If you'd like a letter of recommendation ...

1. Be sure to ask! If the Common App tells me I'm writing a letter for you before you do, I'm probably not writing a letter for you.
2. Give me a deadline. Remember, I'm a wee bit busy during the school year, so I need a good deal of lead time.
3. Give me an audience. Different universities deserve different letters.
4. Remind me what you wrote about. If you can't remember, look in your google docs folder.
5. Give me a piece of paper that says "So and so needs a letter by such and such a date." This piece of paper doesn't need to be fancy, it just needs to be in my way when I clean my desk so I don't forget about you.
6. Once I've written one letter for you, it's easy to revise it for different audiences (scholarships, for example). Feel free to ask for those letters later in the year.

Agenda, June 9

1. Prompt 5: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
2. Why us?  Do's and Don'ts
3. Prompt 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
4. Prompt 2: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
5. Prompt 3: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
6. Prompt 4: Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
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Agenda, June 8

1. A problematic brainstorm
2. Prompt 4: Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
3. Why us?  Do's and Don'ts
4. Prompt 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
5. Prompt 2: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
6. Prompt 3: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?

Agenda, June 5

Due Now: Pay $9 for your shirt in accounting and bring your receipt to Kline.     
Due Now: Come to class with one or more colleges in mind.   

1. What do you want from your college?
2. Prompt 3: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
3. Why us?  Do's and Don'ts
4. Research time
5. Prompt 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
6. Prompt 2: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Agenda, June 4

Due Friday: Pay $9 for your shirt in accounting and bring your receipt to Kline.   
Due Friday: Come to class with one or more colleges in mind.   

1. Some College Essay Do's and Don'ts
2. Show, don't tell.
3. Brainstorming
4. Prompt 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
5. Prompt 2: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Agenda, June 3

Due Now: Justice Essay   
Due Now: Peer Review Handout (not attached to your essay).   
Due Friday: Pay $9 for your shirt in accounting and bring your receipt to Kline. 
Due Friday: Come to class with one or more colleges in mind.   

1. Justice is ...
2. Holli's words of wisdom ...
3. A field trip to B212 ...
4. Some College Essay Do's and Don'ts
5. Brainstorming and Sharing
6. Prompt 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

Agenda, June 2

Due Now: Bring your Language of Composition book.   
Due Wednesday: Justice Essay 
Due Wednesday: Peer Review Handout (not attached to your essay). 
Due Friday: Pay $9 for your shirt in accounting and bring your receipt to Kline.   

1. Essay questions?
2. The purging of the stickies!
3. To the library!
4. A funny story about late work
5. Some College Essay Do's and Don'ts
6. Brainstorming and Sharing

Agenda, June 1

Due Now: Typed draft of Justice Essay for peer review. 
Due Tomorrow: Bring you Language of Composition book. 
Due Wednesday: Justice Essay    

1. Peer Review

Agenda, May 29

Not due today: Optional Works Cited Page for feedback only.  
Due 6/1: Typed draft of Justice Essay for peer review.    

1. Subjective and Objective Truth
2. Do I Contradict Myself?
3. Essay Questions
4. Those about to test, we salute you!
5. Presentation Highlights
6. Choose your own adventure

Agenda, May 27

On Thursday: Report directly to the Presentation Room! Fill the room from the back.

Due Friday: Period 4, class will be back to normal. Whew!       
Due 5/27, by 8 pm: If you are using an electronic presentation such as Keynote or Powerpoint, you need to e-mail / share your file with me. Share your doc so that I can edit it.          
Due 5/28: Typed Speech o' Justice Paragraph    
Due 5/28: Speech o' Justice 
Not due on 5/29: Optional Works Cited Page for feedback only.
Due 6/1: Typed draft of Justice Essay for peer review.    

1. Speech o' Justice Questions
2. Essay Questions
3. Phones go in; laptops come out
4. Let the SBA Party commence!
5. SBAC Relief: A new perspective on a magic trick.