Week 4 of Summer Seminar!

July 16th, we had our fourth meeting. Summer Seminar is slowly becoming more rigorous each week! Last meeting, I asked the students to complete a small worksheet about the extracurricular activities they participated in during the 9th and 10th grade. This week, I presented a small power-point pertaining to college resumes. Also, Candice Love came back to discuss, what she called, 'Essay Etiquette.' Participants learned about basic essay format and specific Microsoft Word configurations.

Previously, on July 2nd, Candice had the students write a half-page essay to use as a diagnostic exam. During her free time, she read and corrected these writings. She planned to come back this week with a new prompt based off of their original papers, however, there were too many technical problems at North Tech. We switched rooms 3 times, and due to construction, the network connection for all of the computers was dysfunctional. I had also planned to help them utilize their worksheets to build their college resumes. Unfortunately, this also required computers and was not able to be completed. This weeks meeting, while productive, was very difficult and we were not able to accomplish all of our goals. Next week, we will have a guest speaker and catch up with writing!

Also, Candice Love will be highlighted this weekend! She has been so helpful with the program and I look forward to more of her lessons!