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Concerning worksheets > Doubt about worksheet ´s sources -2
Doubt about worksheet ´s sources -2
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maria da rosa
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Doubt about worksheet ´s sources -2
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Doubt about worksheet �s sources
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| Please members,
I really would like your opinion about this. If you create a worksheet about a famous person it �s wrong if you use information from the net( born, city,birthyday,friends , age and etc)? Aren �t they public? Specially if you write the sources.I �m not talking about copy because in my opinion you can find this kind od information anywhere (tv,radio,computer, books and magazines),as public information.
I �m asking because sometimes I think that moderators could be more flexible!
If you agree or not with me, I wait for your opinion.
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30 May 2010
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mena22
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Hi Maria da Rosa! There �s nothing wrong in using information from the net, a book, a magazine, a newspaper... whatever. However, there must be some of your own work in that worksheet.
I think I know which worksheets you �re referring to. The information was almost an exact copy from wikipedia and then there were a lot of lines for students to write based on that information. There was no personal work. The idea was interesting though.
How could you add your own work? For example, you could write yourself a paragraph using the information, ask questions about it and then use another fact file to make students write a parallel text. That would be extremely helpful and it would certainly be your own work. To make it more simple and with the focus only in writing skills, you could use one of the fact files to make a paragraph with blank spaces for students to complete and then they could write a similar text with information from another fact file.
Hope I could help.
Hugs,
mena
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30 May 2010
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libertybelle
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I agree with Mena!
It �s important to read information and then edit and adapt it to our students. Most information written in Language 1 is too difficult for our students - information written on, for example, Wikipedia is written for English speaking countries.
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30 May 2010
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