This document provides an overview of plagiarism, citations, and note taking. It discusses strategies for avoiding plagiarism such as taking proper notes and using a citation method. It also reviews the MLA citation style, including providing in-text citations and creating a bibliography. Additionally, it covers the cause and effect writing model, including identifying causes and effects and organization patterns. For homework, students are asked to select a topic and write 3 well-developed paragraphs on it.