EXTRA CREDIT

Hi folks! Falling behind? Here are some extra credit assignments you can try out to catch up.

Beautiful Brains 

Read the article and write your thoughts about it. You choose how you write your response. You can write a letter to the adults in your life summarizing its points so that they understand you better, or write an outline of the main ideas, or write a letter to the school board explaining how schools should be run differently based on the information, or write a quiz about the article, with a list of questions and the answers, or write how the article affects you personally.

Right Brain/Left Brain Quiz

Take the quiz above and find out how you fall on the right or left hemispheres. Were your results the same as they were in class? Write a paragraph for me about why or why not you agree with your test results. Are you really a right or a left brainer?

Fiction

Watch the video and write 5 QAR questions (one from each level) about it.

Put the Financial Aid in the Bag

Watch the video and write 5 QAR questions (one from each level) about it.

Money College Career: Articles

For the reading section of your project, you can either read a nonfiction book related to MONEY, COLLEGE, or CAREER OR choose one of these articles that relate to MONEY, COLLEGE, and/or CAREER. Read it carefully and fill out this article response form:

The Article Response Form

The Articles:

"They Don't Live for Work...They Work to Live." by Anushka Asthana. The Observer, Saturday May 24, 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/25/workandcareers.worklifebalance


"Choosing a College Major: For Love or for the Money?" by David Koeppel. New York Times, December 5, 2004.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E2D71631F936A35751C1A9629C8B63&pagewanted=all

"It's not Just the Degree, but What You Study." By Motoko Rich. New York Times, August 4, 2011.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/its-not-just-the-degree-but-what-you-study/

Interview with recent graduates about their first jobs. 30 minutes

 http://www.npr.org/2012/04/24/151294665/un-and-under-employment-await-many-college-grads

interview with student entrepeneurs who combine social justice with money smarts. 8 minutes

 http://www.npr.org/2011/11/10/142211120/students-skip-job-search-seek-entrepreneurship

"Educated and Jobless: What's Next for Millenials?" Npr staff. NPR, November 12, 2011.

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/12/142274437/educated-and-jobless-whats-next-for-millenials

“The kids are actually sort of alright.” Noreen Malone. New York Magazine. October 16, 2011.  

 http://nymag.com/news/features/my-generation-2011-10/


"Is going far away to college overrated?"Thomas Plante. Psychology Today. September 12, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201209/is-going-far-away-college-overrated


"Wages of Virtue: Job Choice and the Money Motive." Louis Putterman. Psychology Today. September 4, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-the-bad-the-economy/201209/wages-virtue-job-choice-and-the-money-motive

Great advice about writing!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/writing-advice-from-famous-authors

And a cool approach to writing a novel, step by step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MrHV3T-vI&feature=related

Sentence types:
http://litreactor.com/columns/clause-i-said-so-a-refresher-course-on-sentence-types

Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/three-comma-rules-you-need-to-learn-now-no-more-excuses

More Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/two-more-comma-rules-you-oughta-know