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

with more about Noodletools and LibGuides!

• Be ready – you will need your competitive edge.

In the GWL