Thou Shalt Not Steal Anti-plagiarism for Students By Julie Payne With changes by Mrs. Heller noted in brick red and green.

What is Plagiarism? It is the act of stealing or passing off the ideas or words of another as one’s own; the use of a created production without crediting the source; the act of committing literary theft; to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary 9 th ed.

What is the penalty for Plagiarism? Check your BHS student handbook. Be aware that in Mrs. Heller’s class, plagiarism gets the student a ZERO on an assignment, and it cannot be redone. The research paper is 10% of a student’s Semester Grade. Parts of it will be daily work or quiz grades in Q1. It also earns the student penalties ranging from detention to suspension.

What is Copyright? “The exclusive right to produce or reproduce (copy), to perform in public, or to publish an original literary or artistic work.” Duhaime's Law Dictionary Almost everything created privately and originally after March 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not.

In other words….

So how can I use it? You may rephrase anything that you read. In other words, put it into your own words. Summarize or paraphrase. Do NOT copy anything word for word. Unless… You are quoting someone. You may use a direct quote if you put it in quotation marks, and cite your source in the content. You may legally use parts of a copyrighted work, but you must always give the author the credit for his/her hard work. Note: This includes pictures, graphics, music and software too!!!

So how can I use it? Check out “Avoiding Plagiarism” at for further assistance in summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting.

Is everything copyrighted? But…because of the nature of the student’s research for this project, students should err on the side of citing information.

What is not copyrighted? Thoughts and ideas that were never written down. Directions, procedures, methods, explanations, etc. Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, etc.)

What is not copyrighted? A collection of logical data that is public information, such as a telephone book. Materials or reprints of materials in the public domain (all prior to 1923; most between ; additional information at Most U.S. government materials (some items created by contractors for the government might be copyrighted) Questionable: Students in Mrs. Heller’s class WILL treat government material as copyrighted and in need of citing. Facts … You will cite facts you would not generally know! (You probably don’t know much about genetic diseases.)

Remember! Does your using the material hurt the market? In other words, is it causing someone to not purchase the item themselves? Is the author or original creator losing money due to your using their work?

So what does that really mean? It is stealing, plain and simple! If you had a creation, would you want someone taking it from you? That would be stealing YOUR cash! How would you like that?

To Put It Simple… If you didn’t produce it, you don’t own it. So, if you don’t own it, and you don’t have permission to use it……

Resources _plagiarism.htmlwww.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is _plagiarism.html citmla.htmwww.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/ citmla.htm giarism_stoppers.htmlwww.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/pla giarism_stoppers.html

Sources for this presentation “Copyright Chaos” copyrighted by Intel, a slide show presentation of the legalities of copyright suitable for a professional development. See your Intel Master Teacher at your school. Intel “Teach to the Future” Master Teacher Training Manual Hand-out prepared by Mrs. Sue Hendrix, Emma Sansom Librarian

Anti-plagiarism Hand-out www1.gcs.k12.al.us/pdf/plagiarism.pdf For your convenience, Mrs. Sue Hendrix has prepared a plagiarism hand-out for your students. Go to the following website, to print it. Remember: We will be using APA Style instead of MLA Style and it is a bit different.