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Mrs. Chausse's Email:lchausse@clintonpublic.net FAQ SENIOR WRITING RESOURCES

RESOURCES FOR FINAL EXAM TUESDAY JANUARY 19TH 7:45-9:45

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<span style="background-color: #ebf629; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday January 11- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Practice delivering your speeches. You must deliver your speech to two people outside of our class. Ask them for feedback. Fill out your peer speech form with the advice or comments provided by the two people to whom you deliver your speech.

<span style="background-color: #ebf629; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday January 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The final draft of your speech is due. Bring a printed copy. Upload a copy to turnitin.com. Speech Resources Speech Writing and Delivery Public Speaking Skills

<span style="background-color: #ebf629; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday January 5- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Draft of speech is due. Submit to turnitin.com. Bring a printed copy to class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff56; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">@Speech Resources

<span style="background-color: #f2ff5e; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday, January 4- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Make certain to have a topic for your speech.

<span style="background-color: #ede86d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday December 23 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- Final draft of Poverty Essay is due. Submit the essay to turnitin.com

<span style="background-color: #f7f26a; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday December 22- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Make certain your Impressive Speech blog entry is complete.

<span style="background-color: #ffff56; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday December 15- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Read the comments your classmates provided on your essay. Review the readings, videos and other resources on the Poverty wiki page. Prepare a plan for revising your essay. Write the steps of your plan on the paper.

<span style="background-color: #ffff56; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday December 14- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete and upload your poverty essay to turnitin.com. Print a copy of your poverty essay. Bring it to class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff56; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday December 9- Come prepared to work on your poverty essay.

<span style="background-color: #daf430; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday December 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Review the reading and responses on poverty. Decide what you want to say about poverty in an essay that incorporates at least two sources from our poverty unit. You must create an arguable thesis. Poverty

<span style="background-color: #daf430; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday December 7 <span style="background-color: #fdfef6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- Read "Dumpster Diving". With well written sentences on a separate sheet of paper, answer 1-8 comprehension questions.

Friday December 4-<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Write your response to <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">"On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher <span style="background-color: #f4f5f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">and <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">"Homeless" by Anna Quindlen

<span style="background-color: #daf430; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday December 2- <span style="background-color: #f4f5f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Create a thesis statement for your response to "On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher and "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen. Make certain the thesis statement is arguable.

<span style="background-color: #daf430; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday December 1- Review <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Actively read"On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher.

<span style="background-color: #daf430; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday November 24- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Read and annotate "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday November 23- Write a response to <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">What is Poverty? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Make certain to have a thesis. Support your thesis with specifics from the reading.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday November 19- <span style="background-color: #fefefb; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read and annotate What is Poverty? Make certain to have a thesis. Support your thesis with details from the reading.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday November 18- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Write a response to Nickle and Dimed. Make certain to have a thesis that you support in your response. Bring a printed typed copy to class. Your response should be one page typed double spaced.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday November 17 Review <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">"Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Write in blue, black ink or type a list of five different key points Ehrenreich makes in her article. Next to each key point write down the paragraph number that supports/ explains the point. Mark this in the text so that you can refer to it easily during class discussion.

Rhetorical Modes

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday November 16- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read and annotate "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Mark the text. Write down your thoughts and questions as you read.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday November 13- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Final draft of the education essay is due. Upload to turnitin.com. Bring drafts to class. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Educational Writing Prompt packet <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">MLA Information

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday November 11- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Come prepared with a printed draft of your education essay.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday November 10- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Review the feedback from your peers and your teacher. Revise your essay. Your VOICE should be clear. Submit a copy to turnitin.com. Print a copy. Bring both drafts to class.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday November 9- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete the assignment on Google Classroom. Make certain to carefully select the criteria for the synthesis essay rubric.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday November 6- <span style="background-color: #fffffc; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MLA formatted education essay is due today. Make certain that you bring a printed copy of the paper. Make certain to upload the paper to turnitin.com.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Educational Writing Prompt packet <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MLA Information

Wallace, David Foster. //This Is Water//. N.p.: Casey Marshall, 2005. PDF.

<span style="background-color: #ebe32d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday November 5 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- MLA works cited page is due. Find four to five quotes from two different sources that are relevant to your essay. Mark the quotes. Determine where the material in your paper would connect to the information from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Sources- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Educational Writing Prompt packet <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Create your works cited page. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Work on your essay. The essay with citations and works cited page is due on Friday. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Educational essay rubric

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday November 2- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete the exercises in the Educational Writing Prompt packet.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday October 30- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read "What Makes a Good School" by Jim McGuire. Mark the text. Write down your thoughts- What do you agree with? Does Morgan have these characteristics?

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday October 29- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Answer the questions on David Foster Wallace "This is Water".

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday October 28- <span style="background-color: #e7e8d1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read "The Sanctuary or School" by Lynda Barry. Answer: What does Barry value in education? What pledge does she want the country to say back to the children?

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday October 26- <span style="background-color: #f1f2da; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read "Schools for Wisdom". Answer the questions on the handout.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday October 22- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Actively read "In College, Working Hard to Learn High School Material". Answer questions 1-5 (page 2) with well written sentences in blue or black ink.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday October 20th- <span style="background-color: #feffe3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read "Class Dismissed" and "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood". Answer the questions with well written sentences in blue or black ink.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday October 15- <span style="background-color: #e8e8dc; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Assessment- What are the qualities of an exceptional college essay?

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Tuesday October 13- <span style="background-color: #f9faed; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring in a prompt from one of your college application essays. Include word count. Write down your ideas for writing this essay. Consider what we have discussed about college essays.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Friday October 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Find an image to share. The assignment is posted on Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Wednesday October 7- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Revise letter of recommendation. Bring the draft, the rubric and the final copy to class. Revise and perfect your college essay. Submit to turnitin.com. Bring a print copy to class.

<span style="background-color: #edf62c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Tuesday October 6- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Letter of recommendation for a classmate- printed copy of letter. Bring student's resume. Letter of Recommendation Resources

<span style="background-color: #f3e41f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday October 5- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete peer and self review of the personal essays on the turnitin.com peermark assignment.

<span style="background-color: #f6e83b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Friday October 2- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Revise personal essay. Submit to turnitin.com

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">For Thursday October 1- <span style="background-color: #ededeb; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Bring your revised resume to class. Staple the resume on top of your first draft. Attach the rubric to the front.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">For Tuesday September 29th- <span style="background-color: #f6f7e9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Review comments on your personal essay on turnitin.com. Write down any questions you have. Begin planning your revision.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday September 28- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Revise and perfect resume. Submit to Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Thursday September 24th- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Create a chart that lists all of your activities, athletics, awards, skills, work, volunteer involvement, church activities, etc. You determine the categories. Include dates and length of involvement. Submit the assignment to Google Classroom. Bring a printed copy to class.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Wednesday September 23rd- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Revise your college essay. Upload the revised essay to turnitin.com.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday September 21- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Make certain your three college comparison is thorough and complete. Continue working on your college essay.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday September 17- <span style="background-color: #fefff9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring a complete draft of your college essay. Submit to turnitin.comBring a printed copy of your essay to class.

<span style="background-color: #dae712; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday September 15- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Write a minimum of one paragraph of a personal essay. Type the paragraph. Save it to Google Docs. BRING A PRINTED COPY TO CLASS.

<span style="background-color: #f0f527; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday September 11- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring three photos of yourself from three different stages of your life. You can bring a digital copy on your phone or computer or a physical copy.

<span style="background-color: #f0f527; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday September 10- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read the college essay and blog entry of the classmate assigned to you. In a comment to their post, add to what the student stated about the college essay. Explain why you disagree or agree with their assessment. Consider the introduction. Consider how the author shows rather than tells. Rubric for Blog Comment

<span style="background-color: #f0f527; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday September 9- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Complete the Impressive College Essay blog assignment.

<span style="background-color: #f0f527; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday September 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Find two essays that impress you and impress college admissions officers. Save the title and link next to your name on the Google Doc. Make certain no one else has the same essays as you. The Google Doc and the links to the essay are on Google Classroom.

Due Thursday September 3- Complete survey on Google Classroom. Add our class to turnitin.com. Review the FAQs, the units of study and the other resources above. Come to class with any questions you have about the course.