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PLAGIARISM and COPYRIGHT LAWS : 

PLAGIARISM and COPYRIGHT LAWS What every student needs to know…

Copyright Laws: 

Copyright Laws protect any created material (print, audio, visual) as soon as it is created.

What is protected by copyright: 

What is protected by copyright Books, articles, poems, stories and any other print material. TV and radio programs. Videos, DVD’s, tapes, CD’s ,slides, etc. Pictures, images, artwork, etc. Any created material including something you as a student have written even if you have not applied for copyright.

Plagiarism: 

Plagiarism The act of stealing (borrowing, using, copying) and passing off as one’s own the ideas and words of another

Plagiarism is also: 

Plagiarism is also using a created production without crediting the source. This means anything from TV, the radio, movies, and also from a computer.

Cheating, copying, and plagiarizing will result in: (from handbook): 

Cheating, copying, and plagiarizing will result in: (from handbook) 1st offense, parents or guardian notified, zero grade for work, ineligible for National Honor Society 2nd offense results in 3 day suspension & parent or guardian conference all subsequent offenses dealt with on a case by case basis

To avoid plagiarism…..: 

To avoid plagiarism….. Cite your sources (list where you got your info!) Use quotation marks on exact words.

DO NOT:: 

DO NOT: buy papers from the internet or anyone else turn in another’s work as your own or copy from another person’s work have another person produce your work omit citations for any information in your work omit quotation marks when using exact words of someone

Make sure you do…..: 

Make sure you do….. cite any source you use if paraphrasing or summarizing or if using an image,video or audio material use quotation marks when using the exact words found in a source cite your source for borrowed ideas even if put in your own words

So what writing won’t need citing? NOT MUCH!: 

So what writing won’t need citing? NOT MUCH! if your teacher does not require a list of sources for a short report or presentation when you analyze anything (literature) and are expected to give your own ideas and views or analysis of a situation common knowledge …..

Common knowledge is information that the majority of people already know: 

Common knowledge is information that the majority of people already know dictionary definitions historical information that most people know- i.e. George Washington was our first president current information or news such as the World Trade Center was bombed in Sept. 11.

Take a short self test - which are OK????: 

Take a short self test - which are OK???? John copies a picture from an internet site and includes the site in his list of sources. The band decides to play a song at the basketball game but it is not in the package Mr. Ferland purchased to use this year. Sally changes two words from an encyclopedia article and uses it for her report listing the article in her list of sources

More self-test….: 

More self-test…. The junior class advertises that they are showing SHREK after school - admission just $1. Jeff starts his report with a dictionary definition of a common word but does not include the dictionary in his source list.

How to take notes to avoid plagiarism: 

How to take notes to avoid plagiarism Use note cards with one topic from one source on each individual card If you don’t have cards, use a separate sheet of paper for each topic Read a paragraph or two and then close the page or turn away and write your notes only looking back to clarify facts

More ideas on note taking: 

More ideas on note taking Write facts as briefly as possible and in your own words Write in short phrases rather than in sentences Try to avoid unnecessary adjectives and adverbs and abbreviate when possible

When using the internet: 

When using the internet If note taking directly from the internet to the computer program, minimize the site and then jot notes. Then minimize notes and return to the page. Again, use words and phrases, not sentences.

Skim and Scan: 

Skim and Scan Once you have progressed to your second, third, fourth, etc. source, skim and scan the information first. Do not take notes on the same material you derived from the first book or site - save time both reading and writing!

Use note cards or separate page for each topic - indicate source at top: 

Use note cards or separate page for each topic - indicate source at top The First American Early life BF born 1-6-1705 - 1 of 10 kids parents - Josiah & Abiah in Boston, MA youngest The First American Early life BF born 1-6-1705 - 1 of 10 kids parents - Josiah & Abiah in Boston, MA youngest

Leave room around edges for your comments: 

Leave room around edges for your comments The First American Early life BF born 1-6-1705 - 1 of 10 kids parents - Josiah & Abiah in Boston, MA youngest Use in intro This will help you organize cards later. The First American Early life BF born 1-6-1705 - 1 of 10 kids parents - Josiah & Abiah in Boston, MA youngest Use in intro

Keep quotes exactly as they will appear in your paper and indicate page number where quote was found.: 

Keep quotes exactly as they will appear in your paper and indicate page number where quote was found. The First American “Ben’s facility with the written word manifested itself early.” p. 16 The First American “Ben’s facility for the written word manifested itself early.” p.16

Methods of paraphrasing: 

Methods of paraphrasing Skim and scan your material looking for overall meaning and main ideas Read carefully and check meaning of words with which you are not familiar Review again if necessary Close or cover the source and write brief notes that stick to main ideas and pertinent details

The next step is checking for: 

The next step is checking for Accuracy - have I kept to the main ideas that the author is stating? Have I used my own words? Have I used quotes where needed and noted the source and page number on my note card?

An example from Big Dog’s MLA Quick Guide: 

An example from Big Dog’s MLA Quick Guide Original: Wuthering Heights is the most remarkable novel in English. It is perfect, and perfect in the rarest way: it is the complete bodying forth of an intensely individual apprehension of the nature of man and life. That is to say, the content is strange enough, indeed baffling enough, while the artisitc expression of it is flawless. (Allen 223) In the next column, look at three versions of students’ writing taken from the original. Which is paraphrased best? Version 1: The most remarkable novel in English is Wuthering Heights. It brings forth an individual apprehension of the nature of man and life; therefore, it is perfect in the rarest way. Version 2: Wuthering Heights is a great English novel. It is perfect in the rarest way: It provides an individual apprehension of man’s nature. Version 3: Walter Allen insists that the “artistic expression” of Wuthering Heights is flawless (223). Allen admits that the content is strange and even baffling, but he argues that the novel is perfect……….

If, if if…… but, but, but: 

If, if if…… but, but, but You just run out of time…………………. You just don’t understand how to do it………………… Your life is in a shambles and it’s just not happening…………………….

Ask for help!!!!!: 

Ask for help!!!!! Better to be a day late and get a lower grade than a zero (try averaging zero into a number!) …… Better to be honest ……………….. Better to try, do your best and maintain a good reputation…… Than to cheat!

Final Activity: 

Final Activity You will be asked to take a multiple choice quiz on the topic of copyright and plagiarism. It is up to your English teacher to grade this (or not), but it will be kept on file in the Eng. Dept. here at HBHS to indicate that you have understood this information. Any questions? Ask now!

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