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Plagiarism: Avoiding Accidental Internet Plagiarism

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Demonstrate how to cite information from Internet sources without plagiarizing. If your class is working on an Internet research paper, and you have observed learners cutting and pasting directly from the Internet, the activities and methods involved here should help your class understand how to properly cite and paraphrase research. The handout attachments are only available if you register, so you might make your own. A cited article is in the additional materials.

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plagiarism, cheating, Research, paraphrasing, summarizing

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Research Process, paraphrase, paraphrasing, plagiarism, research paper, internet plagiarism, in-text citation, ccss.ela-literacy.11-12.8, english language arts
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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