Final Outliers Quiz tomorrow! IRP Project and Gallery Card due Thursday!

Use your study guides to help you prepare for the Outliers quiz.


Also work on your IRP, creative project and gallery card due on Thursday, Dec. 20. Remember, your project must:

• be interactive
• show a lot of effort
• relate to your book and teach your classmates about your book

12/13 #19 This American Life Response and work on IRP

Follow instructions on the class handout. Here is a link if you need it. 

Also work on your IRP, creative project and gallery card due on Thursday, Dec. 20. Remember, your project must:

• be interactive
• show a lot of effort
• relate to your book and teach your classmates about your book

12/11 Study for final vocab quiz and complete "Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes" Qs

12/10 HW #18 Read "The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes" and answer Qs

Start reading and answering the questions. Here is the handout if you need it.  Due on Thursday.

12/6 HW #16 Complete typed book report.

Finish your independent book this weekend and complete a typed, double-spaced summary of your book.  Your summary must be 4-5 paragraphs and include your opinion of the book.

See the guidelines under the "IRP Packet with Weekly Questions" link of this blog (top right corner).

12/4 HW #15 IRP week 6

In 150 words, type a description of your creative project. It must be interactive, show effort and directly relate to your book.

12/3 HW #14 "Harlan, Kentucky", read and answer Qs

Read pages 161-176 in "Outliers" and answer the questions provided in class.

11/27 HW #13 "The Three Lessons of Joe Flom" and Qs

Read the next chapter and answer the questions on the class handout.

Study for Thursday's vocab quiz and be prepared to answer questions about "Outliers." Use the review sheet we completed in class!

11/26 HW #12 Complete draft of College Essay

And read your independent book!

11/20 HW #10 Read: "The Trouble with Geniuses Part Two" and finish Qs; #11 IRP week 4

Use this Thanksgiving break to catch up on assignments and get ahead in your independent book!

11/19 HW #9: Read "The Trouble with Geniuses Part 1" and complete questions

What's the downside of being a genius? Keep reading "Outliers" and answer up through question 4 of the handout.  Here is the link to the handout if you need it.

Feel free to read ahead and complete more questions.  Completed questions will be due after Thanksgiving break.

11/15 HW # 7 IRP week 3; #8 Typed, double-spaced intro paragraph

Read your independent book and type your week 3 response. See link under Class Resources if you need the question and word requirement.

Decide on your personal essay topic and type your intro paragraph. See this link for examples of intros and sample student essays.

11/13 HW #6 Read "The 10,000 Hour Rule" in Outliers and answer questions; Study for vocab quiz on Thursday

See link here for handout with questions.

11/12 HW #5 List of personal essay ideas

See the handout attached to this link for instructions, but you must come up with two ideas for each of the Common Application essay topics. You may type or write neatly.

11/8 HW #4 IRP week 2, both questions

GET A GOOD START ON YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOK. READ!!

11/6 HW #3 College fair, one page typed reflection

You will write a one-page, typed, double-spaced reflection on your college fair experience. Describe which school booths you went to. What kinds of questions did you ask? What interesting or exciting information did you learn? How has the fair influenced your thinking about college and your post-high school plans? Was anything overwhelming or nerve-wracking for you?

HW #2 Complete your 6 college profiles

Session 2 HW #1 Choose your new book and complete IRP week 1

IRP Due on Thursday!!!

All this week you should be working on your IRP.  Due on Thursday!  The project must show effort, clearly relate to your book and be interactive.  Your typed book report and gallery card are also due by Thursday.  See the resources section of this blog if you need help with those two assignments.

Two other priority assignments:

• Completed self-description
• Completed Myers Briggs response

Extra credit opportunity! Write a love letter to someone in need.

The "Write More Love Letters" project has a special request for letters of encouragement to be sent to 3 specific people.  You can earn extra credit by choosing one person and writing to them.  You can use the one you wrote as a base and edit it to meet the recipient's specific needs for encouragement. You will have to complete it by next Thursday to get the extra credit.  This means,  you would have to turn it in to me for edits on Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

Here is the link for more information on the recipients: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=87ea529be1b2d6065d52fc357&id=6b040707a9&e=b93c81ef4a

10/18 HW #23 Complete typed, double-spaced book report and work on IRP

Use the directions on the IRP weekly questions handout to write your book report. This is due on Monday because you will have to do edits before Thursday.  Also, spend time working on your IRP creative project.  This is 25% of your final grade and is due on Thursday at the beginning of class.

You must have your book report and creative project (both must be done well) to receive a grade this session.

Other work priorities:

• Edits to self-description
• Edits to Myers Briggs response

10/16 HW #22 Complete edits to Myers Briggs response

Also work on make-up work in this order:

• complete your independent book
• complete IRP week 6
• complete your typed, double-spaced self-description (follow the guidelines closely!)

10/15 HW Make up work/Complete IRP book

We have 2 weeks of school left! Your IRP project, book report and gallery card will be due on Thursday, October 26.  This is 25% of your grade and you can not pass the class without completing an acceptable project.

TONIGHT: Focus on catching up on assignments in this order:

• Complete your independent book
• Complete IRP week 6 (this must be a detailed plan that explains how your project relates to your book, how it is interactive and how you will execute your project)
• Complete your typed, double-spaced Myers Briggs response
• Complete your typed, double-spaced Self Description

Class Assignments for Monday, Oct. 15

1. We will review PSAT critical reading and writing sections as a warm up today and Tuesday.

2. Go to this site and watch the power point describing different types of colleges: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/college-101/types-of-colleges-the-basics

3. All students will register for an account with College Board. Once you have signed up, go to "Make a Plan", then to "Find Colleges" and begin to research schools.  You will each compile a list of 6-8 schools of interest, including safety, target and reach schools (see descriptions below). As you find schools you like, pull them into the "My Colleges" tool at the bottom of the page. Consider location, your academics (testing scores and GPA), whether the schools are small, medium or large, as well as majors available, costs and other factors.

Reach - Target - Safety (from www.chooseyourfuture.org)

Aim to apply to five colleges and to complete five scholarship applications and the FAFSA by the end of January of your senior year.

Why five? When you apply to only one or two schools, you take a risk. You might be turned down, or you might close off your options too soon. The five schools you apply to should include reach, target, and safety schools.

Reach:
Your top choices, the most academically challenging schools on your list. You should include a couple of long shots, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Target:
Schools where you would be very happy and are likely to be admitted. These are your realistic choices.

Safety:
Schools where you are almost certain to be admitted and where you think you would be happy and get a good education.

10/11 HW #21 IRP week 6

BE CREATIVE! You must complete your independent book this weekend and complete your IRP week 6 response. This is a short but very important response. You must decide BEFORE you start writing what creative project you will present at the end of this session to teach your classmates about the book you read.  Your response must be detailed and include exactly how you will put your project together, what supplies you'll need, describe how it will be interactive and how it relates to your book.

10/9 HW #20 Self description

Use the handout given in class to type (and double-space) a description of yourself as a friend, student, family member and individual.  You must have about 1-2 paragraphs or 10 sentences written about each of the 4 areas.  For the categories: friend, student and family member, you must talk to two other people to get their views of you in those areas.  Be sure to use specific examples throughout your writing. Here is the handout if you need it.

10/4 HW #19 Read IRP and complete week 5 response

See the Resources section of this blog if you need to remember the question for week 5.

10/2 HW #18 Final POBAW Response

Finish reading the book and write your final letter to Charlie.  Be sure to follow the guidelines given for this assignment. Scroll down until you get to POBAW Response 1 if you need the link to the guidelines.

10/1 HW #17 Edit your love letter; begin reading POBAW section 4

9/27 HW #16 Read independent book and complete IRP week 4

Spend time catching up on reading.  You should be about two-thirds of the way through your book.  You have two more weeks to finish it completely!  Type your IRP week 4 response.  See your class handout or the link under the "Resources" section of this blog if you need the question.  Response must meet the word requirement to be accepted.

MYERS-BRIGGS Response:  If you did not complete your response in class, then finish over the weekend. See link here for the handout.

9/25 HW #15 POBAW Response 3 and study for vocab/improving sentences quiz

Finish reading Section 3 of POBAW and write Response 3.  This must be a full page, typed, double-spaced and follow the correct letter format.  You must discuss more than one event in Section 3 of the book.  As always, be thoughtful, specific and sympathetic.  Follow the same guidelines as you have for Responses 1 and 2.  Here is the link to the guidelines if you need it.

Also, you will have your vocab and improving sentences quiz on Thursday.  Vocab will require you to match definitions to words.  You should also review the SAT website for "improving sentences" along with the handout we completed on Monday to prepare.

9/24 HW #14 Love letter to a stranger draft; And begin reading POBAW section 3

Go to the site "More Love Letters" (click here for link) to look at examples of anonymous letters people have written and left for someone else to "find".  Write a typed draft of a letter in this style to a stranger.  Be creative and be thoughtful.  You must save what you write because you will make edits to the letters before we send them out into the world.

POBAW Response 3 will be due on Thursday, so start reading section 3, p. 98-139.

HW #12 IRP week 3; HW #13 Next Step U article: 200 word, typed summary

Read your independent book and complete IRP week 3 response.  See "Resources" if you need to remember the question and word requirement.

Read "Next Step U" and find an article of interest to you.  Type and double-space a 200-word response explaining the information in the article and explaining why this article was particularly interesting to you.

9/18 HW #11 POBAW Response 2 (same format as before)

Finish reading section 2 of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  Then type your second response to Charlie.  Use the same format and guidelines as you did for your first response.  Here is the link if you need it.

Also, work on make-up work.  From now on, anyone who is more than two assignments behind must attend after school study hall until you are caught up.

9/17 HW 10: Read POBAW, p. 42-73 and answer Qs 1-5 on p.214

Continue reading Section 2 of POBAW.  Use what you have read to write short answers (3-4 complete sentences each) for the "Topics and Questions for Discussion" #1-5 on page 214.  Your answers must be written in complete, detailed sentences and include the question in the answer. Write very neatly or type.

Example:
1. I think the author Stephen Chbosky chose to use letters as the format for this book because... The letter format affects the book because.... If the book were written in first person I think it would be.... If the book were written in third person I think it would be...

9/14 HW 9 Read your book and complete IRP week 2, both questions!

See the link under "Resources" on this blog if you need the questions.  Must be typed and double-spaced or very neatly written.   You must meet the word requirement for work to be accepted.

9/11 HW#8 POBAW Response 1/ Study for vocab quiz

Read the packet for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (POBAW) and then closely follow the guidelines on the reading response handout (link for handout is here) to type a thoughtful and specific letter addressed to Charlie.  Due Thursday.

Study vocab list 1 and 2 for quiz on Thursday.  Be prepared to match definitions to words and complete SAT sentence completion, like the one we did in class.  You can use the link to SAT/PSAT practice under the resources section of this blog to do the sentence completion in preparation for the quiz.

9/10 HW #7 Complete College Questionnaire, all parts

Finish all questions in the packet given in class. Be sure to answer front and back of all questions.  The more detail, the better!  Do not skip or answer, "I don't know."

9/6 #5 Bring in IRP book; #6 Type IRP week 1 response

Each of the 5 sessions, you will choose an independent book to read.  Bring this book to class to show me on Monday.  You must also have IRP week 1 completed.  See link to IRP under resources section on this blog for the question if you need it.

9/4 HW #4: Organize your notebook

Your first 3 homework grades for reading group will be assigned to the three book reports you wrote over the summer.  Be sure you have met all requirements.  Any book reports turned in after Tuesday will lose points. No book reports will be accepted after Monday, September 17.

Now, for HW #4, to receive an A, simply come to class on Thursday with a 3-ring binder that has:

•  3 dividers labeled: Test prep, Notes/Handouts, Work to Redo, Vocab
• Plenty of lined notebook paper
• A dedicated homework book--you can always use the one we provide at school