Project Reach Out
Service Learning Packet
English 82 ~ T/Th~ Section 6056
Spring 2009
Mrs. Burruss’s Class
Table of Contents
1) Assignment Description: Points, Journal Entry Topics & Due Dates, & Presentation Project Rubric.....1
2) Mapping Explanation…..2-4
- Explanation
- Sample 7b for Journal paragraph 2 mapping
- Sample, including thesis, for Essay Mapping
3) Essay Grading Rubric (Points to be completed by Mrs. “B”)
4) **Project Contact Form (to be signed by both the supervisor and student)
5) **Project Reach Out Supervisor Letter, Verification, and Evaluation
**You will take both of these forms with you when you meet your supervisor. The first (Contact Form) is to be signed and returned to me right away. The second (Evaluation) is to be filled out by your supervisor and returned to me with your essay.
Why did I choose Service Learning?
Service Learning goes beyond the classroom and can create experiences that may change your life. Some students will discover more about themselves and may even choose career paths through their projects. Some students will make life-long friends. Service beyond yourself enriches your life and can make you feel needed, useful, and appreciated. Service Learning can be a rewarding experience that looks great on a resume and helps you when applying for scholarships. Finally, Service Learning incorporates the idea of human coexistence and can help you mature, become more aware of the community surrounding you, and have a broader perspective on life in general. It can connect you to people who may change your life, people you may have never had the opportunity to interact with otherwise.
Service Learning Assignment
Service Learning Homework Schedule for Eng 82 ~ T/Th ~ Spring 2009 ~ with Mrs. Burruss
The total value of this assignment will be 231 points. Due dates vary for different parts of the assignment, and they must be followed. Dated submissions will be graded & returned. All the parts of the project, including previously submitted paperwork, will then be compiled and submitted again with the final essay. Be sure to turn in all journals, mapping, photos, DVD, CD, PowerPoint, etc. along with the final presentation as a total project.
Explanation of the Service Learning Project
1. ____ 11 points ~Project Contact Form~ Due Day 9-T, 3/17: Choose a Service Learning Project and plan to spend a minimum of 4 to 5 hours volunteering. Submit a fully completed (front & back) contact information sheet to Mrs. Burruss. (Print legibly and submit only on the form provided ~ see attached) Note: Leave the letter & final evaluation page with your supervisor.
2. ____ 60 points total ~Journal Entries~ See due dates below. Each paragraph must use proper grammar and punctuation. Journal entries may be handwritten legibly or typed. If I can’t read it, I can’t grade it! Entries may be turned in earlier than the due dates but not later. Write journal entries during the experience that include your personal feelings as you go along. A minimum of 5 journal entries (or more) should include (but are not limited to) your thoughts on the following.
· 10 points ~ Journal Entry 1: Due Day 7-T, 3/10: Describe your experience and thoughts while you were choosing the project you wanted to do
· 20 points ~ Journal Entry 2 (10 points) with mapping (10 points): Due Day 10, Th, 3/19: Describe your experience and thoughts after you choose your location and before you begin service (use mapping sample 7b & textbook)
· Volunteering must be completed no later than Saturday, 5/2/09 (the end of week 9)!
· 20 points (10 points each) ~ Journal Entries 3 and 4, Due no later than T, 5/5 (3) Describe your experience and thoughts while you were volunteering, and (4) Describe your experience and thoughts after you completed your service.
· 10 points ~ Journal Entry (5), Due no later than Th, 5/7 Describe your experience and thoughts including changes that you noticed in yourself or what type of misconceptions you may have had.
3. ____ 20 points~ Report Mapping (may be legibly handwritten, typed, or done on Inspiration).
~ Due Date Day 24, Th, 5/14 After you have completed your volunteer work and journaling, brainstorm on the ideas listed on the Essay Rubric and your journal entries. Organize these ideas by Mapping (use the notes on mapping in your 10 Steps Book and the samples on the next three pages to assist you). Make sure you cover all the points listed
4. ____ 100 points ~ Experience Essay ~Due Date Day 26, Th, 5/21 Write a 2 to 3.5 page essay covering the information from your mapping in #3 above and using the organizational skills learned in the 10 Steps Book to insure your ideas are clear: Main Ideas, Supporting Details, Transition words, etc. Use the grammar & spell checkers and proofread OUT LOUD. You may use the Writing Center and Tutors to assist you. Feel free to ask questions at any time. Follow the Essay Rubric guide!
5. ____ 40 points (10 points each) ~ Class Presentation ~ Due Date Day 27, T, 5/26 Create a presentation of your choice. You will be graded on the following criteria:
□ _____ (10) The presentation allows the audience to make a connection with your personal experience
□ _____ (10) The presentation includes a visual component depicting what your experience was like
□ _____ (10) The presentation includes an audio component that gives your audience an understanding
of your experience (words must be clear and easy to understand)
□ _____ (10) The presentation creates a desire in your audience to want to help your NPO
Mrs. “B’s” Mapping Method:
1. Think of your thesis statement or central point and write that down on a big piece of paper with plenty of room around it.
2. Freely brainstorm your ideas on little pieces of paper, or sticky notes (one idea per piece).
Now you are ready to arrange these into a mapping environment.
3. For things that relate the most to each other, group the pieces of paper together.
4. Imagine each group of papers as the major and minor details in a paragraph.
5. Take each group of papers and examine them to choose a main idea or topic sentence that would begin a paragraph with this information in it and write it down (you may want to make it look a little different than the rest: put a star on it, use a different color pencil, a different color sticky note, etc.).
6. Think about what you want to keep and what might go somewhere else.
a. Move them around accordingly
Now you are ready to start thinking about the organization of your paragraphs for mapping your report. You’ll need an introduction, some body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
7. Arrange each group of papers according to level of importance for each paragraph:
a. Major Supporting Details first
i. Facts
ii. Reasons
iii. Examples
iv. Evidence
v. Experience
vi. Description
b. Minor Supporting Details to these after (see picture 7b)
7b
8. Group them around or below your Thesis Statement (see next page)
9. Write them out on your big piece of paper as shown on the next page.
10. Once your mapping is done and you’ve shown it to me, you may begin to write the rough draft of your essay!
Service Learning Location: ______Grade ______/100
100 Point ESSAY BY ______Due Date: ______Section # _____YEAR ____
______3 POINTS: Included signed/marked/dated rough draft proofread by someone outside of this class
______1 POINT: TURN IN THIS RUBRIC WITH YOUR ESSAY (1 POINT) ___
THE FOLLOWING THINGS MUST BE COVERED IN THE ESSAY:
ÿ _____/10 POINTS: Why did you choose this project and what does your organization do?
Include background information on your N.P.O. (don’t plagiarize)
_____How did it get started? _____ Who do they serve?
_____Why is this important? _____ other interesting facts
ÿ _____/5 POINTS: Describe the experience and include
_____what you did _____where you were
_____who you met _____ how much time was involved
□ _____/5 POINTS: Was this your first time volunteering? If not, what else have you done?
ÿ _____/5 POINTS: Would you volunteer to help others again?
ÿ _____/5 POINTS: Did this experience change your mind
o about volunteer work?
o about misconceptions you had?
ÿ _____/5 POINTS: Look at your journal entries. Reflecting back on
everything, what was the most important thing you
learned from this experience?
BEFORE TURNING IT IN, PROOFREAD OUT LOUD! ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER PERSON PROOFREAD YOUR ESSAY! SOMETIMES A THOUGHT THAT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR TO US IS CONFUSING TO SOMEONE ELSE. ALSO, CHECK THAT YOU FOLLOWED ALL DIRECTIONS!
q ______/4 POINTS: GRAMMAR USE PROPER GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
q ______/3.5 POINTS: SPELLING Look up words you’re not sure of, use spell check, and use the proper word
when dealing with homophones.
q ______/14 POINTS: CLARITY Sentences must make sense
q ______/15 POINTS: ORGANIZATION The essay should follow a pattern of organization, have an
introduction, body and conclusion, and incorporate the use of main ideas and supporting
details (Hint: See Chapters 2-4 and use transition words from Chapters 5-6 from your 10
Steps book)
q _____/11 POINTS: THESIS/CENTRAL POINT BEING RELAYED Stay focused throughout the essay and
relate to it in the title.
q ______/7 points The essay must be typed at 12-14 POINT FONT, 1.5 SPACING,
1” MARGINS, AND BE NO LESS THAN 2 PAGES AND NO MORE THAN
3.5 PAGES long (not including the cover page).
q ______/3 points The conclusion paragraph must include both a PERSONAL
REFLECTION AND A CONCLUDING STATEMENT.
□ _____ EXTRA CREDIT of 1/2 pt. EACH will be given for the proper use of vocabulary words (Used once per
assignment and must be underlined).
q ____/2.5 points The COVER PAGE must include the TITLE, THE
DATE, YOUR NAME, THE SECTION #, AND SEMESTER
q ____/5 POINTS: Following Directions
_____ The Supervisor Evaluation Form must be received by your instructor before you will
receive credit for this project!
***** ESSAYSWILL BE CHECKED FOR PLAGIARISM *****
SEE CONSEQUENCES FOR PLAGIARISM ON MY ONLINE SYLLABUS
NOTES TO REMEMBER:
q WHEN CHOOSING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT, YOU WILL NEED TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE ENTIRE ESSAY.
q YOU MUST HAVE THE ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR ESSAY PROOFREAD, SIGNED, AND INCLUDED WITH YOUR FINAL TYPED REPORT.
q YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR EVALUATION WITH YOUR FINAL TYPED REPORT
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REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU:
u THE WRITING CENTER IN THE COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING
u THE ENGLISH TUTORS IN THE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
u THE INSPIRATION SOFTWARE IN THE COMPUTER LAB
u HINTS ON ESSAY ORGANIZATION FROM YOUR 10 STEPS BOOK
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I WOULD ALLOW ALL, OR PARTS OF MY ESSAY AND PROJECT PRESENTATION TO BE USED TO HELP OTHER STUDENTS WANTING TO DO A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND TO BE USED IN RESEARCH ON HOW SERVICE LEARNING AFFECTS LEARNING AND RETENTION.
SIGN HERE ONLY IF YOU AGREE:
______DATE______
Service Learning: Project Contact Form ~ Due Date: Tuesday 3/17/09
Suggestions for finding service learning sites:
v Go to www.volunteermatch.org
v Check with your local church or community center
v Check for ideas on my website of places where previous students of ECC have volunteered their services and more volunteer websites
v See the suggestions on the back of this form
Student Reminder : Do Not schedule your volunteer time during class time!
Please Print Clearly!
Student Name ______
Name of Service Learning Site: ______
Complete Mailing Address of Service Learning Site:
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______
______Zip code:______
Name of Site Supervisor (This is the person with whom you will work most closely at the site. The supervisor will be asked to verify your hours at the site and is the person your instructor may contact for questions or information).
Print Name of Supervisor: ______
Signature of Supervisor: ______Date______
Supervisor’s Telephone # : ( )______and/or
*Supervisor’s E-mail Address ______
(*optional ~ Please print clearly, distinguishing “l” (L) from “1”, etc.)
STUDENT: PLEASE READ & SIGN THE BACK OF THIS FORM.
(This form must be received by your instructor before you will receive credit for this project!)
Service Learning can provide access to opportunities for career exploration,
self-efficacy, and job skills!
Types of Service Learning Activities
Tutoring / Health CareMentoring / Senior Care
Homeless Services / Environment
Adult or Children’s Literacy / Cultural/Arts
Violence Prevention / Neighborhoods
Animal Care / Child Care
Computer/Technical / Community Policing
Ideas to Help Get You Going
You May Also View my PowerPoint on Service Learning to Give You Ideas!
Collect/distribute used books for children at homeless shelters / Teach seniors or low-income families computer literacy skillsVolunteer as a sports coach / Collect donations of clothing, etc. and deliver to a homeless shelter or battered women’s shelter
Deliver excess food from restaurants for a local food bank or pantry / Clean and increase accessibility to local parks or outdoor areas
Work with residents of VA hospitals, hospices, homeless shelters, and/or convalescent homes / Assist with food banks, animal shelters, and other non-profit agencies
I, the El Camino College student, will behave in a professional and respectful manner* while engaged in this Service Learning Experience.
Student Signature ______Date______
*Professional and respectful manner includes, but is not limited to, the following:
v Perform my duties to the best of my ability and show respect to anyone I interact with.
v Adhere to the rules, procedures, and policies, including the handling of confidential information.