Grade 9 Advisory Lessons
Lesson 1 - September 18, 2014
Lesson 2 - October 9, 2014
Employment Questionnaire (students should complete this form - please return to Guidance)
Handout 1 - Clubs/Activities Sheet
Handout 2 - ReadiStep Overview
Lesson 3 - October 30, 2014
Student Vision Activity (handout)
Lesson 4 - November 20, 2014
Student Involvement Fair for all Grade 9 & 10 students in the Dining Hall
(Students will report briefly to assigned Advisory location and will be called down to the Dining Hall. This will allow upperclassmen who are club/activity representatives to get to the Dining Hall beforehand).
Lesson 5 - December 10, 2014 (**Wednesday**)
Lesson Plan - Study Skills & Organization - Mustang Mentors are facilitating this lesson
Handout - Study Skills & Habits Review Survey
Lesson 6 - January 15, 2015
Lesson Plan - Mid-Year Exam Overview & Course Selection Planning
Mid-Year Exam Schedule & Grading Explanation - please distribute to students
Course Selection Worksheet & Elective Offerings - please distribute to students
Please note this list of electives does not include sequential electives (Drama 2, Accounting 2, etc.)
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
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
The Mustang Mentors will be running this lesson. Because they haven't been in their groups for a while, this lesson is simply an icebreaker activity to engage the freshmen. Mentors should be bringing a beach ball or balloon to the session. They should also have the following attachment but we wanted to include it here just in case.
Lesson Plan & Activity
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 first year. What would they do differently next year? What was the biggest lesson they learned this year? Favorite classes? Favorite extra-curricular activities?
- 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.
- Anti-Bullying Information
- Career Planning
- College/Post-Secondary Planning
- College Rep Visits to NHS
- Community Service
- Course Selection
- Extra-Curricular Activities
- Financial Aid
- GPA Scale & Grading System
- School Counseling News
- Help Wanted! Employment Opportunities
- High School Transcript Request/Release
- LGBTQ Resources
- MCAS Testing
- Military Recruiter Opt Out Form
- NCAA Eligibility
- New Student Registration Process
- Resume Building and Other Opportunities
- SAT Prep Course
- School Profile
- Scoir (opens in new window)
- Senior Scholarships
- Summer Opportunities
- TEC Internship Program
- Working Papers
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