Monday, May 14, 2012

Unwrapping Standards!

To all you educators out there... This is such a great book to help unwrap your state content standards as well as the common core standards! It makes writing aims, SWBAT's, UbD's, essential questions, and lesson plans so much easier! It's on Kindle too!!!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism occurs when a student, with intent to deceive or with reckless disregard for proper scholarly procedures, presents any information, ideas or phrasing of another as if they were his/her own and/or does not give appropriate credit to the original source. Proper scholarly procedures require that all quoted material be identified by quotation marks or indentation on the page, and the source of information and ideas, if from another, must be identified and be attributed to that source. Students are responsible for learning proper scholarly procedures (from Duke University's Bulletin of Information & Regulations).

Plagiarism charges can be brought against you for the following offenses:

 Copying, quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing from any source without adequate documentation
 Purchasing a pre-written paper (either by mail or electronically)
 Letting someone else write a paper for you
 Paying someone else to write a paper for you
 Submitting as your own someone else's unpublished work, either with or without permission

Learn more about the importance of citing sources in Whose idea was that?, a short video created by Simone Watson (Trinity '13).

http://www.youtube.com/embed/4y_8dYGrv0k

Saturday, May 12, 2012

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Now Enrolling for the 2012-2013 School Year (Grades 7-12)

Now is the time! We are currently taking applications for enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year!

We have a limited number of openings for each grade; however, we are filling up fast, so be sure to reserve a spot for your child today!

Tuition is FREE!!!

Fill out and submit the electronic Student Reservation Form to begin your application process. 

You may also call our office, email, and/or visit our school for more information.

Big Picture Middle & High School, Fresno
1207 South Trinity Street
Fresno, CA 93706
559-420-1234
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