Virginia SOL 10.R.1.G
The Standard
Define the meaning and legal consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify when words, ideas, images, data, or media belong to someone else and give proper credit. They use quotations, paraphrases, citations, and permissions correctly, then explain what can happen when they do not.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can take notes that clearly separate their ideas from source material. They can quote, paraphrase, cite, and use media legally while explaining possible school, career, and copyright consequences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often think changing a few words removes the need for a citation. They may also assume online material is free to use, or that all plagiarism is illegal rather than separating academic misconduct from copyright infringement.
How to Assess It
- Give students a source paragraph and a sample response that copies, paraphrases, and quotes from it. Ask them to mark violations and revise the response with correct citations.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed sources and note cards, then have them color-code direct quotes, paraphrases, common knowledge, and original ideas.
Ask students to write whether an uncited paraphrase is dishonest, illegal, both, or neither, then defend their answer with evidence.
Play Citation Detective using short sample paragraphs, with teams earning points for finding copied wording, weak paraphrases, and missing credits.
Examine a musician's copyright dispute and identify how credit, permission, financial loss, and reputation shaped the outcome.
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