Friday

• Root of the Week: VERI (true, genuine) Make a sketchnote page in the terms/vocab section of your notebook for this root. Check out more info here.
• Review charts (theme & genre) for Beowulf were returned. They were graded together for completion. See below for grading:

• POW: Shakespearean sonnet QUIZ. If you were absent, see me ASAP to make up this quiz.
• Short Fiction Study: We will read a new story next week.
• College Admissions Essay: 

• Today we had an in-class workshop for our first drafts of the college admissions essays. On the paper copy of your draft, complete these self-editing tasks.
• Due Tues. 10/23/18: Submit a new, improved draft to me on Google Classroom by the end of the day, 11:59 pm. I will take off points for:
1. Late essays (points accumulate by the day)
2. Grammatical errors of any kind (points off for each error)
3. Incomplete essays
4. Essays without the proper MLA formatting

• Other college essay/planning resources:
• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Apply Texas Topics 
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• 8 Questions Your College Admissions Essay Should Answer
• College Essay Advisors (video)
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
• Other planning resources:
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Virtual College Tours
• If you need to write a resume for your application, here is a good site to use for directions and here is an example of a high school student resume.