Plagiarism

Plagiarism involves copying something without giving any credit.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Copying information and text from the Internet is not considered plagiarism.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

It is not plagiarism if you copy the material yourself, in your own handwriting.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Plagiarism is a crime. Plagiarists can even go to jail.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In some cases, students who plagiarize can fail a class or be expelled from school.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Writing your name on a paper written by someone else and turning it in is wrong, but it is not plagiarism.

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Forgetting to put quotation marks around words that someone else said or wrote is an honest mistake and not plagiarism.

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When you copy material from another source, changing one or two words is enough to avoid plagiarism.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When you copy word-for-word from another source, it is important to put the words in quotation marks and cite where the information came from.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Teachers have web sites and computer programs that tell them if students have plagiarized or not.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9