Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is the use of words, ideas, or opinions of someone else without specific acknowledgement of their source. It is the attempt – deliberate or unintentional - to pass off as one’s own what has in fact been borrowed. Whenever you are writing on an unfamiliar, specialized, or technical topic, it is likely that you will be using printed or oral sources of information. To fail to indicate that you used such sources and/or to fail to identify them constitutes plagiarism.

Types of Plagiarism:
Copying homework from another student or enabling someone else to do so.

Using someone else’s (whether a classmate or a published author) words in a paper without using quotation marks. Whenever you use a keyword or more words in a row from another source, you must put these borrowed words in quotation marks and cite your source.

Using someone else’s (whether a classmate or a published author) ideas in a paper without giving that person credit.

Plagiarism is a violation against academic ethics. Examples of plagiarism are: stealing, borrowing, buying or copying someone else’s work, including but not limited to: homework, lab reports, take-home tests, research papers, copyrighted materials, published books and/or internet websites.

Consequences:
Any student who is caught cheating and/or plagiarizing will automatically receive a zero on the assignment.
All cheating and/or plagiarism incidents must result in parental contact by the classroom teacher.