Extra Credit

Each extra credit assign- ment MUST be typed.  The page lenghts associated with each one, is referring to number of pages typed.

1.) Jackson's Jargon dollars (for every 50 = redeemable for 10 extra points on a quiz/test or 100 = replacement of a homework/daily grade). Click here for a sample picture of a Jargon dollar Each one of these assignemnts is worth the replacement of one daily grade: 2.) Write at a minimum of three full pages on time management, its' importance within education and its' value in your own personal life and society. 3.) Write at a minimum of two full pages describing your most memorable educational moment/achievement and why. 4.) Conduct research on a culture or religion that is not your own, write at a minimum of three full pages about it, and report your information to the class.  Examples of other religions include but are not limited to: Budism, Judaism, Muslim, Hinduism etc.

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5.) Because you have been sick, out of town, busy at work, or working on other homework, you didn't have as much time to study for an important test as you needed.  Everyone going to school has been in this situation.  Think of a specific test that you took that you felt unprepared for and narrate the events.  Tell your readers about the preparation that you were able to do, the reasons that you didn't get to prepare as well as you wanted, taking the test, and any significant events that happened after you took the test.  Your paper should help readers understand what it felt like to be unprepared. 6.) Think of an experience when you realized that you suddenly understood an idea, a skill, or a concept you had been struggling with -- it might be something related to a class that you took or a specific athletic skill you were trying to perfect. For instance, you might think about trying to understand how to identify iambic pentameter in a poem or how to complete a Taylor Series problem in your Calculus class.  Or you might consider trying to perfect your free throws and suddenly understanding how your follow-through was affecting your success.  Write a narrative that tells the story of your movement toward understanding. How did you finally come to understand?  What changed your perceptions and gave you a new understanding?  Your paper should help readers understand how you felt to struggle with the idea or skill and then to understand. 7.)  Choose a vivid time from your childhood -- You might think of the first time that you rode a school bus, of a time when you went to the principal's office, the first A you earned on a test or paper, earning money to buy something that you really wanted, and so on.  Narrate the events related to the childhood memory that you've chosen so that your readers will understand why the event was important and memorable.

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8.) Think of a time when you achieved a personal goal -- you might have finally completed a marathon or triathlon, or you might have bettered your score on the SATs or another test, or you might have learned how to use a piece of software like Microsoft Word or Excel.  Tell your readers about the story of how you met your goal.  Be sure that your readers understand why the goal is important to you.

9.) Think about an event in your life that seemed bad but turned out to be good.  Maybe you got injured and while you were waiting for your broken leg to heal, you learned how to use a computer.  What makes the event change from bad to good may be something that you learned as a result, something that you did differently as a result, or something that happened that wouldn't have occurred otherwise.  Tell the story of the event that you experienced and help your readers understand how an event that seemed negative turned out to have valuable consequences.

10.)  Teaching someone else how to do something can be rewarding.  Think of a skill that you've taught someone else how to do. Perhaps you taught someone else how to swim, showed someone how to bake a souffle, or helped someone learn how to study more effectively.  Think about the events that made up the process of teaching the skill, and narrate the story for your readers.