Colloquium, Presentation, and Resident Expert Assignments for the Rest of the Year

This is the edited, revised edition as of Feb. 22, 2011...

Everyone should look at this list, find themselves, and prepare for when they are LEADING THE COLLOQUIUM, giving a PRESENTATION, and being the RESIDENT EXPERT in our Project Scholar Classics Class. See previous post for how to prepare for giving a presentation and being the resident expert. We covered how to lead a colloquium in our Scholar Skills class last fall. I'll try to post the handout I gave out that day, but until then, if you have questions on how to lead a colloquium send me an email: larayne@comcast.net.

OK, here are the assignments for the rest of the year:
    
                Lead the Colloquium            Presentations            Resident Expert

Feb 25th    In Freedom's Cause -         Kathy, Jennis, Tanner    Myla, Jacob
                 Chandler and Mitch

Mar 25th   Joan of Arc -                     Kirk, Carmen,           Tyler, Carli
                 Karen and Jennis               and Chandler

April 29th  Fire in the Bones -             Myla, Carli,            Mitch, Tanner
                  Kathy                                and Preston              and Carmen

***This is the current, updated list. This is what we'll go by for the rest of the year :) ***

Sister Miller

Project Scholar Classics Class January 28, 2011

• Classic we are discussing: Magna Charta by James Daughterty and the original text of the Magna Charta
• Colloquium Leader: Jacob 
• Please prepare 10 discussion questions and bring 12 copies for the class)
• Resident Experts: Preston and Kirk 
• Prepare a 5-7 minute lecture. Go into depth in your studies about  something you found interesting from the history period we are studying or the classic we are reading. Teach us what you've learned with the goal of inspiring us to study that topic more in depth as well. You can use visual aids or anything you want to help you tell about your topic.
• Presentations: Mitch, Tyler,and Karen
• Prepare a 3-5 presentaion based on your inspiration from what you've learned in the history period we are studying and/ or the classic we are reading. Here we are practicing the scholarly habit of sharing our inspiration and what we've learned through speech, essay, art, music performance, poetry, or visual project. Have fun with this and be creative! 

****Please put thought and effort into your work when you are scheduled to be the Resident Expert and to give Presentations. Our class will only be as great as the individual effort you put into it. I want to see you try hard and stretch yourselves. 

Cant wait to see what you come up with!

Sister Miller

Scholar Skills Class Assignment for January 21, 2011

In December we talked about how to organize what you want to say in a paper by using the "5-paragraph (or part) paper" formula. Your assignment for January 21, 2011 is to write a 5 paragraph/part paper on whatever is interesting to you. I want you to practice using this form as a way to organize your thoughts and to help you know how to get what you want to say down on paper. I recognize that this formula is a jumping off place for writers. It is simple. It can be expanded from a 5-paragraph paper to a 5-page paper to a 5-chapter book and on and on.

As a review, here are the points of a 5-paragraph/part paper:

• 1st paragraph: Introductory Paragraph - [Say what you are going to say. Use key words such as "first, second, third, and finally".

• 2nd paragraph/part: Make your first point
• 1st example, quote, illustration
• 2nd example, quote, illustration
• 3rd example, quote, illustration

• 3rd paragraph/ part: Make your 2nd point
• 1st example, quote, illustration
• 2nd example, quote, illustration
• 3rd example, quote, illustration

• 4th paragraph/part: Make your 3rd point
• 1st example, quote, illustration
• 2nd example, quote, illustration
• 3rd example, quote, illustration

• 5th paragraph: Concluding paragraph - [Say what you've said, using the key words "first, second, third, and finally".

Remember, this is a form to follow. If you have a lot to say, each paragraph/part can be more that one paragraph. Each example, quote, or illustration can be its own paragraph, or page, or chapter depending on what you are writing and how much you have to say.

***I can't wait to read your papers! Have fun with this! Only write about something that you care about!