Virginia SOL 7.R.1.D
The Standard
Quote, summarize, and paraphrase research findings from primary and secondary sources, avoiding plagiarism by using own words and following ethical and legal guidelines.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students select evidence from primary and secondary sources and decide whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize it. They preserve the source's meaning, mark exact words, and credit each source. They follow basic copyright and fair-use rules when using text or media.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a brief quotation, an accurate paraphrase, and a concise summary in research notes or a paragraph. Each is clearly attributed, correctly cited, and separate from the student's own analysis.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often replace a few words and call the result a paraphrase. They may omit quotation marks, copy a source's sentence structure, or think a citation makes unlimited copying acceptable.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 100-word source excerpt. Ask them to write one quotation, one paraphrase, and a two-sentence summary, each with attribution and a citation.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs source cards and sticky notes; students sort examples into quotation, paraphrase, summary, or plagiarism, then correct one plagiarism example.
Ask students to explain in writing: When is an exact quotation stronger than a paraphrase, and why?
Play Citation Relay: teams revise patchwritten sentences, add quotation marks where needed, and attach source credits before passing the sheet.
Compare a news report with the original interview transcript, then identify what was quoted, paraphrased, summarized, and credited.
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