Therapy Dogs by Andy Student

• A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, people with learning difficulties, and stressful situations, such as disaster areas.

• Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds. The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is its temperament. A good therapy dog must be friendly, patient, confident, gentle, and at ease in all situations.

Therapy Dogs by Andy Student Bob

• A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, people with learning difficulties, and stressful situations, such as disaster areas.

• Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds. The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is its temperament. A good therapy dog must be friendly, patient, confident, gentle, and at ease in all situations.

It’s still plagiarism even if….

• ….Andy gives his paper to Bob.

• …Bob purchases the paper online.

• …Bob turns in a paper he wrote for a different class.

• …someone tries to help you edit your paper and they rewrite it for you.

Therapy Dogs by Bob

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Therapy Dogs by Bob

Quotation: Using word-for-word information inside quotation marks and crediting the source

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• “Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds. The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is its temperament,” (Andy Student).

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Therapy Dogs by Bob

Rearranging the order• Andy Student’s version: Therapy dogs come in all sizes and

breeds. The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is its temperament. A good therapy dog must be friendly, patient, confident, gentle, and at ease in all situations.

• Bob’s version: Therapy dogs come in all breeds and sizes. Temperament is the most important characteristic of a therapy dog. A good therapy dog must be gentle, confident, patient, friendly, and at ease in all situations.

Therapy Dogs by Bob

Replacing Words

• A therapy dog is a dog (an animal) trained to provide (give) affection and comfort (relief) to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, people (citizens) with learning difficulties (problems), and stressful (tense) situations, such as disaster areas.

Therapy Dogs

Golden Retriever Therapy Dogs (Photo by Andy Student)

Therapy Dogs by Bob

Paraphrasing: Taking information, putting it into your own words, and always giving credit to the source.

• According to Andy Student, a therapy dog’s temperament is extremely important.

• Andy Students’ paper explains how important temperament is in a therapy dog.

Therapy Dogs by Bob

• Summarizing: Identifying the key points of information, putting it into your own words, and giving credit to the source.

• In his research paper, Andy Student writes about therapy dogs, their important characteristics, and how to train them.

Mary Anne’s transformation continues, as she becomes quiet and steady, not backing off. In times of conflict, rather than being

rattled, she grows more composed, almost serene. Fossie is amazed as she becomes “a different person” (98).

She begins to change physically as well, no longer wearing make-up, jewelry, or caring for her nails. She cuts her hair short, and

begins to learn more about the use of weapons. She takes on “a new confidence in her voice, a new authority in the way she

carried herself”(98).

Setting a good example….

This presentation included information from Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy_dog

Is this Plagiarism? Yes or No?

Simon Fraser University Libraryhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/node/10442/take?quizkey=2139cc8303b3b6c28ed5d1694bd1c9a2

Question 1: You find a neat idea in an article, so you use it in your paper. You don’t bother to cite the source of the

idea because you’ve expressed it in your own words.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 2: You copy a paragraph directly from an article you found. You cite the source, but you forget to put

quotation marks.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 3: You need an image for your essay. You go online and find one.

You don’t cite the source of your image, because images on the web

aren’t protected by copyright.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 4: You pay a tutor for editing assistance, and he drastically re-writes

your original paper. You hand in this new edited version to your professor.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 5: It’s the night before your paper is due, and you haven’t done any work. You buy a paper from an

online essay-mill.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 6: Your friend did the course last year, and she gives you her paper. You change the wording here and there and insert a few of

your own ideas.

Is this plagiarism?

Question 7: You copy a short passage from an article you found. You change a

couple of words, so that it’s different from the original – this way you don’t

need quotation marks. You carefully cite the source.

Is this plagiarism?

Plagiarism Resources

• Reference Librarians• Tutors• Instructors• Library Website– Plagiarism.org– IRIS (Clark College)