1. Choosing a College Campus
YOU’VE MADE IT TO YOUR JUNIOR YEAR….NOW IT’S TIME TO SELECT THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES YOU’RE GOING TO APPLY TO IN THE FALL!

2. Choosing a College Campus
WHAT’S RIGHT FOR ME?
CAMPUS VISITS
CHOOSING A CAMPUS WORKSHEET
COLLEGE RESEARCH
REFLECTION

3. Quick Write Please write ½ a page and be honest with yourself.
Question: Describe what’s most important to you when choosing a college to apply to.

4. 6 Items to Consider when Choosing a Campus
Main Idea
Description
2. Admission Con’t
3. Location
4. Type and Size
How many students do they accept each year?
Legacy/ religion preference?
Is it rural, suburban, or urban?
How far is it from home?
Will travel costs cause a problem?
What do students do for fun?
Is it co-educational or all women?
Is it religious related?
Campus rules, dress, conduct,
Special class requirments
Being Dismissed

5. 6 Items to Consider when Choosing a Campus
Main Idea
Description
Program
Admission Requirements
Does the college offer a good program in your area of interest?
Is the faculty qualified, friendly, and show concern for their students?
How long will it take you to complete your degree?
What subjects, gpa, and entrance tests are required?
What are the deadlines
Do they offer any early action/decision options? Are students often waitlisted?

6. 6 Items to Consider when Choosing a Campus
Main Idea
Description
5. Costs and Financial Aid
6. Housing
Total cost per year?
What percentage of freshman receive financial aid?
Honors programs /Scholarships
Is there on-campus housing?
Is housing guaranteed all 4 years
Restrictions for Freshman
Can I bring my car?
What’s dorm life like?
R.A./P.A.
Co-ed?
Suite Style, Apartment, Triple,
Double, Quad?

7. Reflection
After learning these key points about choosing a college, reflect on what’s important to you. Are your choices different from your quick write? If so, why?
Group Discussion

8. Choosing a College Worksheet
Complete this worksheet
Compare with your partner
How do you to differ?
Place this in your portfolio

9. College Research
Brainstorm 3 of your top choices for college: Write them down a scratch piece of paper.
On the College Comparison Worksheet write the names of those colleges across the top.
Today in the library, you will research the information found on the right side of the chart.
You will research 3 colleges

10. College Comparision Reflection
Based on the information you compared, which college is the right fit for you?

11. Problems & Solutions: Obstacles you May Face
Quick write: Brainstorm and analyze some possible obstacles that may come your way next school year. How can these problems hinder you from attending college in the fall of 2009?

12. Project Overview Brainstorm Create Problem & Solution Chart
Create skit in your chosen genre

13. The Problem & Solutions Chart
Partner share your responses.
As a class, let’s create a list of possible problems
Each group will be assigned a problem
On your poster board, create a t-chart

14. Soap opera/telenovela
Skits
There are six genres to choose from.
Send up a representative from your group to choose a genre
Create a script and practice
Your skit must be between 3 and 5 minutes
Everyone must participate
Give kids about 25 minutes to practice and create skits.
Soap opera/telenovela
Musical
News cast
Reality T.V.
Commercial
Sci-fi movie
Super hero/cartoon

15. Problems & Solutions: Akeelah and the Bee
We’re going to watch the film Akeelah and the Bee
Take careful notice of Akeelah’s obstacles and how she overcomes them
Take out a piece of paper
Create a t-chart: Problems / Solutions
Take notes on the problems Akeelah faces and her solutions.
Great Debators, Rudy, etc. Essay question: Which character do you identify with and why? Do you have any obstacles that you’ve overcome that are parallel to your characters?

16. Timed Writing
YOU WILL BE GIVEN A PROMPT BASED ON THE ACTIVITIES WE’VE DONE ON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

17. Timed Writing Directions
You will have 2 hours
Read the prompt carefully
Complete your TAPS
Complete an outline
Develop your ideas
Review your essay before you turn it in

18. Timed Writing Prompt
Essay question: Which character do you identify with and why? Do you have any obstacles that you’ve overcome that are parallel to your character’s?

19. Learning Log What were the main ideas in today’s lesson?
What did you understand best?
How do these ideas relate to what you have already learned?