Week of 5/21- English

Monday, May 21st:  Final day of presentations.

Tuesday, May 22nd-Thursday, May 24th:  Return to The Last Lecture.

Friday, May 25th:  No School!  Memorial Day Break!

Week of 5/14- English

Oral defenses will take place for the duration of the week.

Click HERE for 8th period's presentations schedule.
Click HERE for 9th period's presentation schedule.

Investments and financial crisis: week of 5/14

Due Friday 5/18:  Summary and reaction to the current events article given to you on Monday.  See instructions on each article.  Some additional research is necessary to complete the assignment. 

Monday and Tuesday 5/14-15: We are discussing the upcoming school budget vote, how Americans save and invest and strategies for investing your savings.   Click HERE for the notes on how to invest your savings.

Wednesday and Thursday (5/16-17) to discuss strategies for investing in the stock market and the financial crisis. 

Expect a quiz on these next topics. 

Senior Thesis Paper

Your Senior Thesis Paper (final exam for the class) is due on Friday, May 4th.  You must submit a hard copy to me in class,  and you also must submit it to Turnitin.com as well.  The window will open on May 3rd and will close at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4th.

Turnitin login information:

Period 8: 
Turnitin Class ID #: 5049487
Password (case sensitive):  Amir

Period 9:
Turnitin Class ID #: 5049491
Password (case sensitive): Hassan

Submission Guidelines:

• The entire paper should be in Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double-spaced.
• You must create a title page for the paper.
• You must staple the paper together in the following order:  title page, research paper, bibliography
• The entire research paper (not the title page or bibliography) should have page numbers.

NOTE- We will spend Monday- Wednesday of next week preparing for your oral defenses, which will begin on Thursday, May 10th.

Personal Finance - all handouts for upcoming test

All handouts and lessons are fair game

for the Personal finance test. Test on Thursday 4/26

Cashless economy.  click HERE for the handout.

Researching Credit card options and calculating the cost of credit card debt. Click HERE for the handout.  All the suggested links are easily accessible from the googledoc.
Click HERE for the credit card debt calculator
Click HERE for a site to compare student credit cards.
Credit card sample bills click HERE
Working on or off the books.  Click HERE for the pros and cons
You also need to know how to read a pay stub and a W-2 form.
Filing your taxes.  Click HERE
Writing a check instructions click HERE
Car insurance click HERE

Click HERE for a copy of the Personal Finance Final Project- This is your final project

Part I: Due at the beginning of class Thursday 5/3
The rest is due at the beginning of class on Friday May 11th

we will meet in 204 to work on the project unless you told to go to 111

Extra Credit will be given if you show me a ticket to the Senior Experience Fashion Show.

Week of 4/30- English

Monday, April 30th: Introduction to The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.  In class we will read the introduction and "An Elephant in the Room." Written reaction #1 is due on Thursday.  The rough draft of your Senior Thesis Paper is due tomorrow (typed).

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1st-2nd:  Peer editing sessions will take place.  You will have two different individuals read through your research paper over the course of two days.  You will have until Friday to revise and edit your paper based on the suggestions of your editors. I will also go over the submission guidelines at some point during these two days as well.

Thursday, May 3rd:  We will begin the class period by sharing written reaction #1. We will then read "The Parent Lottery" in class.  Written reaction #2 is due tomorrow.  The final draft of you paper is due tomorrow- no exceptions!

Friday, May 4th:  We will begin the period by sharing written reaction #2.  We will then read "The Elevator in the Ranch House" in class.  What would you draw on your walls (in-class activity)?   I will collect your research papers while you work on illustrating your "walls."

Week of 4/23- English

We will meet in the computer lab (room 111) or the library (on the 26th only) to work on your Senior Thesis Paper.  Please adhere to the following due dates:

• During class on Monday, April 23rd, I will call you up individually to check your sources.  Please have them readily available.
• Your properly formatted bibliography is due on Tuesday, April 24th. No exceptions!
• The rough draft of your paper will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.  MLA parenthetical citations must be correctly used/formatted within your paper.