1. Plagiarism Teaching students to avoid plagiarism Diane Tyner Gladden Middle School

2. Table of Contents  What is plagiarism  How to avoid plagiarism  Note Taking: Five Easy Steps  Citing your work  Practice

3. What is plagiarism?  using someone else’s words without giving them credit  presenting an idea as original from an existing source  using exact words without using quotation marks  incorrectly citing a source source: www.plagiarism.org

4. How to avoid plagiarism GPS ELA7W3  take notes from text  use your own words  use quotations correctly  cite your work

5. Note taking Five easy steps 1. Record 1. Record all necessary information such as, the title of article, website, or book, author, publisher, place of publication, volume, pages used, and date of publication. 2. Read 2. Read the headings and subheadings of the article, and then read the information that pertains to your research. Read the text a second time to ensure you have all the information you need and that you understand the text fully. RecordReadSummarize Organize Re-read GPS ELA7W4

6. Note taking Five easy steps Summarize 3. Summarize what you read in your own words focusing on the main idea and how the information pertains to your topic. Organize 4. Organize your notes by putting like information together. Re-read 5. Re-read over your notes making sure you have all the information you need and remove any notes that will not be used for the assignment. RecordReadSummarize Organize Re-read GPS ELA7W4

7. Use your own words GPS S7L4, 7th grade science EQ: What are the basic characteristics of the desert biome?

8. Example notes Record (ELA7W3) “The Desert Biome” from The World’s Biomes, published by University of California Museum of Paleontology. Copyright: 1994-2011 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php Read (ELA7R1, ELA7RC2) Let’s read the article together. title of article, website, publisher, and date of publication

9. Example notes Summarize (ELA7W3, ELA7LSV1) Did I take notes on all of the important information I need for my report? Organize (ELA7W4) Do I have all of my notes in the order I will use them in my report? Re-read (ELA7R1, ELA7RC2) Did I re-read the information and notes to be certain I have all that I need for my report?

10. Citing your work  MLA Citation Style MLA Citation Style  Plagiarism.org Plagiarism.org

11. Practice Take 10 minutes and go through the Vaughn Memorial Library, at Acadia University, tutorial.

12. References Delaney, R. (2010, October 28). MLA citation style. Retrieved from B. Davis Schwarz Memorial Library website: http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm Georgia Department of Education. (2011). Seventh grade reading, Language arts and science. In Georgia performance standards. Retrieved September 5, 2011, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Grade- Seven.pdf University of California Museum of Paleontology. (1994-2011). The desert biome. Retrieved from http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/deserts.php Vaughan Memorial Library. (2008). You quote it, you note it! Retrieved from Acadia University website: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ What is plagiarism? (n.d.) Retrieved August 30, 2011, from http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/what_is_plagiarism.html