1. *Everyday after that date will be minus ten points*
Senior Literature and Composition Post Secondary Educational Plan/Portfolio
Due: November 6, 2015
*Everyday after that date will be minus ten points*

2. Table of Contents Autobiographical Essay…………………………………….1
Recommendation Letters………………………………...3
Resume……………………………………………………………6
Transcript Request Form………………………………….7
Transcript Evaluation Form………………………………8
Financial Plan…………………………………………………..9
Budget……………………………………………………....10
Savings and Investments…………………………….11
Credit………………………………………………………….13
Financial Aid………………………………………………..14
Transportation…………………………………………….15
Taxes……………………………………………………………16
College Essay……………………………………………………17

3. Structure Professionally Bound (Black or Red) Cover Page
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Follow the Listing…
Work Cited Page (Last Page)
MLA Formatted

4. Autobiographical Narrative
Requirements:
MLA Format
500 word minimum
Dialogue
Plot Structure: In Media Res or Flashback
Detailed Imagery
Purposeful Symbolism
Minimum of three examples of Figurative Language
You will have two copies of your narrative in the portfolio
Copy 1 will identify the previous elements
Copy 2 will be clean

5. Introduction Attention Grabbing Opener:
Starts with action (flashback or in media res)
Flashback: an interruption of the chronological sequence of an event that happened earlier”.
When I went out of the drawing room, first thing that came into view in the open corridor way was the picture of my brother. [I just got the point why my mother used to see that portrait hours after he was killed in WWII, and she left only when she saw any one of us coming to her.] I just heard  steps and when I looked back, there was nothing that I could see. It was just a feeling of the past.

6. Flashback Example 2
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.” That’s why looking at him standing on the podium receiving a gold medal is almost more than I can take. I am a beyond proud of him. No one would have ever imagined the struggles he has had to overcome.

7. Flashback Example 3
When I lay down on the bed so many thoughts come rushing towards me like a tidal wave. I can’t shake the look on her face when she found out I was pregnant. She slowly slid down on the bed reaching back for balance. Her face wasn’t looking at me at first, but when it rose to meet my own, I saw an overwhelming pain which made a permanent impression that even years success and triumphs could never wipe away.

8. In Media Res
At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg. I received from them a welcome quite different to that which I had expected. The General eyed me coldly, greeted me in rather haughty fashion, and dismissed me to pay my respects to his sister. It was clear that from SOMEWHERE money had been acquired. I thought I could even detect a certain shamefacedness in the General's glance. --The Gambler

9. In Media Res Example 2
“Ms. Moore, we have scheduled your appointment with oncologist for this coming Monday at nine oclock.” “Umm, Okay,” I said, not really understanding the gravity of what was just said. After years of replaying this event in my mind, I can only sum up my naiveté to age. After ending the call, I sat there for a moment then decided to type in the word she just said: o-n-c-o-l-o-g-i-s-t. What came on the screen took me aback. Never before had I dealt with cancer personally, so when I read that this word was given to the doctors who specialized in cancer treatment, I was shocked. Well, I was kinda shocked. It still wasn’t real to me.

10. * Enough information for the reader to continue to follow the story*
Intro Continued…
Member to include background information
Main characters
Setting
Situation
* Enough information for the reader to continue to follow the story*

11. Intro Continued…
It wasn’t going to be real that day anyway, because shortly after the call my students entered the class from lunch. So, I tossed the previous situation out of my mind like my mother tosses the bills in a drawer by the kitchen sink. I’d pick it up later—when I felt like it.
Later came sooner than I thought. My best friend, Missy and me decided to throw a little get-together at our apartment. Clearly, I still hadn’t really embraced the gravity of what was happening. We were excited. Both of us were teachers and as twenty-something year old women, we were making more money than we ever had in our lives…

12. Progressing As you continue, you want to always include the following:
Description of Events, People, Places, etc…
Thoughts and Feeling
Dialogue
In Media Res: Come full circle
Conclusion: Meaning of experience, lesson learned, etc..

13. Brainstorming

14. Rules for Incorporating Dialogue

15. Bad vs Good Dialogue
Instructional Tip: Many students tend to write “bad” dialogue, dull and without purpose. For example:
Ring, ring.
“Hello,” said Sue.
“Hello, it’s Mary,” said Mary.
“Hi, Mary, what are you doing?” asked Sue.
“I wondered if you wanted to go to the mall,” said Mary.
“Okay,” said Sue.
“Mary, I am so bored. What your doing?” inquired Sue. “Sue, you already know what I am doing. Aren’t you in Mrs. Rutherford’s class? Of course you are, so you should be doing what I am doing—reading the novel!” “Right. So , you wanna go to the mall Mom?