LA PAZ ETHICS POLICY Being honest and having pride in your work!

2 Students in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District are to follow the district guidelines, in regards to cheating and plagiarizing documents. All tests, quizzes, reports, and assignments are subject to this policy.

Raise your hand if you know someone who has cheated.

Please raise your hand to give an example of cheating.

5 1st Offense / Automatic zero (failure) on assignment or test. / Teacher contacts parent with details of offense and explains consequences. / Referral placed in student discipline file. / Trimester citizenship grade will be lowered in the class where the violation occurred. / Student will be place on probation in all classes for remainder of trimester and entire next trimester / Notification of violation will be communicated to student’s teachers. / If this violation occurs in a student aide class, the student may be transferred to another elective. / Automatic zero (failure) on assignment or test. / Teacher contacts parent with details of offense and explains consequences. / Referral placed in student discipline file. / Trimester citizenship grade will be lowered in the class where the violation occurred. / Student will be place on probation in all classes for remainder of trimester and entire next trimester / Notification of violation will be communicated to student’s teachers. / If this violation occurs in a student aide class, the student may be transferred to another elective.

6 2nd Offense / Either in same class as 1 st or 2 nd time the student violated the policy while on probation. (In over words: ANY CLASS) / Trimester academic grade in class where the 2 nd offense occurred will be lowered by one grade level. Student assigned “U” in citizenship and work habits in the class for the trimester in which the second offense occurred / Referral is placed in student discipline file and teachers are notified. / Parent conference is held. / Student is removed from any and all elected or appointed leadership position for the remainder of the school year. / If ethics policy violation occurs in a student aide class, the student will be transferred from the aide class and grade changed to “F”. / Either in same class as 1 st or 2 nd time the student violated the policy while on probation. (In over words: ANY CLASS) / Trimester academic grade in class where the 2 nd offense occurred will be lowered by one grade level. Student assigned “U” in citizenship and work habits in the class for the trimester in which the second offense occurred / Referral is placed in student discipline file and teachers are notified. / Parent conference is held. / Student is removed from any and all elected or appointed leadership position for the remainder of the school year. / If ethics policy violation occurs in a student aide class, the student will be transferred from the aide class and grade changed to “F”.

7 3rd Offense / The 3 rd offense by the student during the period of probation / Student is transferred from class and a grade changed to an “F” / Referral placed in student discipline file / Parent Conference held / Student placed on home suspension / The 3 rd offense by the student during the period of probation / Student is transferred from class and a grade changed to an “F” / Referral placed in student discipline file / Parent Conference held / Student placed on home suspension

Raise your hand if you know what plagiarism is.

9 What is plagiarism? / The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. /T/The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

Is it Plagiarism? / if you take information from an internet source and put it in a PowerPoint without citing the source? 10

Yes

Is it Plagiarism? / if you write a paper and gather information in which you change the wording but do not cite the sources from which you get the information? 12

Yes

14 True or False: True or False: / Mary forgot her homework at home. Before class, she copied her friend Amy’s homework. Mary didn’t plagiarize because she had already done her homework at home. /M/Mary forgot her homework at home. Before class, she copied her friend Amy’s homework. Mary didn’t plagiarize because she had already done her homework at home.

False

True or False / Tom is taking a Science test and he is pretty sure his answer to question 5 is correct but to be sure, he glances at Julie’s test to see if she had the same answer for number 5. Is Tom is cheating? 16

Yes, he is:(

Read the following quote taken from a book:

19 / “Love makes sacrifices. It willingly goes the extra mile, pays the higher price, or endures the greater pain if that is what is required to meet the deeper need of another.” /“/“Love makes sacrifices. It willingly goes the extra mile, pays the higher price, or endures the greater pain if that is what is required to meet the deeper need of another.”

This next slide is from a student who decides to use it as her own in an essay, but changes a few words. Did she plagiarize or is this all right since she changed some words?

21 / “Love makes sacrifices. It will go above and beyond, pays the higher price, or endures the greater pain if that is what is needed to meet the deeper need of another person.” /“/“Love makes sacrifices. It will go above and beyond, pays the higher price, or endures the greater pain if that is what is needed to meet the deeper need of another person.”

Unless the student gives credit to her source, she is plagiarizing because she is taking credit for someone else’s work.