Greetings!
Quick calendar rundown:
Wednesday 12/4 – Schools Project Work Day — remember the architectS are coming on Monday. We will have an architect from Lewisville ISD AND the architect who was in charge of Memorial’s design and development AND the architect who is over all of Frisco ISD’s school design! This actually means YOUR designs could have real impact on future design of schools in Frisco ISD. You need to be prepared to work with them for 30 minutes on Monday. Specifically focus on how the design of your school is going to address issues/problems/important aspects of education, and how the design is able to facilitate learning for ” a new generation of students.” Make sure you consider things on both a MACRO (full school campus) level and a MICRO (individual classroom) level.
Thursday 12/5 — APUSH Cumulative Review — to help you with your LEQs, we’re going to do some significant content review activities. Make sure you BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK and bring the notes you’ve taken this semester.
Friday 12/6 — ESSAY REVISION DUE!! Also, QF 14 is due and we’ll focus on Reconstruction and Race
Monday 12/9 — Architects are visiting!! Be prepared to be professional and be prepared. This is a VERY big deal with some very important people, so please PLEASE show them your very best. This is your chance to prove to us that you really understand the idea of professionalism!
Tuesday 12/10 — Novels Due
Wednesday 12/11 — QF 14 due
Remediation Corrections: Even though we told you there would be no re-do on your essays, we feel like you need to go through the process of correcting these in order to be prepared moving forward. If you would like to correct your essay for a high grade of 85, you must do the following:
- Meet with Holtrop/Taylor to discuss the essay
- Make the noted corrections
- Print the corrected version out
- Highlight the corrections you’ve made
- Staple to the top of the original + “corrected” version
- Turn in by 9am on Friday 12/6
Extra Credit Opportunities:
Gettysburg Address: Ken Burns and PBS have encouraged everyone in the US to memorize and recite the Gettysburg Address because it is so foundational to our society and our views. To encourage you to do so, we are offering EXTRA CREDIT! If you memorize the Gettysburg Address and recite it to Holtrop/Taylor by Thursday 12/19, we will put in an extra “minor” grade for you. As you recite, you can make 5 mistakes or ask for 5 single word prompts without losing any points. After your “free 5,” you’ll lose one point for each mistake or prompt that you need. We will put that grade in the gradebook and if it helps you, it stays – if it hurts you , we will drop it. If you don’t want to speak, you can write the Address from memory in front of us for a high grade of 90.
Membreak:
I crack myself up. If you completed an extra 30 minutes of Membean over the break, we will add 5 points to your lowest essay grade. If you complete the corrections assignment, we will add the 5 points to your lowest essay AFTER corrections.