Plagiarism: What it is and How to Avoid it

Welcome students! Today, we will use what we have learned about plagirism to practice our paraphrasing skills. Below, you will see three websites. Your job will be to paraphrase the material that is included in the articles.  To successfully paraphrase the material, you must use the six steps to good paraphrasing.

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing

1. Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.
2. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card.
3. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase.
4. Check your version with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.
5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term you have borrowed exactly from the source.
6. Record the source (including the page) on your note card.

As you go through the sites, take notes on your notecards, then write your paraphrase on the paraphrase page. Remember, the note cards are just for notes, not for your paraphrasing passage. To help you with taking notes and collecting of your keywords, click on the link below to learn how to pull out keywords for notes. (click on dem0)After you have watched the video, click on your back button to get back to this page.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/factfrenzy/opening.html

For your notes page, use bullets and keywords.  You can use an online highlighter to highlight your text using the website: http://roohit.com/site/home.php  Simply, cut and paste the links to awesomehighlighter and start highlighting!

Websites for assignment:

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1993540,00.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dolphin/conwin1.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0860578.html

 See attached rubric to see how you will be graded.