Careful Choices: Integrating Information and Selecting for Style

Learn how to integrate information from a text into your own writing to maintain the flow of ideas, avoid plagiarism, and cite your sources. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read an excerpt from novel The Poisonwood Bible. Using this text, you will practice selecting relevant information and integrating it into your own written responses.
Resource ID#: 126564 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 9, 10
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 40 Minute(s)
Keywords: citation, plagiarism, MLA format, integrating sources in writing, direct quote, paraphrase, parenthetical citation, citing sources, in-text citation, Barbara Kingsolver, missionary, English Language Arts, interactive, tutorials, elearning, e-learning, The Poisonwood Bible, English, Language Arts, ELA, functions of language
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

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