April 18, 2007
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The concept of “homework” seems to be lost on some students. To some, “Do this for class time Wednesday” means “Come to class early on Wednesday and complete the work.” Or they stay after, complete the assignment, and hand it in as I am leaving and consider that not late. Huh. I should have pounced on this earlier on. Really. And perhaps I need to give more quizzes. Quizzes… and contests. Students may actually try harder on, say, putting together a well-done Works Cited page if they get a treat or recognition at the end.
Derek asked a good question today about the Poetry/Lyrics Activity – Is that plagiarism? Maybe and maybe not. But, essentially, I should have them complete a Works Cited page along with this activity (or at least place who wrote those lyrics at the end). [The activity asks students to print off lyrics to 3 of their favorite songs and then take lines from each song to create a poem about themselves or about their lives.]
Comments (2)
Pounce on ‘em now! Pounce on ‘em now!
And I’d say that the Poetry/Lyrics thing falls within Fair Use…until they start making money off what they come up with.
That’s what I was figurin’… w/copyright & the whole 30% idea, etc.
Pouncing on them now, with two full weeks of classes, seems like I’d be adding unnecessary stress on my part. Yet, I could say something about it in class so the last assignments are done outside of class like they should’ve been all year. It’s an idea.