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{Senior Portfolio Assignment.pdf}
The document above is the official MHS Senior Portfolio description. This thematic course study has armed you with some natural choices to satisfy each requirement.
1. The College Essay
2. The Research Paper
3. Any of the DJs you completed that are on Google Docs.
4. Any entry from your Wiki Project.
Directions:
Create a page on your wiki entitled "Senior Portfolio Assignment," and begin posting your pieces.
Choose one piece to revise.
Write the revision, followed by the brief reflection, as the assignment states.
Finally, write your Portfolio Reflection Paper, and upload it to the page.
Grading Reminder: Taken from Assignment
All students will be graded on the following aspects of the portfolio:
The Reflection Essay(50 %)
The complete preparation of the portfolio(25%)
The revision (25%)
Students who do not meet the senior exemption requirement must prepare a portfolio presentation. In this five minute presentation, students should do the following:
Introduce themselves and give an overall evaluation of their work this year.
Explain each of the samples that they chose to include in the portfolio (what they are and why they were chosen)
Read one or two of the best moments in each of the samples.
Explain what they focused on in their revision.
Students should prepare this presentation on notecards and will be evaluated on their preparation and performance for a final grade.

{Senior Portfolio Assignment.pdf}

*Post a power point presentation file onto your Utopia page of your final proposal. You will present the proposal to the class on Monday. Mr. Maney and I will determine who gets the job.
*Do not provide a link to a Google Doc. If your proposal was completed in Google Docs, download it as a file, then save it on your computer. Upload it onto your Utopia page from there.
Group Reflection: Individually, complete the following questions in YOUR GOOGLE DOCS FOLDER.
{Group Reflection.docx}

*Complete step 5: Read the links (expect the "Student Handout" one), and create a convincing proposal incorporating propaganda.
*Post a power point presentation file onto your Utopia page of your final proposal. You will present the proposal to the class on Monday. Mr. Maney and I will determine who gets the job.
Do*Do not provide

The following article deals with our ever-growing trash problem in America.
Triangle company helping turn trash into fuel
Scientists find key to ageing process in hypothalamus
Here is another look at how other countries are dealing with waste.
Sweden Wants Your Trash

Article for Everyone:
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012
The Medium Chill, Revisited
Here's an interesting article on the environment:
Pale Blue Blobs Invade, Freeze, Then Vanish

{15-18 wiki.docx}
Utopia Project
for Period 4)4/ Due 05/01 for Period 2)
*Collaborate on Google Docs to write a Mini Constitution. By Wednesday Morning, the group leader should have created a new page on wiki called "Utopia Project," and have copied and pasted the Constitution directly onto the page, so it's visible immediately. Don't forget to name your Utopia.
for Period 4)4/ Due 05/02 for Period 2)
*Post your "Rationale" and Mini Constitution in final form.
*Complete step 4 from project link: a) Read the articles "Real Versus the Virtual" and "Top 10 Inventions in Money." b) Answer all of the questions posed on step 4 below your Constitution on your Utopia page.
for Period 4)4/ Due 05/06 for Period 2)
*Complete step 5: Read the links (expect the "Student Handout" one), and create a convincing proposal incorporating propaganda.
*Post a power point presentation file onto your Utopia page of your final proposal. You will present the proposal to the class on Monday. Mr. Maney and I will determine who gets the job.

O'Leary, D
Lovaincy, L
Allen-F, K