4.13.F

ELA4th GradeThe student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

The Standard

recognize the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell whether source information has been restated in original language or copied improperly. They distinguish paraphrases from exact quotations and give credit to sources.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students restate a source idea fully in their own words and sentence structure. They credit the source and use quotation marks when copying exact words.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think changing a few words makes copied text a paraphrase. They may also believe listing the source allows them to copy sentences without quotation marks.
How to Assess It: Give students a two-sentence source and three versions of notes. Ask them to label each as paraphrasing, quoting, or plagiarism and explain one choice.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a source card and sticky notes, then have them cover the card and rewrite its main idea from memory.
Ask students to explain why replacing three words in a copied sentence does not create an acceptable paraphrase.
Play Paraphrase Sort with cards showing original passages, strong paraphrases, exact quotations, and plagiarized versions.
Compare a news article with a student summary, then mark borrowed ideas, exact wording, source credit, and needed quotation marks.

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