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Lesson 1--What is Plagiarism and How to Prevent It

From KNILT

Specific Objectives

  • Student will be able to give a definition of plagiarism
  • Students will have an understanding of why palgiarism is wrong
  • Students will be able to prevent plagiarism using NoodleTools

Required Materials

  • pen/pencil
  • notebooks
  • computers


Step by Step Procedures

  • Ask "Does anyone know what plagiarism is?" Allow for some discussion then give the general definition for them to copy into their notebooks : Plagiarism is when one person takes another person's work and uses it as their own.
  • Ask "Does any one know of a way that we can prevent this from happening?" Allow for some discussion and then give them this general statement for their notes: Plagiarism can be prevented when a person takes the time to give credit to another person's work by including a Works Cited Page for every research report.
  • Ask "Does anyone know how to create a Works Cited Page?" Allow for discussion then give them this general statement for their notes: A Works Cited Page is when a person lists all the different sources that were consulted and where information was taken from for their own work. This includes encyclopedia, magazines, database articles, websites, photos, videos, television programs, movies, etc.
  • Ask "Why do you think we would want to include a Works Cited Page?" Allow for discussion.

Activity

Have students number a sheet of paper 1 to 5. Ask them to purposefully omit their names at the top. Then ask them a set of five questions for which they must right an answer on the paper. When everyone is finished collect the papers. Then provide the correct answers for all 5 questions. Now call out one student randomly and say that they can choose any one of the papers to submit as their own. They will be able to check the answers for correctness against the given answers and then submit it for a grade. You should immediately here some protests. Most students will complain that it is not fair since they know they got all the answers right but are not guareenteed to received top marks. Explain that is exactly right but that is what happens everytime you commit plagiarism. Someone is not getting top marks for their hard work. Usually students retain a firmer grasp of why plagiarism is wrong and does some damage to others.

  • Introduce them to the website www.noodletools.com. Explain that this website can create a Work Cited Page from the information you input. It will format, alphabetize, save, store, and print any Works Cited Page you create. Show them how it works.
  • Walk the students through the registration process for a free student MLA account.
  • Allow students to use the chosen website from the previous lesson on website evaluation to create their own citation using the MLA format.

Assessment Based on Objectives

Student understand will be assessed on class participation and observation of how well they can create one citation using NoodleTools.


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