Dang. White days beat the crap out of me. My first period class did the activity on pro/con organization, while my other classes did a review of in-text citations. I don't feel I did a very thorough job of teaching it the first time, and the students papers showed it. I won't take all the blame though as they admitted to being lazy and not following directions as well. I emphasized this time that without a bibliography or in-text citations, they would earn a zero for plagiarism. I broke down in-text citations as simply as I could, gave them a hand-out, and a sample essay where they had to put in the correct in-text citations. Once I broke it down this time, they all seemed to understand it. I think they were surprised at how simple the citations are to actually do because they thought it was some complex process. Maybe now that they realize its a simple task, they will actually take the time to do it. If not, well, they may have the opportunity to try again next year.
I really don't feel I taught this topic well the first time around, but after today, I feel they really have a grasp on it. This is something to definitely keep in mind next year when I teach this so I can do a better job instructing it the first time around.
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