What is plagiarism, how to avoid plagiarism, examples and practice for middle school students

2. WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
The use by paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished
work
of another person without giving full and clear acknowledgment.
It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency
engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
http://lrdudc.wrlc.org

3. CONSEQUENCES
• DESTROYED REPUTATION – ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL
• LEGAL – AUTHOR’S CAN SUE PLAGIARISTS
• GRADES
• SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION
• WHATEVER THE SCHOOL OR EMPLOYER WANTS TO DO

4. EXAMPLES
Jayson Blair plagiarized 36 news stories for the New York
Times. He was forced to resign, and then two of his bosses
had to resign, too.
An Ohio University student plagiarized by failing to cite a
source during a semester at sea. She was expelled from the
class and sent home early.
http://libraries.ucsd.edu
A Michuhol student plagiarized just a few sentences out of a
two page story. He did not receive credit for the 6 week course,
and he was not published with all the other students.

5. IS THIS PLAGIARISM?
At the start of
the Great
Depression,
many
Americans
wanted to
believe that the
hard times
would be only
temporary.
At the
beginning of the
Great
Depression, a
lot of Americans
wanted to think
that the hard
times would be
only temporary.
Devices in the iPod
range are primarily
digital audio players,
designed around a
central click wheel
— although the iPod
shuffle has buttons
also.
An iPod is an
MP3 player that
lets you choose
and play songs to
listen to using a
click wheel (or on
older versions,
buttons).
http://www.readwritethink.org

6. TWO METHODS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
PARAPHRASING
•Attribute – ―According to Sam
Landfried…‖
•Sentence and paragraph structure
CANNOT mirror the source.
•Use quotations in paraphrases for
unique or valuable phrases.
QUOTATION
•Keep the author’s name in the same
sentence as the quote.
•Only quote when you cannot say it
better yourself.
•Use ellipsis (…) and brackets ([]) to
indicate changes you make to a quote.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
IMPORTANT
Whenever you quote or paraphrase a source,
you HAVE to accurately convey the
source’s idea. You cannot misrepresent a
source for your convenience.

7. ONE MORE IDEA
When you take notes:
•Mark quotes with a big Q or ―.
•Mark sources with a big S.
•Mark your ideas with ―ME‖.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

8. PARAPHRASING EXAMPLES
“Plagiarism is exceptionally
stupid because it is so easy
to avoid.”
-Sam Landfried
• According to Sam Landfried, the act of plagiarism can
be easily avoided.
• Sam Landfried says that the ease with which one can
avoid plagiarism makes it an, ―Exceptionally stupid,‖
mistake.
• Sam Landfried argues that copying other people’s
work is dumb because it is not hard to find a way
around it.
Which one is plagiarism?

9. QUOTATION EXAMPLES
“There is theft, and there is
deceit. It combines both of
them in a sinful union to
make a heinous crime
unparalleled in academia.”
-Sam Landfried
• ―There is theft, and there is deceit. [Plagiarism]
combines both of them… to make a heinous crime…‖
writes Sam Landfried.
• Sam Landfried does not like plagiarism. ―[Plagiarism]
is a sinful union that makes a heinous crime.‖
• Sam Landfried states, ―There is theft, and there is
deceit.‖ He continues to say that plagiarism,
―Combines both of them in a sinful union…‖
Which one is plagiarism?