Academic Integrity

All of the following are examples of what academic does NOT look like EXCEPT:

• Copying answers from the internet or others in the classroom

• NOT citing sources or using quotations

• using others’ ideas or thoughts on tests and quizzes.

• Bouncing ideas and thoughts off of one another to better understand the content.

How can you EASILY avoid unintentional plagiarism?

• Paraphrasing

• Re-wording a sentence

• Citing your sources

Which of the following does not need to be cited:

• Paraphrased information

• Direct quotes

• Common knowledge

• Secondary sources

You created a brochure for a class assignment. You copied images from the internet. Do you have to cite the images?

• No

• Yes

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• Deserts cover three quarters of the Earth's surface.

When do you have to cite your sources?

• We do not have to cite sources.
• Only if your teacher tells you to.
• Whenever you use information from an author or a reference source.
• Only when you have time.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

To write the exact words of others

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.3.5

You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

A paraphrase must always contain a citation.

• True
• False