1. Plagiarism and Student Writing Christina C. Corsa

2. What is it? Addressed in the student handbook under the category of “Academic Integrity” Defined by the following concepts –Submitting someone else’s work as your own –Fabrication of facts and submitting this work as factual –Copying of work from another student –Resubmitting work from another class –Allowing another student to use your work Sutton Memorial High School: Student/Parent Handbook 2007-2008, page 8 and Sutton Middle School: Student Handbook, page 32

3. The Modern Language Association terms plagiarism as “intellectual theft” (Gibaldi 66).

4. Why is this a big deal? Plagiarism is effectively stealing There is a “…tie between our writing and our sense of self—a tie that… [influences] the idea that a piece of writing could belong to the person who [writes] it” (Gibaldi 68).

5. School Mandated Repercussion “Any student found guilty of cheating or plagiarism will automatically receive a zero for the assignment and will be referred to the administration for disciplinary action.” Other consequences: –Repeated offenses may jeopardize academic credit –Denial or ejection from NHS Sutton Memorial High School: Student/Parent Handbook 2007-2008, page 8 and Sutton Middle School: Student Handbook, page 32

6. Plagiarism from the Internet Information taken from the internet and not properly cited is plagiarism Pictures Audio clips Movie Clips

7. How do you find it? When grading, note areas that don’t match the given student’s typical writing style Sudden elevation in vocabulary, sentence structure and ideas

8. How do you find it? Changes in font style and colors –“ All hail, Macbeth!” References to outside sources—pay attention to the Works Cited page When in question of something, look for it on the internet yourself

9. How do you find it? See Dracula example “It was the commercial imperialism of Jonathan Harker’s firm that allowed the Count to enter into and corrupt the British way of life.” “invasion of civilization by the forces of barbarism and demonism” (Brantlinger 230). Check the Works Cited page

10. Prevention: What are the options? Web-based, school-wide resource –Turn It InTurn It In Online submission site that compares student work with online sources

11. Prevention: What are the options? School wide employment of proper MLA standards and expectations in regard to all writing assignment and projects –Use of MLA Handbook and IIM resources –Requirement of a Works Cited/Works Consulted page whenever research is performed

12. MLA MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers: 6th Edition –Helpful chapters Chapter 4: The Format of the Research Paper Chapter 5: Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited

13. MLA Online Resources Help with Formatting http://www.citationmachine.net/ http://easybib.com/ InfoTrac

14. Consistency in our expectations of student work will only help in the long run!

15. MLA Education –Ideally, the school will have a modified version of this guide ready for the 2008- 2009 school year Examples of how to include parenthetical documentation in student work Examples of how to list sources in a Works Cited/ Consulted Page Example of a properly constructed, MLA standardized essay