LIFE GOALS UNIT

AVID I

January 3- 24

PREWRITING

Bell Ringer: List as many goals as possible under

each heading:• High School• College

Create a table with each goal…

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

High School:• What do you hope to achieve in high school?• What is your GPA goal?• What goals do you have for taking challenging

courses?• What goals do you have for partipating in

extracurriuclar activities?• What social goals do you have? (clubs)

QUESTIONS…

College:• What college do you want to attend?• What do you hope to achieve in college?• What is your future major/minor?• What degrees do you hope to earn? (Associates,

Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate)• What academic goals do you have for college?

(Scholarships, Deans List)• What social groups do you plan on joining?

PRIORITIZE

What are your top two goals for each section?• Highlight/Underline them• On a separate sheet of paper creare a CLUSTER

MAP, that will help start to plan and create your Life Goals Essay

• What I have already done to accomplish

• Steps I still need to take to achieve goal High

School Goal #1

College Goal # 1

College Goal #2

High School

Goal #2

SHARE

Share your cluster maps with a partner

Discuss what you want to do

Review/Eliminate/ Add to your goals based on your

conversation

SUMMARY

What did you learn in class today?

How can you use these strategies?

What do you not understand?

WEDNESDAY

Bell Ringer- Why are each of your goals important

to you? What resources do you need to help you

achieve them?

Review Rubric• Highlight what is important!• What do you need to have?• Requirements: TYPED, 4 Paragraphs, 2 Goals,

Intro/Conclusion

SMALL GROUPS

In your small groups:• Establish- audience, form, and purpose of authors

essay• Highlight goals• Evaluate using rubric• Identify strengths and weaknesses• Be Prepared to share findings

ON YOUR OWN

Establish the audience, form, and purpose of your

essay• Who are you writing to?• How do you want to present it?• What purpose do you have for your writing?• What do you want me to gain from this?

• Summarize what you learned today on your writing log?

FRIDAY

Bell Ringer: What is important to help you draft

your essay? What resources do you need to write,

outline, and create?

Get Cluster Map and Rubric Out with blank paper,

we are going to create an outline of your paper!

OUTLINE FORMAT

Introduction

1st Goal Priority• Why it’s important• What I’ve Done Already• What I still need to do• Support I have for my commitment to this goal and plan

2nd Goal Priority• Why it’s important• What I’ve Done Already• What I still need to do• Support I have for my commitment to this goal and plan

Conclusion

SUMMARY

What did we do today?

How does outlining help with writing an essay?

Are your goals detailed enough to write about?

Do you need to get any resources to help you

write? If so, where can you get them?

Complete summary on calendar!

MONDAY

Bell Ringer: What is the purpose and advantages in

creating multiple revisions of an essay? How do you

plan to use your draft?

You will have the entire period to complete your

DRAFT

DRAFT WRITING

Use your CLUSTER MAP

Follow the OUTLINE FORMAT

Don’t stress about spelling and grammar

Create 4 organized paragraphs

Include details with your goals

SUMMARIZE

What strategies helped you draft today?

What do you need to do to revise your draft?

Put on your weekly calendar!

FRIDAY

Bell Ringer: read over your draft, in one sentence

sum up what your essay is about.

• This is your THESIS Statement

REVISION

How do you give feedback to a writer?• Identify Strenghts of paper• Identify Weaknesses• Edit Grammar and Spelling• Read for Understanding• Give Ideas to help• Use Rubric to help!

CREATE WRIT TEN FEEDBACK FORM

Criteria (what you are looking for)

Suggestions, feedback

Strengths/Weaknesses

Introduction/Conclusion

Main Ideas (clearily ID Goals)

Supporting Details

Format

SUMMARY

What do you need to finish and/or refine to be able

to turn in your Life Goals Essay?• Make a timeline of what and when you can do this!