August 31, 2017 Agenda

Thursday, August 31^st:

1^st Period:

Jigsaw: 

Students break into groups of five to read one of four articles: 

"Ten Rules for Going to College When Nobody Really Expected You To"

"Not Going to College is a Viable Option" 

"Why Go to College?" 

"The Ten Most Common Excuse for Not Going to College and Why They're All Wrong" 

After reading you and your group should prepare a report for the class. The report should provide: 

A brief summary of the document's argument

Important quotes or information the writer provides 

An explanation of what the students think is important in the document to share with the class. 

Directions: 

Read the article aloud in your group. As one person reads, everyone else in the groups should mark and annotate what s/he thinks is important in the article. 

After the first reading, reach a shared opinion of what the article has to say about attending college or going to work.  What is the author's opinion about the subject? Write a brief summary of the author's opinion. 

Identify the most important pieces of information the writer provides, rank them, and then develop explanations of your rankings. 

Finalize what you are going to report to the class about the article.  

The second activity provides Web addresses for students to research as they gather information that should influence their post-secondary plans. The research should add to their understanding of what is required if one wants to enter a particular career or attend a specific college. 

The research will result in students writing a personal FAQ that answers important questions about their plans. The FAQ should be used to inform students' understanding of audience and situation as they approach writing the final letter of introduction or college application essay. 

At 8:30, we will begin our presentations of our essays.  Each group will present the main ideas presented by the author of their essays. 

The students should list the main idea or thesis of the author.

They should list supporting evidence, such as statistics, etc. given by the author.

They should also give their opinion – whether they agree or disagree and why.

The students should write down on the open document on the laptop important ideas, supporting evidence, statistics, etc. that they find relevant.

The audience must take notes and write down the important ideas, statistics, etc. that are presented during the presentations.

Group 6 – Why Go To College? University of North Texas

Statistics:

·      The average four-year university costs about $19,434 less than the average price of a new car

·      Annual income for a person with a bachelor’s is nearly twice that of someone with only a high school diploma

·      The average annual earnings of a college student with a bachelor’s degree is $66,445

·      Student who only completed high school only earns annual income of $37,303

Group 2- 10 rules for Going to College When Nobody Really Expected You To

            Rule 10: Be a Total Student

            Rule 9: Resist Temptation

            Rule 8: Handle the family crises that pressure students like you to leave school

            Rule 7: Don’t worry about the college tuition

            Rule 6: Study harder in college

            Rule 5: Don’t become homesick

            Rule 4: Get to know other people outside of your social group

            Rule 3: Ignore career confusion

            Rule 2: You are more than a future employee

            Rule 1: Remember where you came from

Period 3:

Worked with two scenes:

Amanda, Makenna, Mayte, Natyllie

Lunch money lost

College Acceptance

Lost Project

Makenzie, Ublester, Yessenia, Briana  - “Break a Leg!”

Boys bullying girl basketball players

American Idol

Book Worm

One scene performed today:

Makenzie, Ublester, Yessenia, Briana

Scenes yet to be done:

Amanda, Makenna, Mayte, Natyllie

Tori, Ilan, Jason, Aleks, Dulcie

Sierra, Andrea, Emily, David

Quiz, Melanie, Samantha, Julio, Kiyah

 Period 4

Vocabulary Skits!

Adage, bonanza, churlish -  Performed

Katherine

Jose

Nadiya

Yessenia

David 

Citadel, collaborate, decree – stage right

Lizbeth A

Diego

Makenna

Kevin

Melanie

Discordant, evolve, excerpt – third row, by the first bookcase

Hilary

Anthony

Salamata

Evelyn

Idalia

Grope, hover, jostle – performed

Jonathan

Bianca

Jasmine

Tymiah

Laggard, plaudits, preclude – performed

Lizbeth L.

Jason

Julian 

Julia

Samantha

Revert, rubble, servile – performed

Taylor

Alejandra

Takai

Trenton

Bonus words: vigil,  wrangle,

Period 5:

Theatre Games:

Marathon Freeze!

Period 6:

Senior Class Assembly