Copyright and Plagiarism

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

• true

• false

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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

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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

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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

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If you put the information in your own words, so you still have to cite it?

• Yes

• No

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What can you do to avoid plagiarism?

• Cite your source at the end of a sentence

• Reference and rephrase others work

• Use quotation marks

• All of the above

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What is the BEST definition of PLAGIARISM?

• copy and pasting

• using quotation marks

• copying someone's work without giving them credit

• giving someone credit for their work

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Copying someone else's work is always considered plagiarism UNLESS...

• You found it online.

• It's from Wikipedia.

• It's your friend's work.

• Trick question! It's always plagiarism.

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Which of these is NOT plagiarism?

• Turning in a Wikipedia article as your own work.

• Quoting a sentence from an article and giving credit to the author.

• Copying a paragraph but moving the sentences around.

• Using parts of an article without telling who the author is.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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Why should we always give credit to the author?

• So we don't get in trouble.

• Because it's the right thing to do.

• To avoid a copyright violation.

• All of these answers!

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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