1. MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?
September 1, 2013
Word Generation 23
P# 85-86
ARE AFTER-SCHOOL JOBS
HELPFUL OR HARMFUL FOR
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?

2. Objective Students will be able to
Understand the following words and use them to enhance content knowledge in all subject areas.
Resumé
Responsibility
Acquire
Perceive
Sustain

3. Week 23 Words
Resumé
Responsibility
Acquire
Perceive
Sustain

4. Unit Are after-school jobs helpful or harmful for middle and high school students? Can I have a volunteer to read the passage below?
Professor Seemy is worried about students having jobs after school.
“An after school job is a big responsibility,” he says to the class. “You kids perceive jobs as a way to acquire spending money and build a strong resumé. But I think jobs hurt schoolwork. How can you sustain good grades if you work all the time?”
“Let’s look at this scientifically,” says Matt. “Do working students have lower GPA’s? Let’s find out!”

5. How were these words used in the reading? What do they mean?
Lets re-read the passage.
Can I have a volunteer to read the first paragraph?
Can I have someone read the next two sentences?
What does
Resumé
Responsibility
Acquire
Perceive
Sustain
Circle the word as we explain what the word means.

6. Let’s Set Up the Experiment
What is the Question?
What does this mean?
What is the Hypothesis?
What are the Materials for this experiment?
What is the Procedure for this experiment?
What is the Data for this experiment?
Analyze the data
Interpret the data

7. Data What is the Data for this experiment? Analyze the data
Interpret the data

8. Conclusion
Take 5 minutes to answer the following questions with your table.
Remember to use the data to answer the second question.
Is the hypothesis supported or not by the data?
What evidence supports your conclusion?
How would you make this a better experiment?
I will be around to see how you are doing with the questions.

9. Discussion Was the Hypothesis correct?
What was our evidence supports our conclusion?
How would you make this a better experiment?

10. Was this useful?
Did this lesson help you to better understand our 5 words
Resumé
Responsibility
Acquire
Perceive
Sustain
Do you understand how to use these words in science now?
Rubric
0 – I do not understand WHY we did this
1 – I understand WHY we did this but I do not understand WHAT each
words means
2 – I understand WHY and WHAT each word means but I don’t
understand HOW to use them in science.
3 – I understand WHY, WHAT and HOW to use these words in
Science, but don’t understand WHEN I will use them in the real
world
4 – I understand WHY, WHAT, HOW and WHEN to use these words.