Grade 6 · Writing · Lesson 23

Cite sources (author, title, URL, date) including AI assists

Every time you use information from a source — whether it is a book, a website, a video, a journal article, or an AI tool — you must cite it. A citation tells your reader exactly where the information came from and lets them verify it. Citing sources also protects you from plagiarism: taking credit for someone else\'s ideas, even accidentally.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the four core citation elements: author, title, URL, and date
2Write a correctly formatted citation for a book, website, article, video, and AI tool
3Explain why AI-generated content requires acknowledgment in academic work
4Apply citation conventions to protect academic integrity and credit original creators

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