1. Have I acknowledged the work of others?This helps us decide if we are using academic honesty in our work. |
2. Can I use their work in my own?This helps us decide if we are upholding copyright laws for other people's work. |
Skill |
ATL |
Grade 7 Expectations |
Grade 8 |
Grade 9 |
Grade 10 |
Create a Bibliography |
Create references and citations, use footnotes/endnotes and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions |
Attempts to include an accurate Bibliography using MLA with explicit instruction. |
Includes an accurate Bibliography using MLA with some instruction. |
Attempts to complete an accurate Works Cited page using MLA with some instruction. |
Completes an accurate Works Cited page using MLA with some support. |
In-text citation |
Indicates page numbers of a novel studied in the appropriate place in an essay with explicit instruction. |
Attempts in-text citations with explicit instruction |
Uses in-text citation with some instruction |
Accurately uses in-text citation with some support. |
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Using appendices |
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Attempts to include appendices with explicit instruction |
Includes appendices with some instruction |
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Referencing images and graphs |
Understand and implement intellectual property rights |
Attempts to reference images with explicit instruction |
Accurately references images and graphs with explicit instruction |
Understands copyright with respect to images with explicit instruction and accurately references images and graphs with some instruction |
Uses images and graphs appropriately and accurately references images and graphs with some support |
Quality of sources used |
Locate, organize, analyse, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media |
Attempts to evaluate sources using a formula with explicit instruction |
Uses a formula to evaluate sources with some instructions, attempts to use other skills to evaluate sources with explicit instruction |
Uses a broad range of skills to evaluate sources with some instruction. |
Clearly articulates skills for evaluating sources with some support |
Use of a range of sources |
Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources |
Articulates multiple sources of information for a given task with explicit instruction |
Uses multiple sources of information and articulates how the sources give different perspectives on the topic with explicit instruction |
Uses multiple sources of information to identify different perspectives of a topic with some instruction |
Seeks out multiple sources of information in order to understand a given topic from a range of perspectives with some support.
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Search Skills |
Evaluate and select info sources & tools: appropriate to specific tasks. |
Uses Boolean operators and key words to find relevant information with explicit instruction |
Uses further Google search strategies and other search engines with explicit instruction. Uses key words effectively with some support |
Uses school databases to locate information with explicit instruction Articulates fact-checking skills with explicit instruction
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Uses school databases for research with some support. Uses Google Scholar with explicit instruction. Is able to demonstrate fact-checking skills with some support |
Paraphrasing |
Communication: paraphrase accurately and concisely, take effectively notes in class. |
Takes notes using a standard format with explicit instruction. Writes short paragraphs summarizing ideas from more than one source with explicit instruction |
Takes notes using a standard format with some instruction. Writes paragraphs summarizing ideas from a variety of sources with explicit instruction |
Takes notes independently Writes formal pieces of writing using standard genre conventions summarizing ideas from more than one source with explicit instruction |
Takes notes independently Writes formal pieces of writing using standard genre conventions summarizing ideas from more than one source with some instruction |