Literacy Across the Curriculum

Literacy Across the Curriculum

•Research Papers/Pieces•Paraphrasing & Summarizing

•Plagiarism•MLA

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Research: Why?• High Schools That Work

recommends that students prepare a research paper in every class every year

• In classes other than language arts, expect students to do at least one “researched” piece each semester

Benefits• The research process helps students

deepen their knowledge of a specific content area by immersing them in the language, concepts and intellectual work of the discipline.

• It helps them become independent learners and competent problem solvers in any career field.

Future Projects• The CRHS would like to work on a

continuum of standards and expectations for research (maybe a packet everyone can use within research for their content)

• The CRSD vertical team is going to be discussing research, and how that will fit into the curriculum map they are working on.

What does this mean?• Research Paper

– Help deepen student’s knowledge about a topic

– Students need to engage in the research process in every class beginning in middle school

– Selecting a topic – Focused topics help

eliminate plagiarism– Writing-to-demonstrate

learning

• “Researched” Pieces– Authentic experiences– Targeted audience for a

focused purpose– Much more challenging &

engaging task– Differs

• Required number of sources

• How to document the sources within the text

Researched PiecesScience• Research, design, conduct

own inquiry experiment—write scientific journal article

• Commentary about controversial topic including facts & opinions

• Problem/Solution Project

Math• Mathematicians Wall

of Fame—contributions, photos, biological info.

• Real Life Math—interview people in various occupations & create brochure or PowerPoint

Researched PiecesSocial Studies• Review on historical

fiction book & evaluation of accuracy

• Create a time period magazine based on collection of articles

• Comparative Study—newspaper article comparing impact of education on different states

Foreign Languages

• Brochure for American tourists

• Famous Person—contribution to country’s history

Researched Pieces

Career/Tech Studies

• How-to Manual—for at home repairs on appliances or electronics

• Business Proposal—present to local company

• History & advances of career/tech area

• Product and Webpage

P.E./Health

• Poster for teens on making healthy choices or concerns for teens—Type 2 Diabetes

• Persuasive Speech—health benefits of leisure sports

Paraphrasing and

Summarizing

• Paraphrasing -

restating information in your own words.

A paraphrase often is as long as the original material.

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Paraphrasing and SummarizingLanguage Network, Grade 11, pp. 474- 475

How to paraphrase:

1. Identify the main idea and supporting idea of the passage.

2. Simplify the vocabulary without changing the meaning.3. Review your paraphrase for plagiarism and misleading statements.4. Credit your source!

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Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Example: Original text:“For me, being a doctor is a rich and rewarding experience. It gives me a front-row seat on all the hopes and fears, joys and sorrows of people’s lives. To be part of this mysterious cycle of birth and death and to effect change within it – this is something that is indescribable and unforgettable. I can think of no better way to live a life.” - Alice Mann, M.D.



Paraphrase:

According to Dr. Alice Mann, being a doctor is very fulfilling. She feels honored to take part in the varied experiences of other people’s lives – both happy and sad – and to make a positive contribution to them. To her, the doctor’s life is a life well-lived.


• Summarizing -

presenting a condensed version of someone else’s ideas in your own words.

A summary is usually about one-third the length of the original material.


How to summarize:

1. You only present the main points and leave out the minor details.

2. Simplify the vocabulary without changing the meaning.3. Review your summary for plagiarism and misleading statements.4. Credit your source!


Example: Original text:

“For me, being a doctor is a rich and rewarding experience. It gives me a front-row seat on all the hopes and fears, joys and sorrows of people’s lives. To be part of this mysterious cycle of birth and death and to effect change within it – this is something that is indescribable and unforgettable. I can think of no better way to live a life.” - Alice Mann, M.D.



Summary:

Dr. Alice Mann says that being a doctor is a rewarding experience. She’s glad she chose medicine as a career.


Paired Activity #1

Working with your partner, prepare a paraphrase of the following passage:

“Some years later, reflecting back on my college experiences, I realized something else. The outside, non-Indian world is tribeless, full of wandering singular souls, seeking connection through societies, clubs, and other groups. White people know what it is to be a family, but to be a tribe is something of an altogether different sort. It provides a feeling of inclusion in something larger, of having a set place in the universe where one always belongs. It provides connectedness and a blueprint for how to live.”

– Lori Arviso Alvord: “Walking the Path between Worlds”

Paired Activity #2

Working with your partner, prepare a summary of the following passage:

“In the States, young people who don’t feel ready for college can work for a few years and then apply when they feel more motivated or mature. Young Japanese people don’t have the same chance. For older adults to go back to school to have a second chance – at a job or an artistic career or personal fulfillment – is practically impossible.”

- Kyoko Mori: “School”

Using MLA StyleAll research papers or pieces must include a works cited page in MLA style submitted with the paper or project.

• MLA style headings• Rules on Plagiarism• Parenthetical Documentation• Sample of title page with bound research

papers• MLA format for works cited page with most

commonly used resources• Works listed in alphabetical order• Word 2007-References

Plagiarism But this “ordinary bow-legged human,” whose actual span of activity on the trail drives was a fleeting twenty years, has been buried under a heavy tonnage of pulp and celluloid. – Ted Morgan, A Shovel of StarsPlagiarized: The ordinary bow-legged cowboy, who was active only a fleeting 20 years, has been buried under heavy tons of pulp fiction and movies.

Some words were changed, but no quotation marks were inserted and no credit was given to the author.

Examples for citing sources:Language Network, Grade 11, p. 451

Plagiarism But this “ordinary bow-legged human,” whose actual span of activity on the trail drives was a fleeting twenty years, has been buried under a heavy tonnage of pulp and celluloid. – Ted Morgan, A Shovel of Stars

Properly Cited: As Ted Morgan notes in A Shovel of Stars, the real American cowboy was just “an ordinary bow-legged human” who rode the trails for only two decades (268). You would never know that from the heroes created by popular fiction and the movies, though.

The author was credited.The author’s words were included in quotation marks.

A page citation was included

Examples for citing sources:Language Network, Grade 11, p. 451

Work CitedDick, Elizabeth. “Research Writing.” Literacy Across the Curriculum: Setting and Implementing Goals for Grades Six through 12. Atlanta: SREB, 2007. Print.

Language Network: Grammar, Writing, Communication, Grade 11. Evanston, Ill.: McDougal Littell, Inc., 2001. 715p

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