5th Period Free Rice Reward Party

5th Period Free Rice Reward Party Hi Professor McElroy, The Evite invitation for 5th Period Free Rice Reward Party on Wed. Jun 10 has been sent to your guests. VIEW YOUR INVITATION

And the winner is…

5th Period!!! Over the course of a week, 5th period donated 88,920 grains of rice by playing Free Rice.
(You must be in class tomorrow to collect your prize.)

Individual High Scores are as follows:

1. Bre S. – 41,100
2. Josiane F. – 15,270
3. Jessica S. – 12,930
4. Serafina B. – 12,020
5. Nicole G. – 9390

Each of these individuals will receive extra credit over the standard amount for participating.

Thank you to all who participated. Not only did you do something good for your mind and your grade, but you did something to help people in need, which you can feel good about. I encourage you all to keep playing over the summer.

Two Hours Left

Still owe me something?

All of the journal prompts are attached. The deadline is 2:00 p.m. No, I will not accept it at 2:01.

Now get to work!

Professor McElroy

Email Journal Prompt 8.pdf

Email Prompt 9.pdf

Email Journal Prompt 10.pdf

Email Journal Prompt 11.pdf

Email Journal Prompt 12.doc

Email Journal Prompt 13.doc

For those of you who really pay attention…

Tuesday and Wednesday’s word of the day is "study." Study: (v.) to acquire knowedge of; to apply the mind to learning; what you should be doing right now
 
The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42. (You can find this answer in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.)
 
This information will be on your test Thursday morning.

Quizlet Unit 8 Challenge Results

Congratulations! Definitely exempt from tomorrow’s test are: Zach E., Wilgains P., Desiree B., Brendan D., Kevin M., and Delma M.

 

These people need to see me before the test tomorrow: Mandy B., Alex G., Jimena U., April S., Marcus D., and BigD1004 (way to follow the naming rules buddy!).

 

The game is now closed for test exemption purposes. But by all means, keep studying! And see what you can do with the Final Exam Set challenge.
 

Final Exam Set Challenge:  Log on to the Final Exam Review Set (Units 5-8) and play Space Race (spend some time doing the flashcards first). Any student who beats my highest score will automatically get all vocabulary questions on the End of Semester Test correct (even if you don’t answer them). Of course, you have to create an account and be logged in for the score to be tracked. The contest deadline is 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3rd. The link is http://quizlet.com/984472

 

See you all in class tomorrow!

 

Professor McElroy

A Little Light Reading

Here are links to the .pdf files for Units 1, 2, 5, 7, and 9 of Writer’s Choice so that you can continue taking notes from these outside of class. Hard copies of these pages will not be permitted in the test. However, you should review them and take notes on material that strikes you as important. Your notes will be allowed in the test.

• Writer’s Choice – Unit 1 – Personal Writing
• Writer’s Choice – Unit 2 – The Writing Process
• Writer’s Choice – Unit 5 – Expository Writing
• Writer’s Choice – Unit 7 – Research Paper Writing
• Writer’s Choice – Unit 9 – Business and Technical Writing

Professor Mac

I challenge you…

QUIZLET COMPETITIONS

 

Think you can beat me at the Quizlet Space Race? Let’s see what you’ve got.

 

Unit 8 Challenge:  Log on to the Unit 8 Set and play Space Race (spend some time doing the flashcards first). Any student who beats my highest score will receive full marks on the Unit 8 test scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, without having to take the test at all. Of course, you have to create an account and be logged in for the score to be tracked. The contest deadline is 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 2^nd. The link is http://quizlet.com/812223

 

Final Exam Set Challenge:  Log on to the Final Exam Review Set (Units 5-8) and play Space Race (spend some time doing the flashcards first). Any student who beats my highest score will automatically get all vocabulary questions on the End of Semester Test correct (even if you don’t answer them). Of course, you have to create an account and be logged in for the score to be tracked. The contest deadline is 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3^rd. The link is http://quizlet.com/984472

 

FREE RICE COMPETITION

 

It’s back! 1^st, 4^th, 5^th, and 7^th periods will be competing against each other in a class-wide Free Rice competition. The class with the highest combined score will win a prize of my choosing. Individual effort will be rewarded with extra credit (provided all of the other work you owe me has been turned in). Try to stick to upper level vocabulary. Staying on the lower levels will not help you learn anything. While I will accept all scores for the class competition, only vocabulary scores on level 20 or above will be counted towards individual extra credit. All scores must be printed out and the hard copies must be turned in to me. I will not be accepting email scores this time. All scores must be turned in by Friday, June 5^th at 2:00 pm.

 

Any questions? No? Good. Then let’s see those high scores start rolling in!

 

 

TEST REMINDERS

 

Unit 8 Vocabulary Test – Wednesday, June 3

End of Semester Cumulative Test – Thursday, June 4

Email Journal Prompt 13

This week’s journal prompt…

JUNIORS:
In 200 to 300 words, share what advice, wisdom, and encouragement you have to offer this year’s graduating seniors. As they take the steps that you will soon be taking yourselves, what do you want them to know?

SENIORS:
In 200 to 300 words, share your parting words of wisdom, hope, encouragement, and advice with the classes to come after you. As you leave high school for your future, what sage words to do you have to share with the students who will remain behind?

CHALLENGE!!!
Any class that can get EVERY student in that class to turn in their response to this prompt ON TIME will be exempt from Prompt 14!

As always, responses are due absolutely no later than 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd.

Professor Mac

Contest Alert!

I came across a couple of contests I thought you might be interested in. Let me know if you enter one of these.

Brainyflix BrainyPics Double-Up Contest
Read about it here: http://www.brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules

Defining Twilight Essay Contest
Read about it here: http://www.brianleaf.com/index.php/Latest-News.html

Culminating Project Proposal – Point of View

 

I have been asked by quite a few of you recently about which point of view your proposal should be written in. Your proposal should be written in first person. (I am doing this because I am going to be that when I graduate.) You should not be using second person (you) in your proposal. That means if you are explaining something about your chosen profession, you address people already in that field in the third person (he/she).

For example (Introductory Paragraph):

For my culminating project, I am going to publish an anthology of short stories. I will be studying for my Master’s Degree in Fine Arts this coming year and will use that time to write, edit, and submit for publication a collection of 10 to 20 short stories. This anthology will focus on re-creating eighteenth century romantic fiction.

To prepare myself for this project, I have interviewed two published authors, Nicholas Sparks and Stephen King, and the Editor-in Chief of Random House Books. These gentlemen have informed me that it typically takes someone a year to complete a project of this magnitude. I believe my background as a comparative literature major in college has more than adequately prepared me to undertake this project. Additionally, I feel this project will stretch my abilities as a writer and make me a more efficient editor of my own work. As I already own the necessary materials (computer and writing software), the only true cost of this project will be time. I expect to spend 2 to 3 hours a day for the next thirteen months working on this endeavor.

I hope this clears up any confusion.