Download - World Cultures Close Reading
GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH PROJECT
6TH GRADE WORLD CULTURES 2016
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’RE A RESEARCHER!
• Welcome to the wild, wonderful world of research!
• Great researchers:• ASK questions• CONSULT experts• COMMUNICATE what they find• GIVE CREDIT to the work of others
PLAGIARISM
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
• Write a definition for plagiarism• Based on the video,
how would you define it?
• Plagiarism (n):• Using someone else’s words or ideas
as your own, without properly giving credit to that person.
3 STEPS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Cite Bulleted Notes Paraphrase
CITE
• Cite EVERY source• When?• As SOON as you decide it is
useful! • How?• With Noodletools!
BULLETED NOTES
• Write FACTS• NO complete sentences• Be succinct• Reword/rephrase• Use synonyms• Describe in your own words
• Draw diagrams, pictures, graphs
PARAPHRASE • Work from your notes• Rewrite in your own words• Avoid using the original text
CLOSE READING
• Strategy we use to be better readers• Careful, purposeful reading of the text• Examine details to make sense of the larger story• Ask QUESTIONS
CLOSE READING
• Reading and re-reading• Marking the text • Taking bulleted notes• Paraphrasing
What does that mean?
CLOSE READING
Phase 1:Get the GIST of the text
Phase 2:Examine the DETAILS
Phase 3:Form an UNDERSTANDING
PHASE 1:• Read once all the way through• What is the basic GIST of this article?
• Write it at the bottom of your paper.
The GIST
PHASE 1: THE GIST
• What is the GIST of this article?• The land in Bangladesh is
bad for farming• People have found another
way to farm.
PHASE 2: EXAMINE THE DETAILS
• 2nd Read • Use symbols to:
• Highlight keywords and phrases you need to look up
• Mark keywords and sentences that are important
• Be sure to LOOK UP any unknown keywords or phrases.
Symbols MeaningsUnderline Keyword I recognize
Circle Keyword I DO NOT recognize
[ ]* Important sentence I understand
[ ]? Important sentence I DO NOT understand
PHASE 2: EXAMINE DETAILSSymbols Meanings
Underline
Keyword I recognize
Circle Keyword I DO NOT recognize
[ ]* Important sentence I understand
[ ]? Important sentence I DO NOT understand
PHASE 3: UNDERSTANDING
• 3rd Read• Take BULLETED NOTES
• No complete sentences• Important facts in YOUR OWN
WORDS• Rephrase key phrases in YOUR
OWN WORDS• Use symbols, diagrams,
pictures
PHASE 3: UNDERSTANDINGBULLETED NOTES
PHASE 3: UNDERSTANDING
• Great researchers:• ASK questions• CONSULT experts• COMMUNICATE what they find • GIVE CREDIT to the work of
othersParaphrasing
PHASE 3: PARAPHRASE
• Write a paragraph that paraphrases the article in your own words.• Use your bulleted notes
and not the original text.
NEXT TIME…• The Wonderful World of Research continues
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• Be ready – you will need your competitive edge.
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