Skip to main content

Senior Final Assignments


You have a revision due on Wednesday by the end of the day. Choose from one of the following drafts: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, or Simulation. Please copy/paste your document into a new file called "Lastname-Final" and share with me.

We are watching The Truman Show this week and writing a film analysis essay on Friday.

Next week is the memory book, and you will all need to gather and bring material for that on Tuesday. Everyone is to include the following, whether in physical or electronic format:
  • physical 12x12 scrapbook OR Google Slides (share as "Lastname-Memory")
  • a title page with photos
  • at least 16 pages - four for each year of high school
  • all pages must be filled with images and text
  • use captions for images
  • include info from your personal life (family, friends, and activities) and school life
  • include info from pop culture for each year
  • if electronic, link all pictures (also can include music and/or video) 
One last thing: every year I ask students to write a letter to their future selves. I send these five years after you graduate. The letter should given to me in a sealed, self-addressed envelope. Use your parents' address, and I will stamp the return as River Oaks. Don't include a stamp. Suggestions for the letter include advice, memories, hopes, fears, images. Some people write a paragraph, some several pages. It is up to you.

Popular posts from this blog

O Brother, A Response Paper

Hello Freshmen... Your assignment for the weekend is to write a 250-word (one page) response paper on O Brother, Where Art Thou . Please type and format according to MLA. You may choose from the two topics below: (1) Respond to the lyrics of one song from the film. Using your lyric sheet (or the internet ), connect the lyrics of one song to the movie's characters/setting/events. In other words, explain how the lyrics are relevant to the film. (2) Choose one of the historically relevant elements of the movie and look up an article on Wikipedia . Print out the article; then, summarize it and connect it to the movie's characters/setting/events. Be careful not to plagiarize the article, which should be stapled to your reponse. Ideas discussed in class include The Great Depression, con artist, chain gang, Populism (George Wallace, Huey P. Long, W. Lee O'Daniel), Ku Klux Klan (William Joseph Simmons), and George "Babyface" Nelson.
Read more

ACT Prep

Good luck on the ACT tomorrow, those of you who are taking it. To help you prepare, and for future reference, here are some materials for you to work with at home: ACT Prep - from the official site - including sample tests Test Prep Review - has "self-assessment modules" in several subjects ACT Sparknotes ACT Test Questions
Read more

Career Search

A good place to start with your career search is a personality test. There are several online to choose from, and there are many career aptitude tests, as well. Generally speaking, my advice is to look for a career that combines your interests and your aptitudes (both in your personality and your skill set). Look through the following and see if any are helpful: 16 Personalities (based on the Meyers-Briggs ) Skills Profiler (from the U.S. Department of Labor) Princeton Review Career Quiz Free Career Aptitude Tests (a list from The Balance ) Later this week, we will try to match up your aptitudes and interests with a career by looking at College Board's BigFuture site. We will also look at the ACT in detail ( Planning Your Future e-book ). Finally, we will explore the Occupational Outlook Handbook to see more thorough descriptions and projections.
Read more