Plagiarism and Research Terms

Name the part of the Writing Process you are in if  you are taking your prewrite and turning it into a story with complete sentences.

• Prewrite
• Rough Draft
• Editing
• Publishing 

Which of these is an example of an essential question? An essential question is the big question that guides a research project.

• Who won World War II?
• Onomatopoeia--what's up with that?
• Why do more rock stars prefer Gibson Les Paul guitars?

What is MLA format?

• The format in which most academic writing is written.
• Midwestern Learners Association format, which is only used in middle school.

Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Chris wrote a book report in 5th grade. Now he is in 6th grade, and wants to reuse this report for another class.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Joe wrote a report about cats. He wrote this in his report:
Cats can have long hair or short hair, they can be lots of different colors, and "they can even have blue eyes," says Julia Nelson in her book called Cats are Amazing Animals.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Jill copied wolf images and sounds from another website into the mascot page of her school webpage.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.W.8.8

Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his report on bats. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

John is doing a report on George Washington. He writes that Washington was the 1st president. He believes this is common knowledge so he does not give credit to a source for this fact. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Rachel has to write a paragraph about volcanoes for science. She finds a paragraph on a website that sounds great. She copies it in her own handwriting and turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D