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Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments

Grades	3 – 5
Lesson Plan Type	Minilesson
Estimated Time	60 minutes
Lesson Author	Lisa Storm Fink Urbana, Illinois
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Fact Fragment Frenzy

Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary students with an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text, then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.

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Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

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For background information on plagiarism and examples of acceptable/unacceptable paraphrasing, see Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It.

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