Research & Citing Sources
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Allie Gooden
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Research & Citing Sources PFA
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What is paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing: Summing up the idea in your own words
You keep the most important parts of the sentence
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Multiple Choice
PARAPHRASING PRACTICE: On June 26 Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, and Craig Venter, head of Celera Genomics, announced that they had completed thereading of a "rough draft" of the human genome - the complete set of human DNA.
It was announced by two researched that they had read the first reading of the complete set of human DNA.
On June 26 two scientists stated they had finished the initial reading of the human genome.
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Multiple Choice
Read the excerpt below.
Which sentence best restates the ideas?
"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950's, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920's."
Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950's.
Television became popular in the 1920's, and again in the 1950's.
Television became popular in the 1950's, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
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Research Help
When researching, look for key words
The best types of sources are government websites, research papers, and experts in the field. Works Cited is a GOOD thing!
Newspapers bring you your most current news
Avoid information from wikipedia, businesses (ex: travel agencies), and forums (Reddit, Facebook, etc.)
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Multiple Choice
You are researching endangered butterflies, which would be the best source to use?
A photograph of a butterfly
A magazine article about panda endangerment
A dictionary entry for "endangered"
A chart that lists the number of butterfly species and which are endangered
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Multiple Select
Olivia is writing a report about the Grand Canyon. Which of the following are most likely to be credible and accurate sources for her to use in her report? Check the two that apply.
an article about geographical features of the Grand Canyon that includes an author’s name and works cited
a wiki with user-generated content about the Grand Canyon
a government-maintained website about the Grand Canyon
a first-hand account of a traveler’s experience while hiking through the Grand Canyon
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How to Cite Sources
Works Cited (list of all of the resources that you used goes at the end of the page
To cite a page number, you cite like this: (18).
The page number goes inside the parentheses, and you end the sentence with a period.
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