English+IV

Every major project you do in this class will be geared toward preparing your Capstone project. You are on the home stretch to graduation. Make every project count.

Senior Project: Research Essay Outline
 For this project, begin creating a rough draft of your capstone essay outline. This does not have to be a completely finished product, but must have the basic elements to give me a good idea of what you have in mind. Use the outline format example given in the assignment to produce your outline.

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The First Step in Writing: Brainstorm
Begin brainstorming ideas for sections of your Capstone essay. Write one to two pages of thoughts about what you want to cover or what you have learned thus far while researching about your chosen profession.

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Project: A Paper from Notes
 Begin creating the rough draft of your Capstone paper here. You should already have a few sources to cite by now. Word count is not important. I am looking more for the quality of the information you have written. Remember though, this is a very rough draft and does not need to be perfect.

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Project: Final Essay
 Time to finalize your Capstone paper. Use my comments from your original rough draft that you turned in, in the previous unit, add more information that you have gleaned from your experience job-shadowing and doing research, and write a second rough draft. Submit your draft in this project for review.

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Project: Editing
 Now that you have completed a full second rough draft of your Capstone paper and have received feedback from me, review your paper once more, correct any errors, and add your own personal story to the writing.Complete the final, polished draft of your essay and simply type the words finished in the text box provided on the assignment when you have completed your final work on the essay.

=Final Exam = As a parting gift, instead of doing the final exam for this class, I would like you write a Legacy Letter. Here are the details: 1. Read What Will Your Legacy Be? 2. Then read Creating Your Legacy 3. Write a Letter to Yourself <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. Find three other people that you are closest to and have them write a letter to you describing what they think will be your Legacy of Life

<span style="color: #1e1e5a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">When you are finished, email me your letter and the letters you received from others. This will count for not only the final exam score, but will also give you an additional 200 points of extra credit at the end of this course. To receive full credit for this assignment, please let yourself think deeply about your life and the legacy you want to leave as represented in these questions.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Now prepare to be showered with graduation gifts!