LIFE GOALS UNIT AVID I January 3- 24

PREWRITING  Bell Ringer: List as many goals as possible under each heading: High School College Create a table with each goal…

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER  High School: What do you hope to achieve in high school? What is your GPA goal? What goals do you have for taking challenging courses? What goals do you have for partipating in extracurriuclar activities? What social goals do you have? (clubs)

QUESTIONS…  College: What college do you want to attend? What do you hope to achieve in college? What is your future major/minor? What degrees do you hope to earn? (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate) What academic goals do you have for college? (Scholarships, Deans List) What social groups do you plan on joining?

PRIORITIZE  What are your top two goals for each section? Highlight/Underline them On a separate sheet of paper creare a CLUSTER MAP, that will help start to plan and create your Life Goals Essay

What I have already done to accomplish Steps I still need to take to achieve goal High School Goal #1 College Goal # 1 College Goal #2 High School Goal #2

SHARE  Share your cluster maps with a partner  Discuss what you want to do  Review/Eliminate/ Add to your goals based on your conversation

SUMMARY  What did you learn in class today?  How can you use these strategies?  What do you not understand?

WEDNESDAY  Bell Ringer- Why are each of your goals important to you? What resources do you need to help you achieve them?  Review Rubric Highlight what is important! What do you need to have? Requirements: TYPED, 4 Paragraphs, 2 Goals, Intro/Conclusion

SMALL GROUPS  In your small groups: Establish- audience, form, and purpose of authors essay Highlight goals Evaluate using rubric Identify strengths and weaknesses Be Prepared to share findings

ON YOUR OWN  Establish the audience, form, and purpose of your essay Who are you writing to? How do you want to present it? What purpose do you have for your writing? What do you want me to gain from this? Summarize what you learned today on your writing log?

FRIDAY  Bell Ringer: What is important to help you draft your essay? What resources do you need to write, outline, and create?  Get Cluster Map and Rubric Out with blank paper, we are going to create an outline of your paper!

OUTLINE FORMAT  Introduction  1 st Goal Priority Why it’s important What I’ve Done Already What I still need to do Support I have for my commitment to this goal and plan  2 nd Goal Priority Why it’s important What I’ve Done Already What I still need to do Support I have for my commitment to this goal and plan  Conclusion

SUMMARY  What did we do today?  How does outlining help with writing an essay?  Are your goals detailed enough to write about?  Do you need to get any resources to help you write? If so, where can you get them?  Complete summary on calendar!

MONDAY  Bell Ringer: What is the purpose and advantages in creating multiple revisions of an essay? How do you plan to use your draft?  You will have the entire period to complete your DRAFT

DRAFT WRITING  Use your CLUSTER MAP  Follow the OUTLINE FORMAT  Don’t stress about spelling and grammar  Create 4 organized paragraphs  Include details with your goals

SUMMARIZE  What strategies helped you draft today?  What do you need to do to revise your draft?  Put on your weekly calendar!

FRIDAY  Bell Ringer: read over your draft, in one sentence sum up what your essay is about. This is your THESIS Statement

REVISION  How do you give feedback to a writer? Identify Strenghts of paper Identify Weaknesses Edit Grammar and Spelling Read for Understanding Give Ideas to help Use Rubric to help!

CREATE WRITTEN FEEDBACK FORM Criteria (what you are looking for) Suggestions, feedback Strengths/Weaknesses Introduction/Conclusion Main Ideas (clearily ID Goals) Supporting Details Format

SUMMARY  What do you need to finish and/or refine to be able to turn in your Life Goals Essay? Make a timeline of what and when you can do this!