Authenticity, Originality, & Academic Integrity

Create a "Breadcrumb Trail"

Everyone in our learning community is required to follow the LHS Code of Academic Integrity. What does that mean in English class? Whether reading and responding, or crafting and drafting, our focus in on the process. And, in our digital world, we place a premium on authenticity and originality of our work within this process.

We each bear responsibility for demonstrating the authenticity and originality of our work. How do we do that? How can we let others know that our ideas and work product are uniquely our own? The answer lies in the "breadcrumb trail" we each create when we engage in the process of reading and writing. Created over time, this "breadcrumb trail" - part handwritten, part digital - includes every step of the process from reader's responses, "quickwrites" and discussions to drafts, outlines, "final" drafts, revisions, and publication. 

Through this "breadcrumb trail" we have the opportunity to demonstrate not only  the origins of our own authentic and original thinking but also its evolution throughout the process. 

Without this "breadcrumb trail" we fail to demonstrate the authenticity and originality of our work. This invalidates our work. As a result, we would have to begin the full process - from formative through to summative - again, in order to earn credit for our work.