MHS Senior Seminar 1

Click here for a list of Crash discussion questions

Click here for teacher evaluation

1. Post your “Did you know” blog entry by Tues 11/13.

2. Mon – Wed Finish Freedom Writers and conduct small group discussions using your questions.

3. Cultural Ethnography Adventure introduction. With eyes open wide, begin to look at the physical surroundings of our school. View this digital ethnography.

4. Thurs – Write 300 word response for Freedom Writers discussion. 10 Minutes in a Foreign Land Assignment.

5. Fri – Small group assignments for cultural ethnography.  Complete map of school assignment in class.

1. Turn in the final copy of your college application essay on Tues 11/6

2. Complete the college application essay reflection

3. Wednesday…review the senior seminar essential questions handout.

4. Begin “What is education?” unit.

• View the video,”Did you know?” and respond on the DT3 page.
• View Freedom Writers

1. Evaluate student samples #1 and #2, in terms of what we’ve learned about writing great college application essays

2. Write three different leads using the information from Great Essays – Leads

3. Evaluate student samples #3 and #4 in terms of “show don’t tell” and great leads.

4. Conference with me about your piece. Final copy is due Tuesday 11/6.

1. Complete the last personal profile questions 10, 11, and 12

2. Choose one college application essay question and create a 400-500 word essay rough draft. It’s due before class on Monday 10/29.

1. Complete the Personal Profile activities 1-6. Due Friday 10/19
2. Complete the Personal Profile activities 7-9. Due Monday 10/21
2. Complete a college application. Due Monday 10/21
3. Find 2 college application essay questions. Due Monday 10/21

1. Turn in 21st Century Project and complete Self-reflection. Due Wed 10/10
2. Take grammar and usage pre-test. Due Thur 10/11

Complete the plagiarism self-study by

• pulling up the document
• saving it in your phobos file
• typing on it, and when finished
  • saving a completed copy in your phobos folder
  • saving a completed copy on your wikispace page

Final copies of 21st Century Students project DUE before 10.10.07

• Save the original copy AND the new and improved final version
  • on phobos (in each group members personal folder) OR
  • on one of your group member’s wikispace page (link to it from the rest of the group member’s pages)
• Click here for handout-for-how-to-save-projects.doc

Great presentations this week! Now take the constructive feedback you got and enhance/revise/edit your product. Final products are due before Wednesday 10.10.07

9.28.07 Plagiarism and copyright issues. Read the article “Copyright in an Electronic Environment” and the copyright and fair use handouts.  Answer the study questions. (All docs in my room).