Don't Plagiarize, It's Not Right

• What did the student do wrong? What could he/she have done to include the source correctly?

          The student could have cite there source to give the author credit or he could have paraphrased it into his own words.

• Write a sentence using the original source correctly; use a quotation or paraphrase.

          The night sky in this painting has swirling clouds, very bright stars, and a lite up moon.

• What are at least 3 ways to avoid plagiarizing?

1. Cite your source

2. Paraphrase

3. Quote the author

Student Blog Response

          I like Gabe C's post on the article Pythons Attack the Everglades. He stated everything he learned in the article. He goes back and adds the details that were necessary to show where in the article he got the information from. He paraphrased all the information he put into the blog post and he cited his sources when he didn't paraphrase. 

          Another blog post I liked was from Wolfe E. I liked his post on the poem Starry Starry Night by Don McLean and Harlem by Langston Hughes. He talks about how studying poetry is hard and it requires a lot of work to decipher. I like how he voices his opinion about dreams and how somethings are more important than dreams.

          I could improve my blog posts from these by organizing more and making it easier to tell what each section of the post is about. I also want to show my thoughts better and give my opinion on things confidently. I think I could learn a lot from other people's blogs and I should learn from examples.