Public Service Announcement (PSA)

In groups of two or three, you will research and produce a PSA about an issue facing teenagers today. Your PSA needs to include specific information from at least one credible source. That source must be included with the handout distributed in class.

The assignment is due MONDAY, May 15th.

Your audience for this assignment is your classmates.
Your purpose is to make your audience aware of a particular issue.

You have two options:

(1) A 60-second video (no more, no less) that is ready for TV
(2) A poster (color or black & white) that is ready for printing

First, you will need to decide on a topic; then, you will make a “claim” or statement about the topic; finally, you will provide evidence to support your claim.

Again, please use the Ad Council as your model.

NOTE: You may want to attach yourself to an organization already in existence; if you do, then provide contact information somewhere in your PSA.

Juniors ~ Restoration Period

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Seniors ~ Three (Small) Writing Assignments

As you work on your memory books this week and next, you should also be working on the end-of-year writing assignments. I've given you a handout (if you were on class): A letter to your future self -- imagine yourself four years from now...where will you be, and what will you be doing? Is it what you planned? What do you hope to remember about NOW? What's important? Address your future self in a letter (standard form), and enclose it in a self-address envelope. I won't read it, but I do need to know you've done it, so don't seal it. A reflective paragraph that will serve as the introduction to your memory book. What is your overall impression of your high school years? What do you want to remember most? Finally, write a poem about your senior class. The form and tone of the poem is up to you: funny, serious or sad; rhyming couplets, ballad, or free verse. However you write it, though, please take it seriously. A copy of this poem should go in your memory ...

Homework

Seniors Your exam is on Thursday, and your final essay is on Friday. I'll talk more about the essay in class tomorrow. Also, the senior auction project lacks one more important detail - your memories! We will spend a bit of time tomorrow in class writing down some of your fondest memories of your senior year, and the rest of your time at RO. Sophomores Read "Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey," and complete the questions at the end of the selection in your book. As always, please use complete sentences and cite frequently from the text.

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