Plagiarism, Grading, and Retake Policy

True or False?

Plagiarism is the act of presenting the words, ideas, images, sounds, or the creative expression of others as your own.

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True or False

Chris is allowed to retake or revise a summative assignment (80%) if he scored 70% or lower on his original summative.

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True or False

Students are not given a deadline as to when the retake/redo/rewrite must be completed.

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• False

True or False

Although Anthony has not turned in all of his formative homework assignments (20%) on the various due dates, he may still turn them in until the next summative (80%) assessment.

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True or False

Ella accidentally left her completed class assignment on her desk. When Justin noticed this, he immediately took her paper, erased her name, and wrote his name on the assignment. Justin turned it in as if this was his own work. This IS NOT plagiarism.

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Laila is working on her four-paragraph essay. She decides to use a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald in her body paragraph. "Even though I am going to paraphrase, I will still cite this source," Laila says. Laila is avoiding plagiarism.

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Julien has just remembered that he needed to turn in his literary terms homework assignment. Before class started, Julien asked if he could borrow Miguel's homework, so Julien could fill in his answers. Since Miguel views this as helping his friend, he decided to lend his assignment to Julien. Julien and Miguel are committing plagiarism.

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During 1st period, Kimora completed and turned in her Unit 1 exam. She felt so confident about her test that she decided to tell Taylor from 2nd period the questions and answers to the test. However, Taylor said that she will respect the integrity of the test and asked Kimora not to tell her the questions or the answers. BOTH Kimora and Taylor are committing plagiarism.

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Mrs. Badakhshanian has just reminded students that the research paper is due next week. Jaz realized that she had a research paper assignment in her previous English 10 class, so she decided to change the date and submit that assignment. Jaz IS NOT committing plagiarism.

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• False

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Liz asked her friend Aldo for help with the key concepts of the play A Raisin in the Sun to prepare for the upcoming unit exam. Aldo has agreed to study with her. This IS NOT plagiarism.

• True

• False