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When Marion Copied.


When Marion Marion.

1 City (1990 pop. 14,545), seat of Williamson co., S Ill.; inc. 1841. It is the commercial and retail center of a farm and coal area and has a large soft drink bottling plant. A maximum-security federal prison is nearby.
 Copied

Brook Berg

Upstart Books

PO Box 800, Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson is the name of three locations in the United States:
  • Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin - city in Wisconsin
  • Fort Atkinson (Nebraska) - 1820s U.S. Army post in Nebraska
, WI 53538

1932146571 $16.95 www.amazon.com

Written by Brook Berg with illustrations by Nathan Alberg for young students in grades 1 through 4, When Marion Copied: Learning About Plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work.  is the thoughtful and entertaining picturebook story of Marion's copying a paper from the internet, and the lesson which Mr. Owen has to teach the class about plagiarism. Following Marion's class through an elaborate but easy-to-follow explanation of the proper way to cite writings and summarize sum·ma·rize  
intr. & tr.v. sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing, sum·ma·riz·es
To make a summary or make a summary of.



sum
 correctly, When Marion Copied offers young readers an unique introduction to what may happen if they copy school work (or any other work) from any sources, most especially including the internet. A critically important addition to all elementary school elementary school: see school.  library collections, When Marion Copied is very highly recommended for all teachers and parents of children as highly informative, thoughtful, and non-threatening, helpful and effective guide through the problems associated with plagiarism.
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Title Annotation:When Marion Copied: Learning about Plagiarism
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Jul 1, 2006
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