| STEVE'S ADVISORY STUDY PLAN |
| 1-2 * August 31, 2007--This is our first Friday for advisory credit in first semester, 2007-2008! Your FridayGOALS and a copy of this plan go in your Advisory Interactive Notebook (INB). Also print and affix the following in your INB: Advisory Homepage and Sample Advisory Webpage. Complete a Credit Period Contract for CP 1. Meet with Steve to get paperwork going for this semester. |
| Complete advisory DCW work during the first 15 minutes of class. This ADVISORY STUDY PLAN and a copy of the daily assignment go in your Advisory Interactive Notebook (INB). Remember to list specific assignments on the goals sheet and check off items as you complete them. Four (4) completed assignments for 1/2 advisory/ DCW credit. |
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| 3-1a * October 7, 2008--First advisory session in credit period three. This credit period, we'll be working on Why College? Next week, we'll be taking benchmark tests in English, math, science and social studies. |
| 3-1b * October 9, 2008--Today we post credit! CLICK and PRINT the letter to give to your parents. PRINT and fill out a : LANS#1 and LANS#2 paper for Steve. List your advisory partner here _____________________________; put assignment papers in their folder if they're not here. Glue a copy of this plan in your Advisory Interactive Notebook. |
| 3-2a * October 14, 2008 * Getting Away #1! When was the last time you took a trip away from Porterville? ______________ Where did you go ? ______________ Write a paragraph about your trip.Have you visited San Francisco? ___________ Last weekend, Cindy and I took a trip to visit our son Nate who's attending school at San Francisco State University. How far is San Francisco from Porterville ( Mapquest)? __________________ Print a San Francisco Fisherman's Warf map. Cindy, Steve and Nate ate dinner @ Neptune's Palace (in quadrant J-2 on the map). This restaurant is on Pier ______. What would you eat for dinner? _________________________________________ With a 20% tip, how much would it cost? __________ In which quadrant is the departure point to see Alcatraz? _____________________ Why is Alcatraz famous? Pick a place on the map you'd like to visit __________________________ What's it's quadrant location? ___________ * [ ] Back-to-School night on Thursday (10/16/08); get a flyer from Rosemary in the front office and give it to your parents.[ ] Benchmarks-English, math, science, social studies * [ ] Y * N Turning Point |
| 3-2b * October 16, 2008 * Speaker today...no assignment |
| 3-3a * October 21, 2008 * Why College? Last week, we did "Getting Away#1" because Cindy and I visited our son Nate, who's attending San Francisco State University. What do you think it was like for him to leave Porterville and move to San Francisco? Write a paragraph. If you have questions for Nate, include them and I'll forward them on to him. Neatly write your email address here: Get a "How to Get to College" brochure from Steve, or print a copy in English, Spanish or other language. Keep this brochure in your notebook. Skim through the 4-page brochure. Write a summary paragraph. CLICK and take the survey. Write the time you finished taking it _____________. |
| 3-3b * October 23, 2008 * Character Counts? This week is National Character Counts week. CLICK and print the Six Pillars of Character as listed by the Josephson Institute. Why do you think character is important? Write a paragraph. What could we do here @ PEC to promote National Character Counts week? Write your thoughts. |
| 3-4b * October 30, 2008 * How FAST is the CONNECTION? Let's check to see how fast the connection is to your computer. Click here to access the Speakeasy Speedtest website: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/. Pick a server--(circle choice) Los Angeles or San Francisco. Run the test and write the speed--IP ______________________ download __________________________ and upload ___________________. Pick another server _______________ and run the test. Record the speeds--download ______________ and upload ____________________. Compare the connection speed of this computer with your computer at home--IP ______________________________________ server choice ______________________ download ______________________________ upload ________________________. |
| 3-4a * October 28, 2008 * Character Counts! Today, we're going to discuss the 4 A's--________________________ * _______________________ * __________________ * ________________________. Describe our current problem @ PEC: __________________________________________________ How might we remedy the situation? ___________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ |
| 4-1a * November 4, 2008 * Election Day! Today, we have the opportunity to VOTE! Have you voted? Yes * No Take a look at MSNBC to see what's happending at this moment: http://msnbc.com. Summarize the current situation (1 paragraph): |
| 4-1b * November 6, 2008 * Payday! Veterans Day! Today, we post credit for CP 3. List your classes and the credit you think you earned in each: Total credit I think I earned in CP 3 ___________ Next Tuesday's a holiday--Veterans Day. Why do we celebrate? |
| 4-2a * Did we have an assignment? |
| 4-2b * Entrepreneruship |
| 4-3a * November 18, 2008 * The IDEAL school. School is a place where students learn skills for life. If you could create the school of the future, what would it be like? Create an idea web, then write 3 to 5 paragraphs about your school. If you'd like helpful thoughts, go to this website: http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2008 |
| 4-3b * November 20, 2008 * Learning can be HARD WORK! CLICK and print this statement about learning. Write a paragraph about a time when you felt like this while learning. |
| 4-4a * November 25, 2008 * Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Thanksgiving. Last week, the TSO was in Fresno; click to hear & see an introduction and a clip of their composition Christmas in Sarejevo. Click HERE and send a TSO eCard to a friend. Print and paste a copy of your note in the space below. This week we celebrate Thanksgiving! Why is this day special to you? |
| 5-1a * December 2, 2008 * NEXT WEEK--Second Benchmark Tests. Make a chart with the following data: 1) all of your classes, 2) score on last benchmark for each class--NA, FBB, BB, B, P, A, 3) score I plan to earn for each one this time. |
| 4-4b * November 27, 2008 * Thanksgiving. No school today. |
| 5-1b * December 4, 2008 * SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1941--Pearl Harbor. Spend five minutes taking a look at the first website, the second website--and the third website. Write a paragraph about what happend. |
| 5-2a * December 9, 2008 * REFLECTION * Write a couple of paragraphs: What have you liked about this semester? What would you like to change for next semester? |
| 5-2b * December 11, 2008 * GAS...Click and watch the video. What does Joe Petroski say might happen with gasoline prices? How much did gasoline sell for in 1999? Write a paragraph... |
| 5-3a * December 16, 2008 * http://www.northpole.com * Take 5-10 minutes to EXPLORE the site. Write a paragraph--what do you like best? |
| 5-3b * December 18, 2008 * http://virtualfinland.com * Take 5-10 minutes to EXPLORE this site. CLICK and send an eCard. To whom did you send the card? Write their name and email address below.. Take a look at SANTA in his sleigh. Write a paragraph--What do you like best @ this site? End of Semester! I hope you and yours have a WONDERFUL holiday! |
| 6-1A * January 13, 2009 * Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful vacation! DREAMS...last weekend, my daughter Andrea and I took a road trip and found her dream car:-) I enjoyed driving it home. Do you have a dream car? Or a dream for 2009? Write about it. If it's a car, print a picture and attach it. |