2. Pop Quiz
Is this a form of cheating?
1. Copying from someone else during a math test
2. Asking a student in Period 1 for the questions on the quiz that
you’re taking in Period 3
3. Using your older sibling’s science fair project
4. Allowing a friend to copy your Social Studies homework
5. Copying a paragraph from a website and pasting the
paragraph in your research paper
6. Putting “George Washington was the first U.S. President.” in
your research paper and not citing that fact.
Answer: All are cheating except #6, which is common knowledge.
5. Further Explanation…
Plagiarism is using words, images,
videos or anything that someone else
created without giving them credit.
– Plagiarism is cheating!!!
• Plagiarism in school could get you a failing
grade, or in some cases, suspended or
expelled.
6. How do you avoid plagiarism?
Paraphrase
– Put information into your own words but
remember to provide a citation.
7. How do you avoid plagiarism?
(Conti.)
Use Direct Quotations
– Use the authors words, with “quotation
marks around them” and remember to
provide a citation.
8. How do you avoid plagiarism?
(Conti.)
List every source that you used in your Bibliography.
9. Do you need to cite every source?
No!!!
– If the information is common knowledge,
you don’t have to cite the source.
• Examples
– There are 365 days in a year.
– President Barack Obama is the 44th President of the
United States.
10. Plagiarism or Not
Melania Trump delivered a speech at
the Republican National Convention in
July that was similar to a speech
Michelle Obama gave at the Democratic
National Convention in 2008.
Did Melania Trump plagiarize Michelle
Obama’s speech?
– You be the judge.
16. Do you need to cite the information below?
The earth revolves around the sun.
– No
• Why Not?
– It’s common knowledge.
17. How do you avoid plagiarism?
Paraphrase and cite source
Use Direct Quotes and cite source
List every source that you use in your
Bibliography.
18. Resources
Padlet
– www.padlet.com
Plagiarism (How to Avoid It)
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y
Purdue OWL
– http://owl.english.purdue.edu
USA Today (Michelle Obama And Melania Trump: Side By Side
Similarities)
– http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/
07/19/melania-trump-republican-convention-speech-
plagiarism/87278088/
Notas del editor
Click on picture 1 to go to the Padlet website. Students will use the created Padlet to define the term plagiarism.
Click on picture 2 to go to Youtube video.