Filling out the Credit Sheet

In each of your folders you need to have a credit sheet.  This document helps you determine how much credit you have in each subject, how much you need to take each cycle, and what exams you've already passed.  It also helps you plan for the whole semester, and track how closely you are keeping to your goals.

Welcome Back for Fall, 2010, Cycle 1!

Our first assignment is for each one of you to set up your own online diary/blog.  A requirement for passing this class will be for you to write a diary entry each day and post it on your blog.  You may include links and video, if you like, but KEEP IT PG. 

It's great to see you all again!

- Camilla

Preparing for the Health Fair

The EAR West Side Annual Health Fair is coming up next week, on Friday, April 30th.  Today we will be working on the KWL chart for our second workshop at the Health Fair, called "HEALTHY DATING RELATIONSHIPS".  What to we KNOW, and WANT to know about healthy dating relationships?  Fill out the handout to the best of your ability.  Each student will explain their K and W statements as we do our Family Group Go-Round.  We will fill out the final "What did we LEARN" section of the KWL chart during the Health Fair.  

Our first workshop for the Health Fair is "WHAT COLOR IS YOUR ANGER?"  Yesterday, we started on the KWL chart for our FG.  Each member of the class contributed to the "What Do You Know" About Anger section of the chart.  Then each student came up with three items to add to the "What Do You Want to Know" section of the chart.  Here are the results:

What do you KNOW?

• People self-medicate with drugs
• Sometimes anger is uncontrollable
• Sometimes you speak without thinking
• Sometimes you regret what you have said, later
• Some people punch walls
• People isolate themselves
• People keep it to themselves which can cause stress

What do you WANT to know?

• Is anger hereditary?
• Is it better to seek help for your anger?
• Is anger good for you?
• How do you prevent anger?
• How do you stop from getting mad?
• What should you do when you get mad?
• Who can you talk to when you’re mad?
• Why can’t people control their anger?
• Do drugs affect people’s anger?
• Can an inability to control anger keep you from getting a job?
• Can your own anger harm you physically?
• Can anger be gotten rid of forever?
• Who are the people most likely to get uncontrollably angry?
• What’s the main reason people act angry?
• How do you control your anger?
• What’s the best way to control anger?
• Does medication help to control anger?
• Why do people say what they say when you’re angry? Because they’re depressed? Because they feel ashamed?
• How do you keep stress down?
• How do you get around acting angry?
• Are there some exercises to help control anger? 

The final category is: What did you LEARN?  We will fill out this section of the KWL chart during the Health Fair.

Categories and Topics for Discussion

Look at the categories we've created for discussion:
College and Careers
Jobs
Problems Teenagers Have
Politics
Things to Do in the City
School Topics

Think about those categories and add topics!

College and Career Readiness

What is college and career readiness? It is the ability to perform the tasks required of you in college, and in your future career.

In preparation for college or career, go to: New York Careerzone and assess your skills. What areas are you best at? What jobs or training may suit you best? Do your assessment. In your homework journal, list the college or training opportunities available to prepare for your career choice. If you have more than one career choice, list that career and those training and college opportunities as well.