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• August 15, 2017 August 15, 2017 Welcome Back!

  Hello to all of my new IBLA 12 seniors! I am really looking forward to meeting all of you and getting to know you better through your reading, writing, and speaking. My goal for you for the year is to teach you to be students who don't just answer the questions right, but people who know how to ask the right questions! We will be starting the year with reading and writing personal essays to prepare you for writing your first college app essay by the end of September, which will hopefully take some... (continued)

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Upcoming Assignments

• Due Today Read "The Personal Essay: A form of discovery" in Files

  This essay will be helpful in focusing you on how and why we write personal essays. Please read the article under Files: Nonfiction Essays, and write down in your journal five of the most important ideas you find in the article.

• Due Block Day Quick Writes due

  Take three points on your timeline, positive or negative, and write three short quick writes on these three events in your life. You can write for 5-10 minutes, and I will look at these while you are taking your Summer Reading Test.

• Due Block Day Summer Reading Assessment

  Be prepared to answer short answers on quotes, characters, dramatic elements and plot points, as well as one essay on Hamlet, and one essay on RAGAD.

• Due Friday Sign and turn in LA Academic Integrity Contract

  Please find this contract under Files: Beginning Exercises on my webpage. Sign and return on Friday.

• Due Friday Sign and turn in Student Course Agreement

  Find the Student Course Agreement under Files: Beginning Exercises on my web page, and sign it, have your parent/guardian sign it and turn it in to me on Friday.

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