The definition of plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, 1) "Borrowing someone's ideas, information, or language without documenting the source and/or 2) documenting the source but paraphrasing the source's language so closely without using quotation marks to indicate that words and phrases have been borrowed." (Hacker, The Bedford Handbook for Writers). Borrowed ideas must be in the student's own words and context with documentation. Plagiarism includes essays, research papers, projects, assignments, and test answers.
If a teacher determines that a student has intentionally plagiarized an essay or research paper, used the answers of another student on a test or assignment, or cheated on a test or assignment, that student will receive a 0 for the assignment. Parent contact will be made, and the infraction will be included in the student's discipline file. Any subsequent breach determined by the same or another instructor will result in the loss of credit in the course in which the second/subsequent infraction(s) occurs (NC if the student is passing the course; F if not passing at the time of the infraction. Violations are accumulative: an offense one year is a first offense; a subsequent offense the next year is a second offense.
A student who provides another student with test answers or permits the copying of his/her own work will be subject to the penalties above.
An accumulation of varied infractions may warrant moving directly to suspension or expulsion.
These links will show you ways to avoid
plagiarism:
From the University of Indiana Writing Center
Plagiarism: What It is
and How to Recognize and Avoid It
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html#original
From the Purdue University Writing Lab
Avoiding Plagiarism
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
Paraphrasing examples from Purdue University Writing Lab