Plagiarism

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.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.6

CCSS.W.7.8

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

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

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

• Okay
• No Way

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.W.7.8

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

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.W.7.8

Jennifer spends a lot of time searching the web. She finds a great drawing on a site. She prints it for the cover of her report and gives credit to the illustrator in her report.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

Tags

CCSS.W.7.6

CCSS.W.7.8

Samantha copies a webpage into her book report and adds her own first sentence. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way

David had a ball game last night and didn't have time to finish his homework. Justin offers to let him copy his, and sends it to David in an email. 
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay
• No Way