"Hidden Intellectualism" Stop and Respond Activity

For those of you that were absent on Friday due to Homecoming festivities, etc., please take a look at the slides below. You will need to conduct a "Stop and Respond" activity with the article titled "Hidden Intellectualism," which is the second article in your packet of texts. Everyone needs to have this done by the time I see you in class tomorrow.

[KC]: Details about PERSONAL STATEMENT CHOICES

There have been a lot of questions about personal statements this week, many of which I haven't answered clearly. And many of you had no idea today which option you needed/wanted to choose for this assignment. I met with Mr. Garcia, and a handful of other senior teachers, and we were all able to gain some clarity. So here it goes...

1. If you are applying to a UC, you will need to answer personal insight questions, which are listed on the UC website (link below). This is the first option on the handout.

2. If you are applying to a CSU, you are NOT required to write anything for your actual application. However, you still need to write a personal statement for our class. Therefore, you can choose any of the options listed on the handout. The UC option would be a good opportunity to build something that you could potentially use in the future because those personal insights will hit key topics that many scholarship and internship applications ask for. 

3. If you are planning on attending a school that accepts the Common Application (600+ schools), you'd be smart to complete the second option on the handout. To find out if your school of choice accepts a Common Application, conduct a search on their website (link below).

4. If you are planning to go to a junior college or join the military and/or the workforce, you can choose any of the options or complete a letter of introduction. 

Today, I showed you some of the University of Chicago prompts and we noted how open-ended and slightly crazy they are. Don't think of this as an impossible task. I want to encourage you to try one if you're in a position to choose any option. This is a perfect opportunity to take Angel Perez's advice that we talked about today: don't shy away from failure. You're in a spot where you can choose this challenging option and you will be rewarded for it as you work through the process. 

Hopefully, you understand a little more about the spot you're in and what you should be choosing. We can talk more about it tomorrow if needed :)

Here are the links for the options (which are also on the handout linked to the agenda):

University of California Admissions

The Common Application

University of Chicago

[KC]: Paperslide Video Presentation REFLECTION Instructions ...

After your group has presented, each person in the group needs to submit the following: In a one-page TYPED letter, reflect on the whole process of engaging with Peter Elbow’s Writing With Power.

The reading:

• What did you learn? Would you put your technique into practice?

The preparation:

• Who did what? How did you break up/discuss the material? Who made the slides? How did preparing the script go? Note the contributions (or lack of thereof) of your groupmates.

The video:

• Who did what? Note the contributions (or lack of thereof) of your groupmates. Who talked? Who flipped the slides? Who filmed? Who uploaded?

The exit pass:

• After looking through the exit passes, do you feel that the students grasped the material? Why or why not?

Also, here's the rubric I am using to grade these things :]

[KC]: A few more commencement addresses!

Here are a few commencement addresses. Watch them. Notice things like the common characteristics and possible "golden threads." Use that knowledge to help you revise your own commencement address. 

John Green, Butler University 2013

Steve Jobs, Stanford University, 2005

JK Rowling, Harvard University, 2008

[KC]: So you're ready to upload your paperslide video?

--> Go to YouTube, and click on the round icon in the top right corner that identifies you.  

--> Log yourself off.  Sign off.

(If you were not logged in to begin with, please start here.)

--> Log in to YouTube as erwc.mayfairhighschool@gmail.com

Password: monsoons
(Be sure that the picture in the upper round icon is a stack of books/notebooks and the username says ERWC at Mayfair High School. If either of those are wrong, you're on the wrong profile.)

*** NOTE: It is very important to follow all the steps EXACTLY as stated. Everything should be uniformed when I look at it.

• Upload your video.
• Set the privacy setting to “Unlisted,” which means anyone with a link can view the video, but it is not searchable.
• Be sure to include the title of your video as follows: (2017 Teacher Period) - WWP - Chapter Title

• Video Title Example:
• (2017 Colln 3) - WWP - Sharing
• (2017 Colln 3) - Writing With Power - Quick Revising
• In the description box, write the names of everyone on your team and your teacher and class period. 
• For security reasons, please use only the first name and the first initial of the last name.
• For example, in the description box, I would write, “Katie C., Alex F., Brooke B. (Colln - period 3)”
• Be sure to add tags:  Peter Elbow, Writing, English Language Arts, Paper Slide Video, ERWC ℅ 2017