School Day Drama
You took a Spanish test during 1st period. At lunch, a friend who has the test during 6th period asks you, "Was it hard? What was the bonus question about?" Students who plagiarize harm what? How?"
What is the problem here?
What is sharing test questions?
DAILY DOUBLE!
You write a paragraph for history class, but it has a lot of spelling mistakes. You use a computer spell-checker to fix the red squiggly lines.
Is this cheating?
No, this is not cheating. Using a spell-checker is okay and a great way to edit work for grammar errors.
If you get caught cheating on a test, this is the grade or score you will most likely get.
What is a ZERO?
You miss school because you were sick. Your classmate sends you a picture of the notes from class so you can catch up. The notes are not going to be graded.
Is this right or wrong?
What is right/okay? Helping a friend catch up notes that are not for a grade is okay.
You are working on a AP Chemistry poster with a partner. Your partner copies an entire paragraph directly out of a textbook and pastes it onto the poster without saying where it came from.
This is an example of what?
What is plagiarism?
You are stuck on an online quiz at home. You open a second tab on your computer to look up the answers on Google, even though the teacher said it was a "no-notes" quiz.
Is there an issue here and why?
The word for two or more people working together on a project.
You completely forgot a project was due today. You tell the teacher your printer broke, even though you don't even own a printer.
Is this wrong or okay?
What is wrong/lying?
You forgot to do a Chemistry experiment at home. Instead of telling the teacher, you just make up fake numbers and write them down so it looks like you did the work.
What is the problem here?
What is lying or faking data?
An AI tool gives you a cool fact for your report, but you find out the fact is totally made up and fake. You keep it in your report anyway because it sounds good.
What's wrong with this?
Using fake information is a form of cheating. You aren't using real data.
Turning in a book report you wrote last year for a completely different class without asking your new teacher first.
What is this?
What is recycling work or self-plagiarism?
You change just two words in a long sentence from a website and paste it into your homework without saying where you found it.
Is this plagiarism?
What is wrong/plagiarism?
You are working on a science poster with a partner. Your partner copies an entire paragraph directly out of a textbook and pastes it onto the poster without saying where it came from.
What is plagiarism?
You are stuck on an online quiz at home. You open a second tab on your computer to look up the answers on Google, even though the teacher said it was a "no-notes" quiz.
What is cheating?
The word for two or more people working together on a project
What is collaboration or teamwork?
You completely forgot a project was due today. You tell the teacher your printer broke, even though you don't even own a printer.