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Quickwrite. What do you want to do with your life???. Directions. 1. Divide your paper into four parts and label them: High school College Career Personal 2. List as many goals as you can in each section. The following slides contain questions which may help you. The show will repeat.
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Quickwrite • What do you want to do with your life???
Directions 1. Divide your paper into four parts and label them: High school College Career Personal 2. List as many goals as you can in each section. The following slides contain questions which may help you. The show will repeat.
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 participating in extracurricular activities (academic, athletic)? • What goals do you have for receiving particular recognition (honor roll, Renaissance, valedictory scholar)?
College • What college(s) do you want to attend? • What do you hope to achieve in college? • What are your possible major and minor fields of study? • What degrees do you hope to earn (bachelor’s, master’s, PHD)? • What goals do you have for participating in extracurricular activities? • What goals do you have for for receiving particular recognition (Dean’s list, graduating with honors)? • What social goals do you have (joining an organization, participating in college life)?
Career • In what profession are you most interested? • What will you need to do to prepare for this career? • What kinds of classes could you take at Del Campo to help prepare you? • What position would you hope to attain within this profession? • How might this career enhance/improve your life?
Personal • By what values do you strive to live? • What commitment would you like to make to your family? • What commitment would you like to make to your community? • What lifestyle do you envision for yourself? • Where would you like to live? • What special interests do you hope to pursue (church, skydiving, marathons, scrapbooking, cooking, etc.)?
PRIORITIZE • Read through your list of goals. • Determine the top two goals in each category that relate to your grade level focus, and highlight them
Grade Level Focus: • Freshman: goals for success in high school • Sophomore: goals for using high school as a preparation for college • Junior: goals related to planning for college and career
CLUSTER • Put each of your top two goals from each category into a cluster circle on separate sheets of paper (one per goal, leaving room under the cluster for a quickwrite that you’ll do later). • For each goal, brainstorm • what you are doing or have done that will help you meet that goal & • Steps you still need to take • You will have EIGHT (8) different clusters
High School Goal #1 Highlighted from list Questions to Consider, next Slide… Cluster Example What I’ve Already done Steps I still Need to take What I am Doing Right now • Took summer school last year • Took HA in middle school • Earn at least a B by studying my notes • Take the SAT next year • Enrolled in honors English
Questions to consider • Have you already enrolled in advanced classes? • Are you already working toward your GPA goal? • Are you already involved in community service, a club, a leadership position? • Do you currently hold a job? • Have you talked with people who are enrolled in college or graduated? • Have you tutored other students or helped educate younger siblings? • Are you involved in any organizations that help you identify your values (church, community groups)?
RESEARCH • For each of your clusters (all 8 of them) list any questions you have about the goal. What information do you need to know? For example, • If your goal is to become a teacher, what is a good teaching school? • If your goal is to major in criminal justice, are there any classes to take at DC that can prepare you? • If your goal is to be a fire fighter, what kind of degree would be best?
Meet in groups • Share your cluster information • Review grade level focus • Frosh: goals for success in high school • Soph: goals for using high school as a preparation for college • Jr: goals related to planning for college and career • Decide if anything needs to be added or eliminated • Is anything more or less important?
QUICKWRITE • Under each of your remaining clusters (after yesterday’s eliminations and additions) write about WHY the goal is important. Be as specific and detailed as possible