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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Advertisement (With Disclaimer) Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson plan students learn how to summarize properly.
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Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy

For Students 9th - 10th
KAIROS, a quarterly online journal, explores the effect various technologies have in the classroom, as well as other large-scale issues relating to education.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for ten lessons that ask students to explore copyright laws before writing audio public service announcements (PSAs) about them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
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Digital Media Licensing Association (Dmla): Copyright Basics: Power Point

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PowerPoint presentation could be used for professional development sessions, for reference, or even with students if one hides a few of the slides less relevant to student work. It covers the basics concept of fair use of print,...
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The Copyright Society of the u.s.a: Copyright Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces the concept of "copyright" by answering common questions, defining related terms, and providing sample permission letters. Highlighting the planning and work of school yearbook club, this site shows a variety of ways copyright...
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University of Alabama: The Copyright Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Click through information about copyright issues, such as public domain, fair use, and intellectual property, designed for both students and teachers. Also includes teaching ideas for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Copyrights and Wrongs: Grades 9 12

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. Requires free membership.
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University of Maryland: Copyright and Fair Use

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to copyright laws, fair-use policies, and multimedia guidelines as used by the University of Maryland.
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Read Works

Read Works: When Music Is a Steal

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of illegal downloading of music. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Inf Ohio: Copyright and Fair Use Tip Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A ready-to-print tip sheet on copyright, fair use, and public domain. Includes tips for students on creating a multimedia presentation without violating copyright.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
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Inf Ohio: Permission to Use Copyrighted Resources Tip Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A ready-to-print tip sheet on how to request permission to use copyrighted materials. Includes a sample letter of request.
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Inf Ohio: Educational Multimedia Guidelines Tip Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A ready-to-print tip sheet with guidelines for students and teachers about using text, video, pictures, music, and other materials and content sources without violating copyright.
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Heartland Area Education Agency: Copyright Brief Notes for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-page handout on copyright and fair use, beginning with frequently asked questions and continuing with summaries of parts of copyright law, tips on asking permission to use copyrighted materials, and guidelines on acceptable use of...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Touchstone by Edith Wharton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Touchstone" by Edith Wharton about a man who plagiarizes love letters for financial gain.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Citing Your Sources Using Mla

For Students 9th - 10th
A twelve-part learning module on using MLA formatting to cite sources including a works cited page, in-text citations, parenthetical citations, plagiarism, and more.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Variations in Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the use of variation in language when preparing a speech including directness, subjectivity and objectivity, abstraction, and accurate, reliable, unbiased, credible, and current sources.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Use Information Correctly

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to use information correctly to create quality content while protecting others' intellectual property.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Quoting and Paraphrasing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This provides guidelines for creating a paraphrase, sample paraphrases, introducing quotations, punctuating, formatting quotations, and what must be documented.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dr. Seuss on the Loose

For Teachers K - 1st
In Dr. Seuss' first published children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Marco, inspired by the passing of a horse and wagon, imagines a series of increasingly incredible sights on his way home from school. This...
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University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia: Digital Tatoo: Academic Honesty

For Students 9th - 10th
This video is a story about students who cheat in college. It looks at the many reasons why students commit academic dishonesty. [2:42] The module includes questions to think about and discuss and links for further research.
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Other

Copy law.com: Ten Common Copyright Permission Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
Good site for debunking myths about copyright law, posted by a New York attorney.
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What Is Copyright Protection?

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers information about copyrights & copyright protection, both for printed materials & internet material. For those who wonder what means, anyway!

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