Oklahoma Social Studies 6.P.4.2.B

Social Studies6th GradeSocial Studies Practices

The Standard

6.P.4: Develop a variety of evidence-based written products designed for multiple purposes.
6.P.4.2: Engage in authentic research to acquire, refine, and share knowledge through written presentations and products.

Quote, paraphrase, and summarize findings, avoiding plagiarism.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.P.4.2

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use information from a source in three ways: quote its exact words, restate a detail, and sum up its main point. They credit the source each time.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student copies a useful line exactly and puts it in quotation marks. They paraphrase a detail and summarize the main point in their own words, crediting the source for both.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think changing a few words makes copied text their own. They may put quotation marks around a paraphrase or leave out the source credit for a summary.
How to Assess It: Give students a card titled 'Nile River Notes' that reads, 'The Nile flooded each year, leaving rich soil for farmers. Farmers grew crops along its banks.' Ask for one quoted phrase, one paraphrase, and one summary, each credited to the card.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a short article on Nile farming and two colored markers; have them mark a quotable line and draft a credited paraphrase and summary.
Ask, 'Which needs quotation marks: an exact sentence or a rewritten idea, and why?' Have students write a two-sentence reply.
Play Sort and Fix with six source-use cards; students sort quotes, paraphrases, and summaries, then repair missing quotation marks and credits.
Give students a printed museum exhibit label; they write a visitor blurb with a credited quote, paraphrase, and summary.

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