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English · Grade 10

Research, Quotation and Citation

Learners handle sources the way researchers do. Using a small set of invented sources about city street trees and one sentence from Darwin's On the Origin of Species, they decide when to quote, paraphrase or summarize; paraphrase without patchwriting; integrate sources with precise signal phrases; build MLA-style in-text citations and Works Cited entries from the core elements; and learn what counts as plagiarism, including undisclosed AI help. They finish with a cited paragraph and two Works Cited entries.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 135 minutes
  • Research and citation check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Decide when to quote, paraphrase or summarize, and paraphrase in new words and structure without patchwriting.
  • Integrate sources with signal phrases whose verbs fit the source's stance, using brackets and ellipses accurately.
  • Cite sources in MLA style with author-page in-text citations and Works Cited entries built from the core elements.
  • Recognize and avoid plagiarism, including copying without quotation marks, patchwriting, missing citations and undisclosed AI assistance.

Lessons

  1. Quote, paraphrase or summarize? 6 steps2 practiceabout 34 min
  2. Integrate sources smoothly and honestly 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  3. MLA citations 6 steps4 practiceabout 34 min
  4. Honest research 6 steps4 practiceabout 37 min
  5. Research and citation check 10 questions at the end

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