Thursday, October 15, 2015

Dear Class:

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Learning Targets:  You will~ Examine career opportunities that relate to your personality type based on your interests, preferences and abilities.  Identify select careers that you think are most suited to you based on your interest and survey results.

Good to Know... TYPES OF DEGREES -  How much post-secondary education do I need?  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Vocabulary:  Personality Type defined Personality types by Jung and Meyers Briggs. Meyers Briggs Foundation/MBTI  Basics

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Oct 12-16, Week 5
This week, we plan on engaging in the following activities related to WHO WILL I BECOME?

TUESDAY & THURSDAY

     FREEWRITE/WARMUP:  Randy Pausch Interview

• Instructions: Read through the statements on the handout before watching the video.
• Complete the Google Doc "Randy Pausch Lecture" as you watch the video.
• Write in complete thoughts as your note-taking strategy
• TURN IN THE GOOGLE DOC AT THE END OF THE VIDEO/PERIOD BY MAKING SURE IT IS IN YOUR FOLDER!  MAKE A COPY AND FILL IN. 

     ACTIVITIES- CONTINUATION OF LAST WEEK

     1)  CATCHUP - Follow the MyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial 

• Finish the MyRoad DISCOVER ME: CAREERS handout. Should be in your folder.
  
• Finish the MyRoad DISCOVER ME: ORA Personality Profiler handout. 

      2)  Work on your storyboards for your final project. See the tutorial below.

      3)  Discover Me: MyRoad MAJORS ~ take the test and start the handout.

• Open the MyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial  found below.
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• Log-in to your MyRoad account and follow the slides to take the Majors quiz- slide 7.
• When you finish your quiz, read through your results, then go to slide 35;
  READ and FOLLOW THE SLIDE INSTRUCTIONS.

        
          Exit/Closure: Share your FW results as practice for the MI.

FRIDAY & MONDAY (EARLY RELEASE FOR PROGRESS REPORTS)

FREEWRITE #8 - VIDEO: 60 Minutes: Amazing Kids
     Jack Andraka
     Craig Kielburger
     Magnus Carlsen

Answer the questions in your FreeWrite document as you watch the video.

1. Identify the skills each of these young men possesses to be able to succeed in the areas they did.
   Definition of skill: the ability to do something well; expertise; a particular ability.
2. Are any of these skills innate (naturally part of them)? 
3. What is meant by  “penny”?
4. What are the skills you identified that you had from the video: What Employers Want?

ACTIVITIES

1. Finish the MyRoad DISCOVER ME: MAJORS & CAREERS handout.
2. Finish the MyRoad DISCOVER ME: ORA Personality Profiler handout from last week.
   IF YOU WISH A REGRADE, WRITE: "REGRADE" AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAPER. 

TURN IN TODAY with your table's work.  

Next week-- RESUME WRITING