Plagiarism Basics

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

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.

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.

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2B

CCSS.W.5.8

What is a DIRECT QUOTE?

• Using the author's exact words.
• Only using someone else's words.
• Using the most important facts from an article.
• Putting something into your own words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

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!

Tags

CCSS.W.5.1B

CCSS.W.5.8

Plagiarism and cheating are the same thing.

• Not really
• Sometimes
• I don't know
• Always!

Do you need to cite (give a source) for things that are common knowledge (like the sun rises in the East)?

• Yes
• No
• Sometimes

The consequences of plagiarism may include...

• Failing the assignment
• Getting in trouble with principals
• Having to redo the whole assignment
• All of these things could happen!

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2B

According to this picture, what's the easiest way to avoid plagiarism?

• Never use the Internet
• Cite some of your sources
• Use your own ideas
• Reword everything you find

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.W.5.8

What do you need to do to properly cite your sources?

• Just put the website address
• Put the author's name, the date of the article, and the title
• Put a star that means it's not your idea
• You don't have to list sources.

Tags

CCSS.W.5.8