Student Handbook Presentation Based on the novel Nothing But the Truth A Documentary Novel by Avi
Coach Jamison talks with Philip Malloy about being on the track team. One of the school's rules for being in extracurriculars is that the student must be passing their classes. Philip says he was unaware of this rule. Coach Jamison reminds Philip it is in the student handbook.

Have you received a copy of the student handbook?

If you do not have a handbook, what other kinds of resources are provided so you find out the rules of the school?

What is the most effective way for the school to communicate the rules to the students?

The student handbook has many summaries of school board policies.
Where can you access the whole policy?

Philip tells the coach he does not believe anyone reads the handbook.

Have you read your school's student handbook?

What percentage of your class has read a part of it? Most or all of it?

Philip is excluded from track due to poor grades.

What are the rules for participating in extracurriculars at your school?

How are the rules enforced?

Are these rules the same for all extracurricular and athletics activities?

Who establishes these rules?

If you wanted to change one of the rules, what should you do?

How do the rules for extracurriculars support the goals set out for offering extracurriculars at your school?

Select a section of your school's student handbook.

Create an engaging multimedia presetation to highlight the important content of the section. Consider using digital photos, video, socially appropriate songs, and slide presentation to convey your message.

Helpful hints: Aristotle's Top 10 PowerPoint Tips, | Image as message | iMovie tutorial

Photo Story 3 - free download from Microsoft that lets you easily create narrated "mini-movies" using photographs. It has a built in music generator that allows you to put your story to music, copyright free. Tutorial

 

Essay

Some people assert that extracurriculars encourage students to do better work in school. Others claim that extracurriculars "keeps kids off the streets and out of trouble". Do you agree with either of these statements? Explain.

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12/2007 Cynthia J. O'Hora. Individuals and educators may freely use this activity.

Save a tree use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid fancy ones like , ). Or perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it.MYO Printed answer sheet.