W H A T M A K E S H E R O I S M T R A N S C E N D E N T A N D / O R T R A N S C U LT U R A L ?

HEROES

• Create a mini heroic tale using the hero, victim, and villain scenario of the modern day. Think of the language you would have to use to create this tale. • Create the tale like a comic strip, but add words. You must…• use at least 2 kennings (1 for the villain and one for the hero). • Consider major themes of heroic literature• You have 8 frames, illustrated and narrated. • Follow either the epic hero or the romantic hero archetype

Modern Day Heroes

WHAT IS THE MOST HEROIC THING SOMEONE CAN DO?

• Now, sum up, based on the mini-tales the groups have shared, what it means to be heroic.

WITH YOU GROUP DEFINE HEROISM

YOUR RESEARCH PAPERW H AT M A K E S H E R O I S M T RA N S C E N D E N T A N D / O R

T RA N S C U LT U RA L ? WHY DOES EVERYONE NEED HEROES?

WHERE DO I START?

• First, define heroism•Next, find examples—across cultures of heroism• Finally, explain why this is necessary for cultures to survive and thrive

WHERE WILL I FIND SOURCES?

• The stories we have read in class can be sources. You will need to cite them (we’ll talk more about this tomorrow)• Galenet• NCWiseowl• AUTHENTIC internet sources• Personal testimony—if validated

HOW MANY SOURCES DO I HAVE TO HAVE?

• 2 literature sources• 2 print sources (database or book)• 1 other source (print or alternate)

TAKING GOOD NOTESMLA Citation formatted from http://www.citationmachine.net OR www.easybib.com OR at the end of a gale database article.

Research Subtopic(leave blank until outline process)

Notes—write down information from the text using paraphrasing, summarizing, or “direct quotes”; every time you switch ideas, switch rows

Why the information is important—this comes from your own head; why did you write this down? What can you say about the information?

      

         

(par. ____) or (page ___)

 

SUMMARY

• a condensed version of the main ideas of all or part of a source, written in your own words

SUMMARIZE BEOWULF

PARAPHRASE

• a rewording of a particular point in a source.

PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING

• “Because he was the True King, he was therefore the most helpless of me. He had to follow where fate and honor led, or the skies would burn. He had done wrong, and he had to take his punishment, or the rain would turn to poison. He had to let it all happen, or the fields would blacken and grow only stone” (Springer 181).

DIRECT QUOTES

• Copy word for word from the source• Use quotation marks

FIND A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE NOVEL WHICH YOU BELIEVE CARRIES DEEP

MEANING.

YOU NEED…

•A variety of all three!!!! But make sure you have all three

3RD COLUMN IS YOUR WORDS ONLY! THIS IS YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE NOTES—

HOW WILL IT HELP YOU ANSWER THE EQ?

SIGNIFICANCE?

• You can be accused of PLAGIARISM if you only change a few words of the original source and use that as your summary or paraphrase.

HOW TO AVOID INADVERTENT PLAGIARISM

• read and reread your source until you understand exactly what it is saying.

• put the source and any notes away. • Write down the relevant information from the source. At this

point you may still be using phrasing and language from the source.

• So, next, rewrite this information into your own words and sentences so it becomes a coherent part of your paper written in your own style.

• **Remember, do not include your own ideas or commentary in the body of the summary or paraphrase. Your own ideas should come after the summary or paraphrase. You don't want your reader to become confused about which information is yours and which is the source's. And you always have to document summaries and paraphrases since the ideas are not your own.

ORIGINAL

• "Empire State College has a policy describing the conditions under which students may be warned or withdrawn from the College for such unethical academic behavior as plagiarism, forgery, misrepresentation, or other dishonest or deceptive acts which constitute grounds for warning or administrative withdrawal" (CDL Student Handbook 5).

EXERCISE 1

• Number 1 is the summary; it has condensed the source and articulates the main idea. Number 2 is an appropriate paraphrase. The writer has used her own words and sentence structure to relate the essence of the source. Number 3 is a paraphrase that inadvertently plagiarizes because it retains too much of the source's language and sentence structure.

FOR THE SOURCE…

• 1 direct quote• 1 paraphrase• 1 summary