Welcome! This week we'll turn in journals and kick off the final assignment: the college essay. Here's the agenda for the short week:
MONDAY: HOLIDAY - Memorial Day, no school.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Present Raisin projects briefly to the class. Interactive brainstorming activity. Finish brainstorming sheet if there are any questions unanswered.
Due: Raisin projects.
Homework:
1. Fill out the rest of the Brainstorming Activity Sheet and bring it with you on Thursday.
2. Make sure your journal is ready to turn in.
3. On a separate piece of paper, please make a list of colleges you might apply to this summer or fall. Go to their websites (or our College and Career Center) and find out what kinds of essay prompts they require, making notes of them on your list. I will provide the latest UC and Common App prompts in class, but if there is a unique prompt for one of your school choices, please bring that to class on Thursday.
NOTE: If you aren't planning on going to a university, please see me about an alternate assignment. If you have a different writing requirement (for example letters asking for a recommendation to apply to a military academy), please let me know and that can be substituted in for the college essay assignment. Otherwise, you'll work on a two-page research paper on a job title of your choice, with details provided on Thursday.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Hear from a senior that has been through the college app process. Go over UC and Common Application prompts. Read sample essays that have been successful in the past. Match an idea from your brainstorming sheet to a prompt, keeping in mind which traits you'd like to emphasize and anything in the rest of the application you may want to explain. Begin matching a good story/event from your life to a prompt. Create a
new document, choose a prompt, and begin writing out some details that
could be worked into a a unique essay that demonstrates something
positive about you. Come to class on Monday prepared to work those
details typed into the document into a rough draft.
Due: Journals in the classroom bin at the end of the period. Brainstorming sheets completed.
Homework: Begin matching a good story/event from your life to a prompt. Create a
new document, choose a prompt, and begin writing out some details that
could be worked into a a unique essay that demonstrates something
positive about you. Come to class on Monday prepared to work those
details typed into the document into a rough draft.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Saturday, May 20, 2017
May 22-26
We're truly in the home stretch now! The class will complete and upload
the final draft of the Sustainable Foods essay this week, and then receive a Raisin in the Sun group assignment (graded individually). After that, there is a final journal check and a good draft
of the college essay (or alternate assignment). Be sure to have any late work in for partial credit by June 2.
Here's what's in store for the week:
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. A Raisin in the Sun discussion. Introduce the Raisin in the Sun final assignment. Decide and submit group roles for Raisin assignment by the end of the class period. Check in about the Sustainable Foods Essay. Read one model essay and one unfinished essay as a class and talk about their strengths and weaknesses. Time on laptops in class.
Due: Please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act III, (finish the play).
The final draft of the Sustainable Foods Essay is due Tuesday, May 23 at 11:00 p.m. to Turnitin.com.
Homework: Make sure your essay is submitted to Turnitin.com (see due section above).
Work on the Raisin group assignment - materials are due on Tuesday, May 30. Be ready to share what you have with the class in an informal presentation with your group.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Last current event topic: the heroin/opioid epidemic and proposed solutions - read articles in class, discuss/debate. Class time to meet with Raisin groups, laptops.
Due: n/a
Homework: Complete the Raisin group assignment - materials are due on Tuesday, May 30. Be ready to share what you have with the class in an informal presentation with your group.
Here's what's in store for the week:
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. A Raisin in the Sun discussion. Introduce the Raisin in the Sun final assignment. Decide and submit group roles for Raisin assignment by the end of the class period. Check in about the Sustainable Foods Essay. Read one model essay and one unfinished essay as a class and talk about their strengths and weaknesses. Time on laptops in class.
Due: Please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act III, (finish the play).
The final draft of the Sustainable Foods Essay is due Tuesday, May 23 at 11:00 p.m. to Turnitin.com.
Homework: Make sure your essay is submitted to Turnitin.com (see due section above).
Work on the Raisin group assignment - materials are due on Tuesday, May 30. Be ready to share what you have with the class in an informal presentation with your group.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Last current event topic: the heroin/opioid epidemic and proposed solutions - read articles in class, discuss/debate. Class time to meet with Raisin groups, laptops.
Due: n/a
Homework: Complete the Raisin group assignment - materials are due on Tuesday, May 30. Be ready to share what you have with the class in an informal presentation with your group.
Have a marvelous Memorial Day!
Friday, May 12, 2017
May 15-19
Hello! It's CAASP week, so our class will effectively have one meeting (half of you on Tuesday and the other half on Thursday). Please click here for the CAASP schedule and parent letter. Please come to class first, then you'll head to the MPR.
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene I.
Due: Read Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.
Homework: For Friday, please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene II.
Continue working on Sustainable Foods Essay final draft. Final drafts will be due on Tuesday, May 23.
6th period only: WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read and evaluate model sustainable foods essays. Time on library computers to work on essays, individual help.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene III. Time on laptops and individual help on final drafts of essay.
Due: For Friday, please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene II.
Homework: Please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act III, (finish the play).
Continue working on the final draft of the Sustainable Foods Essay. Final drafts will be due on Tuesday, May 23 at 11:00 p.m. to Turnitin.com.
MONDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene I.
Due: Read Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.
Homework: For Friday, please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene II.
Continue working on Sustainable Foods Essay final draft. Final drafts will be due on Tuesday, May 23.
6th period only: WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read and evaluate model sustainable foods essays. Time on library computers to work on essays, individual help.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene III. Time on laptops and individual help on final drafts of essay.
Due: For Friday, please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene II.
Homework: Please read A Raisin in the Sun, Act III, (finish the play).
Continue working on the final draft of the Sustainable Foods Essay. Final drafts will be due on Tuesday, May 23 at 11:00 p.m. to Turnitin.com.
Monday, May 8, 2017
May 8-12
This week we'll begin reading and acting out A Raisin in the Sun, as well as working on drafts of the Sustainable Foods essay.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Check in about the sustainable foods essay rough draft that is due to Turnitin.com. Intro to A Raisin in the Sun. Begin reading and acting out the play. (If you were absent, please read through Mama Younger's entrance during Act I, Scene I, page 498 in this linked version.)
Due: Continue working on draft of sustainable foods essay.
Homework: Finish full rough draft including information from 3 sources. The full rough draft will be due to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, May 9 by 11:00 p.m.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Last vocab quiz covering vocab, grammar, and reading of Raisin in the Sun. Read and act out A Raisin in the Sun through the end of Act I Scene I. Work time on laptops for sustainable foods essays with opportunity in class for individual help.
Due: Finish full rough draft including information from 3 sources. The full rough draft will be due to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, May 9 by 11:00 p.m.
Homework: Read Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.Be thinking about how you could re-interpret a brief exchange from the play in a new context (situation).
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Check in about the sustainable foods essay rough draft that is due to Turnitin.com. Intro to A Raisin in the Sun. Begin reading and acting out the play. (If you were absent, please read through Mama Younger's entrance during Act I, Scene I, page 498 in this linked version.)
Due: Continue working on draft of sustainable foods essay.
Homework: Finish full rough draft including information from 3 sources. The full rough draft will be due to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, May 9 by 11:00 p.m.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Last vocab quiz covering vocab, grammar, and reading of Raisin in the Sun. Read and act out A Raisin in the Sun through the end of Act I Scene I. Work time on laptops for sustainable foods essays with opportunity in class for individual help.
Due: Finish full rough draft including information from 3 sources. The full rough draft will be due to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, May 9 by 11:00 p.m.
Homework: Read Act 1, Scene 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.Be thinking about how you could re-interpret a brief exchange from the play in a new context (situation).
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