1. Today:
Avoiding
Plagiarism

2. This session will help you
to understand:
• What plagiarism is and how to avoid
it.

3. Stealing is Wrong

4. “Imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery.”
• People learn through imitation. How else would
a baby learn to talk?
• Writers are always building on the knowledge of
the thinkers who have come before them. We
study literature to make us better writers.
• Scientific discoveries are never the product of
one scientists’ work. Researchers build on the
theories of those that came before them.
• “Sampling” another artist’s song is okay, right?

5. However, stealing is against
the law.

6. What is Plagiarism?
accidental
plagiarism
deliberate
plagiarism

7. What is Plagiarism?
accidental
plagiarism
Deliberate
plagiarism
Buying a paper online
Borrowing a fancy
word or phrase
Forgetting to
cite sources
once or twice
Cutting and pasting
from the Internet
Checking out the
Teacher’s Guide
“just to see what
I’m supposed to
do.”
Changing someone’s
words around before
including them in my
paper

8. What are the Teacher Guides for?
• Teacher Guides are for parents to use when
they check your work.
• They are not for “getting ideas,” “seeing what I
need to do,” checking to make sure I’m on the
right track.”
• Your student OLS account should not have the
links to the Teacher Guide pages or the
Assessment Answers.
• Parents, lock up the Teacher Guides! Too
tempting!

9. “But this will be hard!”
I have to show I
…and…
have read and
learned something
I have to write
something new
and original, to
show I have my
own ideas, too!

10. “But this will be hard!”
I have to make my
…and…
writing sound
formal and
academic
I have to use my
own words and my
own voice!

11. “So what are teachers looking for?”

12. Teachers need evidence that the
information you found went through your
brain before it hit your paper.

13. How Do I Avoid Plagiarism?
1. Take notes in your own words.
2.Tell the reader where you found your
information.
3.Never, ever copy and paste from the
internet.
4.Keep the teacher guides locked up.

14. Practice
Probably the most painful
time of Walt's private life,
was the accidental death of
his mother in 1938. After
the great success of Snow
White and the Seven
Dwarfs, Walt and Roy
bought their parents, Elias
and Flora Disney, a home
close to the studios. Less
than a month later Flora
died of asphyxiation caused
by a faulty furnace in the
new home. The terrible guilt
of this haunted Walt for the
rest of his life.
http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html

15. Telling Where You Found
Information.
• In-text citations are easy!
• Goes in parentheses after the fact or
quotation
• Includes author’s last name and page
number where you found the fact.
• If it is a website, you can put the web
address in parentheses.

16. What Should I Cite?
Need to Document
• When you are using or referring to
somebody else’s words or ideas
from a magazine, book,
newspaper, song, TV program,
movie, Web page, computer
program, letter, advertisement, or
any other medium
• When you use information gained
through interviewing another
person
• When you copy the exact words or
a "unique phrase" from
somewhere
• When you reprint any diagrams,
illustrations, charts, and pictures
• When you use ideas that others
have given you in conversations or
over email
No Need to Document
• When you are writing your own
experiences, your own
observations, your own insights,
your own thoughts, your own
conclusions about a subject
• When you are using "
common knowledge" — folklore,
common sense observations,
shared information that
“everybody” knows
• When you are compiling generally
accepted facts
• When you are writing up your own
experimental results

17. Quiz Time!
1. Read the source text.
2. Read what the Lazy Linda and Honest Andy
wrote.
3. Decide if the student has plagiarized or not.
4. Explain where the plagiarism occurs.

18. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
The rise of industry, the growth of
cities, and the expansion of the
population were the three great
developments of late nineteenth
century American history. As new,
larger, steam-powered factories
became a feature of the American
landscape in the East, they
transformed farm hands into
industrial laborers, and provided
jobs for a rising tide of immigrants.
With industry came urbanization,
the growth of large cities (like Fall
River, Massachusetts, where the
Bordens lived), which became the
centers of production as well as of
commerce and trade.
The Student Wrote:
The increase of industry, the
growth of cities, and the explosion
of the population were three large
factors of nineteenth century
America. As steam-driven
companies became more visible in
the eastern part of the country,
they changed farm hands into
factory workers and provided jobs
for the large wave of immigrants.
With industry came the growth of
large cities like Fall River where
the Bordens lived, which turned
into centers of commerce and
trade as well as production.
From the book Lizzie Borden: A Case Book of Family and Crime in the
1890s by Joyce Williams et al as cited on
http://www.nlc.bc.ca/library/citing/avoiding2.htm

19. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
The Student Wrote:
The increase of industry, the
The rise of industry, the growth of
growth of cities, and the explosion
cities, and the expansion of the
of the population were three large
population were the three great
factors of nineteenth century
developments of late nineteenth
America. As steam-driven
century American history. As new,
companies became more visible in
larger, steam-powered factories
the eastern part of the country,
became a feature of the American
they changed farm hands into
landscape in the East, they
factory workers and provided jobs
transformed farm hands into
Sloppy paraphrase: for the large wave of immigrants.
Linda just
industrial laborers, and provided
With industry came the growth of
jobs for a rising tidechanged a few words. The
of immigrants.
large cities
With industry camesentences are not her own. like Fall River where
urbanization,
the Bordens lived, which turned
the growth of large cities (like Fall
into centers of commerce and
River, Massachusetts, where the
trade as well as production.
Bordens lived), which became the
centers of production as well as of
commerce and trade.
F

20. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
The rise of industry, the growth of
cities, and the expansion of the
population were the three great
developments of late nineteenth
century American history. As new,
larger, steam-powered factories
became a feature of the American
landscape in the East, they
transformed farm hands into
industrial laborers, and provided
jobs for a rising tide of immigrants.
With industry came urbanization,
the growth of large cities (like Fall
River, Massachusetts, where the
Bordens lived), which became the
centers of production as well as of
commerce and trade.
The Student Wrote:
Fall River, where the Borden
family lived, was typical of
northeastern industrial cities of the
nineteenth century. Steampowered production had shifted
labor from agriculture to
manufacturing, and as immigrants
arrived in the US, they found work
in these new factories. As a result,
populations grew, and large urban
areas arose. Fall River was one of
these manufacturing and
commercial centers (Williams et
al. 1).

21. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
The Student Wrote:
Fall River, where the Borden
The rise of industry, the growth of
family lived, was typical of
cities, and the expansion of the
northeastern industrial cities of the
population were the three great
nineteenth century. Steamdevelopments of late nineteenth
powered production had shifted
century American history. As new,
labor from agriculture to
larger, steam-powered factories
manufacturing, and as immigrants
became a feature of the American
Andy took notes in his own words, then
arrived in the US, they found work
landscape in the East, they
wrote sentences from his notes. these new factories. As a result,
in Most
transformed farm hands into
important, and provided
industrial laborers, he cited his source. populations grew, and large urban
areas arose. Fall River was one of
jobs for a rising tide of immigrants.
these manufacturing and
With industry came urbanization,
commercial centers (Williams et
the growth of large cities (like Fall
al. 1).
River, Massachusetts, where the
Bordens lived), which became the
centers of production as well as of
commerce and trade.

22. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
John Brown was born into
a deeply religious family
in Torrington,
Connecticut, in 1800. Led
by a father who was
vehemently opposed to
slavery, the family moved
to northern Ohio when
John was five, to a district
that would become
known for its antislavery
views.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
The Student Wrote:
John Brown grew up
listening to his father say
that slavery was very
wrong. As a child, he
lived in northern Ohio,
where many abolitionists
were speaking out, not
just his father.

23. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
The Student Wrote:
John Brown grew up
listening to his father say
that slavery was very
wrong. As a child, he
lived in northern Ohio,
where many abolitionists
were speaking out, not
just his father.
John Brown was born into
a deeply religious family
in Torrington,
Connecticut, in 1800. Led
by a father who was
vehemently opposed to
slavery, the family moved
to northern Ohio when
John was five, to a district
that would becomeAndy did a good job
known for its antislavery
paraphrasing.
views.

24. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
She's a lovely lady who's
turning 55 this year, but
doesn't look a day over
20. She's an enduring
icon of romance and
enchantment. And she
speaks to the dreamer in
us all. She's Cinderella,
possibly the best-loved of
Disney's screen
princesses.
http://www.justdisney.com/
The Student Wrote:
The screen princess
Cinderella turns 55 this
year!

25. Plagiarism: Pass or Fail?
The Book Said:
She's a lovely lady who's
turning 55 this year, but
doesn't look a day over
20. She's an enduring
icon of romance and
enchantment. And she
speaks to the dreamer in
us all. She's Cinderella,
possibly the best-loved of
Disney's screen
princesses.
The Student Wrote:
The screen princess
Cinderella turns 55 this
year!
F
Flunktown! Linda lifted a
unique phrase without giving
the original author credit.

26. Plagiarizing Has Consequences.
Blair Hornstine was a Moorestown,
NJ high school senior who won
admission to Harvard University in
2003.
During her high school career, she
had published several articles in
"Static," the teen section of the
local paper, The Courier-Post.
When it came to light that she had
plagiarized in some of her articles,
Harvard decided to withdraw the
offer of admission.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/2326344/detail.html

27. Plagiarizing Has Consequences.
Jayson Blair was a reporter for The
New York Times from 1998 to 2003.
He stole phrases and facts from
other journalist’s articles. He also
just made up parts of some articles.
When the plagiarism was
discovered, he was fired. The
scandal led to the resignation of
executive editor and the managing
editor of the paper.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/06/05/nytimes.resigns/

28. Exit Ticket