Plagiarism

C. Flint
 Pop Quiz
Is this a form of cheating?
1. Copying from someone else during a math test
2. Asking a student in Period 1 for the questions on the quiz that you’re
taking in Period 3
3. Using your older sibling’s science fair project
4. Allowing a friend to copy your Social Studies homework
5. Copying a paragraph from a website and pasting the paragraph in
your research paper
6. Putting “George Washington was the first U.S. President.” in your
research paper and not citing that fact.

Answer: All are cheating except #6, which is common knowledge.

 Plagiarism
Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or
ideas and passing them off as your own.
 Further Explanation…
Plagiarism is using words, images, videos
or anything that someone else created
without giving them credit.
– Plagiarism is cheating!!!
• Plagiarism in school could get you a failing grade,
or in some cases, suspended or expelled.
How do you avoid plagiarism?
Paraphrase
– Put information into your own words but
remember to provide a citation.
How do you avoid plagiarism?
(Conti.)

Use Direct Quotations

– Use the authors words, with “quotation marks
around them” and remember to provide a
citation.
 How do you avoid plagiarism?
(Conti.)

List every source that you used in your Bibliography.

Do you need to cite every source?
No!!!
– If the information is common knowledge, you
don’t have to cite the source.
• Examples
– There are 365 days in a year.
– President Barack Obama is the 44th President of the
United States.
 Plagiarism or Not
Melania Trump delivered a speech at the
2016 Republican National Convention in
that was similar to a speech Michelle
Obama gave at the Democratic National
Convention in 2008.
Did Melania Trump plagiarize Michelle
Obama’s speech?
– You be the judge.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
 Assignment
Complete the handout labeled “
Okay or No Way”.
Complete the handout labeled “Assessment
”.
Let’s move on to
the CLOSING!!!
 What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or
ideas and passing them off as your own.
Is plagiarism a form of cheating?
Yes
Do you need to cite the information below?

The earth revolves around the sun.

– No
• Why Not?
– It’s common knowledge.
How do you avoid plagiarism?
Paraphrase and cite source
Use Direct Quotes and cite source
List every source that you use in your
Bibliography.
 Resources
Padlet
– www.padlet.com
Plagiarism (How to Avoid It)
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y
Purdue OWL
– http://owl.english.purdue.edu
USA Today (Michelle Obama And Melania Trump: Side By Side
Similarities)
– http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/1
9/melania-trump-republican-convention-speech-plagiarism/87278
088/