Plagiarism and Citation Give credit to your sources!

What is plagiarism? Take a minute to think about what you think plagiarism is.

Dishonesty in assigned work “Students are expected to do their own work on all tests, papers, projects, or other assignments to be done on an individual basis. Students should neither turn in another student’s work as their own nor give assistance to another student. Any student who turns in another student’s work as his or her own or who assists or gives his or her work to another student shall be given a grade of zero on that work. The incident will be reported to the principal and the parents. Principals may also establish school rules to punish violators of this policy. Using the work of others and representing it as one’s own is considered plagiarism, a form of cheating, and is similarly prohibited. Plagiarism can take various forms of not giving credit for information and ideas that are used in student work. Students should cite a source when using material from other authors, Internet sites, electronic print, or texts.Key words and phrases reproduced as direct quotes should be indicated with quotation marks.Cited paraphrases and summaries that closely follow a source’s wording or structure may be considered plagiarism if they do not indicate through footnotes or other means the source being cited. Plagiarism is prohibited in all student work, including creative writing, essays,reports, projects, and presentations, whether print, oral, electronic, musical, graphic, or video.While LCPS encourages parents and guardians to support and supervise school work completed at home, the work should be done by the student and not by the assisting parent or guardian.Whether the homework is assigned to practice a skill taught in class or to finish a project begun in class, the teacher uses homework to evaluate the student’s understanding. If the student is assisted at home, the teachers do not have a reliable understanding of the student’s actual level of comprehension or mastery.” - LCPS Student Rights and Responsibilities 2016-2017, p. 11

Plagiarism According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, plagiarism is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person : the act of plagiarizing something.” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism

What does that really mean? https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/ Login to BrainPop through LCPS Go and search for the “plagiarism” video

What needs to be cited? statistics graphs images word-for-word text (in quotation marks) paraphrased text ideas theories facts that are NOT common knowledge opinions when in doubt, cite your source!

How is plagiarism discovered? your work has a different writing style than usual Google Services like Turnitin and SafeAssign

How can you prevent plagiarism? take notes in your own words practice paraphrasing always cite your source of images, words and ideas that you use that are not your own don’t forget to use quotation marks if you’re using words that are not your own

How do I cite my sources? Make it easy for someone looking at your work to figure out where you got all of your information, images, charts, data, and anything else that you did not create yourself. Who is the author or creator of this source? What is the title? When was this book/image/chart/etc. created? If the source is online, what is the url?

Citation Examples by ijazahmad (imgur) http://imgur.com/gallery/Mv74ZVz Citations can be less formal or more formal. Here are some examples of less formal ways of citing pictures and charts. https://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/gwhale/Track_PointCountCA.html

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style In language arts and literature classes, the citation style most often used is called MLA style. You create a “Works Cited” page that lists all your sources at the end of your assignment. One of the more formal ways of citing your sources is by using MLA style. MLA style is what you will use in language arts classes.

Works Cited - Format Book Author Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Article on website Editor, author, or compiler Lastname, Firstname (if available). “Article Title.”Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher, n.p. if none), date of resource creation (if available, n.d. if not). Medium of publication. Date of access. ‹URL›. Students work in groups of 4 on the book and website citation puzzle activity, creating citation by putting pieces in order.

Works Cited - Examples Book Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Print. Website article (with author): Pierce, Tamora. “Frequently Asked Questions.” Tamora Pierce, Writer, Books for Teens. n.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sep. 2015. < http://www.tamora-pierce.com/faq.htm>. Website article (no author): "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. <http://www.ehow.com>.

Works Cited The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 21 Sep. 2015.