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CCSS.ELALITERACY.RI.910.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. Comparing Central Ideas: “A Worrisome Upswing on Student Cheating” & “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception” Central Idea: Article #1: Article #2: Both Articles: Neither Article: Evidence: 1) Most students cheat. 2) Cheating has gotten worse over time. 3) Many students do not view cheating as a problem. 4) The students who cheat are typically unintelligent, lazy, and unmotivated. 5) Cheating is more accepted today than it was in the past. 6) Students view cheating as a stepping stone to success. 7) It is much easier to cheat than it was in the past. 8) The Internet has complicated the issue of student cheating.

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CCSS.ELA­LITERACY.RI.9­10.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 

 

 

Comparing Central Ideas: “A Worrisome Upswing on Student Cheating” & “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception” 

 

Central Idea:  Article #1:  Article #2:  Both Articles: 

Neither Article: 

Evidence: 

1) Most students cheat.           

2) Cheating has gotten worse over time.  

         

3) Many students do not view cheating as a problem. 

         

4) The students who cheat are typically unintelligent, lazy, and unmotivated.  

         

5) Cheating is more accepted today than it was in the past.  

         

6) Students view cheating as a stepping stone to success.  

         

7) It is much easier to cheat than it was in the past.  

         

8) The Internet has complicated the issue of student cheating.  

         

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CCSS.ELA­LITERACY.RI.9­10.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 

 

 

9) Parents are a major factor behind the rise of student cheating. 

         

10) Students of today’s generation place a high value on success. 

         

11) The definition of cheating has evolved over time. 

         

12) Cheating has become a blame game.