October 24-28

This week we will continue unit Problem-Solving/High School Traits/Goal Setting. 

Monday-Wednesday Friday, we will specifically focus on problem-solving.  

• Students will get into groups.  Each group will develop five scenarios addressing issues teens commonly face.  
• They are to come up with positive and negative options for solutions.
• They will summarize the outcomes of making positive or negative choices.

Thursday we will discuss common high school traits observed in students who is considered successful, well-rounded, on track to graduate and those who have fluently moved on post-high school.

October 17-21

This week we begin a new unit Problem-Solving/High School Traits/Goal Setting. 

Monday-Friday, we will specifically focus on problem-solving.  

• Students will get into groups.  Each group will develop five scenarios addressing issues teens commonly face.  
• They are to come up with positive and negative options for solutions.
• They will summarize the outcomes of making positive or negative choices.

Students will brain storm within their groups on Monday.  
Students will practice role-playing out scenarios on Tuesday.
Students will present scenarios and discuss outcomes of choices made in scenarios Wednesday-Friday.

October 10-14

This week, student will collaborate with a partner to present an instructional lesson on how to use a particular online application for education.

• There cannot not be any duplicate presentations discussing the same app. Students will sign up.  If a app has been chosen, they must select another to present.
• Students are to instruct the class and provide a demonstration on how to sign up for the app and how to use the app as a host.
• The class will go through the instructions provided by the presenters to determine if the instructions are efficient.  Part of the assessment is to see actual results.

Students are to piece their instructional presentations together on Monday and Tuesday.  Presentations will begin on Wednesday and be completed by Friday.

October 3-7

This week students will present their Marketing Mix "3-minute pitch," promoting themselves as a student:

• Students will say what grade they think they deserve based on what type of efforts they put in as a student
• They will provide the name of the course and it's purpose
• Students will discuss learning objectives of topics taught thus far
• Students will discuss their behavior and how it factors into the grade they feel they deserve and they will address if their behavior is in alignment with their academic goals.