Learning Objective:

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Understand the importance of acknowledging sources.

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Why do we cite sources?�What is plagiarism?�What is a citation?�Why does it matter?�

Tasks of the day:

• In your table, discuss your prior knowledge, ideas/thoughts/answers to the given questions.
• Next, write them down on the piece of paper on your table. You may use colored pens to highlight important ideas.

What is plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is the act of using others’ information without giving credit or acknowledging them.
• Completely copying another individual’s work without providing credit to the original author is a very clear example of plagiarism.
• Plagiarism also occurs when another individual’s idea or concept is passed off as your own.
• Plagiarism is a form of cheating or stealing. It is the unacknowledged use of another person’s words or ideas.
• One way to prevent plagiarism is to add citations in your research project where appropriate.

Other Examples of Plagiarism

• Changing or modifying quotes, text, or any work of another individual is also plagiarism.
• Re-using a project or paper from another class or time and saying that it is new is plagiarism.

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What is a citation?�

• A citation shows the reader or viewer of your project or research where you found your information.
• Citations are also included in the body of your research paper when you’re paraphrasing another individual’s information.
• These citations that are in the body of a research paper are called in-text citations. They are found directly next to the information that was borrowed and are very brief in order to avoid becoming distracted while reading a project.
• These brief citations include the last name of the author and a page number.

Example: Lam, p. 25.

What is a citation?�

• Complete citations are found on what is called an MLA works cited page, which is sometimes called an MLA bibliography. (Modern Language Association)
• All sources that were used to develop a research project should be cited.
• Included in complete citations is the author’s name, the title, publisher, year published, page numbers, URLs, and a few other pieces of information.

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To better understand, let’s watch this!

http://www.easybib.com/guides/video-lesson-citations-for-beginners/

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“The Complete Guide to MLA & Citations.” www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website. Accessed 26 September 2019.

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“Video Lesson: Citations for Beginners.”

http://www.easybib.com/guides/video-lesson- citations-for-beginners/. Accessed 26 September 2019.

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