My colleague did a great job a few weeks ago -- she told her students they were starting a poetry unit, and gave them a copy a of a poem she had written. They read it together as a class, critiqued it, and then opened a poetry anthology to look at a few others. "Her" poem was on the same page as the one they were critiquing. Kids were shocked, angry, & upset that she would "copy" a poem and hand it off as her own...and she used it as an example of how teachers feel when students try to do that to us.
Might be a good start... Ms. Liz McGivern 8th grade Language Arts Hudson Memorial School -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Nancy Carroll Sent: Wed 3/17/2010 12:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] Plagiarism Mini-Unit Hi Everyone, I'd like to know if any of you have taught any plagiarism mini-units, or have any great lesson plans for that, websites, ideas for guest speakers or field trips, etc. We've had a small rash break out in our middle school, and I want to enlighten ;> the kiddos about it. Thanks, Nancy Carroll _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
