Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Paraphrasing
This lesson focuses on the importance of paraphasing and how to paraphrase to avoid plagiarism. It provides links to an example of an MLA research paper, an article of effective paraphrasing, and a "Purdue Owl: Paraphrase" entry showing...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: How to Read and Analyze a Poem (English Iii Reading)
This lesson focuses on strategies for reading and analyzing a poetry. Reading poetry creates some interesting challenges because a poem uses lines and stanzas rather than paragraphs in order to create emotions and experiences. Figurative...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: How to Look Clever Without Even Trying Part 1
This article explains how to use quotations in an essay.
Indiana University
Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism: Tutorials and Tests
This site from the Indiana University provides an excellent set of tutorials on plagiarism, designed for university or advanced secondary students. After completing the tutorials, students may register to take a free certification test...
Indiana University
Indiana University: Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
A guide for the student to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in their work.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing
Contains plans for three lessons that deal with plagiarism, copyright law, and how to paraphrase correctly. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
Other
Gallaudet University: English Works: How to Avoid Plagiarism
Plagiarism can cause you unnecessary problems. Review these simple suggestions on how to avoid plagiarism. Examples and rules help you give credit to the author.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Source Material Accurately
You will learn how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote material from your sources.
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Sydney: Using Quotes Effectively
This 2-page resource provides guidelines for how to use quotations effectively in essays. Includes a list of ten common mistakes that writers make when using quotations in essays and how they can be avoided.
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton & Company: Paraphrase, Summary, Description: Paraphrase
Information and examples for how to paraphrase a statement.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paraphrasing a Source
This lesson introduces paraphrasing and discusses how to paraphrase accurately. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Quoting and Paraphrasing: Think and Try
This reference demonstrates how to incorporate in-text referencing. Examples are provided for long quotes and short quotes.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing
This tutorial focuses on how to paraphrase using an excerpt from Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." It defines paraphrase and plagiarism, presents examples, and explains what is incorrect about them. It is interactive asking for...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Sources: Paraphrase and Summary
This lesson plan focuses on how to integrate source material using paraphrase and summary and the differences between the two. It also provides a practice exercise.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paraphrasing and Bibliography
[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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Paraphrase / Retell
Learn how to paraphrase a text by using a list of guiding questions.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Finding Evidence
This lesson focuses on finding evidence to support your thesis, how to incorporate your findings into your own work, and how to effectively quote, paraphrase, and summarize your information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9, W.11-12.1b...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Summary Skills
This lesson focuses on how to write a summary including strategies for annotation, paraphrasing the thesis statement, distinguishing major ideas from minor ones, and picking appropriate quotes. It also provides videos including "How to...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Research Process: Source Analysis
This lesson focuses on how to analyze sources using the C.R.A.A.P. method, how to integrate sources into your paper, and how to synthesize information from multiple sources. It provides three videos: "Researching 101: Evaluating...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Identifying Acceptable Paraphrases
This learning module defines paraphrasing and discusses how to paraphase, and then they identify acceptable paraphrases of source material.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing About Literature
Purdue University's Writing Lab offers some hints and tips for writing about literature, including how to construct a thesis and how to handle secondary material.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Embedding Direct Quotations and Incorporating Indirect Quotations
This lesson focuses on the correct methods for using both direct and indirect quotations. We will explore how properly written direct quotations can fall into one of three categories: acceptable, better, or best, depending on how...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Commentary on Quotations From Text in an Interpretive Response
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to include quotations from a text and commentary on those quotations.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Listening for Specific Information
This tutorial presents a video, factsheets, and worksheets for learning how to listen for and understand information. It looks at how to handle different situations, e.g., arranging a delivery, asking questions about a product before...