1. Cheating and Plagiarism Steps to Maintaining Academic Honesty

2. “Dos” Call a classmate to get a missed assignment Explain the directions to a classmate Read a web page/article to gather facts and explanations Ask the teacher for help during a testing situation Use SparkNotes and other resources to help you understand difficult text Call a classmate to get a missed assignment Explain the directions to a classmate Read a web page/article to gather facts and explanations Ask the teacher for help during a testing situation Use SparkNotes and other resources to help you understand difficult text

3. The “DON’T” List  Don’t allow a classmate to copy your work to hand in as his own  Don’t do the problem or answer the question for a classmate  Don’t do all the work on one classmate’s computer, then print out two copies  Don’t copy ideas directly from a website or insert them into your document as though they were your original ideas  Don’t allow a classmate to copy your work to hand in as his own  Don’t do the problem or answer the question for a classmate  Don’t do all the work on one classmate’s computer, then print out two copies  Don’t copy ideas directly from a website or insert them into your document as though they were your original ideas

4. Plagiarism (taken from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers)  “Derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarius’ (‘kidnapper’)”

5. Plagiarism (taken from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) “... refers to a form of cheating that has been defined as ‘the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own’” (Gibaldi 66).

6. Plagiarism (taken from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) PLAGIARISM is wrong in two ways: 1. When you use another person’s “ideas, information, or expressions” without giving credit to that person, you are committing “intellectual theft” (Gibaldi 66). 2. When you use those ideas, information, or expressions for personal gain or to gain advantage, then you are committing fraud (66). PLAGIARISM is wrong in two ways: 1. When you use another person’s “ideas, information, or expressions” without giving credit to that person, you are committing “intellectual theft” (Gibaldi 66). 2. When you use those ideas, information, or expressions for personal gain or to gain advantage, then you are committing fraud (66).

7. Plagiarism (taken from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) Plagiarism is often “a moral or ethical offense rather than a legal one” because plagiarism does not always involve copyright infringement, a legal offense (Gibaldi 66).

8. Unintentional Plagiarism Students often unintentionally plagiarize (but ignorance is not an excuse).

9. Avoid unintentional plagiarism “Distinguish among three types of material: your ideas, your paraphrases or summaries of others’ ideas and facts, and exact wording you copy from sources” (Gibaldi 69).

10. Did you know…? “Presenting another’s exact wording without marking it as a quotation is plagiarism, EVEN IF YOU CITE THE SOURCE” (Gibaldi 70).

11. AND...  If you use an assignment from a previous/different class for an assignment in this class, it is considered plagiarism?  You MUST discuss the submission of previous work with your teacher!  If you use an assignment from a previous/different class for an assignment in this class, it is considered plagiarism?  You MUST discuss the submission of previous work with your teacher!

12. You’re not sure If there is ever any doubt about whether or not you are plagiarizing, cite/credit your source(s)!!! If there is ever any doubt about whether or not you are plagiarizing, cite/credit your source(s)!!!

13. Exit Ticket/Homework 1.Talk to your neighbors. Discuss the most obvious and the most surprising of the DOs & DON’Ts and the things that you did and did not know about plagiarism. 2.List three ideas you felt were important in this presentation. Next, fully explain in a paragraph which was most important to you? Why? 1.Talk to your neighbors. Discuss the most obvious and the most surprising of the DOs & DON’Ts and the things that you did and did not know about plagiarism. 2.List three ideas you felt were important in this presentation. Next, fully explain in a paragraph which was most important to you? Why?

14. Works cited Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.