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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Writing Effective Paraphrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students practice paraphrasing brief, non-fiction passages.
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Handout
Other

Apa Style Central

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this comprehensive resource to learn about APA style. Students and teachers can use this site as a springboard for any questions they may have concerning APA Style.
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Professional Doc
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this scaffolded lesson, students engage in practice with determining whether or not research has been plagiarized. A short video demonstration is included. [03:44] This lesson addresses all three College and Career Readiness Standards...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Mla Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the basics of the MLA (Modern Language Association) style of documentation and includes links to handouts about in-text citations, the works cited page, and how to cite electronic sources. Several sample citations and...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Apa Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides information on the APA (American Psychological Association) documentation style. The information can be downloaded in PDF format. It refers to several handouts dealing with parenthetical references, reference lists,...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Annotated Bibliographies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout defines annotated bibliographies and explains the parts including summary, assessment, and reflection. It also discusses why one should do an annotated bibliography and provides links to APA and MLA formats.
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Article
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Primary Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn the difference between primary and secondary research as well as some different types of primary sources that can be used when gathering research.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides many links to information on writing research papers.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Preparing to Write the Research Paper

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
This lesson introduces students to research materials in the library and electronic materials available through the Alabama Virtual Library(AVL). The instruction emphasizes "how-to-use" multi-volume encyclopedias, multi-volume reference...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Independent Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use the Internet to gather key facts using a variety of online resources and present their findings in a word processed paper in APA style.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: English Mentor: How to Write a Career Research Paper

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This structural design will guide students in writing a career research paper from start to finish. They will gather information; cite sources MLA style; develop a thesis statement, outline, and paragraphs; and create a research paper...
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Other

Central Michigan University: Website Research: Wikipedia References

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses the pros and cons of using Wikipedia as a research resource, and things to be cautious about. One thing the articles can often help with though is to give you a list of references as a good starting point to begin...
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Other

Ryerson University: Library: Research Help Guide: Evaluate Your Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resources to help students evaluate the materials they use in their research.
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Other

Library Spot/style Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This general page provides links to MLA Style, Elements of Style and Online Citation Styles. Also has reference desk and links to libraries.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apa Bibliography: General Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to format a bibliography in APA style.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Avoiding Plagiarism: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over how to avoid unintentional plagiarism. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Avoiding Plagiarism."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apa Bibliography: Film or Television Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to format a film or television program source in an APA bibliography.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Sources: Online Research Databases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses using research databases to conduct research.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: How to Cite Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A twenty-part learning module on citing sources including links to pictures, text, activities, sites, and videos on plagiarism, note taking, MLA formatting, in-text citations, and citation websites.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Evaluating Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A seven-part learning module with links to texts, videos, slides, and a quiz to use while learning how to evaluate research sources.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module with twenty-three links to videos, texts, images, websites, texts, and a quiz about primary sources.
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Other

Concordia University: Documentation Guide: Apa

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource provides a good summary of APA (American Psychological Association) style, including several examples and guidelines for incorporating direct quotations into the text of a paper.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paraphrasing and Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students learn some basic strategies for writing a research report including how to paraphrase passages and create an accurate citation of sources used.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Research Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart poses a series of questions to students asking them to select the appropriate resource source given the information in the questions.