Hey all!

I didn't get a formal goodbye to all of you, so I just want to wish you all the best of luck on your Senior Projects.  You guys have some amazing ideas, and I was so proud of the work you did on your theses and your TED Talks-- I learned a ton from reading and watching you speak, and I wish all adults could see such poised and professional examples of high school students.

For access to the videos of your TED Talks, you can go to my YouTube Channel, and look for the playlist of 2017 Senior Talks.  A few of you on the first day fell prey to technology mishaps- if you presented on the first day and your video is not there, that's why.  

Also, if any of you want the hard copies of your thesis with my comments and the rubric, they are in the graded work box on my desk.  Feel free to grab yours at any point.

I will see you all at graduation- can't wait to talk about you all in my speech.  ;)

Lori

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

• Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
• Email/share with me your revised draft
• Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
• Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
• I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
• Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories.  Annotate as you revise to make this easier on yourself!

Starter:  Review Cohort structure and expectations after Spring Break.  Make sure students understand:

1. When they have to be on campus
2. What the expectations and purpose of cohort groups are
3. What the expectations are if students are going to be out of town

TED Talk Critiques
Follow the protocol linked above.

Revision and Practice
When you finish your critiques for the day, work on revising your TED Talk and practicing.

HOMEWORK:
Practice your TED Talk!  We are looking for polished and professional here.  If your thesis had big structural/argumentation issues, make sure to fix them in your TED talk, even if you're not revising your paper!

Hey everyone!  I'm out today on a grading marathon- if you need me, I'll be checking email sporadically.  If I get your paper done today, I'll email you the rubric feedback at the end of the day, and then give you a hard copy on Monday.  Please follow the directions below carefully.

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

• Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
• Email/share with me your revised draft
• Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
• Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
• I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
• Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories

Starter:  Send invitation email to your TED Talk to the following people.  Make sure your email includes a polite salutation, the time and date of your TED Talk, your research question, and a brief description of what they can expect at the TED Talk

1. Family
2. Senior Project Advisor
3. Any other teachers/students you would specifically like to attend
4. CC your Humanities teacher on this email (for credit!)

Initial Feedback and Critique Scheduling
Get into the assigned groups that are on the board.  No matter where you are in your process, you should do the following:

1. Have each person talk through their presentation in turn.  They should address:
   1. What are you thinking about for your presentation?  Where are you right now?
   2. What are you feeling good about right now- where are the strong points?
   3. What are you concerned about?  Where do you need help?
   4. Show the group your slides or your ideas for visual aids, talk them through what they mean.
   5. What kind of help do you need?  Are there questions you have that the group could help you with?
2. After the student talks through their presentation, the group will give informal verbal feedback on their slides and their presentation ideas.
3. The presenter should commit to an area of focus for upcoming work time.

Once every member has talked through their presentations, you should schedule your critiques for Monday and Tuesday of next week.  You can do 2-3/day, as the critique protocol should take 30 minutes.  Write on the board who is being critiqued on what day.

Revise TED Talk Slides and Outline
Take your feedback, make it better!  You’ll need a revised version for formal critiques starting on Monday.

​HOMEWORK:
You need to be ready with a complete presentation (outline of what to say + visuals) by MONDAY.  This should not be a short version of your talk- you should be aiming for the full 15 minutes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT RESUBMISSION:
Due to the worst snow day ever, I am a little behind in where I wanted to be with thesis grading (my 2 year old is not super helpful in giving feedback to writing...).  I will be caught up and on schedule by Monday!  

Guidelines for RE-Submission of your Senior Thesis:
Once you have received your final grade for your paper, you will have the option to rewrite it based on my comments.  Your revised paper grade will REPLACE your original grade.  In order for your re-submission to be accepted, you must follow the guidelines below exactly. 

• Deadline:  ONE WEEK after the day you received your thesis back from me.
• Email/share with me your revised draft
• Submit your draft together with both your previous draft and the graded rubric (put your old draft and rubric in my inbox).
• Your final draft must demonstrate improvement between drafts
• I will not be commenting on revised drafts, and the revised grade will replace your original grade
• Important: Annotations on your final draft  are REQUIRED.  Feel free to highlight, underline, comment, or draw arrows to specific points made, new evidence used, new phrasing etc.  Your final grade depends in a large part on your ability to show growth between drafts in the categories I have outlined in the rubric.  Make it easy for me to see this growth with your annotations.  Even better if your comments are coded to rubric categories

Starter: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs  The art of the slide-based presentation - Today we'll take a close look at slides by comparing Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.  We'll also see how Bill Gates evolved over time into an excellent slide-based presenter.  

Develop TED Talks 

1. Develop slides and outline what you want to say
2. By the end of this time, you should aim for being done with initial slides and outline.

HOMEWORK
Finish rough draft slides/visual aids and outline of TED Talk.  You will need these ready for an initial talk-through tomorrow in class!