Journal Entries for Portfolio Table of Contents

Here is the list of journals and dates they were do. If you need more information on a journal you can find the day it was due on the blog and get more info.

1/23 Journal #1: Semester Goals

1/28 Journal #2: Respond & Summarize

1/30 Journal #3: Freewrite Descriptive Picture Essay

2/11 Journal #4: A Moment That Changed Your Life

2/13 Journal #5: A Person Who Has Influenced Your Life

2/20 Journal #6: State of Union Address

2/25 Journal #7: Choose Your Own Topic

2/27 Journal #8: Observe & Report

3/6 Journal #9: Cause & Effect

3/11 Journal #10: Compare & Contrast

3/13 Journal #11: Classify

3/27 Journal #12: Extended Definition

4/1 Journal #13: Current Event

4/8 Journal #14: Change Someone’s Mind

4/10 Journal #15: Take a Stand

4/17 Journal #16: Persuade Your Readers to Act

4/22 Journal #17: Propose a Solution

4/24 Journal #18: Semester Progress

4/29 Journal #19: What Can We Do?

5/1 Journal #20: Any Topic

Portfolio

Here is how your portfolio needs to look and what needs to be in it:

1. You need to have a 3 prong folder
2. Include a title page, which will include your name, class, and semester
3. After the title page you will need a table of contents. It should be formatted like the following:

• Essays will be the first thing, and should go in the following order:
• Descriptive Essay (put the title of your essay)
• Narrative Essay (put the title of your essay)
• Analytical Essay (put the title of your essay)
• Persuasive Essay (put the title of your essay)
• Journals will be next and will need to be labeled as follow (I will put up a list with all the names and dates of the journals tomorrow):
• Journal #1 (plus title)
• Journal #2 (plus title)
• ....
• Journal #20 (plus title)

This is all that needs to be included in your essay, unless you have an extra credit assignment that still needs to be turned in.

Again if you want to turn in you portfolio starting Monday, May 6 you can drop it by my office during the hours of 8am-4pm in the Student Center room 124. I will only accept them until Tuesday 4pm in my office. If you do not submit them on Monday or Tuesday I will be in class from 5:30-6:00pm on Wednesday, May 8. I will not accept portfolios after May 8th. Any questions please contact me.

Homework due Wednesday, May 1

1. Journal #20: Any Topic. Choose any topic, any subject. Write about anything you want.
2. Draft of your Persuasive Essay. This will be your last chance to receive feedback, so please bring your essay.

Homework due Monday, April 29

1. 2nd draft of your Persuasive Essay is due. You will need to bring this to class for peer review, you will receive points towards your grade.
2. Journal #19: What Can We Do? Read the following article from USA Today on "How teens become terrorists". Use chapter 20 as a guide, and propose a solution to this problem.

Homework due Wednesday, April 24

1. Freewrite of your Persuasive Essay topic. Finalize the topic you will be writing about, sit down, and let the ideas flow on to the paper. You will need to bring this to class and we will be doing a peer review.
2. Journal #18: Semester Progress. Write about the goals you've accomplished so far this semester, where you are at now in your learning compared to the beginning of the semester (in any of your classes), what new things have changed or accomplished since January.

Homework due Monday, April 22

1. Read Chapter 20 pages 313-317, answering questions 1 & 2 on page 317
2. Journal #17: Propose a Solution. Read chapter 20 and use that as a basis for your journal. Write about a societal problem and propose a solution.
3. Choose a topic for your Persuasive Essay for Monday. Below are examples:

• Taking a Position
• Current Affairs
• National Debt
• Social Security
• Country Security
• Burning Issues
• College Football Playoff System
• Education
• Testing on Animals
• Dividing Lines
• Smoke-free campus
• Obamacare
• Legalizing Marijuana
• Fresh Fare
• Barbed versus smooth fishing hooks
• Is new technology making us dependent
• Persuading Readers to Act
• Inequality in Income in America
• Are parents or teachers responsible for their children's learning
• Should stage colleges be free to attend
• Should the voting age be lowered
• Immigration laws
• Sex education taught in school
• Should birth control be given to high school students
• Proposing a Solution
• Education Budget Concerns
• Downloading music/movies illegally

Extra Credit:

Watch one of the student submitted films in the 6th Annual SLCCSA Film Festival and right a one page review of the film. You can find the films at www.slccfilmfestival.blogspot.com. These are due Monday.

Homework due on Wednesday, April 17

1. Final draft of your Analytical Essay is due at the beginning of class. Please make sure you have a work cited page and attach the peer review paper. Please see prior post for information regarding how your paper will be graded and requirements.
2. Journal Entry #16: Persuade Your Readers to Act. Use Chapter 19 as a guide. Choose a current issue going on in our community, state, nation, or world, and write a persuasive argument that invites and motivates your reader to act.