AA Northumbria
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KB5031 UG MCE Semester 2: SUMMATIVE WRITING ASSESSMENT
SUMMATIVE WRITING TASK
a) Using the sources used in class (listed below), write a short essay of 400 words (5-8 paragraphs)
in formal academic style on the following question:
Are green buildings the buildings of the future? Discuss.
b) Include your completed weekly reading task pasted after your essay
Instructions:
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Make sure to answer the question fully, not just describe the topic or paraphrase the texts (critical
thinking).
Support your discussion with evidence from the texts we read in class - you should cite a minimum of
four of the sources
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Use ONLY the sources provided – do not use other sources
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You will need to paraphrase and summarise relevant information from the texts using your own words,
sentence structures, and text organization – include citations.
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Use one or two short direct quotations ( 'quotation'), when appropriate, in your essay; give citations for
these.
Use Harvard-style citations and references (you must include a reference list).
Word process your essay in MS Word; use Calibri 12 font and single line space; block paragraphs; add
page numbers bottom right.
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Students whose work receives a similarity score of 15% or more or an Al-generated text score of
15% or more from Turnitin will be required to resubmit work that falls below these scores
IMPORTANT:
• PLEASE put your name on your work (1st page, top right)
• PLEASE save your work as an MS Word file (no pdfs) like this -
File name: your ALS class code, day and time of class, FAMILY NAME and 'formative', like
this:
KB5031 Monday_13_ SMITH_formative
Also use this as the name / title of your document uploading to Turnitin.
Please enter details into Turnitin clearly, so your work can be easily identified.
Thank you!
1 These are the sources used in class:
Allen, J.G., MacNaughton, P., Laurent, J.G.C. et al. (2015) 'Green Buildings and Health',
Current Environmental Health Reports, 2, pp. 250-258.
B1M. (2018) When Trees Meet Buildings. Available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7lsydq8ks (Accessed: 18/11/20).
Darko, A. and Chan, A. P. C. (2017). 'Review of Barriers to Green Building Adoption.'
Sustainable Development, 25, 167-179
International Facility Management Association (2015) Green Building Rating Systems.
Available at http://cdn.ifma.org/sfcdn/membership-documents/green-rating-systems-htg-
final.pdf (Accessed: 18/11/20).
Roxburgh, H. (2017) 'Inside Shanghai Tower: China's tallest skyscraper claims to be
world's greenest.' The Guardian. Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/23/inside-shanghai-tower-china-tallest-
building-green-skyscrapers#img-1 (Accessed: 10/1/18).
Extra help - Skills Plus (NU library)
Help with essay planning and academic writing:
https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/academicwriting
Cite them Right (referencing):
https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/referencing-plagiarism#table1
Skills Plus guide – referencing and plagiarism:
https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/referencing-plagiarism
2 KB5031 UG MCE - Semester 2: SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION TASK
Task
Prepare and deliver a 5-minute individual Powerpoint presentation on a topic of one
of your Engineering and Environment assessments.
Submit your PPT to Turnitin on Blackboard.
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Instructions
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Think about the assessments you are doing for your other EE modules this semester
Choose one of these assessments to present on (for example, a project you are doing)
Prepare to explain it to the audience (your class) at a non-expert level
Make a PPT to help your presentation. For your ppt, you must have a cover slide, an
outline slide, and a references slide. The main body of the ppt should be no more than
four slides
The presentation must be no longer than five minutes long, but not considerably shorter
than 5 mins
You must not read out your presentation verbatim from a script or from your PPT
Presentations must be your own original work and you must not repeat a presentation
already given or read out an assignment
Presentations will take place in Weeks 19 and 20 ONLY (order to be decided on the
day - so be ready!)
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