Last day of school!

Students turned in any remaining missing work.

Students worked on missing work.

Students continued to fill in their High School Course Plan Worksheet and turned it in.

Ron, again, visited the class and answered questions about credits and graduation requirements.

Ron visited the class and answered questions about credits and graduation requirements.

Students continued to map out what courses they will take during the rest of their high school careers using the Academic Registration Guide.

Students started to map out what courses they will take during the rest of their high school careers using the Academic Registration Guide.

Students finished typing their cover letters.

Students read about how to write a cover letter to go with their youth resumes.

Current events Wednesday was moved to Friday.

Students were taking another NWEA test today and did not have class.

Students were taking math test and did not have class today.

Students had a day to catch up on missing work, particularly their Youth Resumes and Famous Person Resumes.

Students were taking survey for half of the class and then went to the computer lab to work on their own youth resumes.

Students were given copies of the example of a youth resume from the MNCIS website and we discussed it as a class with students taking notes on the example.

Current events Wednesday was current events Thursday this week.

Students discussed and took notes on the youth resume handout.

Students were given a packet that we read about what to include and not include in a resume. Students highlighted select notes and we discussed as a class.

Students typed their Famous Person Resumes in the computer lab.

Students completed their rough drafts for their famous person resumes.

Students were given examples of resume styles and took notes on them. Students then continued working on their famous person resume.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students continued researching a famous person in order to compile a resume for them later this week.

Students began researching a famous person to create a resume for.

Four (out of ten) students were ready to present their career posters and did. The rest will be late and will have to do it whenever they are finished.

I reviewed with the class some tips for how to do their poster presentations tomorrow. Students then had the rest of the hour to finish their posters.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students worked on their posters.

Students continued working on their posters. They are due Friday when students will present to the class what they've done.

Students continued working on their poster assignment.

Students continued working on their poster assignment.

Students continued working on their poster assignment.

Students continued working on their poster assignment.

Students continued working on their Career Poster Assignment.

Students were introduced to their Career Poster Assignment and began working on it.

Students read interviews off of the MNCIS website about the careers they chose and wrote summaries of them.

Current Events Wednesday!

MCA testing. No class.

Students continued working on their career worksheets.

Students choose an occupation to study and began working on their career worksheets, using the MNCIS website as their source of information.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students had their last day in class to work on their guest speaker essays.

Students edited each other's essay and then went to the computer lab to continue typing.

Students began typing their essays in the computer lab.

Students worked on their guest speaker outlines.

Current Events Wednesday! Students then started on their outlines for their third guest speaker writing assignment.

Beginning of 4th Quarter

Students listened to Kristen Keys speak about her previous job as a prison guard.

End of 3rd Quarter

Make up work day.

Make up work day.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students had there last in class day to work on their assessments essay.

Students continued their essays from last week.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students continued yesterday's assignment.

Students began the rough drafts of their assessments paper.

Students continued the assignment from yesterday.

Students began the "comparing the assessments" assignment.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students completed the Reality Check on the MNCIS website in the computer lab.

Students took the O*NET Work Importance Locator in the computer lab on the MNCIS website.

Students had their last day in the computer lab to work on their MP essay. Due at the end of the hour.

Students had a free write regarding President Obama's quote about dropping out of school.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students worked on their five-paragraph essays that they started yesterday.

MP finished taking questions about her career as a drug counselor and students began outlining their guest speaker writing assignment.

Mary Pat guest-spoke about her previous career as a drug counselor, students took notes, and asked questions.

Students entered their SKILLS assessment into the MNCIS website and printed out the results. Students then wrote five questions for tomorrow's guest speaker.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students started working on the SKILLS worksheet today.

Students finished their five-paragraph essays that they started on Tuesday in the computer lab.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students began working on a five-paragraph essay about the career of yesterday's guest speaker.

Lisa Sodren guest spoke about her former career as a social worker. Students asked questions and took notes.

Students completed the O NET Interest Profiler on the MNCIS website in the computer lab.

Students went to the computer lab, created their MNCIS profiles, and took the IDEAS assessment.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students took the test on Chapter 22 today.

Students watched four commercials from Super Bowl XLIII that had to do with careers, we discussed them, and students wrote paragraphs explaining what they had to do with careers. Students then had a vocabulary review assignment to prepare them for tomorrow's test on chapter 22.

Students worked on a review crossword puzzle of chapter 22 in preparation for next weeks test.

Students read chapter 22 section 5 and did the accompanying assignment.

Current Events Wednesday!

We read chapter 22 section 4 as a class and students took notes as we discussed.

Students read chapter 22 section 3 and did the accompanying assignment.

Students read chapter 22 section 2 and did the accompanying assignment.

Students had a free-write on the topic of what, when they were younger, they wanted to be when they grew up. Students then read chapter 22 section 1 and did the accompanying questions.

Beginning of 3rd Quater/2nd Semester

Current Events Wednesday!

Last day of 2nd Quarter

Students took the chapter 7 test. We also talked about the inauguration.

-21 degrees below zero, no school. 2nd Quarter/1st Semester was supposed to end today. Tuesday January 20th will no be the last day of the quarter/semester.

-20 degrees below zero, no school.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students took notes on the structure of the U.S. Federal Court System and reviewed terms for chapter 7. The test for chapter 7 will be on Friday, the last day of the quarter and semester.

Students worked on the chapter 7 crossword puzzle.

Students read Chapter 7 Section 3 and did the accompanying assignment.

I read to the students about the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court case, students took a note on it and then took notes on the terms in Chapter 7 Sections 2 and 3.

Current Events Wednesday!

Students watched a video about the Gideon v. Wainwright Supreme Court case and answered questions while we discussed it.

Students read chapter 7 section 2 and did the accompanying questions.