Week of September 28-October 2
Monday 9/28 We haven't all been here since Wednesday, when we finished notes on major movements. We also noted 4 major American Lit Themes on the back of packet. If you were gone on Thursday, we worked on SDMyLife Activity in folder. Find Xello login by clicking on Honors English Link above. Now: 1. CLOSELY View History of American Lit. 2. Play Kahoot for Review of Literary Movements to prepare for assessment tomorrow 3. Finish SDMyLife/Xello Activity in folder. For XELLO link, click on Honors English link above, then find the blue button Tuesday 9/29 Expectations: Remember cell phone rule. Like the ACT, if it's in sight AT ALL on assessment days, you will forfeit today's assessment points. But it in your laptop bag or backpack. Remain in your seat until everyone is done quizzing. Remain QUIET until everyone is done quizzing. Now use your notes from yesterday to... Take this Informational Text assessment: Major Movements Quiz at Quia If you have not finished the SDMyLife/Xello activity in your folder, work on that. To access Xello log in, click on Honors English link above & click first blue button (SDMyLife). Remember to update resumes in Drive! Wednesday 9/30 Today's assignment is an easy Due in Class Performance Task: MLA (Modern Language Association) Format Document View: Quick Refresher on MLA Format (view through 3:53) View: MLA Format in Google Docs Here is a step-by-step tutorial on setting up MLA format in Google Doc Assignment: Create an MLA format document in Google Docs. Upload to Classroom. Follow instructions on the handout you'll get in class, but instead insert an APPROPRIATE photo of yourself (from your phone or social media). Please choose and reflect on a photo that helps me get to know you a little bit better since that is really a struggle for me this year! Did you Finish SDMyLife Activity from last Thursday and put in front of pocket in folder? ===================================== Previous Weeks' Lessons: Week of September 21-25 Monday 9/21 Finish The Crucible Essay Test Tuesday 9/22 (9:00 Start) View: Introduction to Literary Movements Lit: Begin Notes on the 10 Major Movements in American Literature View: All About American Literature as we take notes Wednesday 9/23 Begin with Realism/Naturalism And since you jumped into US History at the point where REALISM in literature begins, Get Real: An Introduction to Realism Finish notes on last movements View American Lit Themes and Concepts and take notes on themes on back of packet (1:25) CLOSELY View History of American Lit. Thursday 9/24 (Band gone all day) 10 people gone. Work on SDMyLife Activity in folder Friday 9/25 -- class won't meet today==HC Activities Next week: Now use your notes from yesterday to... Take this Informational Text assessment: Major Movements Quiz at Quia ===================================== Week of September 14-September 17 Monday 9/14 (MAP Testing) Assembly Schedule & Tuesday 9/15 Follow this link to complete your Mrs. Lupkes' Presentation Reflection Quick Review of The Crucible: 1. View: 60 second recap (Characters, Themes, Allegory) (3 min) 2. Remember reading about Allegory at THIS SITE? How does the dictionary definition of the word crucible fit the play? Start here Tuesday 3. View: Top 10 Things You Should Know About The Crucible (8:13) 4.View: Historical & Social Context of the Play (2:22) 5. View: Students Talk About the Crucible (2:40) 6. View: Symbols in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (2:33) 7. View: Themes in Arthur Miller's The Crucible (3:27) 8. View: From TedEd, What Really Happened during the Salem Witch Trials? How The Salem Witch Trials continue to be relevant today: 1. History Alive (see About Us) View: Spirit of Salem 2. View Cry Innocent Teaser 3. Cry Innocent(view Part 2, 3, 4) 4. The Crucible in Production 5. Only if time allows (will build into assessment): Complete The Crucible Gallery Walk using Primary Documents Last month after reading, did you... 1. Read THIS REVIEW of a theatrical production (on phone or home computer) 2. Visit Salem Witch Trials 3. View these VIDEO SPARKNOTES after reading 4. View:Crucible ala Schmoop 5. Listen carefully to THIS PODCAST with summary and analysis and today's relevance of The Crucible. To prep for assessment: 1. Test your comprehension with THIS REVIEW QUIZ (also see section quizzes) 2. Check Your Understanding 3. Take this Free Quiz at Bookrags (will work on your phone or at home--blocked on school computer) Jackpot! Try this very thorough list of quizzes (will work on your phone or at home--blocked on school computer) Wednesday 9/16 The Crucible Assessment Thursday 9/17 Finish The Crucible Assessment Friday 9/18--No School: Teacher Inservice ===================================== Week of September 8-September 11 Tuesday 9/8 (9:00 start) 1. Tricia will be in class to help upload testing browser and Apple Classroom 2. MAP test introduction 3. Mrs. Lupkes will be in class the next 2 days. Be sure to pay close attention because you'll be doing a REFLECTION on her 2-day presentation. 4. Continue to work on Resume. See samples if absent last week. USE THE SAMPLE in packet--same headings! USE THE CHECKLIST as you design! Work on resume in Google Drive! Use the guidelines in the resume packet. Your resume wil be due on Friday. You need to have AT LEAST ONE junior or senior peer edit your resume using the checklist in your packet. I'll provide an extra copy (on the bookshelf in the back of room) To avoid touching paper, you will SHARE your resume in Google Docs with one other junior or senior for editing. I will be able to see whom you share your resume with when you share it with me AND upload it to Google Classroom. Wednesday 9/9 If you were absent yesterday, upload testing browser and join Apple Classroom for your class period! Grab a notecard on back shelf to record highlights from Mrs. Lupkes 2-day presentation! Mrs. Lupkes will be in class! Thursday 9/10 (NWEA/MAP Testing) Mrs. Lupkes will be in class! Friday 9/11 (NWEA/MAP Testing) 1. View: Assessment Expectations and How to Complete an Assessment at Quia 2. Assessment Day Expectations Before completing assessments on Quia, you need to have joined Apple Classroom. If I don't have access to your screen during online quizzes/tests, you will forfeit points for that assessment. Your cheat sheets for this quiz include: a. your own resume and checklist, b. the stapled resume packet, c. the resume video notes from the 8 short videos we watched about preparing a resume. Find all of that in your folder BEFORE you log in to the quiz at Quia. The quiz is set so that you will not receive any feedback. The questions are all randomized for each quiz taker. I'll turn the answers on once everyone has taken the quiz. Reminder: It's not as important to KNOW the answer as it is to be able to FIND the answer! You have all the info you need in front of you. THINK ENOUGH OF YOURSELF TO THINK FOR YOURSELF! No one will be sitting next to you during the ACT or Accuplacer or ASVAB! Be confident in your OWN ability, not someone else's! YOU can do it! If you talk to others during the quiz, you will forfeit the points. Assignments Before You Leave on Friday: 1. Follow this link to take RESUME QUIZ at Quia. 2. Follow this link to complete your Mrs. Lupkes' Presentation Reflection 3. Be sure Resume is shared in Google Classroom. It must be obvious that you shared your resume with at least one other peer for editing. I will see that when I hit Share in your Doc. ============================== Next Week: M&M Activity ; Outline How to Read MAP Progress Report =================================================== Week of August 31-September 3 Monday 8/31 and Tuesday 9/1 If you didn't on Friday, leave your folder with me in your class crate for the weekend. Don't leave the room with it!! Please put everything IN THIS ORDER Sadly, we won't be able to shadow in person this year, but there are a lot of other options! Listen to former WC students talk about their shadow and internship experiences! A. View West Central High School Career Exploration Program (16:07) B. Intro to Resumes Fill out this sheet as you watch 1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume? (1:33) 2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash! (3:04) 3. Ignore the robot voice! Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes (4:30) 4. Top 5 Resume Tips (3:14) 5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume- (2:16)- this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery! 6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume (1:15) Read: Is the Resume Dead? Be careful what you post! Admission revoked 7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly (2:27) 8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume (4:03) 9. The New Social Resume (4:00) **Explanation of Inf Campus grading/comments. Wednesday 9/2 10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-7:40 View LinkedIn Profiles of West Central Grads Go over Resume Packet. Here is Resume Outline to Follow USE THIS CHECKLIST as you design! (back of 2nd page of your packet) Thursday 9/3 Create resume in Google Docs! USE THE SAMPLE in packet--same headings! USE THIS CHECKLIST as you design! See resume examples. (Jordan TJ, Kat C, Kadyn N, W. Clancey) Work on resume in Google Drive Use self-edit checklist in packet to check off required info Print resume when you are ready! If you haven't loaded a printer, go to Self Service and choose the B&W Secure Keyosara Printer. Go to library printer and enter in your 4 digit code. Mrs. Kistler has it if you forgot it! Staple two peer edits to your printed resume. Have two classmates peer edit your resume using the checklist! They should mark up the resume, check off each item, AND leave a CONSTRUCTIVE comment at the bottom of the checklist! Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, upload to Google Classroom. Once I make comments, I will return it to you through GC. You will then UNSUBMIT, make changes and RESUBMIT. We'll shoot for completion by Tuesday next week. M&M Activity ; Outline Friday 9/4 & Monday 9/7: No School/Labor Day Holiday Relax, Recline, Rest, Refresh, Read! Next week: View MAP test introduction 1. Show Job Shadow Calendar; see calendar on the board! 2. Check email for message from Kristy! 3. If/When you are scheduled, PICK UP MAKE UP SLIP FROM ME. Turn in to Jody BEFORE you leave! 4. Complete the Business Information Form before you shadow. Keep in folder! 5. Take questions and employer eval along to shadow! See the Job Shadow Assignments page under More tab above. Week of September 30-October 4 Monday 9/30 See Job Shadow Calendar 7 of you got Law Enforcement Shadow invites on Friday Accept NOW. 5 of you got Butler Shadow invites on Friday. Accept NOW! Phone in Caddy? Grab your folder and take Things I Should Know for English Class at Quia Previous Weeks' Lesson Plans Below Week of September 23-26 Monday 9/23 Yikes! I just how many people are gone again today! So, change of plans. Today work on your own to review with: After reading: 1. Test your comprehension with THIS REVIEW QUIZ 2. Check Your Understanding 3. Take this Free Quiz at Bookrags (will work on your phone or at home--blocked on school computer) Jackpot! Try this very thorough list of quizzes (will work on your phone or at home--blocked on school computer) 3. Click through each link at THIS SITE 4. Read THIS REVIEW of a theatrical production 5. Visit Salem Witch Trials =============================================== Tuesday 9/24 View these VIDEO SPARKNOTES after reading View: Crucible ala Schmoop History Alive Cry Innocent (view Part 2, 3, 4) =============================================== Wednesday 9/25 The Crucible Assessment =============================================== Thursday 9/26(Last day of MAP testing-Assembly Schedule) Finish The Crucible Assessment =============================================== Friday 9/27: No School (Inservice) Week of September 16-20: Homecoming! Monday 9/16 Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity (Common Core ELA-Reading Informational Text) Parts of Common Core don't require that you KNOW information but that you can find or locate info! This question is answered by this activity: How can I get FULL TUITION scholarship in South Dakota? You'll use this info for the activity above. --Build Dakota Critical Needs Workforce Areas --Dakota Corps Scholarship for Critical Needs Areas (scroll to bottom) =============================================== Tuesday 9/17 Go through SD Educ Opportunities booklet answers. This question is answered by this activity: How can I get FULL TUITION scholarship in South Dakota? You'll use this info for the activity above. --Build Dakota Critical Needs Workforce Areas --Dakota Corps Scholarship for Critical Needs Areas (scroll to bottom) Only 5 people left (soccer, XC, FCCLA, ill) =============================================== Wednesday 9/18 (Assembly Schedule) 1.33 of every 4 West Central Students attends one of our 4 Technical Schools. Why? View Build Dakota Scholarship Opportunity MLA (Modern Language Association) Format Document View: Setting up MLA Document in Google Drive(Start at :49) Create MLA format document. Follow instructions on the handout. =============================================== Thursday 9/19 (Assembly Schedule) MAP Testing Complete The Crucible Gallery Walk with your group members using Primary Documents View these VIDEO SPARKNOTES after reading View: Crucible ala Schmoop History Alive Cry Innocent After reading: 1. Click through each link at THIS SITE 2. Read THIS REVIEW of a theatrical production Visit Salem Witch Trials =============================================== Friday 9/20 (Very Short Class) 15 minute classes Enjoy these Homecoming Themed stories: 1. Winner, SD Football Team 2. Homecoming Queen kicks winning field goal 3. Best Homecoming Pep Rally performance ever 4. West Central Lazy Song 5. West Central Somebody to Love =============================================== Week of September 9-13 Monday, September 9 Intro to Resumes Fill out this sheet as you watch 1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume? (1:33) 2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash! (3:04) 3. Ignore the robot voice! Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes (4:30) 4. Top 5 Resume Tips (3:14) 5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume- (2:16)- this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery! 6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume (1:15) Read: Is the Resume Dead? Be careful what you post! Admission revoked 7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly (2:27) 8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume (4:03) 9. The New Social Resume (4:00) 10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-7:40 View LinkedIn Profiles of West Central Grads Go over Resume Packet. Here is Resume Outline to Follow. ======================================== Tuesday 9/10 (9:00 Start) Finish Resume videos, Go through packet above : Resume Outline to Follow. Create resume in Google Docs! USE THE SAMPLE in packet--same headings! USE THE CHECKLIST as you design! ======================================== Wednesday 9/11 Check email! You must ACCEPT invitation! Your response for health care, electricians, and Butler diesel is necessary. View MAP test introduction See resume examples. (Jordan TJ, Kat C, Kadyn N, W. Clancey) Work on resume in Google Drive Thursday 9/12 Use self-edit checklist in packet to check off required info Print resume when you are ready! If you haven't loaded a printer, go to Self Service and choose the B&W Secure Keyosara Printer. Go to printer and enter in your 4 digit code from the email you got from Mr. Waltner 2 weeks ago. Staple two peer edits to your printed resume. Have two classmates peer edit your resume using the checklist! They should mark up the resume, check off each item, AND leave a CONSTRUCTIVE comment at the bottom of the checklist! Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, save it in the Google Drive folder I'll share with you for your class. Name it your First Name.Last Name.resume ======================================== Friday 9/13 Before testing, join Apple Classroom. If I don't have access to your screen during online quizzes/tests, you will forfeit points for that quiz or test. Resume Quiz: Your cheat sheets for this quiz are your resume and checklists, the stapled resume packet, and the resume video notes from the 8 short videos we watched about preparing a resume. Find all of that in your folder BEFORE you log in to the quiz at Quia. For online quizzes, you may not sit elbow-to-elbow with anyone. At a table of 3, the middle person needs to move to the opposite side of the table. The quiz is set so that you will not receive any feedback. The questions are all randomized for each quiz taker. I'll turn the answers on once everyone has taken the quiz. Reminder: It's not as important to KNOW the answer as it is to be able to FIND the answer! You have all the info you need in front of you. THINK ENOUGH OF YOURSELF TO THINK FOR YOURSELF! No one will be sitting next to you during the ACT or Accuplacer or ASVAB! Be confident in OWN ability, not someone else's! YOU can do it! If you talk to others during the quiz, you will forfeit the points. Now, follow this link to take RESUME QUIZ at Quia. BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, save it in the Google Drive folder I shared with you for your class. Make sure you see it in the folder! Name it your First Name.Last Name.resume ======================================== Previous Weeks' Lessons: Tuesday, September 3 Remember to complete Job Shadow Application and remind parent to complete parental consent by Friday! Welcome Mrs. Lupkes! Hear about ALL of the important things Juniors need to know and do this year! Wednesday, September 4 Remember to complete Job Shadow Application and remind parent to complete parental consent by Friday! Welcome Mrs. Lupkes! Hear about ALL of the important things Juniors need to know and do this year! Thursday, September 5 Remember to complete Job Shadow Application and remind parent to complete parental consent by Friday! Distribute Job Shadow Questions and Eval Forms See job shadow page under More tab If you have ANY questions about job shadowing, please email [email protected] If/When you are scheduled, pick up make up slip from me. As soon as you learn about your shadow and BEFORE you shadow, complete the Business Information Form by using the web. I'll have copies of this form on back counter. Assignment: Log in to SDMyLife. Scroll down to the Student Log In Info Section. See instructions in your email for creating password. Complete the Matchmaker, Personality Style, Mission Complete and Learning Style Activities **NOTE! Re-set Matchmaker! How? Go to your dashboard, click Matchmaker, Click About Me in top menu, click the 3 little dots in upper right, select Reset Matchmaker! If you are absent, use this worksheet--I will give you a hard copy. Put in Career Folder before you leave! IF you finish this activity in class, do #2 under Friday's homework page below! Friday, September 6 Remember to complete Job Shadow Application and remind parent to complete parental consent by today! 1. Why is it so important to study career education? As you view, fill out this Exit Ticket to turn in before you leave 1. View Did You Know (Shift Happens) 2019 (4:36) 2. View Did you know, in 2028 (3:15) 3. View 15 jobs that will disappear in the next 20 years (17:07) 4. View Careerealism for Students--(3:42) a little dated but important message 2. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality quiz based on "Follow Your Inner Heroes to the Work You Love." Select A or B for each question then click submit at the bottom of the page. On the next page, answer one final question at the top of the page, then provide your first name, email and stage of life to get your results. You don't have to provide real email address. In-class Assignment: Read your results, then send me the screen shot of your results in an email. Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page. Your screenshot should look like this image to the right. . Grab the chart and first 3 paragraphs. Week of September 24-28 1. Show Job Shadow Calendar 2. Check email for message from Kristy! 3. If/when you are scheduled, pick up make up slip, Interview Questions, Business Info form, and Employer Eval form on back counter. 4. Are you interested in Business, Marketing, Banking, Administrative/Office Assistant? Register NOW to attend STI's Business Expo Camp on October 10! 5. Are you interested in a career in Early Childhood? Register NOW to attend STI's It's Child's Play Camp on November 30! 6. Are you interested in a career in the Health Care or Medical field? Nursing (RN, LPN), Ultrasound, EMT, Invasive Cardiovascular Tech) Register NOW to attend STI's Scrubs Camp on December 12! This one fills up fast! 7. Check out the other Career Exploration Camps coming up during 2nd semester! 8. Sanford Health Career Exploration Opportunities. Be Proactive!! 9. Sign up NOW for the PSAT with Mrs. Lupkes to get practice materials! 10. EVERY kind of Engineering Camps for next summer at SDSMT in Rapid! Monday 9/24--Remember ACT this Thursday! Grammar Quiz Yourself Packet. Complete Apostrophes and Colons on pp. 234 & 235, then bottom of 230 to bottom 232 MUG: Another of the 6 most commonly tested marks of punctuation on the ACT is COLONS Your Objective: -To become familiar with the rules that govern the use of colons in well-written sentences -To develop basic skills in the use of colons in well-written sentences -To practice using colons in various writing situations The following set of seven exercises are all for practice! Everything that is underlined is a link! **Grammar reminder: Please don't EVER skip the practice activities I provide for you every week. You'll practice the skills you need for the assignments or quizzes. Remember that ALL of these skills will be tested on the PSAT, ACT, Common Core, etc. 1. First... look at Semicolon vs. Colon: Basic review of the rules (semicolons will be our NEXT unit) Follow the "Continue with the exercises" link at the bottom of this page! 2. View the Colon PPT --click your way through this tutorial! 3. View: MyEnglishTeacher.Net on Colons--READ just the WHITE BOXES CAREFULLY!! 4. Practice Some More! There is MORE than one right answer for each!! 5. Using Colons Effectively (just look at incorrect sentence and click to see the corrected sentence) 6. Take the Colons Quiz (You might get a message that says "This application is best viewed.... Just click OK) 7. Finally, here is a CHEAT SHEET with all of the rules and examples. One last rule: When using a quotation of 3 lines or longer, use a COLON to introduce it, not a comma. Now STOP and Complete the Colon Assignment #1 at Quia for a grade. Then complete Colon Assignment #2 at Quia for a grade. Both are worth 10 points. I'll record the better of the two. ========================================================================================= Tuesday 9/25 MUG: Colons. View: ACT English Tips: Colons Keep going with more practice activities. 1. Review Grammarbook.Com Colon Rules 2. See Colon Rules 3. Colons with Lists 4. What is a colon? 5. Do Colon Exercise 1 6. Do Colon Exercise 2 *Here is a Punctuation Guide for Colons * Here is a CHEAT SHEET with all of the rules and examples. Use the rules links above while you take the quizzes! Open several tabs with rules open if you need. I'll take the better score of the two colon quizzes below. Both are worth 17 points. Please remember this important rule: there MUST be a COMPLETE sentence before a colon! -- Take Colons Quiz #1 at Quia (Instant feedback will be provided) --Take Colons Quiz #2 at Quia (No feedback will be provided until after all have taken). ========================================================================================= Wednesday 9/26 MUG: Do the semicolons pre-test in Grammar Quiz Yourself on pp. 228-230 MUG: Semicolons (Important: Click to download this document! Study it carefully!) First review Semicolon vs. Colon: Basic Review of the rules 1. View Using Semicolons PPT 2. View The Semicolon **If you have questions about ANY of the sentences in the following exercises PLEASE ask!! :-) 3. Try the Semicolons and Colons Quiz 4. For practice, try Practice Semicolons Quiz 5. Now practice using semicolons Now do the Assignment: Complete the semicolon assignment at Quia. Keep the semicolon document above open to see the rules! The feedback about correct or incorrect answers will be based on the 4 rules in the semicolon document! ========================================================================================= Thursday 9/27--ACT Practice Test ACT Reflection MUG: More semicolons 1. For PRACTICE, complete this Semicolon assignment at Quia--not for a grade even though at Quia! 2. Try Semicolons #1 at OWL 3. Try Semicolons #2 at OWL 4. Try this Semicolons and Colons practice quiz at Quia (just type in anything in the name box...this is for PRACTICE!) 5. Now Take Semicolon Quiz at Quia for a grade **Keep the rules document above open! No feedback on this one until everyone is done. You should be able to log back in to Quia.com, go to the Student Zone, and see your previous quiz scores. ========================================================================================= Friday 9/28 Band Gone Wounded Warriors Assembly. Use Assembly Schedule Next week: Word of the Day: APTITUDE: a natural or acquired ability or skill Think about it: Your ATTITUDE and your APTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE!! •Career Cluster Feature: Transportation, Distribution & Logistics. Rosenbauer South Dakota. See Instant Street View View: Rosenbauer South Dakota Facility Tour •View "What Could I Do with My Life?" Video is a bit dated but still highly relevant. Listen for and make note of the 4 Questions/Issues you should ask yourself as you are considering a career. Stop at 18:00. I like this video because what you hear from the people interviewed is much like what you will hear on your job shadow! (Highlights Arts, Architecture, Communications, Law & Public Safety, STEM, and Health Science clusters. Stresses importance of examining Income, Personal Qualities, Interests, Aptitudes & Skills, Education). •Finally, view What Should I Do with My Life: How to Find your Passion. I apologize for just a couple mildly inappropriate words. Michael Gebben is a young internet phenom who has become a famous motivational speaker. I actually learned about him through a student in my Ind. Reading class a couple of years ago. Check him out on Facebook and Twitter. (Stresses the importance of "Going All In!": Try it, do it, learn from it, find something you love to do. Going all in means job shadowing, then a college visit, doing an internship, volunteering or finding a job working in the field you are interested in.) ========================================================================================= Previous Days' Lessons Week of September 17-21 Friday 9/21 All band members gone Thursday 9/20 See Kristy's scheduled visits on Job Shadow Calendar MLA (Modern Language Association) Format Document (Begin at :40-4:55) View: Setting up MLA Document in Google Drive Assignment: Fix MLA Format document in passion essay following instructions on the handout. Wednesday 9/19 (1:30 Dismissal=33 minute classes) Resume Quiz: Your cheat sheets for this quiz are your resume and checklists, the stapled resume packet, and the resume video notes from the 8 short videos we watched about preparing a resume. Find all of that in your folder BEFORE you log in to the quiz at Quia. For online quizzes, you may not sit elbow-to-elbow with anyone. At a table of 3, the middle person needs to move to the opposite side of the table. The quiz is set so that you will not receive any feedback. The questions are all randomized for each quiz taker. I'll turn the answers on once everyone has taken the quiz. Reminder: It's not as important to KNOW the answer as it is to be able to FIND the answer! You have all the info you need in front of you. THINK ENOUGH OF YOURSELF TO THINK FOR YOURSELF! If you talk to others during the quiz, you will forfeit the points. Now, take the RESUME QUIZ at Quia. ========================================================================================= Tuesday 918 (see 8, 9, 10 above) Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity This question is answered by this activity: How can I get FULL TUITION scholarship in South Dakota? You'll use this info for the activity above. --Build Dakota Critical Needs Workforce Areas --Dakota Corps Scholarship for Critical Needs Areas Print a copy of your resume. Next, pick up 2 peer edit checklists off the back counter. You will have 2 classmates edit your resume using the checklist. When the peer editors finish, staple the 2 checklists to your resume. Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, save it in the Google Drive folder I'll share with you for your class. *You'll need to save it as a .doc or .pdf using File, Download as... then drag it into the folder. Name it your First Name.Last Name.resume ========================================================================================= Monday 9/17 Work on resume in Google Drive! Use the guidelines in the resume packet. Print a copy of your resume. Next, pick up 2 peer edit checklists off the back counter. You will have 2 classmates edit your resume using the checklist. When the peer editors finish, staple the 2 checklists to your resume. Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, save it in the Google Drive folder I'll share with you for your class. Name it your First Name.Last Name.resume ========================================================================================= Week of September 10-14, 2018 Friday 9/14 (Spirit Day) 15 minute classes In the spirit of Homecoming 2018: West Central Goes Viral, enjoy these 3 viral Homecoming Themed stories: 1. Winner, SD Football Team 2. Homecoming Queen kicks winning field goal 3. Best Homecoming Pep Rally performance ever 4. West Central Lazy Song 5. West Central Somebody to Love ========================================================================================= Thursday 9/13 (Celebrity/Meme/WC Breaks the Internet) Notorious RBG RBG Trailer Go over Resume Packet. Here is Resume Outline to Follow. See Samples Resume Prep in Google drive ========================================================================================= Wednesday 9/12 (Squad Day) Job Shadow Calendar Message/Request from Kristy Jackson: "The first shadow is on the Job shadow calendar if you want to use it as an example with the class. And please remind students to CHECK EMAIL daily during class. For example... * Emails about Avera applications...they should let me know AS SOON AS they fill out the application Here is that link again https://www.avera.org/careers/job-shadow-program/ * Brayden Siemonsma has a hunting guide who would like to call him to schedule a shadow - details are in an email... *I have been corresponding with several other students about shadows." Intro to Resumes Fill out this sheet as you watch 1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume? 2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash! 3. Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes 4. Top 5 Resume Tips 5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume-- this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery! 6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume Read: Is the Resume Dead? 7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly 8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume 9. The New Social Resume 10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-7:40 View LinkedIn Profiles of West Central Grads ======================================================================================================= Tuesday 9/11 (Time Travel) Mrs. Lupkes returns Click HERE to see her PRESENTATION! ======================================================================================================= Monday 9/10 (Pajama Day) AS A GROUP, discuss and type a list of AT LEAST 10 important takeaways or "things that made me go hmmmm" from the articles that accompanied your review activities. Write AT LEAST 2 sentences for each takeaway. Be sure to address the topic of RELEVANCE as you discuss the novel. Why is it one that should continue to be read? Week of September 4-7, 2018 Friday, September 7 Mrs. Lupkes will be in class today (Testing, SDMyLife, SD Educational Opportunities) Be sure to use HER WEBSITE! Click HERE to see her PRESENTATION! Thursday, September 6 Collaboration time for Early American Lit novel test and discussion. Complete your assessments first. Use just book and each other. See the Google Doc with discussion topics for each book. Now Practice your Personality! Are you the Planner, Thinker, Helper or Doer?: Create a Google Doc for your group. Please put your first names in the header box. Share it with everyone in your group AND with me. The title of your document should be the name of your novel. AS A GROUP, discuss and type a list of AT LEAST 10 important takeaways or "things that made me go hmmmm" from the articles that accompanied your review activities. Write AT LEAST 2 sentences for each takeaway. Be sure to address the topic of RELEVANCE as you discuss the novel. Why is it one that should continue to be read? Wednesday, September 5 1. Turn in SDMyLife Activity 2. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality quiz based on "Follow Your Inner Heroes to the Work You Love." Select A or B for each question then click submit at the bottom of the page. On the next page, answer one final question at the top of the page, then provide your first name, email and stage of life to get your results. You don't have to provide real email address. In-class Assignment: Read your results, then send me the screen shot of your results in an email. Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page. Your screenshot should look like this. Grab the chart and first 3 paragraphs. 3. Collaboration time for Early American Lit novel test and discussion. Complete your review activities first. Use just book and each other. If you don't finish in class today, we'll finish tomorrow. I'll share a Google Doc with discussion topics for each book. Then create a Google Doc for your group. Please put your first names in the header box. Share it with everyone in your group AND with me. The title of your document should be the name of your novel. AS A GROUP, discuss and type a list of 10 important takeaways or "things that made me go hmmmm" from the articles that accompanied your review activities. Be sure to address the topic of RELEVANCE as you discuss the novel. Why is it one that should continue to be read? ====================================================================================================== Tuesday, September 4 Remember to complete Job Shadow Application and remind parent to complete parental consent by Friday! 1. Log in to SDMyLife. Scroll down to the Student Log In Info Section. See instructions in your email for creating password. Complete Matchmaker, Personality Style, Mission Complete & Learning Style . Use this worksheet--I will give you a hard copy. Please write name on it and turn in! If time allows....(otherwise tomorrow in class) 2. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality quiz based on "Follow Your Inner Heroes to the Work You Love." Select A or B for each question then click submit at the bottom of the page. On the next page, answer one final question at the top of the page, then provide your first name, email and stage of life to get your results. You don't have to provide real email address. In-class Assignment: Read your results, then send me the screen shot of your results in an email. Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page. Your screenshot should look like this. Grab the chart and first 3 paragraphs. ======================================================================================================= |