1. what it is and how to avoid it

2. What do you know? What do you want to know?

3. Plagiarism doesn’t just happen
while writing a paper…
Student Plagiarism. Digital image. GamezBlog. Web. 6 Apr. 2011.
<http://gamezblog.com/developer-of-lugaru-hd-victim-of-plagiarism/>.

4. What is it exactly?
• According to the Oxford English
Dictionary, Plagiarism is,
“The action or practice of
taking someone else's
work, idea, etc., and
passing it off as one's
own; literary theft.”
In other words… it’s CHEATING!
"Plagiarism." Def. 1. Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, Mar. 2011. Web. 5 Apr.
2011. <http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/144939?redirectedFrom=plagiarism>.

5. 3 Major Kinds of
Plagiarism
Verbatim
Copying something word-for-
word. It looks exactly the same
as the original writing.
Paraphrasing
Borrowing somebody else’s writing If you can recognize
and changing a few words to make
it your own. plagiarism in a
paper, then you will
Use of an Idea know how to avoid it
Using somebody else’s idea for a in the future!
paper, project, or story and saying
you came up with it yourself.
Bedrosian, Wesley. "Beat the Cheat." Cartoon. Edutopia. The George Lucas Educational Foundation, 22 Mar. 2008. Web. 6 Apr.
2011. <http://www.edutopia.org/student-plagiarism-teacher-strategy>.

6. Having Academic Integrity
Using other people’s ideas isn’t wrong. You
just need to tell your teachers where you
found your information! The easiest way?
Cite your work!
Acknowledge Quotation Marks Give Credit
Source Put sentences in Say what inspired
Write a “quotation marks” if you and where
Bibliography or you want to copy a you got your idea.
Works Cited page sentence word-for-
to list where you word.
found your
information.

7. See if you can spot the type of
plagiarism in the following
examples.
Let’s try it together first.
Verbatim? Paraphrase?
Or, Use of an Idea?

8. Original Text Student Work
Holden Caulfield takes the reader from The Catcher in the Rye is a
post-World War II prep school to the
dark yet charming story about
seedy streets of New York City in this
1951 classic story. He also takes Holden Caulfield, a prep school
along his dry sense of humor and a
drop out, and his visit to New
spree of breaking each “rule” he
comes across… He manages to roam York City. During his trip he
the streets of New York City and avoid
manages to roam the streets of
the safe haven of his parents’ home all
the while. Not only are his encounters New York City and avoid the
full of rebellious energy, but Holden
safe haven of his parents’ home
slowly unveils a charming, though
extremely dark, vulnerability. all the while. Holden’s
rebellious charm and his
Text taken from: adventures through the city
"The Catcher in the Rye." Rev. of The Catcher in the Rye. make for an engaging read.
James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com. James
Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/237>.

9. Original Text Student Work
Holden Caulfield takes the reader from The Catcher in the Rye is a
post-World War II prep school to the
dark yet charming story about
seedy streets of New York City in this
1951 classic story. He also takes
along his dry sense of humor and a
VERBATIM a prep school
Holden Caulfield,
drop out, and his visit to New
spree of breaking each “rule” he
comes across… He manages to roam York City. During his trip he
the streets of New York City and avoid
manages to roam the streets of
the safe haven of his parents’ home all
the while. Not only are his encounters New York City and avoid the
full of rebellious energy, but Holden
safe haven of his parents’ home
slowly unveils a charming, though
extremely dark, vulnerability. all the while. Holden’s
rebellious charm and his
Text taken from: adventures through the city
"The Catcher in the Rye." Rev. of The Catcher in the Rye. make for an engaging read.
James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com. James
Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/237>.

10. Your turn! Is it verbatim,
paraphrase, or use of an
idea?

11. Original Text Student Work
Be warned, this book is not for the
weak of heart: Katniss expands in The Hunger Games takes
detail on the misery and hollow cheeks
of living in poverty, and the violence of place in the not so distant
the Games is unnerving. But the future in a land once known
parallels between this dystopia and our
current state of affairs, with the as North America. Katniss,
demand for live television and the the heroine, discusses in
scary effects of balancing
powers, make for the most disturbing detail of the pain and
elements of the book. A truly horrific hunger of living in poverty,
and thoughtful pageturner, … readers
will root on Katniss and soak in the and the violence of the
details of the Games and this new Hunger Games is disturbing.
world, Parem.
This is a great read, and
really engaging for readers
Text taken from:
of all ages.
CH. “The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series).” Rev. of
The Hunger Games. James Patterson’s
ReadKiddoRead.com. James Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/406>.

12. Original Text Student Work
Be warned, this book is not for the
weak of heart: Katniss expands in The Hunger Games takes
detail on the misery and hollow cheeks
of living in poverty, and the violence of place in the not so distant
the Games is unnerving. But the future in a land once known
parallels between this dystopia and our
PARAPHRASE America. Katniss,
as North
current state of affairs, with the
the heroine, discusses in
demand for live television and the
scary effects of balancing
powers, make for the most disturbing detail of the pain and
elements of the book. A truly horrific hunger of living in poverty,
and thoughtful pageturner, … readers
will root on Katniss and soak in the and the violence of the
details of the Games and this new Hunger Games is disturbing.
world, Parem.
This is a great read, and
really engaging for readers
Text taken from:
of all ages.
CH. “The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series).” Rev. of
The Hunger Games. James Patterson’s
ReadKiddoRead.com. James Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/406>.

13. Original Text Student Work
Tired of living in suburbia or wherever Shaun Tan’s Tales From Outer
you are? Why not try an alternate
reality with the bizarre Suburbia is about an alternate
stories, poems, and reality written in short stories
musings, accompanied by even more
surreal drawings, doodlings, and full- and poems, along with beautiful
color paintings from the strange brain and interesting illustrations.
of Shaun Tan…. The 15 stories appear
to take place on Earth, but they’re set The 15 stories appear to take
in some weird neighborhood not even place on Earth, but they’re set
on the map, where a stranger clad in
wet, barnacle-crusted diving gear in some weird neighborhood not
plods down the street… even on the map, where a
stranger clad in wet, barnacle-
crusted diving gear plods down
Text taken from:
JF. Rev. of Tales From Outer Suburbia. James Patterson’s
ReadKiddoRead.com. James Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. the street.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/373>.

14. Original Text Student Work
Tired of living in suburbia or wherever Shaun Tan’s Tales From Outer
you are? Why not try an alternate
reality with the bizarre stories, poems, Suburbia is about an alternate
and musings, accompanied by even
more surreal drawings, doodlings, and
VERBATIM in short stories
reality written
full-color paintings from the strange and poems, along with beautiful
brain of Shaun Tan…. The 15 stories and interesting illustrations.
appear to take place on Earth, but
they’re set in some weird The 15 stories appear to take
neighborhood not even on the map, place on Earth, but they’re set
where a stranger clad in wet, barnacle-
crusted diving gear plods down the in some weird neighborhood not
street… even on the map, where a
stranger clad in wet, barnacle-
crusted diving gear plods down
Text taken from:
JF. Rev. of Tales From Outer Suburbia. James Patterson’s
ReadKiddoRead.com. James Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. the street.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/373>.

15. Original Text Student Work
“I was born with water on the brain.”
So begins the digressive and The Absolutely True Diary of a
loquacious narrative and cartoon
drawings of 14-year-old Arnold Spirit, Part-Time Indian begins with
better known as Junior. He lays out the protagonist Junior
his limitations straight off: too much
cerebral spinal fluid at birth has left describing the different health
him nearsighted in one eye and issues he has that makes him
farsighted in the other; he has huge
hands and feet, and a skull so different and picked on by the
enormous, kids call him Orbit and kids at school. To cope with the
Globe…. How does Junior cope with
his life? He draws cartoons of name calling, he draws
everyone he knows, thinking this might cartoons, thinking that will make
be his ticket to becoming rich and
famous someday and escaping the him famous and get him off of
rez. the Reservation someday.
Text taken from:
Rev. of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead.com. James
Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/152>.

16. Original Text Student Work
“I was born with water on the brain.”
So begins the digressive and The Absolutely True Diary of a
loquacious narrative and cartoon
drawings of 14-year-old Arnold USE OFPart-Time IDEA with
AN Indian begins
Spirit, better known as Junior. He lays the protagonist Junior
out his limitations straight off: too much
cerebral spinal fluid at birth has left describing the different health
him nearsighted in one eye and issues he has that makes him
farsighted in the other; he has huge
hands and feet, and a skull so different and picked on by the
enormous, kids call him Orbit and kids at school. To cope with the
Globe…. How does Junior cope with
his life? He draws cartoons of name calling, he draws
everyone he knows, thinking this might cartoons, thinking that will make
be his ticket to becoming rich and
famous someday and escaping the him famous and get him off of
rez. the Reservation someday.
Text taken from:
Rev. of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead.com. James
Patterson. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.readkiddoread.com/book/152>.

17. What did you learn?