A twenty-something teacher in Colorado; Theatre Arts; Social Studies; Grades 7-12; Hired for first year of teaching to begin in August.
Seriously? Seriously?
That would make a total of three students that I have caught plagiarizing this semester. In this case, the student was supposed to create an original poster design for a production of “Macbeth”. She just took a poster off the internet and put her own dates and ticket prices on it.
“How did I realize the poster was plagiarized?” you might ask.
She kept the original performance dates (August 2004) on the bottom on the poster and put in her own information (including a performance date of April 2011) in a small portion of the poster.
I feel like catching three students plagiarizing in one semester is a very high number. Or am I just that naive? Has anyone else experienced plagiarism at or above this quantity? How do you handle plagiarism in your classroom?
My school has a policy towards plagiarism that works in steps. (First offense: Warning, zero credit on assignment. Second offense: In-school Suspension, failing grade in class. Third offense: Suspension for two days. Fourth, final offense: Expulsion My bad here…it’s supposed to be suspension for one week…it’s been a very long day)
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