Choosing a topic: You decide!
Meaningful, engaging, fun.
Compelling and personal
Active engagement
Be an expert, a warrior, an artist, a thinker, a learner
Brainstorming
• Dance • Arts and crafts • Drama / Film • Eastern Medicine• Sports Medicine • Religion • Careers • Computers • Photography • Architecture
Requirements
o Maintain a Senior Project Binder and a 2 Column Work and Product Log
o Letter of Intento Proposalo 3 Interviews (one in class )o Visitation o Secondary Researcho I-Search Paper o Product & Product Logo Presentation
Proposal
Persuasive voice
Explain your motivation
Inventory of what you know
A list of resources
2-3 pages.
Why have you chosen this topic?
What do you know to be true about this topic?
What questions do you have about this topic?
What do you hope to discover?
Mentors
Consider a mentor • A coach• A problem-solver • A resource• A proofreader• Over 21 • Professional in the
field
Mentor Meetings First Meeting Second Meeting Third meeting
Review Review work to-date Show 2nd or Requirements 3 rd draft of paper
An Interview Brainstorm about Perhaps give paperThe FOCUS of Paper Resources to mentor ahead of time research
Journals Review outline ofDiscuss Interviews presentations Ideas for product Visitation Ask mentor to attend
Outline of paper presentationPresentation and write letter to Ms.
Sutherland
Mentor Documents
Mentor Requirements
Mentor Editing Sheet
Mentor Agreement
Form Turned In
Mentor Letter included
In Final Portfolio
Interviews
• Interview two people who will help answer your research and challenging questions
• Individual must be integral to Project
• 2 typed pages
• Interview format, no scripts
• On topic writing
• Reflect preparation
Visitation
• Silent Observation
• Reflection
• Fly on the Wall
• Third Person
• Show Not Tell Writing
• Choose well grasshopper
The Paper
• 8-10 Pages + Work Cited Page
• An Integration of your
• Research
• Visitations
• Interview
• Reflection
Paper, Paper, Paper
• Make sure your paper reflects your search
• Discuss and show how you obtained your knowledge
• How the combination of visitation, interviews, research dovetailed to a new understanding
• Weave these elements throughout your paper
Mentor Letter
Your mentor reflects on:
• The process
• Product
• Paper
• You
• Enclosed in Senior Project Portfolio
Product
• Representation of how you have grown from the Senior Project
• Product Log documenting
15 hours
Teaching or Leadership Product
Teach junior high health class about marine archaeology
Teach about knights and armor to a 6th grade class
Coach a little league teamSet up a neighborhood action
committee
Physical Product
• Stained glass window• Computer program• Outfit• Rebuilt engine • Or • Learn to scuba dive• Run a marathon• Start a fitness program• Go on a wilderness survival trip
Career-related product
• “Shadow” a police offer• Write or speak about an experience to
others• View and document medical procedures• Volunteer time at a local veterinarian(Note: simple shadowing without an
extension of the experience, such as a presentation or written document is lightweight
Most importantly
• Take time to choose
• Passion is not always easily accessible
• Challenge yourself
• Be true to yourself
• Follow your bliss
• Strive for excellence
• Have fun
Points to Ponder
• “We could you know. We can live any way we want…The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way, to locate the most tender and live spot and to pug into that pulse”. A Dillard
• “How can we know the dancer from the dance?” W.B. Yeats
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