Name: Hr. Term: DUE DATE:
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS (please write very neatly for this!):
Connections teacher: Teacher of your first class of the daynext term: Hour:
(If you do not come to pick your folder up by the first Wednesday of next term, I will send this to you via that teacher.)
ADVANCED ENG. 12 “FINAL CC”
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The length of this "FINAL CC" is a minimum of three sides of a page. However, please do not let the one page minimum restrict your ideas. I REALLY NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!
NOTE: These three journal-type pages must be typed (double-spaced) (-5 if not typed double-spaced).
/5PART A: YOUR PERSONAL PERFORMANCE IN THIS CLASS
FIRST, DO SOME PRETHINKING TO GATHER YOURTHOUGHTS BEFORE YOU
ACTUALLY WRITE THE RESPONSE.
1.First, re-read the famous “GREEN LETTER”—the class syllabus and description of the class you received in the mail this past summer.
2.Next, re-read the advice letter(s) from former students who have taken this class
3. Next, review the goals you set for this class. Re-read them if you still have a copy of them—written in your folder or in one of the first WA’s.
3.Jot down the 5 goals you set first week of the term
GoalsJot down briefly how I did on each of these
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4.Now, study your writing folder—the recording you were to do for each paper on the pink and yellow sheets stapled to the inside of your folder. Look for patterns, revelations, etc. Jot down something you discovered?
5.Next spend some time thinking about what you have actually experienced/done here in Adv. English 12. What have you learned or gained? How have you been challenged/stretched?
NOW, after all this reflection, your task on your typed paper is to write an evaluation /critique of your own effort and performance in the class as well as the value of this class to you personally.
REMEMBER TO type at least a full page (double-spaced).
/5PART B: THE LITERATURE AND COURSE EVALUATION
Remember to type at least a full page (double-spaced).
IN THIS RESPONSE, YOU MUST ADDRESS TWO TOPICS:
with addressing the literature (modern poetry, Beowulf, Chaucer, Gawain Frankenstein and Romantic Poetry, Hamlet, etc.)--whichever ones you care to mention). What connected with you? What works were most influential, enjoyable, worthwhile, etc.? What would you recommend cutting if we didn’t have time to include it? What would you never eliminate?
you are to tell what in the class worked well and didn’t work well. Include your suggestions for me to make this class better next time. Choose approximately 2-3 of the suggested areas below to give me some “meaty” feedback.
Some suggested areas to cover are listed below:
•Circle below 2-3 you will cover in this part.
a.Wally’s class philosophyb.study partners / sheets
c.homework / pacing
d.small group emphasis
e.large group discussion
f.group presentation(s)/ projects
g.lack of tests
h.use of videos/other media
i.the papers
j. the “Buyback” system
k.grade percentages—60%
papers, 25% journals, 15%
daily work
l.grading scale (% for an A, B, C. etc.)
m.class policies
n.word of the day
o.color and other groupings / p.homework assignment packet
q.calendar on overhead
r.three-ring binder system of organization
s.supplementary articles to bring in modern connections and handouts, in general
t.class organization
u.journals - WA’s (Ideas: Should we do them? If not, what instead? What did you think of the way we did them? What was their value? What did you learn from doing them? How might they be utilized more effectively?)
v.peer response journals (PR’s) and/or class connected journals (CC’s)
w.use of grading cover sheets for papers/essays
x.Hamlettake-home quizzes
z.ways certain units were taught
aa. field trips (if applicable)
Anything else? (your choice):
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/5Letter to Next Term’s Advanced 12 Senior
Type at least a minimum of a one-side-of-a-page letter to an incoming Adv. 12 student next term. Share some advice, realities, suggestions of what you think he/she can do to make the most of the class (and next term senior year). Be honest! (No horror stories--unless they’re true!) You do not have to but may sign your name. You may even use the code name you used for journals.
Note: You must turn in two copies of this letter to get full credit! (-1 if you only turn in one copy)
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EXTRA CREDIT 5 pts. (please turn in TWO copies!)
Type at least a one-side-of-a-page (double-spaced) letterI will give to an incoming ninth
graderin my class nextyear. Share some advice, realities, suggestions of what you think he/she can do to make
the most of high school. You may sign your name / include e-mail if you like. LEAVE YOUR LEGACY!