SENIORS: Welcome back!  I enjoyed your children's books; some of you might have a future there.  Today we started a new unit, working on your senior portfolio.  Your senior portfolio presentation will have components of writing, visual aids, and oral responses.  We'll begin with the responses, writing them in your notebook so you can practice them later.  Title this SENIOR QUESTIONS and do the following: 
1. Personal Background
     a. bullet point
     b. bullet point
     c. bullet point
2. High School Experience
     a. bullet point
     b. bullet point
     c. bullet point
3. Personal Passion or Meaningful Life Experience
     a. bullet point
     b. bullet point
     c. bullet point
4. Conclusion and thank you


Use the bullet points to focus your thoughts, but then write a short paragraph on each bullet point, remembering that this is something that you will be saying out loud to a panel of adults and peers.


SOPHOMORES: Welcome back!  Today we did Grammar 11, a notebook response about your experience when you worked in a group before spring break, and we started annotating an article about Trayvon Martin.  The homework is to find the purpose, type of argument, and claim (thesis) of that article.