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GRADE: 12                             LESSON: 1

 

THEME: GETTING ACQUAINTED

 

 

LESSON GOALS:           

 

  • Get re-acquainted with the students in your advisory group and meet new students.
  • Help students check and update their portfolios and introduce senior presentation requirements.
  • Help students check their credits to ensure they’re on track to graduate next spring.

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:     

 

  • Why advisory?
  • Why portfolios?

 

MATERIALS NEEDED:

 

  • 12th Grade Portfolio Checklist (last page of this lesson plan)
  • Senior Presentation Introduction (next page of this lesson plan)
  • Grade, credit, or transcript information for each student

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:  

 

  1. Get re-acquainted. Re-introduce yourself to the students in your advisory group. Introduce any new students. Welcome them back to school and discuss your plans for the year. Revisit Colors.

 

  1. Check credits and grades. Help students check their credits or grades to ensure they are progressing toward graduation. Print off historical grades from PowerSchool and give to students. Also review check-off form from previous year’s portfolio making sure they have everything completed. If they failed to complete every required assignment then they will be failing until they have last years portfolio completed. They will either be graded with a P or an F starting during the second meeting, this includes last year’s portfolio as well.

 

  1. Introduce the senior presentation. Distribute copies of the Senior Presentation Introduction. Explain what students will be required to achieve in terms of portfolio contents, written reflections, and oral presentation to graduate. Then ask students to update their portfolios and prepare them for senior year using the 12th Grade Portfolio Checklist.

 

STUDENT PRODUCTS:        

 

  • Updated Portfolio. Each student should prepare his or her portfolio for 12th grade.

 

 

SENIOR PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION

 

 

WHAT IS A SENIOR PRESENTATION?

 

All students in Washington State must complete a culminating project to graduate. The project must:

 

  • Encourage students to think analytically, logically and creatively and to integrate experience and knowledge to solve problems.

 

  • Give students a chance to explore a topic in which they have a great interest.

 

  • Offer students an opportunity to apply their learning in a “real world" way.

 

In addition, as part of the culminating project, each student must have the opportunity to demonstrate essential skills through reading, writing, speaking, production and/or performance.

 

Students at Navigation 101 schools may be asked to complete a Senior Presentation based on their portfolios to satisfy the culminating project requirement.

 

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SENIOR PRESENTATION?

 

Seniors will be assessed as either ‘proficient’ (the required level for graduation) or ‘distinguished’ in their senior presentations. Two elements must be completed to earn a ‘proficient’ ranking; three elements must be completed (the entire highest caliber) to earn a ‘distinguished’ ranking.

 

REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS:

 

·         Completed Portfolio. Your portfolio must be complete. It must be well organized and must include all contents outlined in your annual portfolio checklists. You must earn a ranking of either ‘proficient’ or ‘distinguished’ on your portfolio.

 

·         Oral Presentation. You will be asked to present your portfolio – and your plans for the future – in a 12-minute presentation to a panel of advisors and community members. You will be assessed on your preparation, appearance, introduction, poise, communication skills, and your ability to demonstrate the contents of your portfolio and their relationship to your plans for life after graduation. You must earn a ranking of either ‘proficient’ or ‘distinguished’ on your presentation.

 

REQUIRED FOR ‘DISTINGUISHED’ RANKING:

 

·         Career Exploration Reflection. To earn a ranking of ‘distinguished,’ your portfolio must include (in addition to a completed High School & Beyond Plan) a typed essay of at least two pages on one career that interests you. Your essay must explain how you became interested in the career, what education or training you will need, and how you have used your high school years to learn about this career. You may base your essay on research or workplace experience.

 

 

PORTFOLIO CHECKLIST – GR 12

 

 

Name _____________________________

 

You should add the following materials to your portfolio this year. Please KEEP THIS CHECKLIST IN YOUR PORTFOLIO and check off each item as you add it.

 

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT:

 

o                  Academic Goals: Your Annual Academic Goals from senior year.

 

o                  High School & Beyond Plan. Your completed OSPI HS & Beyond Plan.

 

o                  Transcript: Printout summarizing your grades and credits from high school.

 

o                  Academic Inventory: The plan you prepared to strengthen your academic performance.

 

o                  Work Samples: Work samples (at least one from each of your core courses):

o      Science

o      Social Studies

o      Math

o      Language Arts

Optional:

o      Foreign Language

o      Other Elective: _____________________

 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT:

 

o                  Resume: Your final resume.

 

o                  Financial Plan: Your financial plan.

 

o                  Career Exploration Reflection. Your typed essay (optional for a ‘distinguished’ evaluation) on a career of interest and the steps you’ve taken during high school to explore that career.

 

PERSONAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

 

o                  Service Worksheet: Your completed handouts about your volunteer service hours to date.

 

o                  Activity Log: Your completed Activity Log for all four years of high school.

 

o                  Other Activity Information: Work samples, certificates of accomplishment, awards, photos, or other mementos from extracurricular activities you participated in during 12th grade.