Warm Up #5
 What
did you want to be when you “grew
up” if someone were to ask your 5 year
old self? What do you want to be when
you “grow up” now? Have you changed
your mind? Why or why not?
Senior Project:
Career Choice &
EPT Practice
Essays
Day 1
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Writing 1.0 Writing Strategies Students write coherent and
focused texts that convey a well-defined perspective and
tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates
students' awareness of the audience and purpose and
progression through the stages of the writing process.
Organization and Focus 1.1 Demonstrate an
understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose,
speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative,
expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments.
1.2 Use point of view, characterization, style (e.g., use of
irony), and related elements for specific rhetorical and
aesthetic purposes.
1.3 Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained,
persuasive, and sophisticated way and support them with
precise and relevant examples. 1.4 Enhance meaning by
employing rhetorical devices, including the extended use
of parallelism, repetition, and analogy; the incorporation
of visual aids (e.g., graphs, tables, pictures); and the
issuance of a call for action.
1.5 Use language in natural, fresh, and vivid ways to
establish a specific tone. Evaluation and Revision 1.9
Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve
sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of
meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the
purpose, audience, and genre. 2.3 Write reflective
compositions: a. Explore the significance of personal
experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using
rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description,
exposition, persuasion).
b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and
broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs
or generalizations about life. c. Maintain a balance in
describing individual incidents and relate those incidents
to more general and abstract ideas.
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Students will be able
to…
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Identify, reflect on,
and discuss their
personality test results
for their senior project
Edit and revise their
writing to bring it
closer to a
graduating senior
and/or college level
Personality/Career test
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Now, you will take a test that will match your
personality with complementing careers. When you
take the test you should choose your answers
honestly and quickly. Go with your first reaction.
When you score your answer sheet you will get a
code. Match the code with the correct handout to
get your results.
Save your results!!! You will need them for you senior
project!
After you get your results you will write a reflection.
This is also a piece that belongs in your senior project
so take it seriously, do your best, and don’t lose it!
Senior Project Reflection
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Your objective is to determine, according to your personality type,
what career would best suit your personality type, your interests,
and viewpoints. Your goal is to write a 2-3 page paper explaining
your personality type and what careers would be best for you. (See
sample on next slide)
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Complete the survey.
Read through the findings and find out what career is best for you.
You DO NOT have to do your project on what the survey says
would be good for you!
Construct a personal narrative essay explaining your experience
and your findings. Remember 2-3 pages are required.
Please write your paper in MLA format, including heading and
page numbers.
Your final copy is due in your senior project
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Monica Marie Smith
Ms. Johnson
Language Arts IV
April 17, 2011
 (NOTE: This paper should be 2-3 pages long- this is just a part of a sample)
 Reflection: Personality Test
I finished this test with an insight into my own head. I learned some things about me that I
did not know. I also was reassured about things I already knew.
As I began to read the results I found that I am personality type INFJ. People like me are
usually imaginative, creative, and sensitive, (which in my opinion describes me very well). I am also
a responsible and respectful person, wanting to get to know people and places before I jump into
a situation.
I realized some of the strengths and weaknesses were true. The results say that I am a good
listener. I have always been one to absorb others’ stories. The test also says that I like developing
and following a well-laid out plan. This is true. I like to plan out what I am going to get
accomplished, and then set out to do it. Although I do not always get to complete these goals, I
try to finish as many as possible. One of the main weaknesses that are listed is I do not
communicate well. I know that his statement is very true. If I were to have a quote in the yearbook
it would be “I don’t know,” since I never know what to say.
I laughed when I read that for a career to be satisfying to me it should be one that will be
done in an environment that is free of tension and conflict. Where is there a place that is free of
tension and conflict? I also realized that responsibility comes somewhat natural to me, unless it is
cleaning my room. By letting me have control over situations and taking responsibility for my own
actions, it will smooth things over a lot more than if someone insisted on taking over for me. I am
not a very hard person to get along with, unless you get on to my bad side. The best way to work
with me is to be patient. I do not always know what I want when I want it, but eventually it will
come. Encouraging me to brainstorm and supporting my ideas helps me to feel that I am actually
needed for something. Respect is a key part in getting along with me. If you do not respect me,
then I am not going to respect you. So, if you treat me like am lower than you, you will receive that
same amount of respect back.
EPT Writing
Directions: You will have 45 minutes to plan and write an essay on the topic
assigned below. Before you begin writing, read the passage carefully and plan
what you will say. Your essay should be as well organized and as carefully
written as you can make it.
 In a recent editorial essay, a working mother of four laments being made to feel
guilty for not "being there" every minute for her children. She notes, "The school
nurse has taken me to task for not being immediately accessible, and my kids-who live in a world where instant gratification has become the norm--complain
about my intermittent unreachability. To which I say, hey, deal with it. I'm not
cavalier about my mothering responsibilities.... I'm an involved parent. We modern
moms and dads are not only expected to make sure our kids are perfectly
nourished, endlessly enriched, and absolutely safe at all times: now, with cell
phones and pagers, we are also supposed to be instantly reachable and
immediately responsive.... We cannot and should not orchestrate every moment in
our children's lives for them--partly because the effort turns out to be futile, but
more importantly because it prevents our kids from learning skills they need to
succeed in the real world. There are times they need to ad lib. There are times they
need to wait. There are even times they need to turn to someone else."
 Explain the author's argument & discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree
with her views. Support your position by referring to the passage and by providing
reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
Prompt/writing
directions
Your Essay
I will pass your essay back so you can see your
score, but I will need to collect it back from you
before you leave. We will work with these more next
class.
Have a rough draft personality reflection next
class