Tuesday

• 2019 Sejong Writing Competition ($1000 and $500 prizes)
• Contest website
• Basics of sijo 
• How to write sijo (video)

• Root of the Week: TRIB (pay or bestow) Make a sketchnote page in the terms/vocab section of your notebook for this root.

                                             

• POW: Petrarchan sonnet study 
• Due Thurs. 10/25/18: 
• Research the qualities of a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet and how it differs from a Shakespearean sonnet. Analyze and annotate Sonnet XV by John Barlas

• Short Fiction Study: "We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams
• Written Response #8
• Characterization notes for the story
• Notes on plot terminology
• Marking for plot in the story
• Due Thurs. 10/25/18: Write one interpretive question for "We Show What We Have Learned"

• College Admissions Essay: 
• Today we had Q&A for the drafts that are due tonight.
•  You will need to conference with me at some point in your work with the college admissions essay. Make sure you sign up for a conference time before/after school.
• 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.