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Why Yes, I do offer extra credit
Extra credit opportunities will be posted on this page once a month. There will be only one bonus point opportunity per month and strict deadlines apply. These opportunites range in points from 5-50, depending on the opportunity.
August: DUE Wednesday August 31st during your class hour. Print the class syllabus from the website and have your parent sign the syllabus, bring the signed syllabus to class by Wednesday August 31st for 25 bonus points. You must also register on the class website on or before this date in order to recieve the full 25 bonus points. If you do this, you start my class with more than a 100%!
September: DUE Friday September 16th during your class hour (10 points). Visit the JROTC memorial the weekend of September 11th and get a rubbing from the traveling Vietnam Wall. Research the name and write a one paragraph summary of what you find out about this individual. Information about the events can be found: http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/10224/we-remember-vietnam-wall-and-the-week-of-remembrance or the Union Public Schools website.
October: DUE on or before October 17th (10 points)
We are reading “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. To help assist your understanding of the plot, literary elements, and overall comprehension of the story I’m offering 10 bonus points to anyone who visits the Tulsa Zoo before Monday October 17th. When you visit the zoo go into the Rainforest exhibit and take a picture of the scarlet ibis in the exhibit, also find the placard that gives you the information about the animal. Take pictures of both. Lastly, have someone take a picture of you either in front of the Giant head in the garden area of the zoo OR a picture of you with the two Aztec men on the bench inside the rainforest exhibit. Then submit the pictures to me with a 1 paragraph statement describing why the ibis is a symbol in the story “The Scarlet Ibis.”
Think of this as an adventure :-) ask a group of friends from class to go with you and you can all work on it together, though your paragraphs must be original. Go with your family and/or take a younger sibling. Think of this as an opportunity to spend time with a friend of family member and earn some points in the process.
Good Luck!
What you should have when you’re done with this:
August: DUE Wednesday August 31st during your class hour. Print the class syllabus from the website and have your parent sign the syllabus, bring the signed syllabus to class by Wednesday August 31st for 25 bonus points. You must also register on the class website on or before this date in order to recieve the full 25 bonus points. If you do this, you start my class with more than a 100%!
September: DUE Friday September 16th during your class hour (10 points). Visit the JROTC memorial the weekend of September 11th and get a rubbing from the traveling Vietnam Wall. Research the name and write a one paragraph summary of what you find out about this individual. Information about the events can be found: http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/10224/we-remember-vietnam-wall-and-the-week-of-remembrance or the Union Public Schools website.
October: DUE on or before October 17th (10 points)
We are reading “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. To help assist your understanding of the plot, literary elements, and overall comprehension of the story I’m offering 10 bonus points to anyone who visits the Tulsa Zoo before Monday October 17th. When you visit the zoo go into the Rainforest exhibit and take a picture of the scarlet ibis in the exhibit, also find the placard that gives you the information about the animal. Take pictures of both. Lastly, have someone take a picture of you either in front of the Giant head in the garden area of the zoo OR a picture of you with the two Aztec men on the bench inside the rainforest exhibit. Then submit the pictures to me with a 1 paragraph statement describing why the ibis is a symbol in the story “The Scarlet Ibis.”
Think of this as an adventure :-) ask a group of friends from class to go with you and you can all work on it together, though your paragraphs must be original. Go with your family and/or take a younger sibling. Think of this as an opportunity to spend time with a friend of family member and earn some points in the process.
Good Luck!
What you should have when you’re done with this:
- A picture of the scarlet ibis
- A picture of the placard describing the ibis
- A picture of you in Front of the Giant head in the garden area of the zoo OR A picture of you with the two Aztec men on the bench inside the rainforest exhibit.
- A paragraph describing how the ibis is a symbol in “The Scarlet Ibis”
November: DUE Friday December 2nd (15 points)
We really need to work on our writing skills, so to practice that and help others we will do both for this bonus opportunity. Volunteer somewhere: adopt a child or elderly person from the Salvation Army Angel Tree, Help DFY raise money for I-Care, give food to a shelter or participate in a food drive. Do something outside yourself and outside your comfort zone. Have someone take a picture of you participating in an event, get the name of the organization, the date, times that you helped, and a chairperson or other person in charge's signature. You may not volunteer for your own family members.
Then write a 5 paragraph essay discussing the importance of volunteering, how it has had an impact on your life, and how you plan to help others in the future.
Have fun, reach out, and learn something new!
GOOD LUCK!
December: DUE Friday December 16 (20 points)
You have two options for this bonus point opportunity:
You may donate:
1. markers
2. colored pencils
3. construction paper
4. colored printer paper
5. Glue sticks (2 or 4-pack no single sticks) or bottled glue
to the classroom for class use, you will recieve 5 points per item you donate, for a 20 point maximum total. You may donate any combination of items to the classroom for class use. Please put your name and hour on your items and include 1 paragraph description for what you hope the items will be used for in the classroom.
OR
Writing Prompt - Narrative Writing
"Someone in My Family Deserves an Award"
Each of us has somebody in the family, possibly even yourself, who deserves an award. Hopefully, the award can be positive like "The Best Mom", The Greatest Dad", "The Top Helper", "Best Cook", "The Great Gardener" or the like. Of course, it could be somewhat negative like "The Royal Pain", "The Sloppiest Bedroom Award" or "The Always on the Telephone Award".
Your job is to write a five-paragraph essay about the award you would give to a deserving family member.
Think of an award that someone in your family really deserves. Often going with the idea that first came to your mind is often a good idea.
Define the award. Think of the main reasons that you think support the giving of that award. Be specific. Write down those reasons.
Think about each of those subtopics specifically. Give distinct instances or facts that support each of those subtopics. Be sure that they truly bolster the topic. Do that for each of the three topics.
Now is the time to write the essay.
Begin by giving the relationship of the person and the award that you would give. Then support the giving of the award with the three main support ideas or subtopics. Remember to vary the sentence structure. Use your strongest reason first. Try to write in active voice throughout.
Use each of those subtopics as the topic of the supporting three paragraphs.
As you write the supporting details, be sure that you are not always using the same format for each sentence. Varying the structure creates interest and stops the paragraph from seeming like a grocery list of facts. Think about the transitions you will use between each paragraph so that the ideas smoothly flow from one to the next. Doing this makes for less revision in the end.
As you summarize in an original manner the first sentence of the essay, be sure that you define the award and the person receiving it. Do the same for the three main reasons you presented. This paragraph like the first must be strong as you are convincing the reader that your opinion is correct, and this is the award that they deserve.
Go back and check for spelling and grammar errors. Do you have any sentence fragments? If so, eliminate them. Did you change your sentence structure in each paragraph? If not, rewrite. Do all of your verbs agree with the subject? Are they in the same voice? Fix these and any other errors that you find.
DO NOT turn in your first draft!!! You will not receive the full number of points if you have excessive errors.
January Bonus Opportunity Due January 21st (10 points)
Find one example of one of the following:
Pun
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Rhyme Scheme
Aliteration
Onomatopoeia
in pop culture (in a film, book, cartoon, youtube, etc.) and present it to the class. Please remember to keep it class appropriate.
Please let me know at least two days in advance before you plan to present and all presentations must be done by January 31st.
Febraury Bonus Opportunity: DUE February 29th ( 15 points)
Find a poem, of any type that uses at least 5 of the following elements:
1. Imagery
2. Oxymoron
3. Pun
4. Hyperbole
5. Alliteration
6. Assonance
7. Onomatopoeia
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
Make copies of the poem to hand out to the class. Then, present the poem to the class and teach them: The meaning of the poem, the rhyme scheme, and at least 5 of the above listed elements.
Please let me know at least 2-days in advance of when you'd like to present, and all presenations must be completed by Wednesday February 29th.
March Bonus Opportunity: DUE Friday March 30th (15 points)
Watch either Oh Brother Where Art Thou or 2001 Space Odyssey and write a compare and contrast essay drawing parallels between the film and the book we've been reading in class.
April Bonus Opportunity: DUE Monday April 30th (15 points)
Pick 5 random books, 5 websites, and 5 news articles, correctly cite the full text citations and provide the proper in-text citation for each source. You may use easybib, noodletools, citation machine, or any other citation generator. ALL must be correct or no credit will be awarded.
May Bonus Opportunity: DUE Friday May 11th (15 points)
Find good examples of 6 of any of the following in Romeo and Juliet:
metaphors, similes, personification, oxymoron, repetition, alliteration, listing, rhyming couplet, and puns (Do not use more than 2 of each). Provide an explanation for each.
Those are all of the bonus point opportunities for the year. I hope you took advantage of all opportunities avaliable so you can get the best grade possible in my class!
We really need to work on our writing skills, so to practice that and help others we will do both for this bonus opportunity. Volunteer somewhere: adopt a child or elderly person from the Salvation Army Angel Tree, Help DFY raise money for I-Care, give food to a shelter or participate in a food drive. Do something outside yourself and outside your comfort zone. Have someone take a picture of you participating in an event, get the name of the organization, the date, times that you helped, and a chairperson or other person in charge's signature. You may not volunteer for your own family members.
Then write a 5 paragraph essay discussing the importance of volunteering, how it has had an impact on your life, and how you plan to help others in the future.
Have fun, reach out, and learn something new!
GOOD LUCK!
December: DUE Friday December 16 (20 points)
You have two options for this bonus point opportunity:
You may donate:
1. markers
2. colored pencils
3. construction paper
4. colored printer paper
5. Glue sticks (2 or 4-pack no single sticks) or bottled glue
to the classroom for class use, you will recieve 5 points per item you donate, for a 20 point maximum total. You may donate any combination of items to the classroom for class use. Please put your name and hour on your items and include 1 paragraph description for what you hope the items will be used for in the classroom.
OR
Writing Prompt - Narrative Writing
"Someone in My Family Deserves an Award"
Each of us has somebody in the family, possibly even yourself, who deserves an award. Hopefully, the award can be positive like "The Best Mom", The Greatest Dad", "The Top Helper", "Best Cook", "The Great Gardener" or the like. Of course, it could be somewhat negative like "The Royal Pain", "The Sloppiest Bedroom Award" or "The Always on the Telephone Award".
Your job is to write a five-paragraph essay about the award you would give to a deserving family member.
Think of an award that someone in your family really deserves. Often going with the idea that first came to your mind is often a good idea.
Define the award. Think of the main reasons that you think support the giving of that award. Be specific. Write down those reasons.
Think about each of those subtopics specifically. Give distinct instances or facts that support each of those subtopics. Be sure that they truly bolster the topic. Do that for each of the three topics.
Now is the time to write the essay.
Begin by giving the relationship of the person and the award that you would give. Then support the giving of the award with the three main support ideas or subtopics. Remember to vary the sentence structure. Use your strongest reason first. Try to write in active voice throughout.
Use each of those subtopics as the topic of the supporting three paragraphs.
As you write the supporting details, be sure that you are not always using the same format for each sentence. Varying the structure creates interest and stops the paragraph from seeming like a grocery list of facts. Think about the transitions you will use between each paragraph so that the ideas smoothly flow from one to the next. Doing this makes for less revision in the end.
As you summarize in an original manner the first sentence of the essay, be sure that you define the award and the person receiving it. Do the same for the three main reasons you presented. This paragraph like the first must be strong as you are convincing the reader that your opinion is correct, and this is the award that they deserve.
Go back and check for spelling and grammar errors. Do you have any sentence fragments? If so, eliminate them. Did you change your sentence structure in each paragraph? If not, rewrite. Do all of your verbs agree with the subject? Are they in the same voice? Fix these and any other errors that you find.
DO NOT turn in your first draft!!! You will not receive the full number of points if you have excessive errors.
January Bonus Opportunity Due January 21st (10 points)
Find one example of one of the following:
Pun
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Rhyme Scheme
Aliteration
Onomatopoeia
in pop culture (in a film, book, cartoon, youtube, etc.) and present it to the class. Please remember to keep it class appropriate.
Please let me know at least two days in advance before you plan to present and all presentations must be done by January 31st.
Febraury Bonus Opportunity: DUE February 29th ( 15 points)
Find a poem, of any type that uses at least 5 of the following elements:
1. Imagery
2. Oxymoron
3. Pun
4. Hyperbole
5. Alliteration
6. Assonance
7. Onomatopoeia
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
Make copies of the poem to hand out to the class. Then, present the poem to the class and teach them: The meaning of the poem, the rhyme scheme, and at least 5 of the above listed elements.
Please let me know at least 2-days in advance of when you'd like to present, and all presenations must be completed by Wednesday February 29th.
March Bonus Opportunity: DUE Friday March 30th (15 points)
Watch either Oh Brother Where Art Thou or 2001 Space Odyssey and write a compare and contrast essay drawing parallels between the film and the book we've been reading in class.
April Bonus Opportunity: DUE Monday April 30th (15 points)
Pick 5 random books, 5 websites, and 5 news articles, correctly cite the full text citations and provide the proper in-text citation for each source. You may use easybib, noodletools, citation machine, or any other citation generator. ALL must be correct or no credit will be awarded.
May Bonus Opportunity: DUE Friday May 11th (15 points)
Find good examples of 6 of any of the following in Romeo and Juliet:
metaphors, similes, personification, oxymoron, repetition, alliteration, listing, rhyming couplet, and puns (Do not use more than 2 of each). Provide an explanation for each.
Those are all of the bonus point opportunities for the year. I hope you took advantage of all opportunities avaliable so you can get the best grade possible in my class!