Outline for the Commentary

1. Introduction
a. Background
b. When the team was started
c. Some of the former coaches and who the coaches are this season

2. Community Service
a. What years, who did it, and what did they do
b. What have other teams done for community service
c. How do they compare to UCF

3. Individual Role Models
a. Using several interviews, state the players views on their own responsibility
b. Using interviews from students who see players on campus, state whether they think the players act responsible and reflect a positive image on the rest of their team

4. Teamwork
a. How they work together as a team
b. How freshman players were welcomed on the team
c. Examples of other teams who display great teamwork

5. How well the team plays
a. Information on how many wins to loses the team has had in the past few years of conference games
b. Players they had go to the NBA and other after college programs
c. How they ranked compared to other teams in their conference

6. Conclusion
a. Overall, how UCF compares to other NCAA teams
b. How they rank as role models
c. How they rank in skills

Template B: Criteria

To start my review I will give a brief introduction about the UCF basketball team. I will then go on to state what makes a good NCAA basketball team. I will provide research to support my review. I will give example of other college basketball teams and what they have done to make their team look so great. I will also give examples of teams who have shown none of the qualities of a great basketball team. I will then describe how well the UCF team displays teamwork on the court. I will support my review with interviews from the players in the team, their viewers, and possibly one of the coaches. I will use what information they provide me with to help justify my review. Next, I will describe how the UCF basketball team reflects on the community as a whole. I will ask viewers what they think of the program off the court, and I will research what community service and activities the team has participated in during the past years. Finally, I will compare the UCF basketball team to what would make an ideal team. I will use my research of how other teams have displayed teamwork and community service to support my analysis. I will be able to rate UCF’s basketball team based on how well they seem to be compared to some of the great teams as well as some of the not so great teams. As of yet, I believe the UCF basketball team will have a pretty positive review, however I need to research several different NCAA basketball teams from across the country in order to have the best review possible.

Plagiarism Workshop

Amanda Neary-Carey
Erin O'Malley
Sara Jokela

1. 0
It is not plagiarism because they are doing their own paper but they are just using the same sources. This could turn into plagiarism if they decide to compare their papers and take ideas off of their actual papers.

2. 4
Although it is your own paper, you should not turn in the same paper for two different classes. The University can see that two papers that are one in the same were turned in and they may view that as plagiarism.

3.0
You are not copying their work or posting what they are saying, but you are just looking at others' posts to feel more comfortable with the assignment and better understand what you are suppose to do. If you were to actually take what they said on their posts and copy it to yours, then that would be plagiarism.

4.5
It is definitely plagiarism because you used their work and changed it enough to call it your own, even though it is their template.

Template A: Audience Analysis

Topic- A Review of UCF’s Basketball Team
The audience of my review would be a variety of people. The review may be directed toward people who enjoy college sports and want to learn more about Knight’s basketball. The audience may also be NCAA basketball coaches who wish to compare and contrast their team with UCF’s team. College sports must be of value or at least of interest to those who read the review. They are likely to be concerned with NCAA basketball and follow the sport. Socially, my audience must know the sport in order to be able to talk about it within their social groups. Coaches must also know how other teams function so that they can see how their team compares with others.

The friends of my audience are also interested in sports. Although a larger majority of men enjoy following the world of sports, women may also be interested. Since this is a review about one of UCF’s teams, students and faculty of UCF are most likely to be interested in learning more about their basketball players. It would socially hurt these people to not be updated on the current status of college sports, especially NCAA basketball coaches. This is because their friends might be having a conversation about events that happened during a game or within a team, and if the person did not follow this information, they would be completely lost. They would not be a part of their friends’ conversations and they might feel excluded from the group if everyone knew what they were talking about, but they did not. As for coaches who would read the review, they would also have friends interested in college basketball, for that is what their whole career revolves around. They need to know how teams among their conference are functioning and how to take both the good examples and bad examples that teams demonstrate into perspective in order to effectively coach their own team. The information in my review would be important to know so they can learn the effectiveness of UCF’s basketball team.

To the sports fanatics reading my review, real, direct, and tangible benefits are learning more about a sports team than meets the eye. Anyone can look up the team’s stats and see how the players played throughout the season, but for those who are really interested, that is just simply not enough. This audience has a need to know what really goes on with the players outside of just their conference games. They want to know how the team has interacted with their community, how they get along with their teammates, and how well they display teamwork and sportsmanship to their viewers. For coaches who read this review the benefit would be gathering information about how the Knight’s basketball team functions as well as their activities both on and off the court and being able to take examples from this team so they can use them to make their own team stronger. Though the sports fans need to know this information to better fit in with their friends, coaches really need to know this information to better lead their teams.

Topic for Review

The effectiveness of UCF's basketball team being responsible role models as well as displaying team work.