Plagiarism
Webster’s Dictionary defines plagiarism in the following way: to steal or pass off as one’s own the words of another.
Plagiarism includes copying another student’s work, copying and pasting from the Internet, writing, word for word, from another source, downloading papers in their entirety or in part and passing them off as your own.
Students most often plagiarize when they feel overwhelmed or don’t understand the assignment. Also, some students wait until the last minute to start an assignment. Students should check their own work and plagiarism should not be an issue.
If plagiarism happens, students will receive a zero on the assignment or project. Students may also receive a phone call home and detention.
Clues that someone has plagiarized include vocabulary beyond the student’s comprehension, complex sentence structure, and writing beyond the level of what has been seen in class.
How to Avoid Plagiarizing
If you don’t know what a word means, don’t use it. Explain things with the vocabulary you know or are learning.
Use language you understand.
If you are quoting someone, use quotation marks and cite the source.
Explain the quotes that you use.
Changing just one or two words in a sentence and using the rest of the sentence is still plagiarism. Put things into your own words.
Plagiarism includes copying another student’s work, copying and pasting from the Internet, writing, word for word, from another source, downloading papers in their entirety or in part and passing them off as your own.
Students most often plagiarize when they feel overwhelmed or don’t understand the assignment. Also, some students wait until the last minute to start an assignment. Students should check their own work and plagiarism should not be an issue.
If plagiarism happens, students will receive a zero on the assignment or project. Students may also receive a phone call home and detention.
Clues that someone has plagiarized include vocabulary beyond the student’s comprehension, complex sentence structure, and writing beyond the level of what has been seen in class.
How to Avoid Plagiarizing
If you don’t know what a word means, don’t use it. Explain things with the vocabulary you know or are learning.
Use language you understand.
If you are quoting someone, use quotation marks and cite the source.
Explain the quotes that you use.
Changing just one or two words in a sentence and using the rest of the sentence is still plagiarism. Put things into your own words.