What is plagiarism? 6th and 7th

What is plagiarism?

​What is plagiarism?

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​Plagiarism the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

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​Although this has a few words changed, this is still considered plagiarism.

Multiple Choice

I found something online that says exactly what I want to say, so you decide to change a few words and add it to your paper. 

• This is okay

• This is plagiarism

Multiple Choice

Plagiarism is a form of cheating

• True

• False

​Types of Plagiarism

​Direct plagiarism

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​Accidental Plagiarism

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​Self-Plagiarism

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​Paraphrased Plagiarism

​Direct Plagiairism

• ​Uses another person's work verbatim

• ​Uses another person's ideas verbatim

• ​Copied and Pasted or

• ​Typed or

• ​Handwritten

​Accidental Plagiarism

• Failing to cite sources properly

• ​Trusted someone

• ​Carelesness in paraphrasing

​When in doubt. . . cite the source!

Multiple Choice

Is this ok?

• Yes, it's not plagiarized

• No, this is plagiarism.

​Direct Plagairism

• ​Uses another person's work verbatim

• ​Uses another person's ideas verbatim

• ​Copied and Pasted or

• ​Typed or

• ​Handwritten

​Avoid by

• ​Giving credit to the source with citations and quotes when outside sources are allowed

Multiple Choice

True or false:  Information on the internet is automatically free for everyone to use. 

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can't be plagiarized?

• Ideas

• Public Knowledge

• Music

• Books

​Self-plagiarism

• ​In the world of education, self-plagirism, or auto-plagiarism is a thing. This happens when you take something else you submitted and turn it in instead of writing from scratch. ​

• ​Simply put, it is implied that when you create assignments it is not recycled work.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered self-plagiarism?

• Submitting a completely new paper based on the same book I did last year. 

• Submitting a part 2 based on a story I wrote last year

• Using an essay I did last year and quoting/citing it as an old idea from an old essay.

• Using a poem I did in 9th grade for a 11th grade poetry assignment and passing it off as new.

​Mosaic or patch Plagiarism

​Patch Plagiarism is when someone adds, deletes and reorders different words an author used and passes it off as their own.

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​When in doubt, cite your sources!

Multiple Choice

As long as I don't use the entire text word-for-word, it isn't considered plagiarism.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What type of plagiarism is this?

• Self-Plagiarism

• Mosaic

• Direct

​Bonus: Unauthorized group work

​You must ask for permission to work with another student on an assignment. Students who have duplicate assignments will both receive a grade of 0, despite who turned it in first.

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Essays are never group work.

​Thank you for playing!

​Please note: Your participation is now considered an awareness and acknowledgement of the plagiarism policies for English III.

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​Always cite your sources and have a great day!