WELCOME!“College Writing”

August 14th, 2012Mr. Montgomery

TASK 1FORM A CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF MY DESK, IN FRONT OF THE

BROWN STOOL

WELCOME LETTER

Today’s TaskUsing the Assigned Butcher

Paper Create a “Team Motto” & Logo for our Period

Neat, Inspirational, Motivating2 representatives explain the meaning

& significance behind the motto.

WELCOME!“College Writing”

August 15th & 16th, 2012Mr. Montgomery

FIRST….

The bad

news(Mr. Montgomery’s

trip to Northwestern

University)

Today’s TaskCounseling Team IntroAttendance/ Icebreaker GameReview Syllabus & WebsiteMy Expectations of YouYour Expectations of Me“SENIORITIS!!”

Attendance Icebreaker

your nameinteresting fact about you.Your career ambition (what do you

want to do after Da Vinci?)

Today’s TaskAttendance/ Icebreaker GameReview Syllabus & WebsiteMy Expectations of YouYour Expectations of Me“SENIORITIS!!”

WELCOME!“College Writing”August 20th & 21st, 2012

Mr. Montgomery

Icebreaker/ Opener- Find 2 other partners & sit in a

group of 3 on the floor. Make your group of 3 tight!

- NOW, one person from your group, stand up and rotate to the group immediately next to you.

“A Vision for Myself”“Imagine that there were no obstacles in

your life right now (grades, standardized tests, money, family, etc) nothing!”– In your biggest dream, where would you

visualize yourself in 10 years? Doing what?

You have the power & resources to get this, how will you take advantage of them in your senior year?– What are your senior year goals & how

will you get them?

Today’s Task“A Vision for Myself”Week Overview & SyllabusSocratic Seminar GroupsNaviance Set – up /College Visit

RequestONCE ALL OF THIS IS COMPLETE

FOR YOUACT/ SAT prep meBegin researching & deciding topic for

Socratic Seminar

College Visitor RequestYou have the power to determine which

colleges & universities visit our campus!You will give counselors 4 suggestions on which colleges you want to see here!What should I expect when a college rep. comes? (http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/grinnell/)– School websites– http://collegeprowler.com/– http://www.collegeview.com/index.jsp– http://www.cappex.com/

Today’s Task“A Vision for Myself”

Week Overview & SyllabusSocratic Seminar GroupsCollege Visit Request/ Naviance Set –

upONCE ALL OF THIS IS COMPLETE

FOR YOUACT/ SAT prep meBegin researching & deciding topic for

Socratic Seminar

WELCOME!“College Writing”

August 22nd & 23rd, 2012Mr. Montgomery

Today’s TaskComplete “Personality Type/ Do What

You Are” Tests Select 5 possible future careers & add

to “my careers” in NavianceComplete & Turn in “Career Matrix”

worksheet to Mr. MontgomeryHW: Need one question on a ½ sheet of

paper for our “Lecture Series”