1. What are we doing today? Plagiarism & MLA Citations
By Allyson McAuley, Irvington High School
Edited by: Merideth Paff, Highland Middle School

2. Bell Ringer – 7th Grade www.techpaff.weebly.com
Get a laptop and log on.
Pick up your Prezi Project packet from the front table.
Log on to computers and go to my website:
Click on “Links” and WAIT!

3. ANY TIME YOU USE SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEA, cite it.
What is Plagiarism?
ANY TIME YOU USE SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEA, cite it.

4. If you don’t cite…this is considered cheating!

5. Why? What’s The Big Deal?
In the “Real World,” if you plagiarize, you may…
Get a failing grade on an assignment or in a class.
Be expelled from college the first time.
Lose your job and your credibility.
Be sued by the person whose idea you “borrowed”.

6. Instead of Plagiarizing, you have 2 choices…

7. “Use A Direct Quotation”…
Use the author’s exact words in “quotation marks”
Don’t make ANY changes
That tells your teacher, “I did not write this part. These are someone else’s words.”
Ellipses can’t change the meaning!

8. …or Paraphrase Explain the main ideas of something you read
Write completely in your own words

9. Don’t forget to Cite Your Sources…
Which just means giving credit to the author and making it easy for the reader to find the source.

10. …in MLA format
We all have to use the same format to write papers & list our sources at the end of the paper
This list is called “Bibliography” or “Works Cited” page.

11. Example Bibliography / Works Cited

12. Only ELEPHANTS never forget…
So where can you go to get help?
Purdue OWL
MLA Tutorials
Citation generators like:
Citations Machine
Easy Bib

13. https://www. washingtonpost
Website title (Source name) (#3)
Article title (Page Title) (#2)
Authors name (#1)
(if no author, leave blank!)

14. Publisher Name (#4)

15. Look at your date in the bottom left hand corner
Website address (#7- optional)
Date you visited the site (#6)
Look at your date in the bottom left hand corner
Date Published (#5)
Give the most complete date that you can.
Use n.d. if no date.

16. Citing A Website
Peiser, Jaclyn. “Google Buying Apple? Sorry, That Was Just a Test.” The New York Times, The New York Times Company, 10 October Web. 11 October < ss/media/dow-jones-google-apple.html>

17. Let’s Practice!
We are going to CITE two websites together from the “Link” section on my website. (Website 1 & 2)
The other three boxes on the back can be completed with a friend. Use the websites listed on my “Links” page. (Website 3, 4, 5)

18. Bibliography (Whole class)
(Website #1) Katzman, Rebecca. “Into the Eye”. Time for Kids. Time Inc., 3 October Web. 11 October (Website #2) Anderson, Meg. “Here’s What’s On The Ballot In Your State”. Student News Daily. Student News Daily, 31 October Web. 11 October 2017.

19. Bibliography (Partner)
(Website #3) Conrod, Monique. “Astronauts Will Turn Trash Into Tools”. TeachingKidsNews.com. Teaching Kids News, 23 October Web. 11 October (Website #4) Feltlinger, Sarah Benton. “Smart Earpiece Translates Foreign Languages In Real Time”. DOGO News. DOGO Media Inc., 30 October Web. 11 October (Website #5) Bubar, Joe. “It’s All About Respect.” Scholastic News. Scholastic Inc., 24 October Web. 11 October 2017.