12th Grade Bell Ringers1st Marking Period

Thursday, August 26th Bell Ringer: Please Fill Out the

Technology Survey on your desk.

Agenda: 1. Technology Survey 2. Review Syllabus 3. Name Game 4. RAFT Writing

Essential Question: What goals have you/will you set for yourself this year?

Friday, August 27th Bell Ringer: Writer’s Notebook: If you could go back to

some time and place in the past, when and where would you go? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.

Agenda: 1. Bell Ringer 2. Turn in RAFT

writing 3. Syllabi Activity 4. Name Game

Essential Question: What skills do we need to be successful in life?

: a summary outline of a course of study or of examination requirements

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syllabus

What is a Syllabus?

Monday, August 30th Bell Ringer: AOW: Please take one of

each paper from the supply table and wait for instruction.

Agenda: 1. AOW 2. Continue Syllabus

Activity 3. Discussion

Essential Question: What skills do we need to be successful in life?

Tuesday, August 31th Bell Ringer: Vocabulary – Get out

your notebooks/paper/ notecards

Agenda: 1. Guidance Q 2. Vocab 3. Finish Syllabus

Activity 4. Traits 5. Job Applications

Essential Question: What skills do we need to be successful in life?

Wednesday, September 1st Bell Ringer: GUM worksheet

Agenda: 1. Bell Ringer 2. Syllabus Activity –

finish 3. Job Applications

Essential Question: What skills do we need to be successful in life?

Thursday, September 2nd Bell Ringer: With a partner,

explain what 5 of your vocab pictures are and why you drew them that way.

Agenda: 1. bell ringer 2. turn in vocab 3. Job application

Essential Question: What kind of information goes into a job application? How can I best word my job application? What are the connotations of the words I choose?

You are applying to the new hotel/restaurant in Wysox, the Ramada Inn.

DO NOT put your social security # down (for our class). But you should learn to memorize it.

Fill in the rest of the information to the best of your ability.

Pay attention to SPELLING and PUNCTUATION

Be careful with your word choice – Does “I hate my boss” or “My boss and I had a conflict of interest” have a better CONNOTATION?

SAVE it, and when finished, e-mail it to me.

Job Application Instructions

Friday, September 3rd Bell Ringer: Get out GUM and

AOW assignments. Discuss.

Agenda: 1. Bell Ringer 2. College

Applications

Essential Question: What kind of information goes into a college application? How can I best word my college application? What are the connotations of the words I choose?

Tuesday, September 7th Bell Ringer: Please take a

Gum/Vocab practice sheet and get started!

Agenda: 1. GUM/Vocab

practice 2. Finish college app. 3. start college app.

essay

Essential Question: How can we write an effective college application essay?

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