Step 0: Original text: Select what you believe to be the most important passage from Susan Eaton’s book.
- “In Sheff v. O’Neill, 19 schoolchildren and their families sued the state of Connecticut, arguing that the racial, ethnic, and class segregation that characterized their schools failed to deliver the equal educational opportunity promised in the state’s constitution” (Eaton, XIII).
Step 1: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.
- In Sheff v. O’Neill, 19 schoolchildren and their families sued the state of Connecticut, arguing that the racial, ethnic, and class segregation that characterized their schools failed to deliver the equal educational opportunity promised in the state’s constitution.
Step 2: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.
- Arguing that racial, ethnic, and class segregation was the reason their schools failed, 19 schoolchildren and their parents sued the state of Connecticut in the Sheff v. O’Neill case.
Step 3: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, with a citation to the original source (using any academic citation style). Remember, even if you include a citation, paraphrasing too closely is still plagiarism.
- 19 schoolchildren and their parents sued the state of Connecticut because they “[argued] that the racial, ethnic, and class segregation that characterized their schools failed to deliver the equal educational opportunity promised in the state’s constitution” (Eaton, XIII).
Step 4: Properly paraphrase any portion of the original text by restating the author’s ideas in your own diction and style, with a citation to the original source.
- Because educational inequality in the school systems was so evident, a large number of Connecticut residents sued the state of Connecticut in an effort to make way for, not only racial and ethnic, but also class equality throughout the school systems.
Step 5: Properly paraphrase any portion of the original text by restating the author’s ideas in your own diction and style, supplemented with a direct quotation of a key phrase, plus a citation to the original source.
- In an effort to eliminate the educational inequality within the school systems, “19 schoolchildren and their families sued the state of Connecticut, arguing that the racial, ethnic, and class segregation that characterized their schools failed to deliver the equal educational opportunity promised in the state’s constitution” (Eaton, XIII).
Work Cited:
Eaton, Susan. The Children in Room E4. New York: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006. Print.