Plagiarism

Multiple Select

James was assigned to write a 500-word critique for the film, Wolf of Wall Street. He was struggling to write his paper since he did not understand the plot of the movie. After looking up some plot summaries online, he decided to copy it and changed some words from his online source. When he turned in his work, he later on realized that he forgot to cite the author. What could be issues with James’ submission?

• Nothing, he’s perfectly safe!

• He forgot to cite the author and source.

• He copied the contents of the plot summary online.

• He did not understand the film.

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​Asia Pacific College - Senior High School

PLAGIARISM

Poll

Who among the class are familiar with Plagiarism?

• I know a lot about the different types of plagiarism.

• I'm familiar with it but have limited knowledge on the topic.

• I'm not quite sure. Maybe I've heard of it before.

• I don't have an idea what that is about.

Open Ended

What is plagiarism?

PLAGIARISM

​is the act of misrepresenting someone else's work as your own.

​These may include:

• ​Copy and pasting;

• ​Incomplete or absence of correct citation;

• Sloppy paraphrasing;

• Inaccurate quotations;

• Claiming an author's work as original.​

​Did you know that there are different forms of plagiarism?

We'll look at the different Types of Plagiarism.

Multiple Choice

George was assigned to write an essay on Aquatic Mammals for Biology class. Upon researching, he stumbled upon a website dedicated to talking about Humpback whales. Everything he needed to include on the essay was there. Since he was pressed for time, he decided to copy and paste several parts of the text without alterations. George is an example of:

• The Labor of Laziness

• The Poor Disguise

• The Self-Stealer

• The Photocopy

Multiple Choice

Mari has to write a speech for her inauguration as President of the Student Council. However, she is having difficulties on what to talk about in her speech. Remembering a speech that was delivered by Miriam Defensor-Santiago, she thought it would be fine to deliver that same speech and claim it as her own. From this, we can infer that Mari is a :

• The Labor of Laziness

• The Poor Disguise

• The Ghost Writer

• The Potluck Paper

Multiple Choice

Faye, a senior high school student, was given an assignment to talk about a significant experience she had that inspired her to become a volunteer at a local orphanage. Having written about the same topic during her 10th grade English Term Paper, she decided to just use the same essay since she'll be passing this to a different teacher. By doing this, we can describe Faye as:

• The Self-Stealer

• The Poor Disguise

• The Labor of Laziness

• The Potluck Paper

Multiple Choice

The ABM students, Jennifer, Kendall, and Michael, were working on a market research on the Reception of Filipino consumers towards K-Pop merchandise. They each found several similar studies and decided to paraphrase information from different sources and made it all fit together. The group's output is an example of:

• The Self-Stealer

• The Poor Disguise

• The Labor of Laziness

• The Potluck Paper

Multiple Choice

Horacio didn't want to be bothered by too much assignments and just did them for the sake of turning in something. Because of this, whenever he has to write essays, he would look up for similar essays and just change the paper's appearance by editing some phrases or keywords from the text he found. Horacio's paper is an example of:

• The Forgotten Footnote

• The Poor Disguise

• The Ghost Writer

• The Photocopy

Multiple Choice

Ken has a habit of taking his time to paraphrase the articles he finds about the prompts assigned to him in school. He works hard to make the sentences make sense and fit all together since this would require him less energy to think about new things to write about. His papers are an example of:

• The Ghost Writer

• The Labor of Laziness

• The Photocopy

• The Potluck Paper

​These Types of Plagiarism do not cite their sources.

• ​The Ghost Writer

• The Photocopy

• ​The Potluck Paper

• ​The Poor Disguise

• ​The Labor of Laziness

• ​The Self Stealer

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Multiple Choice

You were assigned to write a reaction paper to Bong Joon Ho's film, Parasite. As an avid fan of the film, you knew exactly where to go for reliable film reviews and film critiques. You compiled all your resources and included them on your paper, remembering to cite where you got them. Your paper now contains 90% cited material and little side comments here and there. Is there a problem with your paper?

• Yes, I think I need to add more cited material.

• Yes, I think I should add more of my own personal insights.

• None, I think it's alright. I did cite the sources of the texts I included.

• None, I don't see anything wrong about my paper.

​The Resourceful Citer

​The paper may contain texts that have been properly cited, however, it contains almost no original work.

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Multiple Choice

Peter and Sonya were working on their notes for tomorrow's panel discussion. For their notecards, they paraphrased arguments they found addressing the issue of waste disposal in the US and Canada. They intentionally did not cite the sources of some of these arguments so that it would seem that they were the ones who thought of those arguments originally. What could be an issue present in their arguments?

• There's nothing wrong with their notecards.

• They did cite some sources they found.

• They claimed the arguments written by other people as their own.

• None among the choices.

​The Perfect Crime

​The paper may contain texts that have been properly cited in some places but other parts have been paraphrased without proper citation. This way the writer tries to pass off the paraphrased material as his original work.

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Multiple Choice

True or False: If I only mention the author's name on the paper I'm writing, that would mean I was able to cite the author of my resource material. Therefore, this would mean I am safe from plagiarism.

• True.

• False.

​The Forgotten Footnote

If the writer mentions an author's name but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced, this is also considered a form of plagiarism which obscures source locations.

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Multiple Choice

Yes or No: You're writing a paper on about the Byzantine Empire and don't want to let your classmates know where you got important information about the topic. So, you cite inaccurate information about your resources. Is it alright to do this?

• Yes

• No

​The Misinformer

The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find.

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Multiple Choice

True or False: I should properly cite a source on texts which have been quoted word-for-word, or close to it with quotation marks.

• True

• False

​The Too Perfect-Paraphrase

The writer properly cites a source but neglects to put in quotation marks in texts that have been copied word-for-word, or close to it. Although attributing the basic ideas to the source, the writer is falsely claiming the original presentation and interpretation of the information.

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Multiple Select

Other than those cited, in our discussion, what else may be considered a form of plagiarism? (You may choose more than 1 answer.)

• Submitting my someone else's work as my own.

• Not putting quotation marks on texts cited.

• Giving correct information about the source/s of the text or quotation.

• Changing the words of the sentence/s I copied from a source without proper credit.

• Copying other people's work with proper credit.

​These Types of Plagiarism did cite sources but still plagiarized.

• The Forgotten Footnote

• ​The Misinformer

• ​The Too-Perfect Paraphrase

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• ​​The Resourceful Citer

• ​The Perfect Crime

Open Ended

Exit Pass: What best practices can you do to prevent plagiarizing other people's work? How?

That's a wrap for today!

​Thank you and see you on our next session