Week 14, College Readiness 12 Lesson Plan

College Readiness 12 / 12the grade

Caitlin Martin

Essential Questions:

Where can I go to apply for external scholarships?

How do I avoid scholarship scams?

What I am going to do to make sure I meet the 2 by Dec. 20 requirement?

What questions do I have about financial awareness for college?

How do college syllabi differ from high school syllabi?

What are some important components of a college syllabus?

Overview & Purpose:
Students will learn more about the scholarship
application process and how to avoid scholarship
scams. They will then spend time, in class,
researching and applying for various external
scholarships that they qualify for. All students will be
required to submit 2 scholarship applications by Dec.
20 for a grade. On Wednesday, students will
participate in a financial literacy/awareness workshop
with Mark Thut. Mark and his team have developed a
lesson to help students start to think about being
financially responsible in college and how to create a
budget. Finally, students will review current college
syllabi as a class. We will talk about how college and
high school syllabi differ and look at important, key
areas of college syllabi. In this lesson students will be

Target Results
(Stage 1)

Evidence & Assessment

(Stage 2)

Content & Literacy Benchmarks

Addressed:
- Financial Aid Awareness
and Literacy (1.12.1, 1.12.2b,
1.12.2c 1.12.2d, 1.12.3)
Academic Profile
2.12.1 (on own time)
2.12.3
2.12.4
College Knowledge
3.12.3
3.12.4
3.12.2
College Application and Enrollment

Thinking Practices & LLBs

Addressed:
Precision and accuracy
Complex Reasoning:
Comparing, classifying, analyzing
perspectives
Persistence
Teaming and
Collaboration

Learning Design
(Stage 3)

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able to learn more about the scholarship application
process, apply for scholarships, work with a financial
adviser and learn how to be financially responsible
next year, and participate in a syllabus review activity.

Process
4.12.1
4.12.2
4.12.3
4.12.5 (if still needed)
4.12.6

Evidence of Student Learning & Assessment:

Teacher observation/ scholarship workshop day
Resume
Syllabus Review Activity

Target Results
(Stage 1)

Evidence & Assessment

(Stage 2)

Assessment Notes:
Students will be required
to stay on task and quiet during the
workshop day. They will also need
to produce work at the end of each
hour to show what they
accomplished that day during class.
Students will hand in
their final resume draft on
December 5 at the beginning of the
hour.
Students will be required
to actively participate and engage
with Mr. Thut during the financial
aid presentation
Students will engage in
class discussion and small group
work for the syllabus review. Each
group will be required to annotate
their assigned syllabus and submit

Learning Design
(Stage 3)

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it at the end of the hour.

Component

Resume Rubric

Copies of Syllabi

Target Results
(Stage 1)

Description

Instructor Notes

Materials

Teacher provided students with a resume rubric, so students

knew what they are going to be graded on before they started
or submitted their assignment.

Teacher handed out in

class, but also posted to
Google Classroom site.
Students will be
required to turn resume
in with rubric stapled on
top.

Resume Rubric
handout- final copy
due on Monday, Dec. 5
in hard copy form.

Students will review one college syllabus as a class, and then

work in group to annotate another one.

Evidence & Assessment

(Stage 2)

Teacher will hand out to

students- students will
be required to submit
their annotated syllabi
at the end of class.

Individual copies of
course syllabi (college)

Learning Design
(Stage 3)

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