Standard 6: Research

Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.

12.6.W.3 Students will integrate into their own writing quotes, paraphrases, and summaries of findings following an appropriate citation style (e.g., MLA, APA, etc.) and avoiding plagiarism.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will continue to use relevant and sufficient facts, definitions, details, and quotes.
• Students will continue to follow a standard format for citation (MLA, APA, etc.).
• Students will continue to include appropriate citations as needed as a way to avoid plagiarism

• Teachers remind students how to cite, reword, or condense information.
• Teachers provide guidelines for using an appropriate research formatting style.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to follow a specific formatting style.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on their use of a formatting style.
• Teachers give students ways to cite information without plagiarizing the information.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to write citations.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on citation formats.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights

Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide

Purdue OWL APA Style Guide

UNC: Citing Information

Plagiarism.org: Preventing Plagiarism

Purdue OWL: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

Plagiarism

• Students will use quotes they take directly from the text to use as evidence. They will need guidance in introducing quotes, embedding quotes, and the different ways of including proper citation.

• Students should integrate quotations seamlessly into writing.

• Example of strategies to effectively integrate quotes: TLQ

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are different.

• Paraphrasing-to sum something up or clarify a statement by rephrasing it; to say something in other simpler words.

• Summarization-reducing large selections of text to their base essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering.

• Plagiarism- using another person or source’s words or ideas without giving credit or obtaining permission. 

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.