Spotlight Site of the Week!

The OWL at Purdue - Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words Learn to borrow from a source without plagiarizing by creating your own rendition of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/

Additional Sites:

• Please No Posers: Learning to Paraphrase Without Plagiarizing
  In this lesson, students explore correct ways to reference information sources and avoid plagiarism by accurately summarizing a New York Times article.
  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030904thursday.html
• Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing
  The lesson includes three parts: part one focuses on plagiarism; part two introduces copyright and fair use; and part three helps students with their paraphrasing skills.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1062
• Paraphrase Craze
  This step-by-step lesson helps students paraphrase by reading carefully. Then setting the material aside and changing what was read into new words.
  http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/ParaphraseCraze/default.htm
• The Writing Edge: Unique Notes
  Discusses the importance of note taking when writing research reports and explains the difference between quoting and paraphrasing.
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/thewritingedge/lesson2.htm
• The Long and Short of It: Summarizing Important Details
  n this lesson, students practice summarizing a brief reading/listening selection. When writing reports, students use their summarizing (and paraphrasing) skills to avoid plagiarizing (copying verbatim) their resource texts.
  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp322-01.shtml

Spotlight District of the Week!

Shepherd Public Schools Shepherd, Michigan Submit your School/District

Spotlight Class of the Week!

Mrs. Angela Bunyi's 4th Grade Class Barfield Elementary Murfreesboro, Tennessee Submit your Classroom

Judi's Corner

This week features a 'sweet' educational site: How Chocolate Works The average person in the United States eats 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of chocolate every year! Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from? Find out here! http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/chocolate.htm