It is plagiarism if you copy or paraphrase ideas from another source without proper citation, either from another student's paper or from a published book or article. Plagiarism means deceiving or misleading your reader not only about the source of specific phrases or sentences, but also about ideas and interpretations.

If is not plagiarism if you quote the source of your words and acknowledge, in a footnote, the source of your quotation. It is not plagiarism if you indicate, in a footnote or within the body of your paper, the source of an idea you are discussing. You do not need to footnote ideas derived from class direction or lectures or from conversations with friends, but it might be good courtesy to do so, especially if the ideas are not supported by your own examples and explanations. You do not need to footnote any general background works you read as long as you did not take specific ideas and interpretations from them to present as your own.

Anyone caught cheating or plagiarizing will receive an E for the marking periods. Repeat offenders will be dealt with more severely. Furthermore, those who assist in cheating and plagiarizing will be treated the same as those who try to profit from it. You are cheating if you let someone copy from your tests or papers and will be treated accordingly.

It is different form of cheating if you are absent from school because you are unprepared for a test or unprepared to turn in a paper on the day assigned. In such cases you will receive an E on the paper or test, and your absence itself will be dealt with through the discipline and attendance policies.

Complaints about tests answers will be discussed after you have had a chance to review your notes and handouts. If you still believe an error was made, discuss it with the teacher privately. Class arguments about test answers serve little purpose.

Late work is the bane of all teachers. Late work causes a lot of anxiety. Everyone needs the policy regarding late work:

It is the student's responsibility to collect and store all assigned work. Keep ALL work ALL semester. Keep duplicate copies of all major writing assignments.