Assignments

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25	26 Read the 13th Warrior Review. Answer ALL of the following questions clearly and completely: Do you agree with the reviewer? Why or why not? What did you enjoy about the film? Explain. What did you not enjoy about the film? What did you think about the connections to Beowulf? Did they work or feel too forced? 11:59 PM	27 Writing and Citing Evidence Checkpoint - Short Essay Responses (RL.1, W.1) 11:59 PM	28	29	30	1
2	3 Article of the Week: Perspective: Sell Yourself. Read and annotate the article. Write a 5-7 sentence response in which you choose one of the sections (that suggest how to write a better personal statement), summarize it, and explain why you think it is important. 11:59 PM	4	5 Write a micro-personal narrative of 100 words. Need ideas? Check out the websites listed below. Comment on ONE PEER'S narrative with something positive you noticed from their writing. 11:59 PM	6	7	8
9	10 Read "The Pursuit of Longer Life" article. Write a response of 8-10 sentences on any of the options under the article (and in instructions). 11:59 PM	11	12 Personal Statement #1 (W.3) 8:20 AM	13	14	15
16	17	18	19 Response: "My Daughter Smokes" - Alice Walker describes a bad habit that links the generations of her family. Look at your own family. Looking back on your parents or grandparents, and then considering yourself or your own children, what habit (bad or good) can you observe going through more than one generation? Write a 5-8 sentence response in which you trace your own family history in terms of this habit. 11:59 PM	20	21	22
23	24 Personal Statement Essay #2 (W.3 - CHECKPOINT GRADE) 11:59 PM	25	26	27 OUTCOME ASSESSMENT #2 - Personal Statement #3 (W.3) 10 AM	28	29
30	31 Read the article attached and respond: Why do people enjoy being scared? What about fear is intriguing to some people? Is fear intriguing to you? (Answer in a short paragraph of at least 5 sentences.) 11:59 PM	1	2 Share your professional profile draft from the work you did in class. Reply with critique suggestions to at least TWO peers. 11:59 PM	3 Resume Outline and Draft (due Thursday, 11/3) 11:59 PM	4	5