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 * General Topic: **
 * Language Arts
 * Specific Topic: **
 * Plagiarism
 * Audience: **
 * Grades 7-12
 * Activity: **
 * Podcast Tours


 * Topic Overview: **
 * Plagiarism is a substantial concern for academic writers and needs to be avoided. In order for writers to avoid plagiarism, they need a clear understanding of what plagiarism is, what constitutes as plagiarism, methods/tools for avoiding plagiarism, and the consequences of plagiarism.

Students will listen to two podcasts on plagiarism and write a summary for each giving credit to the sources so as to avoid plagiarizing. Students will share summaries with a partner and together, partners will create a rubric to evaluate podcasts. Finally, the podcasts used for this task will be scored by both partners using the rubric created.
 * Task: **

1. Listen to podcasts and take notes 2. Write summaries of podcasts 3. Share summaries with partner 4. Create rubric to evaluate podcasts 5. Use rubric to evaluate podcasts used in activity
 * Process/Guidance: **
 * Podcast 1: Grammar Girl redefines plagiarism and offers different scenarios involving plagiarism. Grammar Girl also offers tips on how to take notes carefully to avoid accidental plagiarism. []
 * Podcast 2: This podcast titled “Working with Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism” will review how to paraphrase and cite information from sources. [|http://pearsonpodcasting.pearsoncmg.com/playlists/writing-audio-lessons/episodes/working-sources-and-avoiding-plagiarism-big-ideas?sso=1#podcast-2]

Students will write two summaries, one for each podcast. Students should paraphrase and quote citing each source correctly.
 * Evaluation: **

Students often get confused between what is plagiarism and what is not plagiarism. These podcasts will further reinforce what students found in their web quest while also giving them helpful tips and hints to avoid it.
 * Reflection: **