Homework 9/8/08

Period 4

• Answer the question "Which ideas do I want to develop?" for both UC Personal Statement Prompt #1 and Prompt #2 from the green sheet.
• Tell me what you are going to focus on.

Period 5

• Create an outline for both Prompt #1 and Prompt #2
• Refer to the website below if you are having trouble getting started.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

Homework 9/5/08

Period 5

After considering prompt #1 and prompt #2 of the Personal statement ( green sheet) develop an outline for each prompt that includes your main idea/event.
If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment.

Homework 9/4/08

Period 4

• Choose 4 characteristics from the brainstorming you have done and verify the characteristics by asking people in your house for evidence of these qualities. Write down the evidence that you are given.
• Answer the Statement Questions handout

Period 5

• Answer the Statement Questions handout

Homework 9/3/08

Period 4
Journal Entry- Finish the sentences below:

Today I feel very…
I enjoy…
I am unhappy when…
I feel good when…
I wish my teacher(s)…
My classmates think I …
School is…
I enjoy reading about…
I wish grownups would (would not)…
I like myself best when…
If I had a choice, I would…
At school I am…
I wish…
Tomorrow I would like to…

Period 5
Journal entry
1st part- Write a paragraph reflecting on the class discussion? What did you think was the best and worst part of it? What do you think could have been different? What parts did you agree and disagree with?
{please take the time to read the comment posted below. The article explains thing much more concisely than I did this afternoon :-)}

2nd part- Imagine yourself as an all-power, all-knowing god of the universe. Then, complete the following sentences "If I were God of the Universe, I would..."

• accept
• give up
• respect
• understand
• continue
• forget
• change
• replace
• stop
• shut out
• fight
• remember
• value
• create

Homework Tuesday 9/2/08

Period 4 & 5

• Answer the questions in the packet and tell me how they relate to the personal statement. Ask yourself "Which lenses help me to see myself in a way that would look good on a personal statement?"

Consider the tape that is mentioned in the packet and answer the following questions:

• 1. Is your tape a positive of a negative one?
• 2. What, one thing, can you share about your tape that would be good for your personal statement?

It should all be one entry, but DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF TO ONE PAGE.

Homework Friday 8/29

Period 4

• Read 2 poems on the worksheet/handout and answer the questions.

Period 5

• Circle the word that you think are good to include in a Personal statement.
• Give evidence for each of the characteristics you selected. (give examples)
• Choose 4 characteristics and ask someone in your house if they agree and what evidence they have.

Homework Thursday 8/28

Period 4
What ten words best describe you? Why? Give examples. What is there about you that makes your friends like you? What makes you think this?

Period 5

• Journal Entry
  What are the qualities of adults you respect and admire the most? The least? What are you doing to become more like the qualities you admire and not like the ones you do not admire? Support this with evidence.
• Write a 1-3 page autobiography about yourself. Include anything that you think is important and that you would like to share, but you must include the following elements.
  · List ten words that best describe you.
  · Who has been the most influential in shaping your life to date?
  · It must be: Typed and Double spaced

Homework Wednesday 8/27

Period 4
Journal Entry
Please describe three of the most important experiences in your life. Which experiences do you believe are really important in the sense that it made a strong impression on your personality? Please describe what part of your personality they affected.

• Bring binder, dividers, notebook paper and highlighter

Period 5

Please describe three of the most important experiences in your life. Which experiences do you believe are really important in the sense that it made a strong impression on your personality? Please describe what part of your personality they affected. Why do you think that is the case? What evidence can you give to describe your personality traits?

Homework Tuesday 8/26

Period 4
1. Read entire speech
2. Summarize your corresponding paragraph
3. Each group member must turn in a summary

Period 5
Bring: Binder
Divider
Notebook
Highlighter

welcome back

Welcome back to school! I just wanted to let you know that it was great seeing you all again. I am super excited to work with you since you are now seniors about to leave the nest. I hope that our time together is well spent and certainly memorable. I hope you are ready to be pushed to the academic limit. :-> I most certainly intend on enjoying the work that is ahead. Currently, your work is as follows:
Period 4
1. Write the 8 most interesting points from the syllabus
Period 5
1. Write the 8 most interesting/ important points from the syllabus 2.Write a summary of the speech by William Phelps.