Avoiding Plagiarism Paraphrasing Activity with Movie Quotes
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With the ease of copy-and-paste functions, teachers must be extra vigilant to teach students the art of effective paraphrasing. This fun activity gives teachers the perfect chance to do help their students avoid plagiarism for good.
Students are divided into groups and given quotes from favorite animated movies, along with 5 possible paraphrases. Then students must analyze each paraphrase and order the options from best to worst, according to the following criteria: accuracy of ideas and originality of wording and sentence structure. This activity provides the perfect set-up for meaningful conversations about academic honesty and the pitfalls of plagiarism.
This resource includes the following:
✅ 1 Page of Teaching Instructions to Get You Started
✅ 6 Animated Movie Quote Cards
✅ 30 Paraphrase Cards for Students to Sort from Best to Worst
✅ A 6-page Answer Key with Suggested Answers
This was such a great way to review how to paraphrase for term papers. This has been a difficult concept for my students, but it really clicked after using this! I'll be using this to review every year from now on. –Whitney S.
This is a fabulous activity! Both of my seventh-grade classes loved doing it and beg to do more! What a fabulous and fun way to teach what would be boring material. –Karen W.
My struggling students were so engaged with this, and it really helped them understand what it meant to paraphrase something. Thanks! –Nicolette A.
I hope your students will enjoy this paraphrasing activity just as much!
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