All Classes Extra Credit

Here is a Woman's History Month Essay Contest:

Think about a woman from history or from current times who you admire due to her commitment to her chosen profession and/or business success. Write to convince your reader why this woman’s story and positive influence serves as an exemplary person to recognize and honor during Women’s History Month.

You need to type up your essay, must be double spaced. The maximum is 500 words and you must include three references to the person.

Due by March 17th.

English II Honors -- 4th nine weeks

For the last nine weeks we will be reading the book
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.
You must obtain your own copy or download it to your device in order to complete assignments for class.
You will receive a grade for showing me that you have a copy of the book by
March 27th.

Women's History Month Project (English II Honors)

In honor of Women's History Month, you will be decorating a door in the school.
You will need to include the following items:

1. The words "Honoring Trailblazing Women," which is this year's theme.

2. The name or names of the women you are displaying on the door.  (Use size 80+ font.)

3. Picture of them.  Should be large like a 5x7 picture.  You can have a portrait or an action picture.

4. Important dates such as their birthday, day they died (if they are not alive), year they made a famous discovery or won an award

5. Explain why they are a trailblazer for women.

6. Images associated with them. 
For example: Beyoncé a microphone because she is a singer.  J.K. Rowling a cover of Harry Potter.
Serena Williams a tennis racket.

7. 10 important facts about them. Facts should be no more than 20 words each.

8. Names of people who worked on the door. Top right corner of the door.

All doors MUST be complete by March 15th!
This will be the last major grade for the nine weeks so make it count!
Worth 16 points (doubled)

AP Class

In preparation for next week, I am assigning on Commonlit the piece "Excerpt from Self-Reliance" by Emerson.
You have until Monday, March 6th to complete the questions.

**Find your copies of The Fountainhead novel because we will be using them again next week.

Commonlit assignment for English II classes

Just a reminder that all my English II Honors classes need to complete the questions for the President Johnson speech "We Shall Overcome" by Sunday, March 5th.

Enjoy the following YouTube video with the song "We Shall Overcome" by the Morehouse College Glee Club.  Morehouse is a historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia.

Juniors-- QuestBridge Application

This is a great opportunity to apply for scholarships.
Go to the following website to create an account and apply to as many of the scholarships for current high school juniors:
Quest for Excellence Awards

Applications are open until March 22nd.
If you show me your completed application notification I will give you extra credit.

UM Summer Scholars Program

If you are interested in getting some college experience before actually going to college give this program a try.  Click on the link:
UM Summer Scholars