Class Assignments for the week of Oct. 6-10th

Monday, Oct. 6th. In your own words, write the class rules, procedures, and consequences for your career explorations class.
Use Microsoft Word. Once you have typed it, format your work, and add some clip art if you have time. S
Save your work as rules_your name_your class.

Take home October newsletter, have your parents sign it, including a phone number, then return on Tuesday, to receive credit. (100% credit on Tuesday, 90% on Wednesday... and so on.

Tuesday, Oct. 7th
We will start something new today. Log into your Plato website, then open the first assignment which is titled Oh Mercy! See how much of this you can complete during the class.

Wednesday, Oct. 8th
Continue with the assignment, Oh Mercy! If finished, you may start the next assignment, Want Ads.
If finished, then start the following:
Now and Future
(save your work as: now, future_name_class)
The objective of This Power Point activity is for you to think about the good things in your life now and where you want to be in the future. It also is designed for your teacher and class mates get to know you better.
Directions:
Open the Power Point program,
If you are working with a partner, choose slides that have two columns, one column for you and one column for your partner If your are working alone, just use the single column slides.
Make the following slide titles using one slide per topic: Write a complete paragraph (five sentences) for each topic.

Title Slide - Now and the Future With your name
Sub Title slide: The Present
1 Family life 2. Things I like to do 3. Sports and Activities I like
4. Passions,(what you feel strongly about) 5. Personality and Strengths
6. Hopes or Fears (things in life you hope will happen, or hope they won’t!)
Sub title slide: The Future
1.My first job might be 2. As soon as I graduate from High School, I plan to…
3. My family in the future will(describe what your family life will be like)
4.Important things I hope to do in the future include…
5. My job or profession might look like this..(include hours worked, stress level, etc.
6. Here’s some places I would like to live...(describe the housing and locaton)
7.Describe the possession you want most in life
When finished (save your work as: now, future_name_class)


After you have finished with the writing, Make your slides into a slide presentation including an attractive slide design
use slide transitions, one clip art per page
you can use animation if you like.

Your finished presentation will be graded on:
Completeness of project
Use of complete sentences
Good grammar (see the grammar sheet in the classroom)
Accurate spelling
Attractive, detailed, and well thought out slide presentation

Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Today, Complete the second activity in your Plato file. It is called "Training Ads" This will take about 30 minutes. When you have finished, you should have completed a total of two Plato activities this week: Oh Mercy! and Training Ads. Show your completed assignments to Mr. C for Credit.
Then continue with your PowerPoint presentation on Now and the Future. (See Wednesday's assignment for details)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Today is finish day and grade day. Here's whats due and the credit:
Newsletter home 40 points. You have had all week to get it in for full credit
Plato: Oh Mercy! and Training Ads 20 points for completing both
Rules and Procedures 20 points
Bell work for the week 10 points
Remember, you can hand in late assignments; they receive 50% credit.

If you have finished all these, continue with your Power Point presentation on Now and the Future- due next week.

Have a good weekend!