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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Ask students to review a teacher-created paragraph that includes paraphrasing and plagiarism. Ask students to identify the pieces of the paragraph that are paraphrased or plagiarized.
 

Further Explanation

This assessment example requires students to identify examples of paraphrased and plagiarized text in order to demonstrate an ability to recognize the difference between the two.

A key part of the research process is integrating information obtained from sources into one’s own writing. The ethical use of information requires that students identify the difference between plagiarism (using another’s words or ideas as one’s own or without credit) and paraphrasing (putting information from source material in one’s own words). Paraphrasing from source material means restating the key information in a different way and changing the vocabulary, structure, and sometimes the voice of the original work.

Research

Fisk, C., & Hurst, B. (2003). Paraphrasing for comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 57(2),182+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A109218181/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=5259f22e. 

Summary: This article on paraphrasing identifies the author's voice as the starting point for students when learning how to paraphrase. The authors provide a step-by-step process for paraphrasing, including how to identify the author's voice.