AP+Literature+Handouts

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 * SECOND SEMESTER COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT:

College Handbook (see handout from class) is due on May 15th.**

__Week of August 25th:__ (3rd period days are Mon. 8/25 (single period day), Tues. 8/26, and Thurs. 8/28.)

Bring your binders and organizer tabs to school on 8/28. Select two colleges for your research presentation/powerpoint. *** CHANGED: If working alone, select one college (of course, you are welcome to tell us about more than one) and if working with a partner, select two colleges (again, you're welcome to present on more than one)! Work on brainstorming ideas for your college essay. (Random Q's and ideas sheet) --- plan intro. to self (self-portrait) presentation for next week as a way to get feedback from the class to get started on your personal statement. Student Survey is due on Tuesday 8/26/08. Syllabus should be signed and returned by 8/28/08. Make sure that you have signed the school computer use agreement.

__Week of Sept. 2nd:__ 9/2: Intro's to self are due next class. Work on college research presentation. Remember to organize your binder! Quarter Grade is determined in part by your binder organization! 9/4: Intro's to self continue on 9/8. We'll start watching the college research presentations on 9/8, too!

__Week of Sept.8th:__ 9/8: College research presentation and Intro. to self is due 9/10: Read the college essays and rank them on the sheets. Please don't write on the essays. Bring them back on 9/12. Remember to bring in food for our pot luck on Friday 9/12! 9/12: Using the "College Essay Tips" sheets handed out in class, work on a rough draft of your college essay! Bring it in with you on 9/18. We will use all of class (shortened period because of minimum day) on Tues. 9/16 to finish up intro's to self and college research presentations.

__Week of September 15th:__ 9/16: Work on the rough draft of your college essay, and bring a copy with you to class on Thursday 9/18. We will also continue with the intro's to self and the college research presentations! 9/18: College essays... very important that you bring a rough draft on Monday, so that you don't get behind in the process. We'll do peer editing/sharing, and look at more examples of college essays. We'll also share more intro's to self and college research presentations on Monday.

__Week of September 22nd:__ 9/22: Great job orally sharing and responding to one anothers' college essays! Bring a more polished draft to school on FRIDAY 9/26. On Wed. 9/24 we will (hopefully!) finish the intro's to self and the college research presentations.

__Week of September 29th:__ 9/29: Bring all your information for accessing your applications on the computer! Work on your college essay. Bring it in if you'd like Mrs. Lax to help you with editing/revising! 10/02: Great start with college apps today! Work on your college essay --- give it to Mrs. Lax for revision, if you haven't already done so. Bring all your information in order to access your applications on the computer. For example: the printout of your transcript, your social security #, your classes/course information, etc.

__Week of October 6th:__ 10/07: Continue working on your college essay! Read the packet of essays from past students and be ready to talk about what you thought on Thursday. 10/09: If you haven't yet done so, you may want to turn in your essay to Mrs. Lax for editing. You will receive two full-credit grades for the college essay: one for a rough draft of at least one essay, having been edited by Mrs. Lax, and the second for a copy of the final college essy turned in to Mrs. Lax. The final essay deadline to turn in to me for credit will be December 1st! (Of course, many of you have more than one essay that you're writing, and I am happy to look at them all for you! Feel free to turn in any essays that are due after December 1st to me for extra editing, if you need to.)