What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own work. It includes borrowing a classmate's assignment, failing to cite your sources, and improperly putting information in your own words.
What are the consequences of plagiarism?
Since plagiarism is a serious offense, there are serious consequences. Offending students will earn a zero on the assignment, the teacher will contact the student's mentor, and other consequences may occur in accordance with the school's policy.
How can you avoid plagiarism?
First, have some integrity and do your own work! If you don't know how to do an assignment, don't take the easy way out and "borrow" your friend's assignment. You will get caught! Be responsible for your own learning. It's not always the easy path, but it is the path that will help you enrich your mind and achieve success. And remember, I'm always available to help you out!
Second, don't simply copy and paste information that you find in sources. It's important to put information in your own words; if you can't find a better way to say it and want to quote it, that's okay, as long as you cite your source. If you don't know how to paraphrase or summarize, use this document for additional help.
Third, be sure to give credit where credit is due. If you used information from a website, please be sure to cite that information in your paper and on a works cited page. If you don't know how to do that, visit Purdue's OWL for lots of useful resources.
Finally, if you want to read more about plagiarism, take some time to read the article "The Plagiarism Problem."
Second, don't simply copy and paste information that you find in sources. It's important to put information in your own words; if you can't find a better way to say it and want to quote it, that's okay, as long as you cite your source. If you don't know how to paraphrase or summarize, use this document for additional help.
Third, be sure to give credit where credit is due. If you used information from a website, please be sure to cite that information in your paper and on a works cited page. If you don't know how to do that, visit Purdue's OWL for lots of useful resources.
Finally, if you want to read more about plagiarism, take some time to read the article "The Plagiarism Problem."