The document outlines a 2-week high school senior project where students work in groups to design a brochure and PowerPoint presentation on tips for succeeding in high school, addressing what work habits help students achieve their goals. Students will develop short and long-term goals, create a brochure and presentation, and participate in formative and summative assessments including quizzes, presentations, and essays.

1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
Name of Project: Strengths, Goals, and Tips to Succeeding in High School Duration: 2 week
Subject/Course: ENGLISH Teacher(s): J. MANAHAN Grade Level: 12
Other subject areas to
be included, if any:
Project Idea High School seniors work in teams of 4 to design a brochure and make an oral presentation that includes a PowerPoint
Summary of the issue, or Prezi, on tips to succeeding in high school.
challenge, investigation,
scenario, or problem:
Driving Question What work habits both at school and at home help students achieve their goals and find success?
Content and Skills
Standards to be Listening and Speaking
addressed:
1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of
oral communication.
T+A E T+A E
21st Century Skills Collaboration
to be explicitly taught and √ Other:
assessed (T+A) or that
Presentation
will be encouraged (E) by √
project work, but not
taught or assessed: Critical Thinking:
√
Presentation Audience:
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2. Group: Oral presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi, & brochure) √
Culminating Class:
Products and
Performances √
School:
Community:
Brochure, PowerPoint, or Prezi (3 group members, each creates one) Experts:
Individual: 5 paragraph essay Web:
Vocabulary
Other:
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Entry event to
launch inquiry, Short video clip, walking tour through community, slide show
engage students:
Assessments Quizzes/Tests √ Practice Presentations √
Formative
Assessments Journal/Learning Log √ Notes
(During
Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes Checklists
Rough Drafts √ Concept Maps √
Online Tests/Exams Other:
Written Product(s), with rubric: √ Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:
Summative __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Assessments
(End of Project) Oral Presentation, with rubric √ Peer Evaluation √
Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test Self-Evaluation √
Essay Test √ Other: brochure √
.
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3. Resources On-site people, facilities: Brochures from college office, health office, & counseling office
Needed
Equipment: LCD projector, Elmo
Materials: Paper, pencil, pen, color pencils, glue, scissors
Community resources:
Reflection Journal/Learning Log √ Focus Group
Methods (Individual,
Group, and/or Whole-Class Discussion √ Fishbowl Discussion
Whole Class)
Survey Other:
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4. PROJECT TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE
Project: Course/Semester:
P R O J E C T C A L E N D A R
Project: Knowledge and Skills Needed by Students Scaffolding / Materials / Lessons to be Provided
Start Date:
to successfully complete culminating products and by the project teacher, other teachers, experts,
performances, and do well on summative assessments mentors, community members
M O N D A Y T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y
Bubble Map: Describe your strengths as a P R O J E C T
student W ETeacher leads
EK ONE class in making a bubble map on a bulletin
Double Bubble: board describing characteristics and Computer Lab:
BM: Describe the work Vocabulary (4 part  Multi-Flow: Long-term attributes of
habits & characteristics circle map – definition, successfulgoals during high
Strengths vs needs students.
of successful students. synonym, picture, school and short-term PowerPoint demo video
sentence) Pair Share with a goals to support the.
Journal – 1 Short term
Multi-Flow:paragraph goals necessary to reaching above Teacher
partner sets up map with Students use teacher
on above map
long term goals. Group share  1 long
on Long termPowerPoint
made goals
 Short term goals with
term goal templates on strengths,
Strong G.P.A. 
supporting goals.
Highneeds, &Diploma
School goals
PR O JEC T WEEK TWO
Teacher Prezi.com on Computer lab: Computer lab: Brochure Review: Vocabulary Quiz
Bridge Map:social and
goal setting, Teacher modeling/setting up map
monetary benefits of Demo video on how to Complete Prezi
 e.g. Recording assignments in your Studentsagenda is a
Students review weekly complete
higher education and use Prezi .com
Related Factor: ________________ is a tip to brochures from around keep track of and select 1
tip to achieve/succeed in to brochures your
having a successful Groups choose 1 Prezi campus and the to be used in final
achieve/succeed in ________________ .
carreer. Students create their
assignments
to be used for final community presentation
own prezi on material presentation
from week 1. Recording-brochure requirements
assignments in your weekly agenda
to keep track of your student
reviewed & assignments
create brochure
Brochures design and organization PR O JEC T W E ETeacher shares brochures
K TH R EE from various offices in and
Computer Lab: Group Presentations by
 rough Computer Lab:
-Pre-writing andaround school (health office, college office, travel agency,
Time to complete groups of 3 department stores, etc.
draft of 5 paragraph Project reflection &
PowerPoint and Prezi -audience critique essay Type final draft of essay group discussion
Presentation formats – PowerPoint, Prezi, or Poster editing using
-Peer
Tutorial/demo specific guidelines

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