Plagiarism is the act of stealing, copying, or taking someone elses words. An example of Plagarism: Katie was upset because she procrastinated. She only had 2 hours to finish her research paper, so she decided to copy and paste an article online. Katie got a zero on her paper because she stole someone elses's work.
I have a no tolerance rule against plagarism in my classroom, and students will be taught how to turn research into their own words.
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