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• The Slides used in class this month
• English 12 Calendar
• English 10 Calendar

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Sophomore Final Project Stuff

Spring Book Club Project
Link here

Documents from class 5/16

• Creating big questions
• Post-it note instructions

Instructions for final project choices

• Book review (must touch on each category mentioned)
• Review examples
• Book review vlog (same as above, but spoken)
• Book Trailer (categories will add up to 50 - should include same elements like a typical movie trailer)
• Book Review Website
• Miller's Sample Website
• Current Issue Article
• Comic Book Rubric
• Board Game

English 12 - Email Etiquette - Blog #4

Email etiquette hints and tips, courtesy of Miami University

Email etiquette practice and assignment (Blog #4)

English 12

Creative resume templates: https://www.konsus.com/blog/google-docs-templates

Additional Sample Cover Letter Help

English 12

Today, you should work on a new Google Slides that answers the information asked about your post secondary path. The requirements are printed in your "Senior Digital Post-Secondary Portfolio" packet or can be accessed by clicking here (on the second page).

English 12

Today, students wrote essays in response to this article. This is required for the district post-test. Ten points are awarded for completion, with ten additional extra credit points available if you score better than you did on the pre-test at the beginning of the tear.

Do not annotate the article. Only respond, in multiparagraph format, to the first prompt on the bottom of the back: “It’s especially important that kids get bored -- and be allowed to stay bored -- when they’re young.” Do you agree? Disagree? Explain.

Response will be graded via this rubric.

English 12 - Portfolio Blog #3

Blog #3: Answer the following questions:

1. What organizational methods do you use to manage school/work/life in general?
2. What are the top 1-3 areas that you need to improve upon in the areas of organization and time management?
3. What are your strengths when it comes to organization and time management? What tips would you give to someone struggling?
4. Do you have any apps or programs that you can recommend that help make your life easier? The top two that I frequently use and recommend are Google Keep and Google Photos. These keep digital post-it notes and all of my photos ready on the cloud whenever I need them. 

I am grading these on Friday. 

Reminder: Be on the lookout for potential interviewees and references. If you have trouble finding someone to interview, please alert me before spring break so I can help link you up with someone. 

English 12 - Portfolio Blog #2

Read this article, Secrets of the Most Successful College Students.

Then, on the "Blog" section of your e-portfolio, answer the 2 questions at the end of the article in a paragraph each.

Additionally, we watched this video in class:

English 12 - Portfolio Blog #1

Read this article: The 21 Most Common Job Interview Questions and Answers

Copy and paste any 7 of the questions into your text box. Then, under each, write in how you would answer.

SENIOR POST SECONDARY RESOURCES

Overview, Guidelines, and Rubric
Slides Requirements
Cover Letter Tips
Sample Resumes
Interview Questions

English 10 - Raisin Resources

A Raisin In the Sun Character Analysis
Post-It Assignment

Harlem, by Langston Hughes

English 12 - Little Brother & 1984 Paper Resources

Guidelines & Instructions
Topic List

Checkpoint #1: Doc shared and set up, topic chosen with brainstormed ideas
Checkpoint #2: 10 or more notes shared
Checkpoint #3: Purpose and roadmap clear in first paragraph

Thesis statement examples:

• NBA players are the highest paid athletes in all of the professional sports organizations. The reasons for this include roster size, a liberal salary cap rule, and advertising partnerships.
• Art education must receive higher funding in public education. The benefits students receive from art classes include better brain function, better ability to express oneself, and an increased awareness of the world around them.

Whistleblower Videos: English 12

Whistleblower: a person who informs on or exposes a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.

Today we are going to watch a few videos of real-life whistleblowers, or people who have tried to expose government corruption

People ask: Are they committing acts of heroism or treason? Are they martyrs or fools?

Focuses:

Edward Snowden, Julian Assange & WikiLeaks, Anonymous

What do you think about current whistleblowers and their role in our society?

English 10 Investigative Speech Resources

Topic List
Assignment Packet

English 12

TED Talk We Watched Today

Questions About The Video:

1. Write down 2 things he says that seem the most significant to you. 
2. What will this future without secrets look like? And should we care?
3. What do you think about the development of these technologies that know so much about us? Do you hold a positive, negative, or neutral view based on your current knowledge? Explain. 

English 12 - 1984 & Little Brother Resources

Resources for 1984 & Little Brother:

• Google Folder
• Timeline & Guidelines
• Pre-reading discussion questions

English 12

Work on debates using organizers - Debate Planning Template

English 10

On Slide:

• Starter: I adore my Labrador Retriever. Though he gets on my nerves sometimes. Also he chews everything around the house when I’m out. (Restructure this sentence.)
• Open in textbook to p. 173
• As we read, fill in your “Top Ten” organizer
• Focus on reactions and significance, not simple summary
• Turning points, questions, things that seem important
• On blank page, continue to write down notes or confusions
• Essay Prompts

Notes: 

• Amir: Pashtun ethnic group, Iranian descent, Dad has nice government job. He wanted people to know about the more peaceful Afghanistan he remembers.
• Hassan: Hazara ethnic group, poorer minority, often servants. Historically Asian descent.
• Look up "kite fighting" on YouTube