Unit: College 10th Grade

Lesson Overview

1. College Survey-Students will take a survey about college. (1 session)

2. College Jeopardy-Students will compete to answer questions about college (1 session)

3. Interviews- Students will put together interview questions to ask a current college student and a college graduate. (2 sessions)

4. Interviews- Students will put together interview questions to ask a current college student and a college graduate. (2 sessions)

5. College Application-Students will review a SUNYcollege application. (1 session)

6. College Application-Students will review a Common college application. (1 session)

7. Resume-Students will complete a resume worksheet and resume. (1session)

8. Prep for college visit. (1 session)

9. Reflect on college visit. (1 session)

10.Culminating Project (4 sessions)

** NOTE: College Visit is scheduled for March 21st at Hofstra University

Lesson 1

Aim: How aware are we about college?

Check In: What are your plans after high school?

Time: 1 session

Materials: College Survey, Pens

Procedure:

1. Inform students that they will be taking a survey about college. Remind them that it is NOT a test, and there is no right or wrong answers. Tell them we just want to get a sense of their ideas, plans and views about college.

2. Once survey is complete review results with students. Discussion questions:a. Were you surprised with some of your classmate’s responses? Why or why not?b. What is the biggest concern you have about attending college?

College Survey

Student Name __________________________________________________________ Grade _______

Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey. It is NOT a test. We just want to get a sense of your ideas, plans and views about college.

1. Which statements best describes your plans for college? I’m not sure about college yet? I don’t want to go to college, but I plan to go anyway I don’t want to go to college and will not make plans to do soI want to go to college and plan to attend right after graduation I want to go to college but will not go right after graduationI want to go to college, but I am unable to go (please explain below)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How often have you talked about going to college with each of the following:

Many Times Once or twice NeverParent/GuardianSchool Teacher/CounselorFriends/ClassmatesBrother/SisterOther RelativeFamily FriendMentorAthletic CoachOther

3. Do you think you can get into college? Yes No Maybe Please explain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Were you born in: the USA another country ________________

5. What is your citizenship status? (optional) U.S. Citizen Permanent Resident Not a Citizen

6. What is the highest level of education your parents/guardians completed?

Mother FatherMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolGEDTrade SchoolSome CollegeAssociates DegreeBachelors DegreeMasters or PhDDon’t Know

7. Do you have any siblings/family members who have gone/go to college? Yes No

7a. If yes where did/do they attend? __________________________________________

7b. Have any of your siblings/family members finished college? Yes No

8. Have you ever visited a college campus? Yes NoIf “yes” please list the ones you have visited: ______________________________________________________________________________

9. Have you ever made a list of colleges you are interested in? Yes NoIf “yes” list the schools you are interested in: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Have you ever researched a college on the web? Many times Once or twice Never11. Do you know what a personal statement is? Yes No12. Do you know what standardized tests you need to take for college? Yes No

If ‘yes” what are the tests _________________________________________________________13. Have you explored how students pay for college? Yes No14. Have you ever looked at a college application? Yes No15. Have you ever thought about what career/job you might want to have in the future and/ or

would like to major in when in college? Yes NoIf “yes” what is it? _______________________________________________________________

16. Have you ever looked at a scholarship application? Yes No17. Have you ever looked at a financial aid form? Yes No18. Will you be the first person in your family to go to college? Yes No

If “yes” how supportive do you think your family will be about you going? Will they want you to stay local or go away? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Do you participate in extracurricular activities? Yes No Do you think this is important for your college application? _________________________________________________________

20. Do you feel that you are college material? Why or why not? _____________________________

Lesson 2

Objectives: Students will try and answer questions about college terms

Check In: Name a college that you are familiar with or know something about.

Materials:Computer, Projector, Internet, Questions, Markers, Paper, Jeopardy PowerPoint

Procedure:

1. Instructor will inform students that they will be doing an activity called “college jeopardy”.

2. Students will be broken up into 3 groups. Each group will be given a set of blank paper (about 25 sheets) and markers. (groups should have a name ).

3. Instructor will review and post jeopardy rules on chart paper.

Jeopardy Rules

1. Students may not call out answers

2. Answers must be written on sheets of paper

3. First group that raises their paper will get to answer

4. If answer is correct they get to pick again, if answer is incorrect another team gets a chance

5. If no one gets the correct answer instructor will reveal the answer and the last group that answered correctly will get to pick a category

6. The team with the highest score wins

Jeopardy PowerPoint Instructions(Jeopardy game is a separate attachment)

1. Open File and then click on tab that says Slideshow , then click button “from beginning”(top left)

2. Then click on category/amount team chooses. Click once to get the questions and click again for answer

3. To get back to the main screen click on the picture of the house. The number you just picked will be in black (Note that the first one for 100 is already black but can still be

clicked on)4. Repeat numbers 2-3 until the game is over.

5. Click the ESC button to get out of the PowerPoint

Lesson 3

Objectives: Students will formulate interview questions about college.

Check In: If you could ask someone about college what would you ask?

Materials:Chart Paper, Markers

Procedure:

1. Instructor will break students up into groups of three

2. Groups will be given chart paper and markers. They will be asked to formulate 5 questions they would want to ask current college students and 5 questions they would want to ask a college graduate. ( T-chart format)

Possible Questions:

a. What advice would you have for a high school student?

b. What is something you wish to have learned before entering college?

c. Where do you see yourself ten years from now?

d. Do you feel that college is preparing you for the real world?

e. Was it difficult for you to get a job after graduating from college?

f. Are you working in the field you got your degree in?

g. What made you decide to go to the college you went to?

3. Students will then share out all of their questions.

4. Instructor will be listing the questions students came up with on chart paper (eliminating the repeated ones so that there is one comprehensive list). The comprehensive list should have at least 10 questions to ask the college student and 10 questions to ask the college graduate. (Advisors can switch up and be interviewed by another advisory).

5. Instructor will then assign interview questions to each advisee. The questions should be typed up for all students to have on hand during the interview.

Lesson 4

Objectives: Students will interview a college student and a college graduate.

Check In: What are you looking forward to most about this interview?

Time:1 Session

Materials:Interview Questions

Procedure:

1. Instructor will distribute interview questions that have been assigned to each student.

2. Students will then interview both the college student and college graduate. (Instructor can decide if interviews will take place simultaneously or one at a time.

3. Once interviews are over have students complete an “Exit Ticket” by asking them to write their responses to the following questions (exit ticket attached below):

a. What did you learn?

b. What questions do you still have?

c. How would you go about answering those questions?

d. Are your thoughts about college any different after the interviews? Why or why not?

4. Discuss student responses and collect their exit tickets.

College Interviews

Exit Ticket

Student Name ____________________________________________ Date __________________

Advisor __________________________________________________

1. What did you learn?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What questions do you still have?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How would you go about answering those questions?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Are your thoughts about college any different after the interviews? Why or why not?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 5

Objectives: Students will be able to understand the college application process

Check In: Has anyone ever seen what a college application looks like?

Time:1 session

Materials:SUNY College Application, SUNY Supplemental Form, Chart Paper, Markers, Highlighters

Procedure:

1. Students will be asked to brainstorm:a. What do you think students have to submit as part of their college application-information,

materials, etc?b. What do you think college admissions committees are looking for when they review

applicants?2. Instructor will record answers on chart paper.3. Students will be given a State University of New York (SUNY) Application and a SUNY

Supplemental form.4. Instructor will then divide students into groups and have them read through the application and

do the following:a. Revise the brainstorm list on what they had thought was required to apply to college-cross

out and add itemsb. Have students highlight the application questions they have questions about and go over

them as a group.5. Reflection Piece-Have students complete an “Exit Piece” about the following questions:

a. What part of this application process do you feel comfortable with?b. What challenges do you foresee or what concerns do you have about the process?

6. SUNY application can be found at http://www.suny.edu/student/paper_app.cfm and the supplemental form at http://www.suny.edu/student/downloads/Pdf/2011_suny_supplemental_application.pdf

Lesson 6

Objectives: Students will be able to understand the college application process

Check In: Has anyone ever seen what a college application looks like?

Time:1 session

Materials:Common College Application, Common Supplemental Form, Chart Paper, Markers, Highlighters

Procedure:

7. Students will be asked to brainstorm:c. What do you think students have to submit as part of their college application-information,

materials, etc?d. What do you think college admissions committees are looking for when they review

applicants?8. Instructor will record answers on chart paper.9. Students will be given a Common College Application10. Instructor will then divide students into groups and have them read through the application and

do the following:c. Brainstorm differences between SUNY application and Common Applicationsd. Have students highlight the application questions they have questions about and go over

them as a group.11. Reflection Piece-Have students complete an “Exit Piece” about the following questions:

c. What part of this application process do you feel comfortable with?d. What challenges do you foresee or what concerns do you have about the process?

12. Common Application forms can be found at https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/DownloadForms.aspx

College Application

Exit Ticket

Student Name ____________________________________________ Date __________________

Advisor __________________________________________________

1. What parts of this application process do you feel comfortable with?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What challenges do you foresee or what concerns do you have about the process?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 7

Objectives: Students will learn the purpose of a resume and will begin to create a resume of their own

Check In: What information do you think should go on a resume?

Time:1 session

Materials:Example of a resume, resume worksheet, pens

Procedure:

1. Instructor will ask students to identify what a resume is used for(possible responses-getting a job, college applications, scholarship applications)

2. Instructor will then hand out an example of a “bad resume” and ask students to review it. Ask students to identify things they find wrong in the resume.

3. This will lead to a discussion about the basics of resume writing. The class will make a list on the board of the most important qualities of a good resume. This list may include:

Resumes must be typed Print resumes on high quality paper - office supply stores call it resume paper Keep your resume to one page Use a proper format - use a template Write in the active voice No: I have written Yes: I wrote Focus on these three skills - point out to students that even if they have no work experience, they should

have skills to put in a resume :communication skills , problem solving skills, technical skills Pay attention to words:

a. Brainstorm a list of words with students to use on resumes. b. They should come up with 25-50 to get the idea of work-oriented action words. Some

examples: assisted, implemented, contributed, organized, planned, trained, supervised, selected, earned, presented, mediated, taught, represented

o Tell the truth o References - this is often times not on a resume, but they need to understand they will need to have contact

information for the standard three referenceso Customize the resume for the purpose - a job resume is going to be different from a resume for a college

applicationo Check, check and double check and then have someone else proof it

Résumé Draft Format______________ _________________

First Name Last Name_________________________________________________

House Number Street Apt. #_________________________________________________

City, State and Zip Code_______________________

Telephone Number__________________________________________

Email AddressSummary____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Skills____________________ _____________________ ____________________________________________ _____________________ ____________________________________________ _____________________ ________________________Work Experience or Volunteer Experience____________________________ _______ to _______Job Title Employed MY to MY____________________________, ______________________Name of Company or Organization City and State

____________________________ _______ to _______Job Title Employed MY to MY____________________________, ______________________Name of Company or Organization City and State

____________________________ _______ to _______Job Title Employed MY to MY____________________________, ______________________Name of Company or Organization City and State

Education and/or Training____________________________, _______________________, ________________Name of Diploma or Degree Name of School City and State

____________________________, _______________________, ________________Name of Diploma or Degree Name of School City and State

Awards, Achievements, and/or other Activities________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ruth Smith100 East 22nd StreetMethuen, MA 01844Home 978-555-0000

sexymoma@pretend-email.com

SummarieKnowledgeable Library Assistant with two years volunteer experience. Proven ability to access information and retrieve data from the coputer system. Strong organizational skills and was chosen to conduct presentations for library patrons on many topics including “How to Write a Research Paper”. Received an award for the “Friendliest Library” an honor voted on by library patrons.

SkillsVolunter Coordination Recruiting Developed Training ProgramsProblem-solving Skills Public Speaking Customer RelationsOrganizational Skills Marketing New Program DevelopmentComputer Skills MS Word MS ExcelMS Publisher MS Access Internet Research

Achievements• Identified method of reorganizing books donated to the library saving twenty-two(2) hours of time setting up the annual “Friends of the Library” fund raising event.

• Conduct presentations to various community groups and schools including 250 attendees over three (3) days for the “Books for Families” program.

• Set up a group of student volunteers to collect books for “Books for Families” in five (5) local schools and increased the total number of books for the program by 15%.

Volunteer ExperienceLibrary Assistant 2007 – PresentHillside Library, Hillside, MAInvestigate and resolve patrons’ computer problem in the library computer labRead to children during family reading hoursMake presentations on library servicesComplete assigned dutiesOrganize events for the library

EducationHigh School Senior, Methuen High School, Methuen, MA Will Graduate: 2010

Lesson 8

Objectives: Students will be able to find out key information about the college they are going to visit.

Check In:

Time:1 session

Materials:College Knowledge Bingo, Internet

Procedure:

1. Instructor will go online and print out a summary of the college to be visited.

2. Distribute copies of the college summary and college knowledge bingo to all students. (Maybe get candy or something fun to give kids as a prize for completing the bingo sheet).

3. Instruct students to get “bingo” as many times as they can (5 across, down or diagonal) by answering the questions. Each successful bingo equals candy/prize/pts.

4. At the end of the activity have the class share out all the answers.

5. Once completed ask students to write questions they have and would like to ask during the visit (students should bring the questions with them).

Student Name _____________________________________________ Date _____________

Advisor ____________________________________

College Knowledge BingoWhere is the

college located?What stands out the

most about this school?

What type of setting is the

school in?

(suburban, rural, urban)

What is the phone number for admissions?

How many students were

offered financial aid?

What is the combined total

of personal expenses and transportation

expenses?

What is the average GPA of

an incoming Freshman?

How many students live on-campus?

What is the average SAT Math score of an incoming freshman?

What is the average cost of books and supplies?

What percentages of the applicants are admitted?

Name 1 major that interests you at that

school. What % of students is studying that

major?

What are the admission requirements?

How long would it take to get there from

where you live? (estimated)

Is this a two year or four year

school?

What is the average SAT

Critical Reading Score of an incoming

freshman?

What is the annual in state tuition and fees?

What percentage of the students are Black/Non-Hispanic?

Can you earn college credits if you took AP classes and passed AP exams?

What kind of academic

support services does t he school

have?

Name 3 activities or clubs that interest you?

What is the application deadline?

What is the cost of room and board?

What is the most popular

major?

What is the financial aid

priority deadline?

Lesson 9

Objectives: Students will reflect on their college campus visit

Check In:

Time:1 session

Materials:College Observation and Evaluation Sheet, Pens

Procedure:

1. Students will be instructed to give feedback about the college campus they visited by completing a College Observation and Evaluation sheet.

2. Once students complete the sheet discuss their responses as a group.

3. Instructor may also have students do some journal writing on the following:

a. What observations did you make about college that makes it different from high school?

b. Do you feel more confident about going to college after visiting a college campus? Why or Why not/

College Observation Sheet

Name:_________________________________________Date________________

Advisor: _______________________________________

Questions Name of School:

Where is the school located?

Circle One: Public Private

Circle One: Urban Suburban Rural

What are 3 things you noticed about students at the college?(race,gender,age,styles)

1.

2.

3.

Did you like the dorms? Love them They are OK Dislike them

What are some things students can do when they are not in class?

1.

2.

List 1 question you asked while on your visit.

Q:

A:

What is 1 thing you liked about this college?

What is one thing you did not like about this college?

Would you like to go to this college?

Definitely Maybe Definitely not

Explain why or why not?

Would you like to go to a college like this(but not this one)

Explain what you would like to be different about this college that would make you want to go:

Summary Evaluation

College Visit to:

___________________________________

Like Didn’t Like Didn’t Care Didn’t See

Size

Student Population

Courses/Major

Student Activities

Campus

Location

Resources

(e.g. library,gym, computer centers)

Classes

Other: