Documents

ALL THE RESOURCES FOR THE END OF THE SEMESTER

FINAL PUSH: Dec Assignments and deadlines here!
Senior Project Brainstorm Discussion and Next Steps (see page 2)
Fall Teacher Conference Guidelines- This contains guidelines for your conference, and spaces for feedback from you and your teacher. THIS IS WHAT YOU TURN IN!
REFINED Portfolio Requirements and Guidelines (last two pages has the Be of Service and CCwC guidelines)
Nov and Dec Conference Schedule
"Immodest Proposal" project guidelines document (page 4 as Part 1 guidelines, page 5 has part 2 guidelines)
Ashley's example issue research notes for Part 1
Ashley's example bibliography for Part 1
Ashley's example philosophy cover letter for Part 2
Proper in-text citations and bibliography formatting (powerpoint) SEE BELOW FOR MORE WRITING RESOURCES!)
Ashley's example approach analysis for Part 3
List of links you all found for inspiration for Part 3
Ashley's example proposal for Part 4

Senior Project Brainstorm Phase 1
Senior Project Brainstorm Discussion and Next Steps- This contains the assignments, requirements, and due dates for fall semester. All links are here!
Fall Teacher Conference Sign Up- Go to this document to sign up for your your fall teacher conference. You will need to individually contact the teacher to schedule a specific date and time.
Fall Teacher Conference Guidelines- This contains guidelines for your conference, and spaces for feedback from you and your teacher. THIS IS WHAT YOU TURN IN!
Senior Project TPS Report- Under Construction, coming soon! MAKE A COPY OF THIS BEFORE EDITING IT! This document is what you need to use to get started on planning for your project. It's the core of your preparation for your first semester POL.
POL Prep Calendar: Under Construction, coming soon! See this for where you need to be and when this week for POL prep.
Senior POL Outline and Schedule: Under Construction, coming soon! See this document for when you want to know what needs to go in your POL, and when you are scheduled for paneling and presenting.

General Rubrics

Senior Humanities Writing Rubric: This rubric will be used for all writing assignments that go through the process of revision.
Timed Writing Rubric: This rubric will be used for essays that are NOT revised (typically in-class essays and seminar reflections

Narrative Essay Rubrics

MLA Citations and Formatting

Proper in-text citations and bibliography formatting (powerpoint)
MLA Sample Paper: See this for a paper written in MLA formatting that also explains how to do it.
MLA in One Page: A handy guide to MLA formatting and citations from Purdue OWL (scroll to page 2).
MLA In Text Citations: Lori's guide to in-text citations for the most common types of sources.
MLA Exceptions: Weird cases where in-text citations are different (block quotes, and quoting a quote).

Other Writing Skills

Setting Up and Following Up Quotes: A guide to correctly setting up and following up your quotes.
Indicating Titles: To quote or to italicize? That IS the question!

Proofreading

Common Student Writing Errors (and how to fix it): A guide to the most common proofreading errors we see, with resources for fixing them.

Course Documents

Hum 12 Syllabus (parents and students must sign the last two pages by Monday, 8/26)
The ABCDEG's of Assessment Portfolio (grading philosophy here!)

Homework/Reading Assignments

Class Handouts

Helpful Writing and Revision Resources

Jess Adams' DP Resources
College Essay Guy Free Guide (must email for it!)
Brainstorming Strategies
Brainstorm: Values
Brainstorm: Objects
D.R.A.P.E.S. (5 approaches with ways to demonstrate your philosophy or hook your reader)
College Essay Tuning Questions
Revision Strategies
Escaping Essay Hell- guide to writing great essays

Week 2

Justice Monologues Series

Ashley's Powerpoint Lecture on the Constitution, Michael Sandel and the 3 philosophies from Sandel's book
Individual Student note-taking guide for the powerpoints and exam prep
HONORS version of note-taking guide
Justice Study Group Discussion Guide