CREDIT RECOVERY

What is Credit Recovery?

Credit Recovery is An optional assignment An opportunity to boost your grade A project that will require you to read,

think, write, and be creative A chance you shouldn’t throw away

What do I have to do? – Step I Find a magazine that you either

Enjoy reading Really interests you Looks like it could interest you

Don’t just find one laying around the house Must be a current issue

Within the past 3 months MAX Must be something you find interesting

Step II

Read the magazine cover to cover That includes EVERYTHING!!!!

You should highlight, underline, and take notes on the individual articles This will help you later

Step III

You are to write an analysis on the main article/cover article This means you need to say something about

the article Your topics are open Some questions to think about:

How did you react when reading it? Do you agree or disagree? What did the article make you think?

However, you should be referring back to the text when you write this analysis.

1 Page in Length

Step IV

Then you will write summaries about the other articles. Obviously some magazines are bigger than

others You must have at least 6.

The summaries should be About a paragraph in length May vary (depends on the story) Include all the most important names,

places, plot points, themes, etc.

Step V

Poster Board You must create a Poster Board to

accompany all of the written elements. Your Poster Board should include

The Title of the Magazine The Cover All of your summaries and analysis Pictures/Titles/Captions from the articles.

Step VI

You must turn this in by Monday, April 21st That gives you 2 Weeks to complete this

assignment

Percentages

If you have an A You can receive 2 percentage points If you have a B You can receive 4 percentage points If you have a C You can receive 6 percentage points If you have a D or F You can receive 8 percentage points

Additional Info

Late Work It will not be accepted for any other reason

than if you are absent on May 21st and you have a reinstatement.

The amount of percentage your grade will benefit depends on what your grade is when you turn in the assignment.