/

 

The OWL is an extension of the Community College of Denver Writing Center. For more information contact Bret Hann, Writing Center Coordinator 303-556-4709 This project was made possible in part by a grant from the Technology Learning Grant and Revolving Loan Program, State of Colorado, Department of Higher Education. We are also grateful for the ongoing support of Colorado Community Colleges Online (CCCOnline).

© 2003 Community College of Denver Dr. Christine Johnson, President 303-556-2600