Friday, October 29, 2010
The week of Nov. 1
We will be working on our comparison newsletter. We will be in the computer lab on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Weeks of October 28 and November 1
We will finish the last few presentation of Stiff at the beginning of the week of October 28. We will have our final discussion on Tuesday or Wednesday (10/26 or 10/27).
Final copies of college essay responses are due on Tuesday, October 26. Please be prepared to hand in all copies (rough draft, revisions, final copy, etc.). The entire essay must be typed in MLA format.
We will begin the comparison/contrast unit on Wednesday, Oct. 27. This will include short articles and a couple of rough drafts which may later be revised for a final draft.
You must use your time at home the next couple of weeks to begin completing college applications, working on college essays, and researching colleges. Many early decision applications are due very soon.
Final copies of college essay responses are due on Tuesday, October 26. Please be prepared to hand in all copies (rough draft, revisions, final copy, etc.). The entire essay must be typed in MLA format.
We will begin the comparison/contrast unit on Wednesday, Oct. 27. This will include short articles and a couple of rough drafts which may later be revised for a final draft.
You must use your time at home the next couple of weeks to begin completing college applications, working on college essays, and researching colleges. Many early decision applications are due very soon.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Week of Oct. 18 and Oct. 25
We will finally begin presentations for Stiff this week. A reminder to all -- the topics discussed in these chapters need to be handled in a mature manner. I expect a level of maturity when presenting your chapter and when sitting in the audience as an active participant. I thank you in advance for your cooperation. I hope you have all taken the time to read the nine chapters that will be presented this week and next week.
DUE DATE FOR FINAL ESSAY: The 50 Point Final Essay for first marking period is due Tuesday, October 26. I will hand out the requirement sheet in class. However, I have included the same information below.
Requirements:
The last two months we have written rough drafts dealing with the topics below. You will now use one of these rough drafts to revise and improve for 50 points. Just because you received a good grade on the rough does not guarantee a good grade on a revised copy. You will be handing in all drafts of your chosen topic. If you don’t hand in the original rough draft with the final draft, you will drop a full letter grade. Your chosen essay MUST be typed (12 Font, Times New Roman, and Double-Spaced). Your name, my name, class, and date should appear in the left-hand corner. A title should be centered after the heading. MLA format is a must. All final essays must be at least two pages in length.
Audience and Purpose:
The audience for your final essay is a college admissions officer. Therefore, think about all of the things we discussed last few weeks about writing college essays. The purpose is to show (not tell) who you are as a person – something new that will not be listed/mentioned in the application.
Possible Essay Choices:
• Why I Write and/or Why I Read essay: Take your rough draft on why you read and/or why you write and revise it to be a college essay response. Assume the college has asked you to provide a personal statement about yourself and you decide to share your love for reading and writing. I wouldn’t use this one if you focused too much on why you don’t like to read or write. You want it to be a positive response.
• The Things They Carried poem or essay: Take your poem or writing on the things you carry and revise it to be a college essay response. Assume the college has asked you to write an essay about the “things you carry” in your life on a day to day basis and how you have overcome these challenges.
• College Essay Question # 1: Take the rough draft of the college essay response you did using one of the Common Application essay prompts or one from a college of your own choice. Even if your college has asked you to keep your response to a one page or half of a page response, I still want you to write it for me as a two page minimum.
• Some of you may want to write a second college essay for another college you may want to apply to this fall. If this is the case, you may do this. However, you must show evidence of revisions and editing. This means you must write your own rough draft and do a self-evaluation by writing notes on the rough draft, have a friend or parent also proofread it, and then write your final draft. Save all copies to hand in with the final draft!
Just a reminder: Final essays should be handed in on the due date. However, they can be handed in for a letter grade lower the day after the due date or two letter grades lower on the second day late. I will not accept any papers after that date. If you are absent, you must e-mail me your paper on the due date and provide me a printed out copy and your rough draft upon your return to school.
DUE DATE FOR FINAL ESSAY: The 50 Point Final Essay for first marking period is due Tuesday, October 26. I will hand out the requirement sheet in class. However, I have included the same information below.
Requirements:
The last two months we have written rough drafts dealing with the topics below. You will now use one of these rough drafts to revise and improve for 50 points. Just because you received a good grade on the rough does not guarantee a good grade on a revised copy. You will be handing in all drafts of your chosen topic. If you don’t hand in the original rough draft with the final draft, you will drop a full letter grade. Your chosen essay MUST be typed (12 Font, Times New Roman, and Double-Spaced). Your name, my name, class, and date should appear in the left-hand corner. A title should be centered after the heading. MLA format is a must. All final essays must be at least two pages in length.
Audience and Purpose:
The audience for your final essay is a college admissions officer. Therefore, think about all of the things we discussed last few weeks about writing college essays. The purpose is to show (not tell) who you are as a person – something new that will not be listed/mentioned in the application.
Possible Essay Choices:
• Why I Write and/or Why I Read essay: Take your rough draft on why you read and/or why you write and revise it to be a college essay response. Assume the college has asked you to provide a personal statement about yourself and you decide to share your love for reading and writing. I wouldn’t use this one if you focused too much on why you don’t like to read or write. You want it to be a positive response.
• The Things They Carried poem or essay: Take your poem or writing on the things you carry and revise it to be a college essay response. Assume the college has asked you to write an essay about the “things you carry” in your life on a day to day basis and how you have overcome these challenges.
• College Essay Question # 1: Take the rough draft of the college essay response you did using one of the Common Application essay prompts or one from a college of your own choice. Even if your college has asked you to keep your response to a one page or half of a page response, I still want you to write it for me as a two page minimum.
• Some of you may want to write a second college essay for another college you may want to apply to this fall. If this is the case, you may do this. However, you must show evidence of revisions and editing. This means you must write your own rough draft and do a self-evaluation by writing notes on the rough draft, have a friend or parent also proofread it, and then write your final draft. Save all copies to hand in with the final draft!
Just a reminder: Final essays should be handed in on the due date. However, they can be handed in for a letter grade lower the day after the due date or two letter grades lower on the second day late. I will not accept any papers after that date. If you are absent, you must e-mail me your paper on the due date and provide me a printed out copy and your rough draft upon your return to school.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Weeks of October 11 and October 18
Monday, Oct. 11 : Second rough draft of college essay
The next two weeks will involve working on the presentations for Stiff. Please remember to have a rough draft of your outline for Tuesday, Oct. 12 and a final draft for Thursday, Oct. 14. We will try and begin our presentations on Thursday, Oct. 14. At home, you should be reading the eight chapters your classmates will be presenting. These include the following:
“Crimes of Anatomy” -- Body snatching and the early years of human dissection
“Life after Death” – On human decay and what can be done about it
“Dead Man Driving” – Human crash dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance
“Beyond the Black Box” – When the bodies of passengers must tell the story of a crash
“The Cadaver who joined the Army” -- The sticky ethics of bullets and bombs
“How to know if You’re Dead” -- Beating-heart cadavers, live burials, and the scientific search for the soul
“Just a Head” -- Decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant
“Eat Me” – Medicinal cannibalism and the case of human dumplings
“Out of the Fire, into the Compost Bin” -- New alternatives to burial and cremation
The next two weeks will involve working on the presentations for Stiff. Please remember to have a rough draft of your outline for Tuesday, Oct. 12 and a final draft for Thursday, Oct. 14. We will try and begin our presentations on Thursday, Oct. 14. At home, you should be reading the eight chapters your classmates will be presenting. These include the following:
“Crimes of Anatomy” -- Body snatching and the early years of human dissection
“Life after Death” – On human decay and what can be done about it
“Dead Man Driving” – Human crash dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance
“Beyond the Black Box” – When the bodies of passengers must tell the story of a crash
“The Cadaver who joined the Army” -- The sticky ethics of bullets and bombs
“How to know if You’re Dead” -- Beating-heart cadavers, live burials, and the scientific search for the soul
“Just a Head” -- Decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant
“Eat Me” – Medicinal cannibalism and the case of human dumplings
“Out of the Fire, into the Compost Bin” -- New alternatives to burial and cremation
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Week of Oct. 4 and Oct. 11
College Essay (rough draft worth 20 points) is due on Monday, October 11.
Stiff lesson plan for presentations (rough draft) is due at the end of the period on Tuesday, October 12.
Stiff lesson plan (final draft) and anything else you need for your presentation is due Thursday, October 14. Be prepared to present your chapter on this day. You must also be taking the time to read the following chapters before presentations begin:
“Crimes of Anatomy” -- Body snatching and the early years of human dissection
“Life after Death” – On human decay and what can be done about it
“Dead Man Driving” – Human crash dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance
“Beyond the Black Box” – When the bodies of passengers must tell the story of a crash
“The Cadaver who joined the Army” -- The sticky ethics of bullets and bombs
“How to know if You’re Dead” -- Beating-heart cadavers, live burials, and the scientific search for the soul
“Just a Head” -- Decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant
“Eat Me” – Medicinal cannibalism and the case of human dumplings
“Out of the Fire, into the Compost Bin” -- New alternatives to burial and cremation
Stiff lesson plan for presentations (rough draft) is due at the end of the period on Tuesday, October 12.
Stiff lesson plan (final draft) and anything else you need for your presentation is due Thursday, October 14. Be prepared to present your chapter on this day. You must also be taking the time to read the following chapters before presentations begin:
“Crimes of Anatomy” -- Body snatching and the early years of human dissection
“Life after Death” – On human decay and what can be done about it
“Dead Man Driving” – Human crash dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance
“Beyond the Black Box” – When the bodies of passengers must tell the story of a crash
“The Cadaver who joined the Army” -- The sticky ethics of bullets and bombs
“How to know if You’re Dead” -- Beating-heart cadavers, live burials, and the scientific search for the soul
“Just a Head” -- Decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant
“Eat Me” – Medicinal cannibalism and the case of human dumplings
“Out of the Fire, into the Compost Bin” -- New alternatives to burial and cremation
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