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Plagiarism Dont
Do IT!

Title of Unit
Developed By

Grade Level

9th Graders

Rhonda C Roberts & Willis Blake

Identify Desired Results (Stage 1)

Content Standards
ISTE Standard 5: Digital citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and
practice legal and ethical behavior.
a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology
b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration,
learning, and productivity
c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning
d. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship
Understandings
Overarching Understanding

Understand
Understand
plagiarism?
Understand
Understand
plagiarism?

Essential Questions
Overarching Essential Questions

what plagiarism is?

the consequences of

how to avoid plagiarism?

the two types of

What is plagiarism?
What are some consequences of
plagiarism?
What are some ways to avoid
plagiarism?
What are the types of plagiarism?

Related Misconceptions
Plagiarism is hard to detect.
No one will ever know that I copied the work.
Teachers do not have time to check for plagiarism.
Plagiarism only counts if most of the research paper was plagiarized.

Knowledge
Skills
Students will know
Students will be able to
How to avoid plagiarism.
Create a plagiarism video using
What are the consequences of
PowToon.
Successfully pass the plagiarism
plagiarism?
The various types of plagiarism.
assessment.
Create a plagiarism quiz to play with
the class.
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Assessment Evidence (Stage 2)

Performance Task Description
Students will take a pre-assessment about plagiarism.
Students will have a brief discussion about what plagiarism is.
Students will view a PowerPoint Video on Plagiarism (Consequences and Types).
Students will work on a BrainPop to learn and be quizzed about plagiarism.
(https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/preview.weml)
Students will be required to post to the discussion question on Edmodo. (After
hearing more about plagiarism, have you ever plagiarized before and what was
your biggest take away from the PowerPoint?)
Students will be placed in groups to have the option to either create a plagiarism
trivia game using moviemaker to be played with the class or create a PowToon
video about plagiarism. Students can use the following site
(http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/prevention/) along with the curated
tools created for this unit to further their education and use as support to complete
these assignments. (Differentiated Instruction)
Students will play the trivia game.
Students will take a summative assessment about plagiarism.
Other Evidence
Email responses to Edmodo responses by students.
Completion of plagiarism tasks (Trivia Game and PowToon Video). (Formative
Assessment)
Graded Summative Test (Pre and Post)
Assessment
PowToon or Trivia Game on Moviemaker
Plagiarism Summative Assessment (Post)
Plagiarism Pre-Assessment
Learning Plan (Stage 3)
Lesson 1/Day 1
Students will take a pre-assessment on Edmodo about plagiarism.
Teachers will show (Plagiarism PowerPoint Presentation) and discuss topic students.
Students will work on BrainPop to learn more and be quizzed about plagiarism.
Students will post to the discussion question on Edmodo. (After hearing more about
plagiarism, have you ever plagiarized before and what was your biggest take away
from the PowerPoint?)
Lesson 2/Day 2
Students will be placed in groups to have the option to either create a plagiarism
trivia game using moviemaker to play with the class or a PowToon video about
plagiarism.
Lesson 2/Day 3
Students will continue working on their plagiarism trivia game or PowToon video.
Lesson 2/Day 4
Students will continue and finish their plagiarism trivia game or PowToon video.
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Lesson 2/Day 5
Students will finish and present their plagiarism trivia game or PowToon video.
Lesson 2/Day 6
Students will finish presenting their plagiarism trivia game or PowToon video.
Lesson 3/Day 7
Students will take post assessment
Curated Tools/Plagiarism/ http://www.thinglink.com/scene/636334895802613762
Assessment/Edmodo
Plagiarism
1) In your own words, what is plagiarism?
2) What are the two category types of plagiarism?
3) Give me an example of each category type of plagiarism.
4) List at least one consequence of plagiarism.
5) List at least one guideline for avoiding plagiarism.
6) Give me an example of how you should cite while writing or typing a paper.
7) List and give an example of the five types of intentional plagiarism.

Needs Assessment/Learning Analysis

The learners for this unit are ninth grade students at Beach High School in Savannah,
Georgia. The students range in ages from 14 to 16 with the most common age being age
14. Beach High School is predominately African American and is considered a title one
school. The demographic data for Beach High School is as follows:
90% Black, 5% White, 4% Multi Racial, 1% Hispanic
49% male and 51% female
90% free lunch and reduced lunch
The class that will collaborate with Mrs. Roberts ninth grade class is Willis Blakes second
period class (Introduction to Business and Technology). His ninth grade class consist of
twenty African American students who have learning abilities that vary. Mrs. Robertss
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ninth grade class consist of seventeen African American with varying learning abilities as
well.
Chatham County Public Schools has for the past couple of years been implementing new
technologies to be used in the classroom. Various technologies were introduced in our
new three year technology plan including Edmodo. Because technology is becoming a
huge part of the curriculum, plagiarism has increased dramatically. Plagiarizing is a
serious issue and can ruin the livelihood of many students. What I have noticed is that
when students enter the ninth grade, they turn in other students assignments and/or
copy and paste answers from the web. After speaking and explaining the consequences
of plagiarizing, students are shocked and immediately say they did not know. Mr. Blake
and I came together after speaking with our students about plagiarizing and realized that
both classes lacked knowledge about plagiarizing and decided to move forward with the
plagiarizing unit.

Table 1:

Roberts 9th

Blake 9th

Class Size
Females
Males
IEP

17
10
7
0

20
14
6
10

Interviews during class discussion (plagiarism):

Table 2: Interview Questions

Roberts
1. Do you know what plagiarizing is?
Student 1: No
Student 2: Not Really
Student 3: Using someone elses work
2. Do you know what could happen if
you plagiarize?
Student 1: No
Student 2: No
Student 3: Yes
3. Have you ever plagiarized before?
Student 1: Yes
Student 2: Yes
Student 3: Yes

Blake
1. Do you know what plagiarizing is?
Student 1: Borrowing work
Student 2: No
Student 3: Kind of
2. Do you know what could happen if you
plagiarize?
Student 1: Nothing happens
Student 2: No
Student 3: You can get into trouble
3. Have you ever plagiarized before?
Student 1: Yes
Student 2: Yes
Student 3: Yes

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