StuCo: Thursday Updates

YOUR BILL IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF CLASS TODAY!

Reminders/Reflections after reviewing bills:

• No personal pronouns in bills; delete all uses of I, you, we, my, our, etc.
• Do not abbreviate proper names/places or use contractions.
• Now you can put bill numbers on bill (6th hour only)
• Review sample bill for: capitalization, tabbing, extra/not enough spaces, section numbering
• Review rubrics to see how many examples I want in each section; more than likely, you need more detail and more professional language.
• Whereas (Clause 1): clearly discusses importance of bill
• Whereas (Clause 2): clearly discusses at least two problems/harms 
• Whereas (Clause 3): clearly discusses at least one reason why the bill hasn't already passed
• Whereas (Clause 4): clearly discusses at least two benefits after passing your bill
• Section I: clearly discusses specifics of bill
• Section 2: gives specific date for passing bill (administration optional)
• Section 3: clearly discusses who will enforce the bill (penalties optional)
• Section 4: clearly discusses how much this will cost and what budget the money will come from (even if you don't think it will cost anything)
• Bibliography / 3 sources minimum:
• 10 points - Students select a credible source.  The citation is formatted  appropriately using APA or MLA (easybib).  Students complete the annotation with 5 or more sentences summarizing the source, not copying and pasting from the website.
• 7.5 points - Students select a source that lacks some credibility.  The citation is formatted; however, there are mistakes with APA or MLA.  Students complete the 4-5 sentences.  Students do not copy straight from the source, but they put the material in their own words.
• 5 points - Students select a source that lacks credibility.  The citation is not properly formatted using APA or MLA.  Students do not complete the 4-5 summary of the source, and/or they just copy and paste from the source.
• Outline
• Do not just copy and paste from bill. The outline should be an explanation.
• Put three sources into bill using in-text citation format.
• According to the National Education Association...
• or "... school is a good thing" (NEA, 2010).
• Complete each section.

Here is a list of topics by class.

Student Congress Objective 
(to be filled out daily by EACH student)
Student Congress Reflection 
(to be filled out daily by EACH student)