Grade 11 Advisory Lessons

Lesson 1 - September 18, 2014

Lesson Plan

Handout

Lesson 2 - October 9, 2014

Lesson Plan

School Song Lyrics

Employment Questionnaire - please distribute to students & return to Guidance

Handout 1 - College Admission Expectations Regarding Student Involvement

Handout 2 - Activity Outlook Sheet

Handout 3 - PSAT Overview (please distribute PSAT booklets)

Lesson 3 - October 30, 2014

Student Vision Activity (handout)

Lesson 4 - November 20, 2014

Lesson Plan

SAT/ACT Combo Test Flyer (2 on each page) - please distribute to students

Group Lesson (not a handout)

Handout - College Factors Worksheet

FYI: There is a Student Involvement Fair for all grade 9 & 10 students. Some of the upperclassmen in your Advisory may be club/activity representatives; therefore, they would need to miss your Advisory and should report to the Dining Hall.

Lesson 5 - December 10, 2014 (**Wednesday**)

Lesson Plan

Link to Self-Motivation Video

Self-Motivation Quiz (distribute to students)

Self-Motivation Overview (can either distribute to students or use as talking points)

Holiday Trivia (for students)

Holiday Trivia Answers (for advisor)

Lesson 6 - January 15, 2015

Lesson Plan - PSAT Score Distribution & Course Selection

School Song Lyrics

PSAT Score Distribution Instructions & Sample Score Report - for Advisors only

Course Selection Worksheet & Elective Offerings - please distribute to students
Please note that the list of elective offerings does not include sequential electives (Drama 2, Accounting 2, etc.)

SAT Practice Test Flyer - please distribute to students

Lesson 7 - March 11, 2015

School-wide competition in gym

Lesson 8 - April 1, 2015 (**Wednesday**)

Lesson Plan - Good Citizenship

Free Rice website: www.freerice.com

Career Interest Seminar - Interest Inventory - Please have juniors complete this form and return it to Guidance. We will put copies of this inventory in your mailbox so you don't need to print it. Thanks.

This lesson encourages students to bring in boxes of rice for the Norwood Food Pantry. Please have a student bring these donations to Guidance. There will be boxes/bins available. Also, please have students write the name of their advisor on each box so we can determine which group has the most. The winning group will be treated to breakfast during next advisory.

Lesson 9 - April 30, 2015

Lesson Plan - Job Hunting Tips, Work Permit Stipulations, & Employability Skills

Handout - Job Hunting Tips

Handout - Benefits of a part-time job & an excerpt from a work permit (...or you can make one copy and use this as a reference. Whatever you think works best.)

Lesson 10 - June 11, 2015

Advisory Survey for Students - please collect and return to Guidance (thanks!)

This is the final meeting with your Advisory so this is more of a wrap-up session. Some suggestions:

Bring food or allow the students to bring in food
Ask them about their junior year. What would they do differently next year? What was the biggest lesson they learned this year? Favorite classes? Favorite extra-curricular activities? What are they excited about for senior year?
Play "Heads Up" with them - this game can be downloaded to your iPhone (if you have one). It's the popular game from Ellen's TV show and the students usually enjoy playing it. You can have groups go against each other.