Seniors ~ Memory Book

In a couple of weeks, you will have completed your senior year. You have a couple of essays to write, and some of you have a final to take, but we're getting close. The final assignment is always an easy one - a memory book of your high school years (9-12).

We'll start with two reflective assignments:

First, you all need to write an introduction to your book. Consider the following in your one-page reflective essay: What is your overall impression of your high school years? What do you want to remember most? What does "graduation" mean to you? What are you looking forward to next? In other words, if graduation is a doorway, consider what's on either side.

DUE: Friday, April 15th (typed, any font, no header, with name on back)

This weekend, write a poem about your senior class (or graduation). 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 book, so change the font style and color to suit your tastes.

DUE: Monday, April 18th (typed, any font, no header, with name on back)

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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