For Those of You Interested in an Advertising Career

Watching all of you take the final is bittersweet: I see stronger writers cognizant of active verb choice, clever hooks, and modes of discourse, or the culmination of eighteen weeks of effort; I also see that I will not have the opportunity to read your words anymore or to discuss essays, articles, current events, or random behavior of students in the hallway.

I wish all of you the best as you journey to your final semester of your high school career or to your entrance to the collegiate environment. As I said in class, you are always welcome to contact me for advisement or assistance. You may not be physically in my class, but you will always be my students.

Before you do begin second semester, I do want to add one more item regarding this course, which involves one more way to earn points for your semester grade.

As many of you may recall from last year, I visit classrooms in January to help pique interest in Advanced Composition and let students know all the options available to them junior and senior year.

Another way to call attention to Adv. Comp. is to create a poster that grabs the eye and provides key words that would attract a student to the course. And in the past years, our department chair has blown up this poster into a mega-poster that is on the English department bulletin board second semester.

If you would like to make a poster for Adv. Comp, and perhaps earn 10-20 extra credit points (dependent on effort), create one advertisement and share/e-mail it to me by 7:00 a.m. on January 4. This will need to be in digital format.

You will find below some facts about the course that you may want to include; however, you can also bring in stuff you have learned or liked this semester to encourage a student to take the course. Remember, this is an advertisement and prospective students walking down the hall will not stop to read full sentence explanations. The winning poster will be selected by another teacher or staff member and will receive an additional 10 extra credit points.

Advanced Composition Fun Facts:

• Junior and seniors
• Semester classes with objectives to prepare the literary analysis and writing skills needed for college advancement
• College credit is paid in advance and earned from the class grade
• Advanced Composition curriculum focuses on composition, rhetoric, and argument in order to write college-level products
• Written products will include extensive analysis, argumentation, and research essays in addition to multiple styles of writing
• Emphasis on essay writing skills, mechanics, and vocabulary
• Texts include professional and student work to gauge rhetorical comprehension and proficiency
• No summer reading