Greetings and Welcome to the first set of Class Notes for this class!
It was good to be back in the classroom and to see everyone's faces (at least I'm sure there were faces behind the masks.)
Note: For those who have been trying to get onto Google Classroom, the site had been down for a couple days. It's up and running and at its regular speed.
We began class with a Quick Write. I asked students to give some thought to the ideas of where they saw themselves in 5, 10, and 20 years. As high school students, it's hard to picture themselves that far ahead, but I feel it's important to start imagining and then planning for the future. Students shared some comments about college, choices of occupations, and gap years.
After that, we covered some housekeeping topics. First, I will be using Google Classroom for this class. (Here's the invitation to the class.) Most of the students are familiar with it from last semester. All of the assignments will be posted on Google Classroom. Finished assignments can be handed in during class OR on Google Classroom -- but not both! I have all of the assignments posted as "Ungraded," so Google Classroom is the place to go to see what the assignments are and to see whether or not a student is missing an assignment.
For scores, students should go to TrackMyGrades.com. You should have gotten an invitation to your account; your user name is the chatclasses.com email and the password is a 4-digit number.
This week was an introduction to the ACT. My plan for our week by week progress is to introduce the information, give examples and explanations, and do some practice. Students will then work through those chapters that we discussed and do whatever drills are a part of the assigned chapter. The homework for the ACT Prep part of the class includes reading chapters, completing the drills, and taking practice tests.
For the College Writing portion of the class, we will learn how to write the ACT Essay Exam and do some initial writing of the College Application Essays.
In the Class Resources topic on Google Classroom, you will find these resources:
ACT Prep Syllabus, Spring 2021
ACT Prep Assignments Checklist
Instructions for Drills and Practice Tests
In the Week 1 topic, you will find the following material
What are Colleges Looking For? (Google Slides)
College Admissions in 2021 (Google Slides)
ACT Week 1 (Ch. 1 - 4) (Google Slides)
Taking the ACT (2 Google Docs)
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
Homework for Next Week
Read through Chapters 1 - 4
Be an active reader -- highlight sections and write in your book.
Review the Summary
Sign up on the Princeton Review website -- www.princetonreview.com/
cracking “Where will I Go?” Worksheet
Google Classroom Class Resources
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