ACE & Guided Study: Fall Final

Time is running out ladies and gentlemen, the year is halfway over and it's time to start thinking about finals.

I spoke with several of you about project ideas for your fall final, and you narrowed it down to three options you wanted to choose from. Check it out:

1. “Why Us” College Entrance Essay:

• According to College Board, there are two types of college entrance essay prompts, the “You” prompt, where the student shares about themselves and their life experience. There is also the “Why Us” prompt, in which the student outlines their career goals and why/how their school of choice will help them to attain those goals. Choose of the following essay prompts for your essay.
• “Tell us about yourself, your reasons for applying to __________ and your reasons for seeking a college education.” – University of San Francisco
• Describe your reasons for selecting __________ and your personal and professional goals and plans for after college.” – Loyola College MD
• We would like to know…what experiences have led you to your professional field and objective.” – Boston University

2. Leadership Qualities Essay:

• Analyze the leadership qualities of a business or world leader. For example you could choose Nelsen Mandela, Steve Jobs, or JK Rowling. Pick out 4-5 qualities that made that person successful, analyze these qualities and discuss why they are necessary/useful for success. Write a 5 page essay, double spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman, on your chosen topic. Your essay must include at least 3 sources, cited with MLA or APA documentation.

3. Resolving Conflict in the Workplace:

• Write a script for a 4-5 minute skit. You will be preforming this skit for the class on finals day. Your subject will be about resolving conflict in the workplace. Your skit should present the problem, a bad way to handle it, as well as a successful solution. Before choosing this project, please see me to get topic approval. You may work with a partner on this or you can fly solo if you wish.

If you have any questions about your final, or about the project/topic you have chosen, please see me. Don’t wait until the last minute!

All Projects will be due in class, on final’s day.

¡A rough draft of your project is due one week previous to the final deadline!

Check out the Rubric below, or download the PDF here (Adobe Reader needed).

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