College and Career Preparation 1 04106 

Students are to complete the following for EACH credit:

• Key terms (do all terms mentioned in the media or site) 

• Notes Sheet (take detailed Cornell notes on the subject matter)

  • Tips for study skills 

  • Explanation of how this will assist you in learning. 

• Important Questions

• Final: What you thought about the topic

Total pages (with teacher test): 

6-10 pages of work per unit 

Unit 1: Organizing Your Life

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test. Review this 10 minute presentation on organizing your life and take notes. 

Terms to Know:

• Active 

• Passive 

• Priorities

• Time Management 

• 5W's and H 

• Coping Attitude 

• Empowered 

Notes:

Important Questions:

1. Why is it important to organize? 

2. How do we value time? 

3. Make a sample time worksheet.

4. What should we avoid during the school day?

5. What are priorities? 

6. What Does It Mean To Be Self-Actualized?

7. Why should we schedule? 

8. What are habits?

9. How do we establish study habits? 

10. How do you "fill the bucket"? 

Final:

Turn in an example schedule (see below). Show a typical week in your life. You can print or show any calendar (AVID notebook, etc.).  You can also e-mail your teacher with a google calendar (invite the teacher to share). 

Unit 2: Memorization 

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test. Review this 10 minute presentation on organizing your life and take notes. 

Terms to Know:

• Observer 

• Osmosis 

• Participant 

• Purpose 

• Responsibility 

• Hemisphericity 

• Independent learner 

• Multiple intelligences 

• Sensory learning preferences 

• Sequential learner 

Notes:

Important Questions:

1. Why is it important to memorize? 

2. How do we value memory? 

3. Make a sample goal. 

4. Why should we review?

5. What is the learning pyramid? 

6. Why should we quiz ourselves? 

7. What are 3 memory techniques? 

8. Why is it important to see something meaningfully three times? 

9. What are 3 things in your long term memory? 

10. What are 3 things currently in your short term memory? 

Final:

Create a Google Site. Use this site as a product to show how you study using Google. 

Go to Google. 

1. Create an account (or use your student account).

2. Go to "Sites" and create a website (please make the content school appropriate). 

3. Be sure to have a theme for your site (Better school lunches, USC is better than UCLA, Buy organic, my family rocks!, Golf is life, etc.). Link the following to your website:

   1. Youtube videos

   2. websites that relate to your theme

   3. pictures and images

4. print your website and attach as proof to your five pages of notes (or send the link to your ACE educator). 

Unit 3: Textbook Study Skills 

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test. Review this 10 minute presentation on organizing your life and take notes. 

Terms to Know:

• Cornell Method 

• Split Page Method

• Visual Aids

• Symbols and Abbreviations

• Underline Key Points

• Visual Notetaking

Notes:

Important Questions:

1. Why is it important to memorize? 

2. How do we value memory? 

3. Make a sample goal. 

4. Why should we review?

5. What is the learning pyramid? 

6. Why should we quiz ourselves? 

7. What are 3 memory techniques? 

8. Why is it important to see something meaningfully three times? 

9. What are 3 things in your long term memory? 

10. What are 3 things currently in your short term memory? 

Final:

Create a study skills YouTube video. Be sure to show how you study.

Go to Google or You Tube (make sure it is school appropriate). 

1. Create an account (or use your student account).

2. Create a You Tube page or Blog about study skills, how to study, etc.). 

3. Link the following to your blog or you tube channel:

   1. images

   2. videos

   3. writing about how you feel on the topic. 

4. print your website and attach as proof to your five pages of notes (or send the link to your ACE educator). 

Unit 4: The Value of a College Education

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test. Review this 10 minute presentation on organizing your life and take notes. 

Terms to Know:

• College

• 4 year college

• 2 year college

• Degree

• Major

• Minor

• Concentration

• FAFSA

• SAT

• ACT

• Transcript

• GPA

• A-G requirements 

• NCAA

• NAIA

• UC school 

• Cal State

Notes:

Important Questions:

1. What does it take to go to a UC school?

2. What does it take to go to a Cal State school? 

3. What is NAIA? 

4. What is NCAA? 

5. How much does it cost to go to a community college? 

6. What is a transcript? 

7. How much does a college education cost if you go to a junior college and transfer to UCLA for 2 years? 

8. What is a student loan? 

9. What is the minimum sore you need on the SAT if you have a 3.0 GPA to go to USC? 

10. What is the minimum sore you need on the SAT if you have a 3.5 GPA to go to UC Irvine? 

Final:

Create a formal letter and a resume for a college or a trade school. Be sure to include the following: 

1. Write a basic professional letter to a college or trade school. Turn in on the front of your work. Please type if possible. 

2. Write a basic resume to a college or trade school. Turn in on the front of your work. Please type if possible. 

Unit 5: Motivation

Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test. Review this 10 minute presentation on organizing your life and take notes. 

Terms to Know:

• Choice theory

• external control

• internal control

• ownership

• cooperate

• preserve relationships

• happiness 

• choosing feelings 

• Influence 

• Consistency

• Reciprocation

• Social Proof

• Scarcity

Notes:

Important Questions:

1. What is motivation? 

2. Explain how you choose to be motivated...

3. How do we choose to be happy? 

4. What is Reciprocation? 

5. What is external control? 

6. What is internal control? 

7. Explain how social thinking impacts your motivation? 

8. Why is it important to know your audience? 

9. Can you just choose your feelings? Is it hard for you to control your emotions? 

10. What motivates you? Family? Girl or boy? Other? 

Final:

Write a one page blog about what motivates you. 

Please provide Level 1 (the lowest level) requires one to gather information. Level 2 (the middle level) requires one to process the information. Level 3 (the highest level) requires one to apply the information. When writing your blog. 

Go to Google or You Tube (make sure it is school appropriate). 

1. Create an account (or use your student account).

2. Create a You Tube page or Blog about something you care about that motivates you (cars, professional sports teams, Pintrest, food, animals, etc.). 

3. Link the following to your blog or you tube:

   1. images

   2. videos

   3. writing about how you feel on the topic.