Tuesday

2019 Sejong Writing Competition ($1000 and $500 prizes)

• Contest website
• Basics of sijo 
• How to write sijo (video)

Introduction to Poetry 

Written Response #8 

Notes: A few points about poetry   

Discussion/analysis/notes: "How to Read a Poem" by Al Zolynas

 HW due Thurs. 10/25/18: Read and take notes on "Origins of Modern Poetry" and "Defining Poetry", p. 654-663 (orange), 652-660 (red), 706-715 (purple)

College Admissions Essay: Due Tues. 10/23/18: Submit a new, improved draft to me on Google Classroom by the end of the day, 11:59 pm. I will take off points for:

1. Late essays (points accumulate by the day)
2. Grammatical errors of any kind (points off for each error)
3. Incomplete essays
4. Essays without the proper MLA formatting

• Other college essay/planning resources:
• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Apply Texas Topics 
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• 8 Questions Your College Admissions Essay Should Answer
• College Essay Advisors (video)
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
• Other planning resources:
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Virtual College Tours
• If you need to write a resume for your application, here is a good site to use for directions and here is an example of a high school student resume.