Cheating and Plagiarism 9/1/11

Find differences in the following word groups. Label parts of the sentences/ phrases.

After I took notes on plagiarism,
I remembered to review the information
in my composition book.

The first line is a dependent/subordinate clause. After, the subordinating conjunction, makes the clause dependent, or unable to stand on its own. The second line is an independent clause. It can stand on its own and it includes both a subject (I) and a verb(remembered). The third line is a prepositional phrase. It includes a preposition(in) and an object(composition book). The reason this one is a phrase and not a clause, is that a phrase does not necessarily need a subject and verb. It is always missing one or both. A clause requires both a subject and a verb.

Notes on Cheating and Plagiarism:

"Do" list-
-study notes together with other people
-allow classmates to copy missed notes
-discuss ideas, directions before completing a task
-show a classmate how to answer a question
-call a classmate for missed assignments
-explain directions, help others
-read a webpage or article to help gather information
-use online or other resources to clarify
-ask help from the teacher during quizzes
-use sparknotes to help understand difficult text

"don't" list-
-don't let others copy or do another persons work
-do not do work with someone else and print two copies of the same work
-do not copy paste from a website or steal from any source, claiming the writing is your own
-Do not look at another test
-do not talk during testing
-do not share work individual tasks
-do not copy/steal from any source or friend

PLAGIARISM- derived from the latin word, "plagiarius", meaning kidnapper
refers to a form of cheating, false assumption of authorship, taking someone else's product and presenting it as your own

Plagiarism is wrong in two ways. To steal one's work or thoughts or ideas is wrong but then to present it as your own is false, lies in other words, fraud.

-often moral or ethical offense, rather than legal, not often stolen from copyrighted sources and then published for profit but usually used as a grade and if caught is punished by supervisor (usually by affecting your grade)

-ignorance (not knowing that it was wrong) is NOT an excuse.

you must know the difference between:
-your own ideas/thoughts which is often common knowledge that does not need to be proven
-your summaries of another's ideas
-exact wording copied from sources (only acceptable if quoted and cited)

if there is ever doubt about what is written in your paper if it is stolen or your own, always be safe and cite the source that may have triggered this thought.

-presenting exact wording without quotations " " is plagiarism even if the source is cited

MS. METZ WILL ASSIGN A PAPER ON THESE NOTES ABOUT CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM. YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS SO REMEMBER TO LOOK THEM OVER!!