Plagiarism

Information from: IU code of students rights, responsibilities and conduct, youtube: paulrobesonlibrary.

Plagiarism is taking someones ideas, or words without giving them credit. This can be done without knowing it but it is still plagiarism. Giving credit can be in the form of footnotes, quotes, and others.

There are some ways that you can prevent plagiarism. One of which are putting the source right after the idea, or quotes. Those are just a few of the ways that you can prevent plagiarism. Also when you take notes put them in quotes. Make sure that you are not just putting one or two words different.

Paraphrasing is when you use your own words but keep someone else idea. Most people don’t even relies they do this when writing because it is so commonly used. You still have to put the source on the page. You also can’t just change or switch some words around they have to be original.

Japanese Schools

According to Web Japan, elementary school lasts six years, middle school lasts three years, and high school lasts three years and university for four years. Also, parents enroll their children for their first year of school in the month of April, just after they have turned six years old. According to Wikipedia, there are daycares with similar activities to those in kindergarten for kids three to five years old. According to Web Japan, in an ordinary elementary classroom there are usually about 30-40 children in each class. Children study many subjects such as: Japanese, science, socials, math, gym and arts. Many schools are also starting to teach English. Most schools have computers and easy access to the internet. According to Wikipedia, almost all students choose to go on to the upper secondary level. Though some choose not to. Students that attend the lower secondary level tend to go to public secondary schools. While private schools are more popular for students in upper secondary or university.(Wikipedia and Web Japan) -Salome

Eragon by: Christopher Paolini (Book Talk)

This bok is about a young man named Eragon who finds his life turned upside down and inside out in one night. When he finds a polished blue oval stone he thinks that it mught buy him, his cousin and his uncle some food and clothes for the winter. He's not expecting it to be a dragon egg. When the dragon hatches, he thinks he can hide it, but he's seriously mistaken! There are suddenly strangers in town that are looking for a stone; they are describing it as a polished blue oval stone. Eragon and his dragon Saphira are forced to flee, all they have are the clothes on Eragon's back, stolen meat, stolen hides (for a saddle), and Brom the old storyteller.
(Hook and back of book)
I recommend this book to kids between the ages of 10 and 14. I think girls or boys will enjoy this book. If you like long reads, fantasy, action, and series then you might want to try this book. The fourth book isn't out yet so you might want to consider reading it slowly or reading it next year because it leaves you hanging at the end of the third book.
You can find this book in Chapters, Indigo, Kids Books, the public library, and here at school.