Take ONE red, green, and white flag.

Please be gentle with them!

YOUR TASK

Do NOT write your name on your scrap paper.

DRAW something for me. (Keep it appropriate)

Plagiarism

By the end of today, you should know…

• the difference between a quote & paraphrase• when you need to cite something• blatant plagiarism• “cherry-picking” plagiarism• common knowledge• the consequences of plagiarizing

Key Understanding:You must cite these

things:3. the author’s words2. original ideas/claims1. facts that are not

common knowledge (statistics, etc.)

Key Understanding:You must use quotes

around borrowed words & phrases

Dr. Patel observes that “most people tend to respond well to hypnotherapy” (618).

“Ignorance is a skill learned by many of the greatest fools” (Godfried 123).

Key Understanding:You do not use quotation

marks in paraphrases, but you still cite

Despite criticism, Johnston agrees that smoking should be banned in all public places (67).

By calling them ignorant, the author implies that they were unschooled and narrow minded (Jackson 68).

Real Students’Work at TRCC…

Side-by-Side Look:

BTW… it’s poorly written

SOURCE (student had it in a textbook though)

The Student’s Paper:

Student’s Paper:

SOURCE (student had it in a textbook though)

Common Knowled

ge

The Big Bang theory posits that the universe began billions of years ago with an enormous explosion.

— Source: https://integrity.mit.edu/citing-your-sources/what-common-knowledge

The phrase “Big Bang” was coined by Sir Fred Hoyle, an English astronomer. Hoyle used the term to mock the theory, which he disagreed with.

Source: https://integrity.mit.edu/citing-your-sources/what-common-knowledge

According to the Big Bang model, the initial explosion was produced when an infinitely hot, dense center referred to as a singularity, began to expand, giving rise to the particles that eventually formed into our universe.

Source: https://integrity.mit.edu/citing-your-sources/what-common-knowledge

Common Knowledge

• McDonald’s sells fast food.

Needs Citation

• The first McDonald’s restaurant was a BBQ joint that was opened in 1940, but the brothers who owned it switched to hamburgers in 1948 (Scanlon).

Source: http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2010/05/mcdonald%E2%80%99s-bar-b-que/

Common Knowledge

• A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit.

Needs Citation

• The bikini swimsuit got its name from the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, where the U.S. army tested atomic bombs (Cocozza).

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/jun/10/sttropez.filminspiredtravel.france.culturaltrips?gusrc=rss&feed=travel

Is it just a school thing?

Disney, 1994

Tezuka,1965

source: http://www.kimbawlion.com/kimbawlion/rant2.htm

source: http://www.kimbawlion.com/kimbawlion/rant2.htm

Why is ita big deal?

You are part of a web of scholars

Why do students risk it?

Laziness Lack of interest in assignment Unable to understand the concept or reading Misunderstanding of ownership Lack of experience with citations Pressure to maintain high grades Why bother? Only the professor will ever read this.

FEAR of failuresource: “Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age” by Lev Evering & Gary Moorman in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (56)1 Sept. 2012

Do you know…• the difference between a quote & paraphrase• when you need to cite something• blatant plagiarism• “cherry-picking” plagiarism• common knowledge• the consequences of plagiarizing

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