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

Chris wrote some poems and shared them with his family. His poems are intellectual property and he owns the rights to them.

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

Laura used an image she found in the Public Domain and put it on her personal website.

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

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

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

Samantha copies a paragraph from 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