PLAGIARISM IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PLAGIARISM PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is

PLAGIARISM IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PLAGIARISM!

PLAGIARISM • Plagiarism is using the ideas or words of another person without giving appropriate credit to the source of the information. • The penalty for plagiarism is the same as for cheating. • You will receive a reduced grade (up to and including a zero on the assignment and/or class participation) and may also receive disciplinary action. • Something you need to remember… • Your teacher already knows your vocabulary level, writing style, and level of ability.

PLAGIARISM • When you turn in work that exceeds your abilities, uses language with which you are unfamiliar, or the assignment is in a writing style different from your own, your teacher is able to recognize this. • It is very easy to take the words or ideas of another person and incorporate them into our own writing unless we are very careful to avoid doing so. • While these rules may seem to be tedious, it is important to follow them whenever you are writing or presenting information as your own.

PLAGIARISM • To avoid plagiarism, you should follow these rules: Ø Give credit any time you use the idea or opinion of another person. Ø Give credit when using data, charts, graphs, diagrams, or pictures that were discovered while researching a topic. Ø Give credit when quoting the spoken or written words of another person. Ø Give credit when paraphrasing the spoken or written words of another person.

PLAGIARISM Ø Use quotation marks around any spoken or written words of another person. Ø Use MLA format to properly give credit to the source of quoted information. MLA format can be found online easily by a performing a Google search on the words “MLA format. ” Ø Use MLA format to credit the source for any data, charts, graphs, diagrams, or pictures you use in your work. Ø When you paraphrase, make sure you are doing more than replacing a few words or rearranging the order in which information is presented.

PLAGIARISM Ø Make sure you use your own words from start to finish! Ø Check your paraphrased work to make sure it does not resemble the original information too closely.

PLAGIARISM • You don’t have to credit the source when using commonly known information in your work. • This includes information that can be found in many different sources and is generally known by most people to be true. • Example: Ø You might want to state the important dates from World War II. If you are referring to general dates which are commonly known, such as the start or end of the war (1939 -1945), you do not have to credit the source of this information.

WORKS CITED • Please list your sources on a “Works Cited” page at the end of any project. • All sources should be included. • Please refer to the Citing Sources webpage for details on how to cite your sources.