Senior+Writing+Fall+2012

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What is on the final exam?



Speech Resources: Six Minutes: Public Speaking

Due Thursday January 17th -Semester Review Response- You will use this material in your final exam.

What day are you giving your speech?

Friday: Sal,Rachel M, Tim, Ali, James, Jon, Matt, Rachel S Monday: Maria, Ryan, Tyler, CJ Mike Tuesday: Stephanie C, Mary, Robert, Kayla, Katie Thursday: Sean, Zach, Alex

Due Thursday January 10- Revise your speech. Practice your speech to at least one person outside of class.

Due Wednesday January 9- Final draft of speech is due 25 Essential Public Speaking and Presentation Skills

Due Monday January 7- Draft of speech is due. Turnitin.com, wiki

Due Thursday January 3- Respond to two blog entries. Choose one. I will assign the second on in class one Wednesday January 2. Choose a topic for your speech. Write a thesis.

Due Friday December 20- Complete the blog entry on your speech. The following speeches are taken. Katie-You Wish a Smith Woman Tim Lou Gherig Robert Any Given Sunday Sal How Bad Do You Want It CJ John F Kennedy Decision to go to Moon Alex The Only Thing you Have to Fear ... FDR James Ken Robinson Changing Education Pardigm Matt Ray Lewis Effort Speech Stephanie Speech from movie Miracle Sojourner Truth " Ain't I a Woman"

Due Tuesday December 18- Reflection on process analysis presentations: Upload your response to your wiki and to turnitin.com.

Due Monday December 17- Teen Ink assignment- Rhetorical Strategies Please type this assignment and upload it to your wiki. Make certain to turn a copy of the assignment in to me with your rubric.

Week of December 10- Process Analysis Presentations Monday: Katie, Jon, Mary Tuesday: Rachel, Matt, Tyler,Mike Thursday: Robert, Alex, C J and Ryan Friday: Maria, Stephanie

Due Friday December 7 - Process Analysis proposal; an outline of steps for your process analysis demonstration

Due Wednesday December 5- Read My Brother's House and answer the questions on the article.

Due Monday December 3- Complete the assignment on the blog for the presentations. Make certain to follow the directions. Type an evaluation of your own presentation. Explain what you did well and what you would do differently if you were doing the presentation again. Be specific. Refer to the rubrics and the requirements. Upload your reflection to turnitin.com.

Monday in class:

Due Wednesday November 29 - Presentations are due Presentations must be on your wiki page!

Due Wednesday November 21- Popplet or Spiderscribe- Analysis of //Waiting for Superman//. What is the filmmaker's point of view? How does the filmmaker use rhetorical devices to support his point of view? Do you agree with his point of veiw? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Rhetorical Strategies rhetorical strategies: compare/ contrast; process/ analysis, definition, narrative, descriptive, cause and effect

Time Magazine Waiting for Superman: Are Teachers the Problem? Washington Post The Answer Sheet Why Oscar Snubbed Superman

Due Monday November 12, 2012: The art packet analysis on. The art packet analysis on another piece of Icarus artwork. Write an essay comparing the two pieces of artwork. Upload the essay to your wiki.

During Class, Friday November 9, 2012 Scored Essays- College Board.com = Art Work ** - **=
 * Read The Sample SAT essays on the prompt you responded to yesterday-
 * Reread your SAT essay. Review your SAT rubric. [[file:SAT Scoring Rubric.doc]]
 * Decide what score your essay deserves. In a typed document, explain why your essay deserves this score. Refer to the SAT rubric and to the essays on the college board site.
 * Review Brueghal's painting. Fill in the art work analysis sheet.
 * Find a second paper that captures Icarus. Fill in the second art analysis sheet. [[file:Art work on Daedelus and Icarus.doc]]
 * In writing, explain how each of the paintings depicts Icarus.
 * Search the museum sites for two pieces of art work you want to use in your art work project. [[file:art analysis final project.doc]] [[file:artanalysisprojectpresentationrubric.doc]] [[file:Art work analysis packet.doc]]

Metropolitan Museum of Art collection Museum of Fine Arts Louvre MOMA Web Museum, Paris


 * ICARUS ART WORK--**

Peiter Bruegel Painting The Fall of Icarus [] []

Marc Chagall Painting: The Fall of Icarus

Henri Matisse Jazz:Icarus

Images of Daedalus and Icarus Icarus Paintings On this page, click on the link on the top and to the right. This will take you to a power point presentation of art on the subject of Icarus. Icarus art work @http://www.angelfire.com/ma/icarus0/

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Friday November 9, 2012: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">View Daedalus and Icarus Video

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Thursday November 8, 2012: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Charts on compare/ contrast essays- I will not accept these after 8:35am.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Due Wednesday November 7- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Read all compare and contrast essays. Be prepared for a quiz. Read the comments on your definition essay. Fill out the definition rubric on the essay.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Due Tuesday November 5- <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Advertisement Assignment- Upload final draft to turnitin.com. Place a draft on wikispace. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;"> ADVERTISEMENTS

Compare Contrast Essays:   The Tale of Two Divorces

Thursday October 25- Draft Two of the Definition Essay is due today.

Monday October 22- Definition essay is due. Upload to turnitin.com. Upload to wiki. Bring a print copy to class.

Thursday October 18- Comma quiz

Wednesday October 17- Complete Comma handout. Quick Guide to Commas- Purdue OWL Make certain to complete the peer/self review on turnitin.com

Tuesday October 16- Response is due today. Make certain it is on turnitin.com and wiki.

Monday October 15- Finish taking notes on definition essay assigned to you. Write thesis. Mark support that you can use in your response. (at least three possible quotes)

Response- defense of clear thesis intro: thesis, hook, plan body: support with specific references to the text conclusion: synthesize- beyond summary

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Friday October 12- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Bring one essay to share with the class. Be prepared to take the quiz on parallel structure. Make certain you finished reading and analyzing the definition essays. What is Poverty? by Jo Goodwin Parker

Grammar Bytes Parallel Structure- Use the interactive quizzes on parallel structure to prepare for the quiz.

Captial Community College- Parallel Structure Quiz

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday October 10 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Final draft of personal or why I want to attend essay. Place final copy on turnitin.com F.Y.I. New York Times Choice article "Stuck on the Essay-Try writing an article to an Imaginary roommate" on finding a topic for the college essay

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday October 9 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Final draft of personal or why I want to attend essay. Place final copy on turnitin.com.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday October 5- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Final draft of Letter of recommendation is due. Turn in with final copy of resume. Share the letter with me on Google Docs. lchausse@clintonpublic.net <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">misplaced/ dangling modifier quiz is today-Grammar Girl Misplaced Modifiers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Dangling Modifiers by OWL Purdue <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Grammar Bytes Misplaced Modifiers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Grammar Bytes - more exercises

Thursday October 4 Teen Ink Rhetorical Device Assignment is due. TeenInk.com

Monday October 1- Write a letter of recommendation for your classmate. Block Letter Format Letter Format

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Friday September 28- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> pronoun reference quiz today. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> pronoun reference practice exercises Perfect resume is due.

Thursday September 27- Create your resume. Upload to wiki. Share with me on Google Docs lchausse@clintonpublic.net Bring a printed copy to class. Study pronoun reference. Here is a link to more pronoun reference practice exercises.

Wednesday September 26- Make a list of all of the activities, awards, jobs, volunteer work that you have participated in during high school Create categories.

Tuesday September 25- Revise Why I Want to essay..... Place on wiki, turnitin.com. Revise personal essay. Place on wiki, turnitin.com

Due Wednesday September 19- Find three colleges that you are considering attending. Write down the name and address of the admissions office. Make a chart. Underneath the name and address of each college make a list of why you like this school. Be as specific as possible.

Wednesday in class- Go to College Search Applicaton Process. Visit Unigo, College Board and the other college search engines. Visit the colleges' websites. Take notes. Gather information on specifics about the college. View some of the information on courses. Add to the list you created in class yesterday and the list you completed for homework. Add specifics from your own experience that will show the college how you relate to this school. For tomorrow, write a draft essay for one of the colleges-- Why I want to go to.... Make certain only you could write the essay!

Tuesday September 18- Quiz on Pronouns is today. Practice the exercise on my Grammar Resources page to prepare for the quiz. Review - Pronoun Forms Reference and Case of Pronouns Pronoun Practice Exam [|Grammar Bytes Pronoun Agreement] Grammar Bytes Pronoun Case Grammar Bytes-- See more pronoun exercises Capital Community College- See site for more exercises OWL Purdue Pronouns OWL Purdue Pronoun Cases

Monday September 17- Personal Essay is due today. Place on turnitin.com and on wiki

Tuesday September 11- Personal Essay is due today. Upload a copy to the wiki. Upload a copy to turnitin.com. Bring a print copy to class.

Friday September 7- Read the college essays on the websites listed on the College Essay Wiki Page( Essays that Impressed the Colleges).

Choose one that impresses you. Post this assignment to the Senior Writing Blog. Identify the author, the essay and provide a link to the essay in your post. Briefly explain what the essay is about. Explain why the essay is impressive. What makes it memorable? What makes the essay a good college admissions essay. Refer to the criteria of a college essay in your explanation. Include specific references to the essay (quotes).


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Class Assignment for Friday 9/7- Due at the end of class- Read the essay the person on the card chose to reflect on in the class blog. Read the student's blog entry on the essay. Do you agree with his or her assessment of the essay? Make certain to address the message of the essay. Explain what the message reveals about the applicant. Does the essay show the reader by using vivid images and capturing specific moments? Explain. Refer to specific words in the essay to explain your thoughts. Does the essay have an opening that will draw the reader into the essay? How? Please provide specifics in your response to support your thoughts. If the author of the original blog entry, covered all of these topics- great! Make certain to reflect on the original blog entry and the thoughts of the blog author. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">After commenting on this essay, review the other essays your classmates chose. Find an essay that impresses you. Compare it to the original essay you chose. Is is better? Just as good? Explain your thoughts on these two essays. If you were the admissions counselor which would you chose as worthy of admission **.

Due Wednesday September 5- Book of Choice Summer Reading Assignment

Friday August 31- Write down possible topics for a college/personal essay on your Future Topics sheet.

Thursday August 30- Read the blog comments on the Senior Writing Blog. Find two new pieces of advice for writing the college essay from new sources. Use the sources on the College Essay page. Make certain to record your sources and to record your new information.

Wednesday August 29- The assignment is on the Senior Writing Blog

Due Wednesday August 29th- Complete the survey-Senior Writing - Opening Survey Bookmark this page.