Plagiarism is using someone else

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What is Plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is using someone elses words, ideas
  or images as your own. 
• Plagiarism is dishonest, unethical, and illegal!

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Intentional vs. Unintentional Plagiarism

• Intentional

• Unintentional

• Copying a friends work
• Buying or borrowing papers
• Cutting and pasting text from sources without
  giving credit
• Borrowing media without giving credit
• Publishing on the web without the permission of
  the original creators

• Using minimal or careless paraphrasing
• Failing to document or cite properly
• Quoting excessively
• Failing to use your own voice to present
  information or ideas

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Consequences

• ZERO credit for work if intentional re-do for
  partial credit if unintentional.
• Parents will be notified
• Referral to administration
• Note on permanent student record
• Suspension from school activities including
  sports, clubs, field trips, extra-curriculars,
  etc.

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Whats the point?

• Honesty, of course.
• Practice. Keeping track of your sources of
  information will ALWAYS be a part of research
  writing.
• Understanding. Citing interconnects your ideas
  with the ideas of others in a system that an
  educated reader can understand.

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Feb 3

• 6th and 8th skipped the next three slides.
• 8th did not copy the how to avoid slide.
• 8th did copy the signal phrase part.
• Not use if 6th copied the signal phrase part.
• 2nd stopped on the previous slide they did not
  finish their paraphrase. We started doing
  Baileys paraphrase for 6th. We did not go over
  a paraphrase for 3rd.

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How it Works for a Reader in-text

• Reader sees some interesting info.
• Reader sees the name of the writer or the name of
  the article that provided the info right there
  next to the info.
• Reader is impressedthe writer of this paper
  isnt just making up stuff like some
  nine-year-old blogger! The writer did some
  research!

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How it Works for the Reader

• The reader is so impressed with the info in the
  paper, but he thinks, Wait a minute! Maybe this
  writer just made up this stuff, including the
  source! What a jerk!

• The reader is so interested. This stuff about
  prison in the Civil War is fascinating. He wants
  to know more!

• A Suspicious Reader

• An Interested Reader

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How it Works for the ReaderWorks Cited

• The reader looks at the information in
  parentheses, something like (Antebellum) or
  (Andersonville)
• The reader looks at the Works Cited page and
  finds the entry Antebellum Fashion or
  Andersonville Prison and the website address.
  He finds the original articles.
• The reader is so pleased! He doesnt think the
  writer is a jerk at all anymore.

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• DONT copy word for word, or copy and paste.
• DONT print someone elses work directly (and
  turn in as your own work).
• DONT copy from other students.
• DO keep track of sources.
• DO take notes and paraphrase!

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Always leave a trail

• Use signal phrases to introduce information from
  a source and include a citation at the end of the
  sentence or sentence part.
• Signal phrase a phrase naming the author or
  giving the title of a source or both.
• Example According to Sylvia Meander, students
  often lose focus during a lecture (15).

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Problems and Solutions

• I dont have an author.
• I dont have a page number to put in parentheses.
  
• I keep putting the same thing in parentheses over
  and over.
• I cant put it in my own words.

• Give the title of the source.
• Provide a short form of the title of the source.
• Remember, the point is to leave a trail.
  Sometimes you dont have to repeat over and over.
  Youll see.
• Using specific names and numbers is fine.
  Otherwise, you better try harder.

• Problems

• Solutions

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Practice

• More than 300 books and dozens of films and TV
  programmes have named in excess of 100 different
  men, often on the flimsiest of evidence, as the
  serial murderer who slashed the throats of five
  women who he then disembowelled, bringing terror
  to the gas lit streets of Whitechapel. 
• Article by David Paul

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The Rules

1. Always put quotation marks around any words that
   you take directly from a source.
2. Always use in-text citations when you present
   information.
3. Always include a properly formatted Works Cited
   page at the end of your document.

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Be Careful!

• Dont put sources on your Works Cited page if you
  dont actually use them in your paper.

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Be Careful!

• Always check your paraphrase against your source
  so you dont plagiarise accidentally.

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Paraphrasing

• Reading a passage, learning what it means, and
  retelling it in your own voice or words.
• Always give credit to the source.

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Use Common Knowledge

• Info that is known to many people (George
  Washington was the first president.  McCain and
  Obama ran for president in the 2008 Presidential
  Election.)
• You do NOT need to cite Common Knowledge! ?

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How-To
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Why Cite Online Sources?

• Find source again to check information
• Acknowledge your sources for ethical reasons

Remember If you could find it, so can your
teacher!
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Citing Online Sources Web Pages

• Authors last name, first name (if available)
• Web page titlein quotes
• Date Retrieved Day, Month, Year
• Main Page Title (If Available)
• URL  Web Site Address
• Date Published or Revised  Day, Month, Year (if
  available)

Required!
It is OK to not memorize this list, but you need
to be familiar with it and know how to find it so
you can refer to it when necessary!
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Citing Online Sources Images

• Description of title of image
• Label Online Image
• Available at  URL  (copy and paste from web
  page)

Images include any type of graphic, picture, map,
or photo!
Required!
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Citation Machine

• An easy way to cite sources accurately!
• Visit the Citation Machine site.
• Visit Easybib site.
• Use MLA format.
• Be warnedoccasionally these handy citation
  helpers goof. Ask me if you are unsure.

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Resources

• Kagan, Jocelyn, and Susan Victor. "Plagiarism
  WebQuest." www.BucciTeacher.com. Mr. Bucci, Web.
  18 Feb 2010. lthttp//www.bucciteacher.com/IS/plagi
  arism/plagiarism.htmgt.
• "Plagiarism." University of West Alabama. Web. 18
  Feb 2010. ltlibrary.uwa.edu/Help/Plagiarism.pptgt.
• "Plagiarism - Don't Do It!." Marcos de Niza High
  School Learning Resources and Technology Center.
  Web. 18 Feb 2010. ltwww.tuhsd.k12.az.us/mdn/Depts/D
  epartments/lrc/plagiarism.pptgt.
• "Son of Citation Machine." Son of Citation
  Machine. David Warlick The Landmark Project ,
  Web. 18 Feb 2010. lthttp//citationmachine.net/gt.
• "Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism." Education
  World. 2002. Education World, Web. 18 Feb 2010.
  lthttp//www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_g
  uide.shtmlgt.
• "What is plagiarism? (And why you should care!)."
  School District of Springfield Township. Web. 18
  Feb 2010. ltwww.sdst.org/shs/library/powerpoint/pla
  giarism.pptgt.