San Diego Jewish Academy Humanities Postcards from the Edge Assignment Sheet

One Academic Goal - asks students to develop a goal, a script, and a measure for achievement.

Goal Setting - provides strategies to develop realistic goals.

Motivation And Goal Setting Worksheet - provides a step-by-step list to help develop goals.

Setting Eight-Week Goals - provides a template and lists of resources to jumpstart and guide the goal-setting-achieving process.

• Establish a controlling impression that conveys a clear perspective on your goals for the year and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece (LASW 1.1*)
• Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and active voice (LASW 1.2)
• Integrate quotation into text while maintaining the flow of ideas (LASW 1.6)
• Revise writing to improve logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective, the precision of word choice, and the tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context (LASW 1.9)
• Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization (LASC 1.4)
• Utilize entire space of given card, one side for writing, one side for complementary image/design; all elements must be composed to create unified look

* refers to the California Language Arts Content Standards http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/stand/std.html#9WA

9/5-6 - Concept Development (research, notes, brainstorming, sketching, pre-writing, graphic organizers)

9/6-7 - Draft Phase (organize research and create coherent product) Ready for Response

9/7 - Revision and Editing Phase (further develop and refine, get more response, proofread)

9/8 - Final (tight and as perfect as possible within timeline and parameters) Ready for Assessment

Your postcard demonstrates

complete, moderate, lack of INTEGRITY in

establishing a controlling impression that conveys a clear perspective on your goals for the year and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece (LASW 1.1)

using precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and active voice (LASW 1.2)

integrating quotation into text while maintaining the flow of ideas (LASW 1.6)

revising writing to improve logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective, the precision of word choice, and the tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context (LASW 1.9)

producing legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization (LASC 1.4)

utilizing entire space of given card, one side for writing, one side for complementary image/design; all elements must be composed to create unified look

A change that could make your postcard stronger is: