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Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing Unit PlanBeacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing Unit Plan
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Beacon Learning Center
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3rd - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
760L
Unit Plan

Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing

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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 input from the student throughout.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

paraphrasing, plagiarism

Additional Tags

paraphrase information, restating others words in your own, beacon learning center, beacon learning center: paraphrase craze: a lesson in expository writing w.5.8, ccss-ela, w.5.8, expository writing, quoting and paraphrasing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

W.5.8 W.7.8 W.5.2.b W.7.2.b W.6.2.b W.8.2.b WHST.6-8.2.b W.5.7 W.4.9.b W.8.8 RI.4.8 W.4.2.b SL.6.1.d W.3.2.b W.3.7

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