12R - Mrs.

Carroll

English

MP1: College and Career Writing Syllabus 2015

*Schedule below should be used as a guideline and is subject to change

September 711

DUE:

Signed course contract (Thursday)

Week 1

September 1418

Week 2

DUE:

Intro to course
Course survey
MP1 book selections
Book annotations assignment
The college essay (alternate personal essay available for those not planning to attend
college)
The college scavenger hunt

5 book selection summaries (Monday)

September 2125

Week 3

College admissions what are they looking for?

College Essay writing
Effective brainstorming, planning, and editing
Draft 1 due

DUE:

Scavenger hunt (Friday) / College essay first draft (______________ )

Week 4

September 28
October 2

Final essays (draft 2) due

The High School Reflection

DUE:

Final Essays (_______________)

Week 5
October 59

DUE:

Artifact notes and presentation (_______________)

Week 6

The High School Reflection (continued)

Artifact presentations (2 min)
High school reflection

October 1216
DUE:

Completed high school reflection (_______________)

Week 7

Book Presentations

October 1923
DUE:

Written independent reading blog (_______________)

Week 8
October 2630

DUE:

Book presentations (_______________)

Week 9
November 26

DUE:

SIP proposal (_______________)

Week 10
November 913

DUE:

SIP checkpoint #1 (_______________)

Preparation for the research paper

Shakespeare a fun and interesting new look at the Bard
Intro to SIP
Tools for research presented by Mrs. Grossman
Checkpoint dates and purpose
SIP
Shakespeare

*All papers referenced below must be uploaded to TurnItIn.com or Google Classroom by the due date (see WITS for
class codes submission site will vary based on assignment).