Plagiarism Review

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using somebody else’s work or ideas without giving them proper credit. 

What is Plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is the act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or creative expressions of others as your own.

• Basically is is taking someone else's work and claiming that it is yours

• Plagiarism is theft!

Subject | Subject

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Multiple Choice

Plagiarism is a problem because it

• is stealing intellectual property

• keeps a student from learning for themselves

• damages trust

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Stan finds an essay on the internet that is for the same topic as the one Mr. Carpenter has given for practice. He copies one of the body paragraphs but uses a dictionary to find a synonym for most words.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Joanie really likes the opening sentence that Ms. J used in her introduction example. She uses some of it, but adjusts it so that it fits the essay topic better. The rest of her essay is her own.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Bad paraphrasing

• Not cited properly

• Too many quotes

Unintentional

• Copying from a friend or other source

• Using someone else's paper

• Publishing without permission

• Using the same paper for different assignments

​Intentional

Two Types of Plagiarism:

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of self-plagiarism?

• Derrick buys a paper off the internet and puts his own name on it before turning it in.

• Jackson copies whole paragraphs out of an online article and pastes them into his paper.

• Sophie wrote a paper on Thomas Jefferson for Civics last year, and she turns it in again for US History this year.

• Louisa forgot to write her English paper, so she asks her friend who took the class before if she can turn in a paper that he wrote.

Multiple Choice

Terrance has too much homework one night and doesn't have time to write the essay that is due the next day. He pays his older brother to write it for him and then changes it a bit.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Tasia and Jaylah love working together. For an essay, they both used all the same quotes and had the same ideas for each of their body paragraphs.

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

Multiple Select

Which of the following is plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• Copying and pasting a sentence from an article into a research paper.

• Taking your friend's painting and saying you painted it.

• Singing a song at songwriter's open mic night that you heard at a talent show.

• Copying and pasting a sentence from an article and using it in a presentation with quotation marks and soures.

​What is paraphrasing?

• Paraphrasing is putting information into your own words instead of word for word.

• It is NOT changing one or two words!

• Paraphrasing doesn't need quotation marks, but it still needs to be cited.

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How do you paraphrase?

1. Read the passage or paragraph with the answer/information that you are looking for

2. Look away from the passage and say OUT LOUD the answer to the question, without looking at the text- how would you explain it to others?

3. Type YOUR ANSWER/EXPLANATION as the paraphrasing.

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Match

Match the following

• Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road and explored parts of Asia.

• Marco Polo was a famous explorer.

• I would love to be able to explore new lands.

• He wrote a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture of the Eastern World.

• He wrote about his travels in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that describes the mysterious culture of the Eastern World.

Paraphrasing

Common Knowledge

Original Work

Intentional Plagiarism

Unintentional Plagiarism

• Paraphrasing

• Common Knowledge

• Original Work

• Intentional Plagiarism

• Unintentional Plagiarism

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: If you change a few words from information you copy it is not plagiarism.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: If something is considered common knowledge you don't have to cite a source.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Asyia changed a few words in a paragraph she copied from a website, but didn't list the website or author.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Ms. Dani listed "Google" as the only resource she used on an assignment.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Mr. Skodack put quotation marks around a quote from a news story and listed who said it.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism

Open Ended

Write 2 things you now know about PLAGIARISM