What’s Next?

Objective: SWBAT …Day 1: self-assess readiness for what's next after high school by responding to a quick write, reflecting, and questioning

Day 2: self-assess readiness for what's next after high school by brainstorming self-descriptive words.

What’s Next? Thinking About Life After High School

Calls for research, reflection, and preparationYou will be asked to:

1.Document your research and findings about potential paths after High School.

2.Write a personal application letter for college or a letter of introduction to a work community.

Module Background:1st segment: READING what others have to say about going to college or entering the work force.

2nd segment: RESEARCH + write a personal FAQ document in which you provide answers to important ?s about your application for school/career.

3rd segment: writing a letter of introduction for work or a personal college application essay.

What’s next for me?Life after high school can take many forms. Now: 1) Figure out what you want to do next2) Consider how well prepared you are for the next stage of your life.3) Begin to develop plans for making the transition into life after high school.

Survey

Quick Write (7 min.)How prepared are you for what’s next?Format: TS, EX1+2CM, EX2+2CM, CS1)Figure out what you want to do next and why.2)Consider how well prepared you are for the next stage of your life.3)Begin to develop plans for making your goals a reality

TS Frame (if needed): I am (well-prepared/moderately prepared/unprepared) for life after high school; my plan is ___. Add reasons and explanations.

Quick Write (5 min.)

Write about what you think you will be doing next year.

1.If you are going to college, why did you make this decision, and where will you go?2.What do you want to get from your college experience?3.If you are going into the work world or the military, why are you choosing that option?4.What do you want from working or entering the military or any other career you might be considering?

Reread your writing and list reasons you are ready for the next stage of life OR list questions about what you need to now about your plans.

Quick Write (7 min.)*Reflect: Reread your writing and list reasons you are ready for the next stage of life.*List questions about what you need to know about your plans. (Be prepared to share)

Frame to share out loud:My future entails ____.A central question I have is __.I feel ___ prepared because ___.

Exploring Key Concepts• TASK: Find words that best

match ideas about who you think you are at this stage of your life. The more language you have to describe yourself and what you are bringing to the next stage of your life, the more opportunities you have to represent yourself accurately.

WORD BANK1. Choose 10 words from

the next slide that represent you.

2. Add 10 of your own. (ok if some are the same)

3. Rank them from most important to least important.

absent-minded active adventurous analytical angry appreciative Artisticbook- smart complicatedcool curious dependable determineddevelopeddevoted disciplined respectful responsible scientific

self-aware self-promoter self-reliantself-starterselfishseriousshine at work shy person small stepsenterprising enthusiastic family person fearful goal-setter habitual happyhelpful hungryimpatient

inarticulate indispensibleinfluentialinquisitiveintellectualkindsocial person street smart stressedtalkative trustworthy truthful underachievervaliant warrior wishful worrierleader life of the mind

light-hearted low self esteemmindfulmotivatedoptimisticorganizedoutgoing passionate patientpersuasivepessimisticpositive self esteemprocrastinatorrealistic

Making Predictions + Asking ?s

(Write about your word choices)

1. What do your words tell you about your opinion of yourself in terms of readiness for work or college?

2. Based on your analysis of your key concepts, predict what you will need to learn more about to achieve your goals.

3. Predict how well your key concepts will work for you as you move into the next stage of your life. EX: Stubborn can work for or against you. Identifying key concepts/vocabulary is an essential strategy for writing an effective letter of introduction or college application essay.

Homework (Write about your word choices)

HW: Discuss yourself with someone you trust:1. Start by asking them to describe you. Not your looks, but your

personality traits and qualities as a human being. ** Don’t argue, just listen! Take notes about what they say, not

what you think.

2. Next, share the words you chose and get their reactions. Write down their reactions and bring them to class tomorrow.

This info may become a useful chunk of writing for your final letter or essay. REMEMBER: It is difficult to represent yourself well if you don’t have a fairly solid sense of who you are or what you believe about yourself.

Homework (Write about your word choices)

HW: Discuss yourself with someone you trust:

Share with your team:1. My trusted (friend/family member) told me several things that I

agree with, including ____.2. I was surprised when they said ___ because ___.

This info may become a useful chunk of writing for your final letter or essay. REMEMBER: It is difficult to represent yourself well if you don’t have a fairly solid sense of who you are or what you believe about yourself.

COMPREHENSION begins w/ being able to articulate why you are reading.• PURPOSEful reading (summarize): 1. Discover meaning as you read2. Engage relevant prior knowledge3. Ask ?s as you read4. Draw inferences from the material5. Interpret images from the text.6. Determine the importance of elements in the text7. Synthesize aspects of the text.8. Determine the value of a text.Purposeless reading leads to confusion, failure to college relevant details,

problems with recall, and minimum comprehension. Successful readers understand the prupses fro engaging with a text and use that to effectively engage w/ the info or experience of a text as they construct meaning. Thus, building expectations as an effective means of moving toward the development of purpose.

1st TEXT: “Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail” Surveying the Text

• BW: (Last night’s HW) What did you learn about your word choices from your discussion with someone else?

• Building PTACEXSNETOI, one of the most important effects of making NOEICRIPDST, is an imp’t + highly fruitful means of developing POESUPR for reading.

• Building EXPECTATIONS, one of the most important effects of making PREDICTIONS, is an important + highly fruitful means of developing PURPOSE for reading.

• Without developing expectations, determining what is important in a piece of writing is difficult.

Surveying the Text (Article 1: Angel Perez’s article)

1. Look @ the title, and make predictions about what you think will be Perez’s message.

2. Skim through the first 2 paragraphs, and read the final paragraph. Can you add anything to you predictions about Perez’s message?

1st Read• As you read, highlight key ideas.• Add Thinking Tool icons to identify some or all

of the following:

1st Read Share• Team discussion and whip-around: Discuss

your annotations from 1st Reading with your team, and be prepared to share with class.

2nd read

• Underline (or put a check next to ) the best advice Perez gives to future college students.

• EX: prgh. 4: “Students are usually in shock when I chuckle and tell them I never expect perfection.”

• Even though he doesn’t say “This is my advice,” he IS giving advice, right? How can we paraphrase this?

Dialectical Journal, T-chart

• Choose a few sentences you marked and copy them down on the LEFT side = Advice Perez gives about how we represent ourselves to others. (Accurately + identify page + paragraph). You may use this as quotes in your own writing. RIGHT side = REFLECT: What do his comments make you think about? frames?

Article 1 T-Chart: 3 Pieces of AdviceAdvice (Quotes) Reflection

1. “I never expect perfection…I prefer they [don’t include] it in their college applications” (Perez 59).

Perez is advising students to be honest and real in their college applications – college admissions officers want to understand who the applicant really is.

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RESPONDING TO PEREZ• Responding to others’ ideas is a fundamental

element of academic writing. • Write a 1 paragraph description of an event or

moment when you were less than perfect. What did you learn from it? How did you pick yourself back up? What does this event, and your response to it, reveal about your character traits?

RESPONDING TO PEREZ• READ AROUND: Read the response paragraphs that

your team members wrote, and comment: 1) why you think the writing is/is not effective and 2) how the writing affected you.

• Decide on 1 that effectively represents an event and explains its significance. PUT UNDER ELMO.

• “10 Rules for Going to College When Nobody Really Expected You To”

Read the article and discuss the following questions with a partner

• Prgh 2: “Kids have learned the hard parts of surviving in college.” What hard parts of surviving have you learned in public schools and how will those lessons relate to your sense of future?

• Prgh 2: What is a non-traditional student?• Rule 10: Be a total student. What does this mean?

Does it apply only to a school setting? Is there a way to be a total student in prepartion for a working life? How might that compare with being a total student in preparation for college?

• Rule 8: How can you deal w/ the pressures of school and family crisis? What do you know about balancing family obligations or expectations w/ your own personal agendas?

• Prgh 2: “Kids have learned the hard parts of surviving in college.” What hard parts of surviiving have you learned in public schools and how will those lessons relate to your sense of future?

• Prgh 2: What is a non-traditional student?• Rule 10: Be a total student. What does this mean? Does it apply

only to a school setting? Is there a way to be a total student in prepartion for a working life? How might that compare with being a total student in preparation for college?

• Rule 8: How can you deal w/ the pressures of school and family crisis? What do you know about balancing family obligations or expectations w/ your own personal agendas?

2nd Reading Summary Frame

• (TS) Gerald Graff's article "Hidden Intellectualism" defines the idea of an intellectual in a new way. His definition of an intellectual is ___. (CD) The big ideas of his article include ___ (3-4 sentences summarizing the big ideas). (CM) These ideas are important because ___ (elaborate in 1-2 sentences). (CS) Ultimately, ___ (wrap up the paragraph with an insight).

TEXT #2 “Hidden Intellectualism”• Intellectualism is a major concept in this article. • Identify 3 people you believe are intellectuals. • Share w/ group + choose 3 that you all agree

are intellectuals.• List on board. • Write + reflect: Why are these people

intellectuals? (List qualities of an intellectual that surface during discussion).

Video Responses

• View the video “Famous Failures”– Discuss the Big Ideas with team– Write a 3-4 sentence response to the video: What

insights do we gain? How can you apply these ideas to your own life?

Video Responses

• View the video “How Much do you Want Success?” – Take notes on ideas that resonate with you as you

watch the video– Write a 3-4 sentence response to the video: What

insights did you gain? Did you recognize yourself in anything he said? How can you apply these ideas to your own life?

– Discuss the big ideas with team

Define an intellectualA. “The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man,

but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.” Bertrand RussellB. “An intellectual is a person who takes more words than

necessary to tell more than he knows.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

C. “An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.” Albert Camus

* Select the quote that best matches your definition and explain why you think it does. REFLECT + perhaps revise your definition.

Reflection paragraph (7 min.)• Is being an intellectual important and does America

need intellectuals? If so, what kind of intellectuals do you think America may need for our future successes? OR

• Do you consider anything about yourself to be an intellectual. Is it a positive/negative term? Are there different kinds of intellectuals? Are intellectuals always wrapped up in their own worlds? Or are there new ways you can think of “being smart” as you move into life after h.s.?

Discussion after Graff’s article:Evaluate what is Graff writing about: intellectualism, schooling, learning, and progress? Frame: Graff believes “___” (PC). I (dis)agree because ___.•“Graff believes that schools limit our notions of what counts as credible knowledge”•“Graff believes that everyone is ‘intellectual’ about something.”•“I think Graff misses the point about intellectualism, it’s for the ‘brains’ of our society and not for everyone; our leaders need to be really smart.” •“… Graff has it right when he says schools overlook ‘intellectual potential’ in students because they have such a narrow notion of what it means to be smart.”• “street smarts” are applicable to many different work or academic situations or have even prepared them for college or work.•? one of Graff’s descriptions of the educated life (par. 10) “[understanding] how to make an argument, weigh different kinds of evidence, move between particulars and generalizations, summarize the views of others and enter a conversation about ideas” and offer their own view of education.

Post Reading Reflections

1. Have Perez or Graff added any insight to your thoughts about career or school?

2. Have Perez or Graff made you think of any moments in your life that best represent who you are just now?

3. Have Perez or Graff caused you to change your thinking about anything?

HW: Letter to a Trusted Friend• PURPOSE: To articulate ideas you have about the next stage of your life

within the context of all that you have read + discussed. • TASK: Without worrying about how well you spell or whether you are

making complete sense, write a letter to a trusted person about how well you are – or are not- prepared for the next stage of your life.

1. Explain why you are prepared for the next stage of your life.2. Describe your concerns.3. Tell about an event that shows your skills, including strengths and

weaknesses.4. Write questions you have about the next stage of your life and answer

them.5. Ask for advice about your ideas and explain why you need the advice.6. Explain why you have chosen a particular path after high school.

Jigsaw 3 articles + Website Research

• Shift in focus – more research driven focus (requires you to continue to gather information about your plans and draw conclusions about your own readiness for life after h.s. but emphasize learning about requirements, processes, and expectations of work or college communities.

1. What will be required of me to enter the school or job that I want?

2. How ready am I for the work or school I have in mind?3. How realistic is my evaluation of myself in terms of being

ready for the next stage of my life, whether that is school or work?

3 texts• Groups: Read aloud (mark w/ a check, underline, or

circle what’s important) + discuss (30 min.) the document + prepare a report for the class (15 min.):

1. Reach a shared opinion of what the article has to say about starting work or going to college. What is the author’s opinion about the topic? Prepare a brief summary of the writer’s argument.

2. Identify the most important quotes, rank them, + develop explanations of your ranking.

3. Finalize what you are going to report to the class (all participate).

Each group reports

• Write 1 paragraph (7 minutes): Is it best to go to college right away or move into work? This should generate some comments about what you are carrying away from the discussion and how it relates to your sense of what you want to do next.

FAQ Guide + Web Resources

• Goal: generate a personal FAQ and identify the requirements for entering the workforce or college.

• Brainstorm questions about beginning work or entering college. (List on board)

• Think Aloud: demonstrate a site and find relevant information

• ASK: what (skills/strategies) are imp’t about searching Web sites for info?

Helpful Web sites• CaliforniaColleges.edu: http://californiacolleges.edu• Where are CSU campuses in CA?• Select CSU logo• Click “Map of CSU Campus Locations”• Chose a college (San Marcos)• Go to the top of page, select “Explore Colleges”• Select “Campus Facts”• Select “C” @ the top• Select CSU San Marcos• “Undergraduate Studies home page”

College Application Process

• http://californiacolleges.edu/california-state-university.asp

• Select “How to Apply” • Select “Freshman Admission Requirements”• “High School Course Requirements”• Return to “Freshman Admissions Requirements” page +

select “Apply for Admission” in the left-hand box.• Select “Apply for Admission to CSU school”• Select the online application available on CSUMentor

Web site. (site on your handout). This is best site if you apply for CSU. Select Tabs @ the top.

California Careers Zone: http://www.cacareerzone.org