Writing Week 18 – Music Video week
Assignment: Portfolio (200 extra credit)
1) Table Contents
2) Write a summary of what you learned in this class
3) Print out perfect copies of your papers
Monday, Jan 24
1) In class Final Paper – (50 mins)
2) Watch Umbrella (Rihanna) – Write down phrases and words you hear – use that in a story about our class
3) Read Lyrics – print – talk about them
Homework:
4) Journal Research Hip Hop – Answer the question: What is Hip Hop?
6) At home Quiz: Write a paragraph about yourself – (Remember: Need a topic sentence – Hook, at least 3 pieces of information, and a concluding sentence)
Tuesday, Jan 25
1) Journals
2) China in the news – search for news about China – (Each group researches – reports on a news article) – make a bibliography (Easy Bib)
3) Read: lyrics to Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)(print) – Discuss
4) Watch the video – what kind of music? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLvohMXgcBo
Homework:
1) Work on portfolio
2) Where will you be in 20 years? Where will China be in 20 years? (inventions?)
2) Where will you be in 20 years? Where will China be in 20 years? (inventions?)
Wednesday, Jan 26
1) About Me: Reading
2) Journal
2) Journal
3) Turn in Portfolio
5) Celebrity Game
6) Go over Yearbook
7) Take pictures - end of the semester
8) Turn in Journals - last time!!!!!
Writing – Review and Final Essay
1) Test on Friday 21
2) Final Essay Prompt
College Entrance Essay
Reflect on these words of Dorothy Day: "No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do." What is "the work to be done" for your generation, and what impact does this have on your future as a leader? Write a creative, reflective, or provocative essay. (University of Notre Dame)
Requirements:
1) Write a 5 paragraph Essay
a. Paragraph 1: Introduction (Hook and Thesis- what you will do)
b. Paragraph 2: Point 1
c. Paragraph 3: Point 2
d. Paragraph 4: Point 3
e. Paragraph 5: Conclusion (Summarize hook and points)
3) Hook: Needs to be a personal story (PAST TENSE) (10 points)
4) ON TIME (10 Points)
a. 1 Draft Tuesday
b. 2 Draft Thursday
5) Outline (10 Points)
FCA: 3 points, Transitions
Monday, Jan 17
1) Talk about the Field Trip
2) Pay it forward http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGcwG-2owow
3) Talk about the assignment for this week – Martin Luther King
4) What makes a good essay? http://www.gradesaver.com/writing-help/academic/
The Winning Essay
Curiously Satisfying
by Stephanie Tran, Temple City, CA
For me, community service began as a race for “hours.” I started high school believing that it was going to be tedious work, like filing papers for my mom, something that I would do, but wouldn’t ever love, care about or look twice at. After spending some time at a school library inputting data and installing computer programs, I realized that there had to be more to community service than just pressing buttons on a keyboard.
On Thanksgiving morning two years ago, I went to go feed the homeless in Pasadena. I was uncomfortable at first, my mindset narrow, but when I began offering food and filling their plates, I felt rather content, as if I were in a warm bubble bath after a long day’s work. One of the homeless men smiled at me, his face glowing and brightening the atmosphere like a fireplace does to make a family room warm around Christmas time. When I went home, I did not eat much- I was already full with the satisfaction that comes with reaching out to others in need. Cliché, but that was how it felt. It suddenly hit me that this curiously satisfying, happy feeling, is what community service is truly about.
After that day, my attitude changed. I helped teachers with more than just a desire for “hours.” I helped them with the intent of lightening their load so they would be able to go home earlier. I learned to appreciate the effort they put into their students’ education. In the Maternity ward of Methodist Hospital, I gained social skills, speaking skills, and communication skills through talking to nurses, answering phone calls, and communicating with both visitors and patients. I dedicated my time to Kaleidoscope Club, a community service-oriented club, and I organize a team and fund-raise annually for Relay for Life, a volunteer-driven cancer event. I learned how to manage my time and have a positive attitude. I learned the meaning of commitment and dedication, both values I hold very high.
The more I dedicated my time to community service, the more giving back became a part of me. To me, community service is not just using up time, but feeling, a life lesson, or even life lessons, in itself, like concepts learned only through hands-on experience. There is something so different, so unique, that comes with giving back to one’s community. Maybe it is the satisfaction of helping those who may otherwise receive less help. Maybe it is seeing people from all different areas, smile with that same smile of appreciation and gratitude. Or perhaps it is knowing that I have a sensitivity to others that is only gained through community service, or knowing that giving back to the community has made my life richer and more meaningful. Whether it is any of those reasons, I know that community service has transformed me into a more open-minded and compassionate person with a bigger heart and a willingness to sacrifice for others.
5) Each student must work on an outline
6) Share the outline with the class
7) Review Questions for Friday
Homework:
a. Read – write a summary
2) Write your rough draft (College Entrance Essay)
Tuesday, Jan 18
1) Journals
2) In class essay – what makes a good leader – quiz grade
3) Essay
5) Use words from this reading to write sentences in groups – group with the best sentences – gets a point!
6) Diagram the sentence
7) Self Edit/Peer Edit (work on papers
8) Review Last ten mins
Homework
1) Journal :Read http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/04/090504_witn_languages.shtml
a. What should be done? How do we insure that the world’s languages do not become instinct in favor of English or other languages? This is a problem in China as well with local languages.
2) Past Tense Quiz
a. lay
b. lead
c. leave
d. lend
e. let
f. lie
g. light
h. lose
i. make
j. meet
k. pay
l. ride
4) Finish Essay
a. lay
b. lead
c. leave
d. lend
e. let
f. lie
g. light
h. lose
i. make
j. meet
k. pay
l. ride
4) Finish Essay
Wednesday, Jan 19
1) Journal
3) Class Story – Use the past tense Verbs for homework
4) Quiz – Past Tense
5) Make Corrections on Paragraph
6) Work on corrections (paper)
7) Review – last ten minutes of class
Homework:
1) Journal: What person changed the world the most?
2) Make changes on papers
3) Homework Quiz– Paragraph about you -
Rubric – Paragraph Quiz
1) Introductory Sentence
2) Concluding Sentence
3) Organization
5) Follows Assignment
Thursday, Jan 20
1) Journal
2) Read take home quizzes
3) Survey – Class (Most Influential person?)
4) Find out information about that person
5) Group Research – Group with the most sources in their work cited wins!
6) In group – write an introduction – including a thesis (use one of the hook strategies – NO QUESTION)
7) Review
Homework:
1) Prepare for in class essay - look at rubric
2) Journal: Who is Mark Zuckerberg – has he changed the world? - God or bad?
Friday, Jan 21
1) Test -
Test – Rubric
Test – Rubric
1) Content – Follows assignment (20pts)
2) FCAs (Transitions/Articles/Subject+Verb Agreement/Paper Format/Capitalizatoin)– (20pts)
3) Outline (20pts)
4) Thesis Proven (20pts)
5) Conclusion (Summarizes)(10pts)
6) Hook (Use – personal story) (10 pts)
2) Journal
4) Read Facebook/Twitter posts
5) Friends?
Next Friday: Portfolio Due
Next Friday: Portfolio Due
