How to stop teenagers from plagiarizing and interest them to start reading?

I am a high school teacher that has caught so many of my students plagiarizing. Also I have given them a book report however know that most of them will not read their books. How can I encourage them to read?How to stop teenagers from plagiarizing and interest them to start reading?
If they are plagiarizing, they must care a little bit about getting a decent grade, because if they didn't care, they'd just do a crappy job on it themselves or not do it at all. Tell them this, and that they can be expelled from college the FIRST time they are caught plagiarizing. And they don't get their money back. And yes, give pop quizzes covering the chapters and make them worth a lot of points - or even count towards their essay grade. Have them turn in a rough draft of the essay so you can check it early for plagiarism. Or even this - after they turn in their essays, have a pop quiz on the topic of your essay and how you defended it, and what you sources were. That should be an easy start to checking who cheated.How to stop teenagers from plagiarizing and interest them to start reading?
I find making assignments really hard to plagiarize is a great way to go about it and it can help focus their writing and speed up your grading. Putting in very specific requirements and structure, especially in 9,10 grades is helpful because they often feel overwhelmed.


There is a time and place for creativity, etc.,


And yes, fail them, notify admin and their parents, and keep of file of copyiers. I also encourage a certain level of ';cheating'; because it makes sense. I bring in Sparks of Cliff's notes because it is good critical theory. I make them brainstorm with their classmates because it encourages them to think.


To encourage them to read, you need to give them things they want to read. Are you talking about in-class or independent reading? In class can be tricky. I found, when I got an English11(American) curriculum dumped in my lap last year, I found the text books older than me and largely beyond the ability and interest of my students. I picked out a handful of things that worked then violated copywrite to creat a multicultural lit section composed of things written after 1900 (most after 1950) and tons of YA


YA is also the key to independent reading. The LOVE it. And, really, Speak, Twilight, Harry, and the million other wonderful stories out there, are really good stories. Some of them are worthy of classroom study. I got my freshmen to read by ';lowering'; myself to their level. I was hooked. I'm now a YA junkie and miss book talk days I used to have now that I teach almost exclusively AP classes.





Oh, and book reports are not a good idea for students who copy. Book reviews, book talks, I-think papers, character analysis...these are better alternative.


And have in-class required reading time. It validates the assignment and gives them time to get it done.
Show them some examples of poor writing. Your second to last sentence would be a good example. Explain that reading will improve their spelling, vocabulary, sentence structure, and knowledge. Show them that writing can be simple and beautiful. A good example could come from Hemingway. Many great authors have been banned from our education system due to political correctness run amok. An example would be Mark Twain. Would we have Huck Finn calling his runaway slave friend African American Jim. Of course not. What else would an uneducated poor boy from that time period call Jim if not N..... Jim. What was missed by the hysterical censors is that Huck looked up to Jim as a good and honorable man. That was a radical view over a hundred years ago when this was written. My favorite short story writer is Sidney Porter who slammed my Italian nationality in one of his stories. In his stories most latin women are beautiful and latin men are short and fat comical characters prone to starting revolutions. Blacks do not fare well either, see ';Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking.'; You could read a nonoffending paragraph of OHenry as a contrast to Hemingway. O'Henry will be difficult to understand for the average high school or college student. They will not get the historical and literal references which are usually delivered in a made up western lingo. One of his easier stories, ';The Gift of the Magi'; was required reading befor I dropped out of high school. Start reading and lead by example. If you speak well you may find some students will wish to emulate you. However if you give them too much to read they may wish to immolate you instead. Good luck
give them pop quizzes and also tell them if they plagrize they'll get a zero for it and cant make it up...also tell dem u'll call their parents and let them no wats going on.. you should make the essay worth a lot of points because wen report cards come out they can see they r doing poorly
Make sure they understand how severely it's looked upon in colleges (for any students planning to attend) and that most colleges will expel a student for plagiarism.





Be sure to cover the importance of recognizing the efforts of others through proper citation. Encourage the use of citation, it's much easier to tell someone has read properly if they cite the work, and properly use quotations.





Don't be afraid to maintain strict standards or zero tolerance for cheating and plagiarizing. If they go on to college doing this they stand a good chance of getting expelled, it's in their interest to learn this now. DO explain the importance along with your grading policy. Just telling them they'll fail if they do it will motivate them only enough not to fail.





Know the sources they may use to cheat, review the cliff's notes versions and check google to look for what's available online so you can spot it easier, and let your students know you are on top of all this.





As far as interesting them in reading, this is among the greatest difficulties in education. Try to find a story they'll like, that also meets your class requirements. Target your classroom approach to their ability level. Do less in class reading in a more advanced class, it will slow down faster students and they'll just resent it.





Do regular reviews of chapters and class discussions to help them understand what they're reading and to demonstrate that they will have to regularly answer questions about the book, which they will only get right if they've read it.





Think back to reading assignments you had as a student and what worked to motivate you and your classmates. This will give you better insight than anything else.