Writing: Module 30, Lesson 4 (Day 149): Extended Written Response: Opinion Text

Session 3: ALERT, ALERT, ALERT-- WATCH OUT!: Fixing Plagiarism

Video

One thing that writers of opinion pieces need to WATCH OUT FOR is plagiarism. Plagiarism is when a writer copies the words of another writer and claims that they are their own words. Because you are using details from the text, you may feel the desire to just copy what’s in the passage, but DON’T - plagiarism is stealing. When a writer realizes they are plagiarizing, they push themselves to paraphrase, which means they put the text details into their own words.

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Visual

Paraphrasing vs Plagiarism Anchor Chart Alt Text Links to an external site.

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Interactive

Directions:

• Practice fixing plagiarism in the interactive below.  
• For each of the paragraphs, re-write the key points in your own words.
• Check your work against the sample solutions.  How did you do?
• Finally, read through your own work.  Does your work have plagiarism?  If so, those sentences need to be paraphrased instead.

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