Regents Week

Hi Everyone,

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for a job well done with your Success Posters. Those of you who completed that assignment really displayed your creativity, ambition and imagination!

Let's go over what you will do for the rest of week:

1. Past Assignments: Everyone should have completed your Three Teacher Interviews, Success Posters/Collages, Restaurant Rubrics, and/or Listing and Overcoming 5 Calculated Risks. If you have not completed any or all of these assignments please do so immediately. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these assignments then you must e-mail me. Some of you have not submitted any of these assignments and must do so in order to avoid receiving a credit alert form.

2. Restaurant Reviews: Your restaurant reviews are due this Wednesday, February 26th, by 5:00PM. Please remember to print and use your rubrics to rate the restaurant. Your review should consist of an introductory paragraph which states the name, location and type of food that is served. The following paragraphs should correspond to the criteria on your rubrics (i.e., one paragraph for food, one paragraph for price, one paragraph for location, etc.). Each paragraph should state what rating you gave that criteria, why you gave that rating, and what could be done to improve that particular area. Your final, concluding paragraph should summarize (state the main ideas and main points of your review) what you most liked and/or most disliked about the restaurant, and, most importantly, would you recommend it to another person and why or why not.

3. Letter to the Editor: Your Letter to the Editor of The Blazer is due this Friday by 3:00PM. All letters must be sent using Google.Docs or MS Word and must be submitted to Ms. Sackstein and myself for possible publication in the next edition of The Blazer.

Ms. Sackstein's e-mail address is ssackstein@wjps.org. Some of you have already completed this assignment but did nor forward your letter to Ms. Sackstein. In order to receive credit for this assignment you must forward your letter to Ms. Sackstein for publication in The Blazer.

The following websites can help you improve your letter writing as well as show you what topics to write about:

http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/other/letter-to-the-editor-guidelines/

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/politicalscience/ht/lettertoeditor.htm

http://lungcanceralliance.org/involved/documents/Letter_to_the_Editor_Primer.pdf

Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions about any of these assignments. Enjoy your week and I will see you back in class Tuesday, February 1st.