Today's practice lineup

includes: Maria Gutierrez, David Godinez, Alan Gaylis, Freddy Garcia and Martin Estrada (Period 4) and Vanessa Garcia, Brayan Castillo, Ivette Fonseca, Angel Contreras and Amber Cordero(Period 5). We also need to catch up on those Prezi users we missed last week. Prezi is not working on the laptops.

Adding sound to your prezi : Prezi Support

 I have not tried this, but Prezi users may want to check it out.
Adding sound to your prezi : Prezi Support

Friday's Lineup

Practicing today are: Vanessa P., Harout, Astrid, Jemma, Vanessa H. (Per. 4) and
Anaid, Erick, Joselin, Jonathan, Deziree

Slide Presentation Guidelines

Your PowerPoint slides or Prezi is due on Thursday, Dec. 5. Email them or share them with me at kcusolit@lausd.net.
Guidelines: Between five and 10 slides
Image heavy, text light
All photos must be given a photo credit (the photographer, not Google).
All quotations, statistics, graphs and charts must cite the source.

Thursday's Practice Lineup: Kris, Kevin, Sandra, Ashley, Katherine (Per. 4)
Marvin, Jeffrey, Kevin, Edgar, Jaspreet (Per. 5)

Practice Presentations begin Wednesday, Dec. 4

 The lineup for Wednesday is:  (Per. 4) Victor, Selene, Karyos, Adan, Philippe (Per 5) Sean, Kimberly, Shalisa, Holly, Paul
Please be prepared to speak for 5-7 minutes, either with or without slides. This will be your only opportunity to practice before the class.

Here are some links you may find helpful:

Public Speaking: Fear vs. Anxiety

How to Combat Presentation Anxiety

Starter Tips for the SlideShare Beginner

Starter Tips for the SlideShare Beginner

Featured infographics

This site, SlideShare, is an offshoot of the LinkedIn website. It has lots of great ideas for presentations, and now it has infographics.
Featured infographics

Week of Oct. 14

Now that your rough drafts are done (or at least 49 out of 54 of them), it will take me a week to grade all the drafts. You may see a grade in engrade, but I will not post the comments on Turnitin until I have read all of them. That way, everyone has the same amount of time to work on the final draft, which is due the week of Oct. 28.

In the meantime, work on getting your expert interview. This is what will set your research paper apart from all the other research that has been done on the topic. It's what makes your paper unique. Use the expert links on this page to find and expert and make contact (preferably by phone). This may seem scary, but you are nearly adults; you can have a conversation with another adult.

If you set up an in-person interview during school hours, get a note from your parents and give it to Mr. Grijalva so he can excuse your absence. Good luck!

Note Cards

Note cards 21-40 are due by the end of class on Friday, Oct. 4. If you do not have all 20, turn in as many as you do have. Next week, we will cover citing sources in your paper. You will write the rough draft and turn it in on Friday, Oct. 11, including the Works Cited page.
We will meet in the library on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, you will create accounts for Turnitin.com and upload your introduction.

Week of Sept. 16

Your 10 source cards are due when you walk into class on Wednesday. The sources will become your Works Cited page. Keep them separate from note cards, which you will be doing next week. On Wednesday and Thursday we will cover writing outlines and on Friday we will cover taking notes on note cards.

Week of Aug. 26

This week you will turn to the Expository Reading and Writing Course book, the required textbook for this class. The section Rhetoric of the Op -Ed page will give you some background that will be useful in researching your Senior  Project, such as using sources. You will write the letter to the editor as a timed writing ( essay test) on Thursday.
Friday and Monday are holidays. Enjoy!

Week of Aug. 19: Choosing a topic for your Senior Project

Kudos on the great job everyone did on the Five and 10-Year Plan. I enjoyed learning about what is important to you.
This week we will begin the process of deciding on a topic using exercises in the Pathfinder book. Once you have chosen your topic, you will type your Letter of Intent. See the Senior Project Survival Guide for details on the Letter of Intent.
Friday: Bring your Expository Reading Writing Course textbook.

Summer Assignment

Final Exam Monday through Thursday

Book Club Essays

The Metamorprphosis: Across the Curriculum

Choose one of the assignments listed in the file titled The Metamorphosis in the box at right. Be prepared to turn in your written assignment or to read your oral assignment on Wednesday, April 17th.

The Stranger Philosophical Journal

You will be keeping a philosophical journal as you read The Stranger by Albert Camus. You may get a special notebook or use notebook paper and staple the entries together. Each entry should be at least a half a page of standard size notebook paper; if you use a smaller notebook, adjust accordingly. Write each entry on a separate page. There will be 15 entries, including three separate entries over one weekend. Journal entries will be posted on the board each day. The entire list is as follows:

1. In The Guest, the Arab chooses prison over freedom. Freedom can be liberating or frightening. Can it be isolating to be completely free?

2. In The Guest, Daru doesn't want to take sides. He thinks he can escape responsibility by letting the Arab decide his fate. Can you really avoid making decisions in life? When is not making a decision a decision in itself?

3.Read chapter two of The Stranger. On pg. 21, Meursault says, "I don't like Sundays." Compare how you feel on a Friday afternoon with how you feel on a Sunday afternoon. Is there a difference? What is it?

4.On pg. 21, Meursault says, "I cut out an advertisement for Kruschen Salts and stuck it in an old notebook where I put things from the papers that interest me." Cut out pictures, ads, articles that interest you from a newspaper or magazine and paste them on a separate page in your journal.

5. Read chapter three of The Stranger. On pages 27-28, Salamano says, "He's always there." Comment on the love/hate relationship in your life. (sibling, computer, etc.)

6. On page 39, Meursault realizes the sound he hears is Salamano crying. If you heard someone crying (neighbor, friend, stranger), what would you do?

7. Read chapters four and five of The Stranger. Choose one of the following journal entries:

Have you ever been disappointed in a goal? What did you do? Give up or try again?

Does adversity make you stronger?

Is marriage a serious thing? What does marriage mean to you?

What is your impression of Paris? Do you want to visit there?

What is your impression of old age?

What is your best physical quality? What if you lost it?

8, 9, and 10: Read chapter six of The Stranger. Keep a diary for the weekend. You must have at least an entry for Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday. (see weekend entries file in the box for complete instructions.)

11. Read part II, chapter 2. "There are some things I've never liked talking about." (pg. 72) What are the things you don't like talking about? Why? If nothing, why are you able to talk about everything?

12. Read part II, chapter 3. "It was just chance." (pg. 95) Comment on the role chance has played in your life.

13. Read part II, chapter 4. "My fate was being decided without anyone so much as asking my opinion." (pg.98) Have you ever felt this way? Explain.

14. Read part II, chapter 5. "Maman used to say you can always find something to be happy about." (pg. 113) How do you find things to be happy about? What makes you happy?

15. Read Albert Camus's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. "Each generation feels called upon to reform the world." (handout pg. 526) Does this observation apply to your generation? Why or why not?

Poetry Trilogy

Your assignment is due on or before 11:59 p.m. on Monday on Turnitin.com
The class ID and password (period2 or period3) is the same. I renamed Expository Composition as Modern Literature, so there's nothing different for you to do. Upload the assignment (essay, background on poets, annotated poems) as one document.
Don't worry if it says you have a high similarity index. It is counting the poem as the similarity. I'm only considered with plagiarism in the essay and the background information. For the background on the poets, you can use the American Academy of Poets website (www.poets.org). Paraphrase and attribute to the American Academy of Poets website (not www.poets.org). If you use another source, attribute to that source. You don't need a Work Cited page.