Monthly Archives: October 2015

30th October IST Content

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Dear all,

Your next IST is due next Friday October 30th. This test will be based on Solutions’ Unit 10 called Be Creative, and it will include the following:

  • Reading comprehension
  • Listening comprehension
  • Grammar: Determiners (each, all, any, each, much, many, etc)
  • Vocabulary: words related to music (page 94)

On Thursday we will practice in class to prepare this assessment.

Have fun studying! 🙂

Talking about artists…

Dear all,

Today we’ll work on a reading comprehension based on Alonzo Clemons and Richard Wawro? Have you heard about them?

Do you know what kind of artists they are?

Take a look at some of their work:

Alonzo Clemons’ sculptures:

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Richard Wawro’s paintings

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Academic Honesty – Towards a good Personal Project

According to, Josephson Institute of Ethics these are the types of plagiarism in papers and assignments (using the ideas, data or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment)

  1. Giving or getting improper assistance on an assignment meant to be individual work. (When in doubt, ask.)
  2. Including in any assignment turned in for credit any materials not based on your own research and writing. This includes:
    1. Using the services of a commercial term paper company.
    2. Using the services of another student.
    3. Copying part or all of another person’s paper and submitting it as your own for anassignment.
  3. Acting as a provider of paper(s) for a student or students.
  4. Submitting substantial portions of the same academic work for credit in more than one course without consulting both teachers (self-plagiarism).
  5. Failing to use quotation marks where appropriate.
  6. Failing to properly acknowledge paraphrased materials via textual attribution, footnotes, endnotes and/or a bibliography.
  7. Making up data for an experiment (“fudging data”).
  8. Citing nonexistent sources (articles, books, etc.).

TASK 1: The class will be divided into 6 groups and each group will have to answer a set of questions. Copy of the questions are included below:

GROUP 1

What do you think about cheating in the real world?

a)  How common is cheating in society?

b)  Who cheats?

c)  If cheating is widespread, does that justify individuals cheating to compete or in self-defense?

d)  What do you think about the sorts of cheating you hear about in business, politics and other settings?

GROUP 2

What do you think about cheating in school?

a)  How prevalent is cheating in school?

b)  Who cheats?

C)  What are the different ways kids cheat at school?

GROUP 3

Do cheaters sometimes prosper? Why?

a)  If it works, is that an adequate justification to cheat?

b)  Is cheating wrong in itself or only if you get caught?

GROUP 4

Does cheating affect trust?

a)  If so, in what ways?

b)  Should cheating affect trust in the person who cheats?

c)  Does cheating affect trust in the value or importance of grades?

GROUP 5

Every choice produces both intended and unintended consequences. What do you think are the good and bad consequences of cheating in a school setting …

a)  On the cheater’s academic record?

b)  On the cheater’s reputation among different groups, if the cheating is known?

c)  On the cheater’s character?

d)  On the cheater’s personal relationships?

e)  On others in the class?

f)  On the teacher in the class?

g)  On others who go to the school?

GROUP 6

What do you think the appropriate consequence of cheating should be if:

a)  Someone falsifies accounting figures in business?

b)  Someone gets a job after lying on a résumé?

c)  A journalist fabricates portions of a story?

d)  A coach violates recruiting rules to acquire an athlete?

e)  An Olympic athlete uses illegal performance-enhancing drugs?

f)  A high school principal falsifies records to understate dropout or violence rates?

g)  A teacher changes answers on statewide exams to make the school look better?

h)  A student at your school plagiarizes a paper?

i)  A student at your school cheats on an exam?

TASK 2: Your group will be given a handout with information regarding HOW TO CITE A WEBSITE/ONLINE SOURCE or YOUTUBE VIDEO PROPERLY. In groups, you will have to transfer the info from the handout onto a big friendly poster or visual.