Project Reach Out
Service Learning Packet
English R ~ M/W Section# 6011
Spring 2007
Mrs. Burruss’s Class
Table of Contents
1)Syllabus Amendment With Due Dates
2)Individual Grade Keeper with Service Learning Points
3)Essay Grading Rubric (Points to be completed by Mrs. “B”)
4)Project Contact Form
5)Project Reach Out Supervisor Letter, Verification, and Evaluation
Optional Service Learning Experience
Amendment 1 to the Syllabus and Homework Schedule for Eng R ~ M/W ~ Spring 2007 ~ with Mrs. Burruss
This assignment, if chosen, will take the place of the 100 Point Novel Project and 9 hours of the 10 hours required in the LearningResourceCenter. A diagnostic test from the LRC will still be required (aprox. 30-60 minutes). The total value of this assignment will be 161 points.
Why choose Service Learning?
Service Learning goes beyond the classroom and can create experiences that may change your life. Some students will discover more about themselves and may even choose career paths through their projects. Some students will make life-long friends. Service beyond yourself enriches your life and can make you feel needed, useful, and appreciated. Service Learning can be a rewarding experience that looks great on a resume and helps you when applying for scholarships. Finally, Service Learning incorporates the idea of human coexistence and can help you mature, become more aware of the community surrounding you, and have a broader perspective on life in general. It can connect you to people who may change your life, people you may have never had the opportunity to interact with otherwise.
Explanation of the Service Learning Project
1. ____ 11 points ~Project Contact Form~ Due Date Monday, 3/26 (Week 7, Day 13): Choose a Service Learning Project and plan to spend a minimum of 3 to 4 hours volunteering. Submit a fully completed contact information sheet to Mrs. Burruss. (Print legibly and submit only on the form provided ~ see attached)
2. ____ 30 points ~Volunteering Completed/Journal~ Due Date Wednesday, 5/2 (Week 11, Day 22): Write journal entries during the experience that include your personal feelings as you go along. A minimum of 5 journal entries should include (but are not limited to) your thoughts (1) while you were choosing the project you wanted to do, (2) after you chose and before you began service, (3) while you were volunteering, and (4) after you completed your service. Also, (5) include changes that you noticed in yourself or what type of misconceptions you may have had (these entries may be legibly written by hand).
3. ____ 20 points~ Mapping ~ Due Date Monday, 5/7 (Week 12, Day 23): After you have completed your volunteer work and journaling, brainstorm on the ideas below and organize them by Mapping (use the notes on mapping in your 10 Steps Book to assist you). Make sure you cover all the points listed below (this part may be legibly handwritten, typed, or done on Inspiration).
Why did you choose Service Learning over the computers in the LRC?
Why did you choose this particular project, and what types of things does your non-profit organization do?
Describe the experience: what you did, where you were, who you met, how much time was involved, etc.
Was this your first time volunteering your services to an organization, and do you think you might do volunteer work again in the future?
Did this experience change your mind about volunteer work?
Look at your journal entries. Reflecting back on everything, what was the most important thing you learned from this experience?
4. ____ 100 points ~ Experience Essay ~Due Date Wednesday, 5/3 (Week 14 , Day 28): Write a 2 to 3 page essay covering the information from your mapping in #3 above using the organizational skills learned in the 10 Steps Book to insure your ideas are clear: Main Ideas, Supporting Details, Transition words, etc. Use the grammar & spell checkers and proofread OUT LOUD. You may use the WritingCenter and Tutors to assist you. Feel free to ask questions at any time.
Eng R Spring 07 MW
/Points
/Score
Attendance Day 1
/ 5Study Buddies / 5
Textbooks / 5
Attendance Day 2 / 5
Lab Packet check / 2
Attendance Day 3 / N/A / Holiday
Attendance Day 4 / 5
R: Intro / 17
Novel Notes 1-5 / 20
Attendance Day 5 / 5
R: Chapter 1 / 25
Vocab, Unit 1 HW / 30
Acad. Success tips / 10
Syllabus Pop Quiz / 10
Attendance Day 6 / 5
Novel Notes 6-10 / 20
Greek & Latin Roots / 20
LRC Diag Print out / 10
Scavenger Hunt** / 10 BP
Attendance Day 7 / 5
Vocab, Unit 1 TEST / 50
Attendance Day 8 / 5
Novel Notes 11-15 / 20
Attendance Day 9 / 5
R: Chp 2 HW / 27
R: Chp 3 HW / 22
Attendance Day 10 / 5
Novel Notes 16-20 / 20
Attendance Day 11 / 5
Class Paragraph # 1 / 10
Vocab Unit 2 H/W / 30
R: Chp 4 Homework / 19
Attendance Day 12 / 5
Novel Notes 21-25 / 20
Total Possible & Attendance T/A / 447
Total Earned and %
Attendance Day 13 / 5
SL Contact Form / 11
Attendance Day 14 / 5
Vocab TEST Unit 2 / 50
Novel Notes 26-30 / 20
Attendance Day 15 / 5
TP Scores Chps 1-4 / 5
R: Midterm /
51
Attendance Day 16 / 5Novel Notes 31-35 / 20
Total Possible & Attendance T/A / 624
Total Earned and %
Attendance Day 17 / 5
Class Paragraph # 2 / 10
Vocab H/W Unit 3 / 30
Sharing / 15
Including Service Learning Points Sec # 6011
Assignment /Points
/Score
Attendance Day 18 / 5Novel Notes 36-40 / 20
Inspiration Outline / P# 2 10
Attendance Day 19 / 5
R: Chapter 5 H/W / 60
R: Chapter 6 H/W / 36
Attendance Day 20 / 5
Vocab TEST Unit 3 / 50
Novel Notes 41-45 / 20
Attendance Day 21 / 5
Vocab H/W Unit 4 / 30
Attendance Day 22 / 5
S. L. Journal / 30
Novel Notes 46-50 / 20
Outline Topic / 5 / XXXXXXXXXX
R: Chp 7 H/W / 17
Total Possible & Attendance T/A / 1002
Total Earned and %
Attendance Day 23 / 5
Outline/S.L. Mapping / 20
Attendance Day 24 / 5
Vocab Unit 4 TEST / 50
Attendance Day 25 / 5
Outline/S.L. Essay / 100
N: Open Book Test / 40
Attendance Day 26 / 5
R: Chp 8 H/W / 38
R: Chp 9 H/W / 33
Attendance Day 27 / 5
R: Chp 10 H/W / 34
Vocab H/W Unit 5 / 75
Opening Paragraph #3 / 10
Attendance Day 28 / 5
Debates-Peer Grade / 30
Attendance Day 29 / N/A / Holiday
Attendance Day 30 / 5
Comb Skill 14/Bysta / 33
Attendance Day 31 / 5
Final Exam / 40
Attendance Day 32 / 5
Lab Portfolio / 200173
Dictionary Skills / 5 BP
Bonus Points**
Perfect Attendance
Total Possible & Attendance T/A / 1723
Total Earned and %
RFU START______RFU END ______
DRP ___ Score ______P F Need 45
DRP ___ Score ______P F Need ___
NELSON DENNY ______- P F
Final Exam _____% Exit Y N
Service Learning Location: ______
ESSAY BY ______Due Date: ______Section # _____YEAR ____
PROOFREAD BY SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF CLASS(3 POINTS) SIGN:______
NOTE: TURN IN THIS RUBRIC WITH YOUR ESSAY (1 POINT) ___
THE FOLLOWING THINGS MUST BE COVERED IN THE ESSAY:
_____/4POINTS: WHY DID YOU CHOOSE SERVICE LEARNING OVER THE
COMPUTERS IN THE LRC?
_____/5 POINTS: WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PROJECT, AND WHAT DOES
YOUR ORGANIZATION DO?
_____/5 POINTS: DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING
- WHAT YOU DID
- WHERE YOU WERE
- WHO YOU MET
- HOW MUCH TIME WAS INVOLVED
_____/5 POINTS: WAS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME VOLUNTEERING (IF NOT,
WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE), AND WOULD YOU
VOLUNTEER TO HELP OTHERS AGAIN?
_____/5 POINTS: DID THIS EXPERIENCE CHANGE YOUR MIND
- ABOUT VOLUNTEER WORK?
- ABOUT MISCONCEPTIONS YOU HAD?
_____/5 POINTS: WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU LEARNED
FROM THIS EXPERIENCE?
BEFORE TURNING IT IN, PROOFREAD OUT LOUD! ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER PERSON PROOFREAD YOUR ESSAY! SOMETIMES A THOUGHT THAT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR TO US IS CONFUSING TO THE READER.
______/4 POINTS: NEATNESS – ESSAY MUST BE TYPED & STRUCTURED
CORRECTLY USING 1.5 SPACING AND 12 TO 14 POINT FONT
______/5 POINTS: PERSONAL REFLECTION(S) (SEE JOURNAL ENTRIES)
______/4 POINTS: GRAMMAR USE PROPER GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
______/3.5 POINTS: SPELLING LOOK UP WORDS YOU’RE NOT SURE OF and USE THE PROPER WORD WHEN DEALING WITH HOMOPHONES
______/12 POINTS: CLARITY I MUST BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU
______/15 POINTS: ORGANIZATION THE ESSAY SHOULD FOLLOW A PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION HAVING AN INTRODUCTION, A BODY, AND A CONCLUSION USING MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS IN WRITING (SEE R: CHPS 2-4 AND USE TRANSITION WORDS FROM R: CHAPTERS 5 & 6).
_____/11 POINTS: THESIS/CENTRAL POINT BEING RELAYED STAY
FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE ESSAY AND RELATE TO IT
IN THE TITLE.
____/2 points THE ESSAY MUST BE NO LESS THAN 2 PAGES AND NO MORE
THAN 3.5 PAGES LONG (NOT INCLUDING THE COVER PAGE).
____/3 points CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH MUST INCLUDE A PERSONAL
REFLECTION AND A CONCLUDING STATEMENT~ .
____ EXTRA CREDIT of 1/2 pt. EACH WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE PROPPER
USE OF VOCABULARY WORDS (MUST BE UNDERLINED).
____/2.5 points THE COVER PAGE SHOULD INCLUDE THE TITLE, THE
DATE, YOUR NAME, THE SECTION #, AND SEMESTER
____/5 POINTS: FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS
***** ESSAYSWILL BE CHECKED FOR PLAGERISM *****
SEE CONSEQUENCES FOR PLAGERISM ON MY SYLLABUS
NOTE:
WHEN CHOOSING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT, YOU WILL NEED TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE ENTIRE ESSAY.
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REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU:
THE WRITINGCENTER IN THE COMMUNICATIONSBUILDING
THE ENGLISH TUTORS IN THE LEARNINGRESOURCECENTER
THE INSPIRATION SOFTWARE IN THE COMPUTER LAB
HINTS ON ESSAY ORGANIZATION FROM YOUR R:10 STEPS BOOK
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I WOULD ALLOW ALL, OR PARTS OF MY ESSAY TO BE USED TO HELP OTHER STUDENTS WANTING TO DO A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND TO BE USED IN RESEARCH ON HOW SERVICE LEARNING AFFECTS LEARNING AND RETENTION.
SIGN HERE ONLY IF YOU AGREE:
______DATE______
Service Learning: Project Contact Form ~Due Date: Mon, 3/26/07
Suggestions for finding service learning sites:
Go to
Check with your local church or community center
Check for ideas on my website of places where previous students of ECC have volunteered their services
See the suggestions on the back of this form
Student Reminder : Do Not schedule your volunteer time during class time!
Please Print Clearly!
Student Name ______
Name of Service Learning Site: ______
Complete Mailing Address (including Zip Code) of Service Learning Site:
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Name of Site Supervisor (This is the person with whom you will work most closely at the site. The supervisor will be asked to verify your hours at the site and is the person your instructor may contact for questions or information).
I, the onsite supervisor for your student, verify that our organization carries liability insurance for all volunteers.
Print Name of Supervisor: ______
Signature of Supervisor: ______Date______
Supervisor’s Telephone # : ( )______and/or
*Supervisor’s E-mail Address ______
(*optional)
Service Learning can provide access to opportunities for career exploration,
self-efficacy, and job skills!
Types of Service Learning Activities
Tutoring / Health CareMentoring / Senior Care
Homeless Services / Environment
Adult or Children’s Literacy / Cultural/Arts
Violence Prevention / Neighborhoods
Animal Care / Child Care
Computer/Technical / Community Policing
Ideas to Help Get You Going
Collect/distribute used books for children at homeless shelters / Teach seniors or low-income families computer literacy skillsVolunteer as a sports coach / Collect donations of clothing, etc. and deliver to a homeless shelter or battered women’s shelter
Deliver excess food from restaurants for a local food bank or pantry / Clean and increase accessibility to local parks
Work with residents of VA hospitals, hospices, homeless shelters, and convalescent homes / Assist with food banks, animal shelters, and non-profit agencies
I, the El Camino College student, will behave in a professional and respectful manner* while engaged in this Service Learning Experience.
Student Signature ______Date______
*Professional and respectful manner includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Perform my duties to the best of my ability and show respect to anyone I interact with.
Adhere to the rules, procedures, and policies, including the handling of confidential information.
Be open to supervision and constructive feedback about my work, and take the opportunity to learn from this.
Meet time and duty commitments. You are being depended upon for services. Please provide adequate notice to your supervisor if you cannot meet your commitment.
/ El Camino College Community College District16007 Crenshaw BoulevardTorrance, California90506-0001
Telephone (310) 532-3670 or 1-866-ELCAMINO
Project Reach Out
Spring Semester 2007
Dear Supervisor,
Thank you for allowing one of El Camino College’s students to volunteer at your organization this semester. This student will be giving me your name as the person with whom he or she will be working most closely.
The Service Learning Project is part of an assignment for an English class. This assignment has two main purposes: to give students an opportunity to volunteer in their community and to apply the communication skills they’re learning in class to an essay about their experience. Each student is asked to select a non-profit location, to volunteer and work at least 3 to 4 hours at this site during the semester, and to write a paper about their experience.
As the instructor, I thank you for giving students this valuable experience. Suggestions to assist the supervisor appear on the back of this letter. At the end of the volunteer period, please return the signed verification form on the back of this letter to the student. This will show that the student has met their obligation of 3 to 4 hours of community service.
If you have any questions about the program or suggestions that you would like to make, please feel free to contact me via my voicemail at 310-532-3670, ext. 4404, or through e-mail at .
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nancilyn Burruss, M.S.
Humanities Department
Supervisor ~ Please return this completed form to the student upon completion of service.
As a community partner to my student’s project, suggestions to help create a learning experience may include the following:
Please provide an adequate position description, orientation/training, and assistance to the student service-learner as needed.
Please provide supervision, feedback, and evaluation on student performance.
Please respect the individual and learning needs of the student.
Please provide appreciation and recognition of the student’s contributions.
Please provide a safe and appropriate working environment.
Student Evaluation and Verification of Services
Check One Evaluation Box for Each / Excellent / Satisfactory / Needs ImprovementThe student performed duties to the best of his/her ability
The student showed respect to everyone he/she interacted with
The student adhered to the rules, procedures, and policies, including the handling of confidential information.
The student was open to supervision and constructive feedback about his/her work
The student was dependable, meeting time and duty commitments
Comments: ______
Name of Student ______
My signature verifies that the student named above participated in ______hours of community service with our organization.
Supervisor’s Name ______Organization ______
Supervisor’s Signature ______Date ______