1. Warm-up: Quick Write
In your honest opinion, why do you think students plagiarize on assignments?
Do you think plagiarizing helps or hurts a student’s academic success? Why?
How do you think plagiarizing affects a teacher’s view of a student?

2. Examples of Plagiarism/Cheating
Copying a friend’s homework
Copying something from ANY book, magazine, or internet source without saying the writing came from someone else—even if you change a few words
Turning in your or a friend’s old assignment done for another class as a new assignment
Asking a friend to write or edit your assignment
Running your assignment through a grammar checker (spell-check is okay)
Writing new answers on homework during class discussion