Unit One: Semester Two - English with Mrs. Lamp



March DOCVARIABLE MonthStart \@ yyyy \* MERGEFORMAT 2019MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday =A8+1 18 =B8+1 19 =C8+1 20 =D8+1 21 =E8+1 22#1: Survey: College & Career QuestionsASSIGNMENT ONE DUE @ the end of class (2 pts.)#2: Exploratory Research: Explore possible careers, majors, & colleges#2: Write response paragraphs to complete the exploratory research assignmentMassStart of class: ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE (5 pts.)#3: The Personal Essay (Pre-Writing #1)#3: The Personal Essay (Pre-Writing #2)Submit 2 pre-writes by the end of class (2 pts.)IF =A1024 = 0,"" IF =A10 24 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 31 =A10+1 25 "" 2525IF =B1025 = 0,"" IF =B10 25 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 31 =B10+1 26 "" 2626IF =C1026 = 0,"" IF =C10 26 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 31 =C10+1 27 "" 2727IF =D1027 = 0,"" IF =D10 27 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 31 =D10+1 28 "" 2828IF =E1028 = 0,"" IF =E10 28 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 31 =E10+1 29 "" 2929#3: Begin Drafting#3: DraftingReconciliation#3: Drafting#3: Finish DraftingStart of class: Draft Check (2 pts)#3: Peer Revision DOCVARIABLE MonthStart \@ MMMM \* MERGEFORMAT April DOCVARIABLE MonthStart \@ yyyy \* MERGEFORMAT 2019MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday IF DocVariable MonthStart \@ dddd Monday = "Monday" 1 IF =A2 0 <> 0 =A2+1 2 "" 1 IF DocVariable MonthStart \@ dddd Monday = "Tuesday" 1 IF =B2 1 <> 0 =B2+1 2 "" 22 IF DocVariable MonthStart \@ dddd Monday = "Wednesday" 1 IF =C2 2 <> 0 =C2+1 3 "" 33 IF DocVariable MonthStart \@ dddd Monday= "Thursday" 1 IF =D2 3 <> 0 =D2+1 4 "" 44 IF DocVariable MonthStart \@ dddd Monday = "Friday" 1 IF =E2 4 <> 0 =E2+1 5 "" 55#3: Peer EditingFinish Final DraftACTIVITY THREE DUE by 3 p.m. on (10 points)Pep Assembly#4: Deep Research: Choose one college/career, research it, & create a poster, combining art & informationContinue Research for Informative PosterWork on Informative Poster =A4+1 8 =B4+1 9 =C4+1 10 =D4+1 11 =E4+1 12Finish Informative PosterASSIGNMENT FOUR DUE @ the end of class (5 pts.) #5: Introduce “Senior Bios” & Show ExamplesWork on Senior Bios#6: Introduce Scholarship ResumesWork on ResumesWork on ResumesWork on Senior Bios/ResumesSenior Bios due by 3 p.m. (email to Mrs. Quested and Mrs. Lamp) (2 pts.)HW: Resumes due Monday @ the start of class (5 pts.)College & Career UnitASSIGNMENT ONE: College & Career Readiness SurveyChoose either the college or career track questions and answer them on lined paper. 1 page maximum. Use pen. Write full sentences.When you are finished, turn your answers in (black bucket) and begin ASSIGNMENT TWO (Exploratory Research).COLLEGE TRACK SURVEY QUESTIONSWould you say you are more worried or excited about the college application process? Explain why you feel that way.Name at least one teacher, coach, or mentor you could ask to write a letter of recommendation for you. Now, explain why that person would be a good choice.Jobs and/or volunteering can really help give your application an edge over someone else’s! Have you ever held a job for at least three months or participated regularly (at least once a month for a year) in a volunteer activity? If the answer is yes, tell me a little bit about that job or volunteer activity. Have you been on a college visit yet? If yes, where did you go, and did you like it? If not, are you planning to do one within the next year? Where to?What are your plans for taking the ACT or SAT? Have you taken it already? Are you going to take it this spring? How have you been studying?CAREER TRACK SURVEY QUESTIONSWhat kind of school, volunteer, work, religious, social, or sports activities do you like? Make a list of 3 activities or work situations you have enjoyed over the past three years.What made those activities or jobs so enjoyable for you?What skills do you have that you would like to use in your future job or career?Consider the job types below and choose the one that sounds best to you.Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.Investigative - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.Artistic - Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.Social - Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.Enterprising - Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.Based on the interests, skills, and job type you’ve written about already, what careers or types of careers you could see yourself working in after you finish high school? (You can use the “career lists based on interests” link on the unit post to find ideas.)ASSIGNMENT TWO: College & Career Exploratory ResearchCOLLEGE TRACKSTEP ONE: Use the Internet to research your college options. As you research, think about whether each college you look at is a realistic choice for you, considering your interests, your abilities, your grades, your desires, and your budget. You must find at least one “safety” school, one “just-right” school, and one “reach” school you might be interested in attending.The following sources are reputable and easy-to-navigate sites with college information and interactive search functions. an excellent and detailed college search tool to get you started of interesting and fun rankings, from “happiest students,” to “most hipsters,” to “straight edge” more rankings lists to explore three-question quiz matches you to collegesSTEP TWO: Write a paragraph for each of three different schools you may be interested in attending (three paragraphs total). Requirements:In each paragraph, explain why you are interested in each school. Include at least three things that make you like each school or want to go there. You may use 1st person pronouns.Use MLA formatting & remember to add a title.1 page maximumNote: Even after this unit is over, you should keep thinking about and researching college choices. While your list might be in flux now, by the beginning of the next school year, you will need to have narrowed it down to the schools about which you care the most. Four to six schools is a good number to have by September of your senior year.CAREER TRACKSTEP ONE: Use the Internet to research your career options. As you research, think about whether each career you look at is a realistic choice for you, considering your interests, your abilities, your desires, how much money you hope to make, and whether the job/career market is strong for this choice. You will need to write about two different options that you could see yourself pursuing.The following sources are reputable and easy-to-navigate sites with career information and quizzes.Career Quiz 116 Personalities Quiz (1)Career Quiz 216 Personalities Quiz (2)Career lists based on "Career Interests"Occupational Outlook(Career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations)Career One Stop?(Tools for researching careers, training, and jobs)Choosing a Military CareerMilitary JobsMilitary Careers (Government Site)Helpful List of Military Career WebsitesSTEP TWO: Write a paragraph for two different jobs/careers you may be interested in pursuing (two paragraphs total). Requirements:In each paragraph, explain why you are interested in each job. Include at least three things that make you like each job or want to have that job for your career. You may use 1st person pronouns.Use MLA formatting & remember to add a title.1 page maximumNote: Even after this unit is over, you should keep thinking about and researching your career choices. While you might not be sure about what you are going to do after high school right now, by the beginning of the next school year, you should be narrowing down your options. The school counselors can help you figure out your next steps when you are a senior. They can talk to you about who you need to contact and what you need to do to get into the career track you want to enter after high school.ASSIGNMENT THREE: Scholarship Application EssaysPROMPT #1:?Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it.?If this sounds like you, then please share your story.Who are you, and what influences in your life have shaped you into that person? What has made you, you? Show evidence of maturity, reflection, and introspection. You could focus on a broad environmental factor that contributed to your development (such as growing up in a military family, living in an interesting place, having a different culture from that of your wider community, or dealing with an unusual family situation). You could also talk about an interest or talent. This is pretty broad -- you could focus on a certain song, a single Television episode, or your love for one certain 18th century French painting. You could also go bigger and talk about music itself, sports and athletics, or family and family rituals. PROMPT #2:?The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?Show your ability to learn and grow your failures and mistakes. They want to know you can deal with hardship and rebound from your mistakes. Make it clear that instead of giving up, growing angry, blaming others, or becoming resentful, you stay positive and learn from the failure. Above all, be positive! Don’t let this turn into a mopey, “pity-me,” boo-hoo kind of story.Do NOT choose a no-big-deal failure!!! (So, don’t write about failing to get the 4.0 you were aiming for in the first semester of freshman year or failing to get tickets to a concert you wanted to go to). Do NOT choose a failure that shows bad judgment!!! (Maybe don’t write about the time you crashed your car and ran over your friend’s foot because you were fooling around, or the time you got peer pressured, ended up drinking underage, and got caught by your parents). This doesn’t need to be super serious. Maybe you failed to follow directions and ended up having to completely un-assemble and re-assemble your Ikea furniture, leading to an understanding that sometimes planning and following a procedure can work better than “winging it” and trusting your creative instincts. This also doesn’t have to end in you “winning.” Maybe you tried really hard to be a great football player, but you then realized that you are really, really bad at football. You don’t have to ever get good; maybe you learned that the real value in being on the team is spending time with and bonding with?friends and coaches!PROMPT #3: Discuss a moment, event, or day in your life that marked your transition out of childhood within your culture, community, family, or your own mind.Lots of freedom on this one – you can write about some big or formal event or achievement, but you can also write about some small moment, happening, or accomplishment in your life. For some people, they can think of a powerful moment, realization, or event in their lives where they were FORCED to grow up; something happened, and it ripped away their childhood. They HAD TO BE mature because of whatever this thing was that happened. For others, they may have to think about it more…Is there something that, when you managed to do or attain it, you felt more adult or grown-up? Have you ever learned something and then felt more adult, more grown, more capable?Maybe it was an event or ceremony, like a sixteenth birthday, your confirmation, earning your Eagle Scout, or getting a promotion at work. Maybe it was a single event or moment. Is there a time you can think of when you stopped acting childish and did the mature thing? Is there a time where you met someone or started something that marked your transition into maturity? For example, meeting a mentor, starting a business, or beginning to drive on your own. Perhaps it was something as simple as a conversation, a passing comment, or a remark. Maybe it was some little thing your mom said while you were on your way out the door, while she was on the phone, or while you were riding in the car, made you realize that you were transitioning out of childhood…ASSIGNMENT THREE Pre-Writing (2 pts.)Choose a prompt. Read the advice for your chosen prompt carefully.Write freely (“journal style”) about the prompt topic for 10 minutes.Use 1st Person.It’s okay to try out multiple different topics/events from your life.(5 minutes) Evaluate: Did you write about anything that really felt meaningful to you? Highlight 2-3 of the best ideas in your free write. We will do this TWICE. On Friday, I will ask you to write a quick note to me on an index card telling me A) What you plan to write about, and B) What positive qualities you think this topic will reveal about you. ASSIGNMENT FOUR: College & Career ResearchEVERYONE:Now, out of the three colleges or careers you chose for ASSIGNMENT TWO, pick just one to research in-depth for this assignment.You will need to use the Internet to help you answer research the answers to the questions on page 9 (college) and 10 (career). Ultimately, you will need to create a “Visual Essay” with important information, drawings, sketches, and/or photos all about this school or career. You can use the resources linked on page 4 (COLLEGE TRACK) or page 5 (CAREER TRACK) to help you research.You do not need to put the answers to all the questions on your Visual Essay. Aim for 6-8 pieces of important information.This “Visual Essay” can be done on a piece of computer paper, a brochure-fold or “tri-fold,” construction paper, or a piece of poster paper or poster board. If you would like to create on a computer, that’s fine! The name of the school or career should be VERY VISIBLE.Put an MLA-formatted heading on the back. Written information can appear in sidebars, bulleted lists, or whatever format/structure you choose.College Research QuestionsAdmissionsWhat is the admissions rate for undergraduates? This will be the percentage of UNDERGRADUATES who are admitted after applying.What is the average ACT score (or the average range of scores) for accepted applicants? What is the average high school GPA (or the average range of scores)?Cost and Financial AidHow much is tuition? This should be PER YEAR, not for four years. Do not include room/board/books/etc. quite yet.How much is the estimated cost per year when one adds up all the typical costs (tuition, room, board, and books)?What percent of students have their financial aid needs met?What is the average indebtedness at graduation for students at this school?Campus LifeHow many undergraduate students attend the college?Describe the location. (Where is it, and what is the size of the town or city it is in? Also, how far is it away from Davenport, Iowa, either by plane or car?)What are some campus activities the college offers that you might be interested in? This might include music, faith-based groups, study abroad, theatre, athletics, clubs, or just going to see their sports teams play.Academics:What is the student-to-faculty ratio? (A lower number is better because it means more one-on-one time from teachers; Assumption’s is 17:1, which is pretty good.)For what majors/programs is the college well known? What major do you plan to pursue, and does this college offer that major?What is the college/university’s four-year graduation rate? This means, what percentage of students graduate in four years? (Note: if you cannot find a four-year graduation rate, see if you can find the six-year or an eight-year graduation rate, and write about that instead.)Career Research QuestionsStep One: Explore some of the personality tests and career/personality infographics on the class blog post for this unit.Take a few different tests and write down 2-3 career fields that seem appealing to you.1.2.3.Step Two: Research ONE of the careers you listed above by answering the questions below. You will use the information you find to create your poster.What are the tasks, responsibilities, risks, and physical/mental demands of the job?What training, education, or other qualifications (licenses, registration, certification, etc.) do you need for the occupation? Are there any tests you must take to enter this career?What is the average starting salary? What is the average salary overall?What is the employment outlook for this occupation? ASSIGNMENT FIVE: Senior Bio Due: ___________Step One: Open your school e-mail. You will be e-mailing this to Mrs. Lamp and to Mrs. Quested in Student Services.Name the e-mail Senior Bio.Step Two: Write out your senior bio. Follow the template below.Last name, First Name(First Middle Last) is the son/daughter of (parent’s names include year of graduation if parent graduated from Assumption) and sister/brother of (siblings’ names – include year of graduation if sibling graduated from Assumption). He/she was a member of National Honor Society (skip if you are not in NHS). He/she was involved in (athletics, clubs, and extracurricular activities – if you were an office-holder or team captain, add that!). * His/her future plans are to (attend _______ University / go into the armed forces / begin working in _________ field).*Note: You can also add jobs, spiritual, and/or volunteer activities you were involved in; add this at the star (*)SAMPLE:Smith, JohnJohn James Smith is the son of Henry (’87) and Susan Smith and brother of David (’09) and Mary (’11). He was a member of the National Honor Society. John also participated in basketball, track, and Anime Club. As a junior and a senior, John was co-captain of the basketball team; he was also named MVP of his freshman team. Throughout high school, John volunteered at Café on the Vine once a week. John plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Step Three: Send the completed bio as an email to Mrs. Quested, & Mrs. Lamp You may update this bio any time during your junior/senior year, as necessary.ASSIGNMENT SIX: College Entrance RésuméDue: ___________Step One: Check out the sample student résumé on the blog.Step Two: Choose a simple and professional-looking template. Step Three: Type up your résumé using the sections shown on the next page as a guide.Start with VERBS. Ex: “Planned and prepared meals for three children”Things you’ve been doing longer & more recently should go up higher in the list. Use reverse chronological order (oldest information goes last)Make sure everything looks uniform; use the same format/font throughout.Do not use wild fonts or colors, & make sure your font is not too tiny.If you have 4+ items under one heading, consider more divisions.Do not include activities/sports you only did for one year. Do not include jobs you quit before even three months had passed. Do not include volunteer events you did only one time (unless they were a big deal & you played a large role).Your Full Nameaddress, city, state, zip codetelephone numberemail addressAcademic Profile-High School Name (years you attended)city and state -GPA:-ACT Composite:-Advanced Coursework: list any honors, AP, or college courses you’ve taken Activities -Activity Name (years participated)positions heldduties or responsibilitiesspecial recognition(s)hours per week (or per month)Volunteering & Work Experience-Name of Job at Name of Place (year or month range)positions heldduties or responsibilitiesspecial recognitionshours per week (or per month)Honors & Awards-Name of Honor or Awardshort description of award/why you won itmonth and year you won the award ................
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