In elementary school we need to teach our students about paraphrasing from anchor text. Our students often want to copy from their sources word-for-word, but we know that we have to teach them about plagiarism. This blog post for English language arts and writing teachers provides a few tips for teaching students how to paraphrase from primary sources and secondary sources. There are photos of student writing examples included! Click through to read more.

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In elementary school we need to teach our students about paraphrasing from anchor text. Our students often want to copy from their sources word-for-word, but we know that we have to teach them about plagiarism. This blog post for English language arts and writing teachers provides a few tips for teaching students how to paraphrase from primary sources and secondary sources. There are photos of student writing examples included! Click through to read more.