Rob's C.O.R.E.


Robert L. Slater

Clearview High School
Assignments

Assignments for 3 Qrtr 2007-2008:

Go to WorkSource Site Career Interest Inventory.

Try a Job Search. 

Read article on Teen Job Searchs.

                    
       
 

  1. Goals (New Students)

  2. Goals Revisited & Goal Check-off (for returning students)

  3. Personal Mission Statement

  4. Coat of Arms

  5. Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles Survey

  6. [re]Designing Clearview High School

  7. 30 Steps

  8. Post High School Brainstorm

  9. Public Relations Poster

  10. Making Our Own Money

  11. Artifact and Reflection

  12. Clearview Commercial

  13. Supersize Me! Questions
               

             







Samples:

30 Steps - Pick 3 to 5 goals from your list that you want to begin working on.  Write step by step what you must do to achieve them.  Break it down into itty-bitty baby steps.  30 steps total.  See Rob's step by step goals for amaples.  There are actually 62 here.  You only need 30 steps total.
Make an Album [CD]
1. Call Brian Smith (Producer, Studio owner, Bass player)
2. Call Scott McAllister (Guitarist)
3. Arrange a time to get together in the studio
4. Lay down lead tracks
5. Help Brian do final mix-down
6. Pay Brian
7. Get DAT tape
8. Get 1000 demo CDs burned from DAT tape
9. Send out demo CDs
10. Play some gigs
11. Write some new songs
12. Add Web page with sample mp3 downloads
13. Join BIMA 		Become the best teacher I can be
1. Finish completing my filing system
2. Take roll everyday
3. Write down participation points everyday
4. Check my mail everyday
5. Check my e-mail everyday
6. Check my voice-mail everyday
7. Arrive at 7:30 everyday
8. Grade some work everyday after school/at lunch/during prep period
9. Compile the syllabi and assignments for each class I've taught
10. Be consistent in my use of color for attendance, participation & assignments.
11. File Daily Data daily
12. Give out regular progress reports
 Write and Publish a Science Fiction Novel
1. Write 500 words each day
2. Send out all my submissions
3. Read science fiction novels which are similar
4. Finish short stories
5. Go to writer's conferences
6. Go to SciFi Conventions
7. Exchange finished novel with other writers for critiques
8. Rewrite novel
9. Submit novel to publishers
10. Submit novel to agents
11. Submit novel to contests 		Lower my blood pressure
1. Do Tai Chi form once a day
2. Breathe - deep cleansing at least once a day
3. Relax - at least once per day
4. Do no more extra curricular activities without giving up an existing one.
5. Eat right - no chips, low salt
6. Drink 2 liters of water each day
7. Exercise 20 minutes or more 3 times each week.
8. Begin a journal to help deal with stress
9. Play music
10. Maintain balance between work and home
11. Play chess
Learn how to speak, read and write Russian
1. Make notecards with common words
2. Speak it as much as possible
3. Ask Russian speakers to teach me new words
4. Relearn the Cyrillic alphabet
5. Practice writing Russian words
6. Write Russian
7. Listen to Russian music
8. Take second year intensive course at WWU
9. Take a Russian conversation course
10. Visit Russia 		Learn to play Chess well
1. Take time to play
2. Bring chess board to school
3. Find opponents
4. Formulate strategies/study master games
5. Focus only on the game


Post High School Brainstorm

What will you do the year after you graduate from High School? 

Brainstorm at least 6 and no more than 12 major activities you will be involved in.  Each Activity should take a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 3 months.  You will write a narrative description of the activity that is at least 1 paragraph. 

Consider the items from the following list, but make them specific for yourself.  You need at least one activity from each of the 3 following categories: Reward, Work and Hobbies/Passions
Post High School Education University
Community College
Art School
Trade
Vocation
Professional Certification
Reward  Vacation
Year off
Work Apprenticeship
Retail Sales
Min wage/entry level  
Commissioned
Job shadow
Internship
Military
Explore/Experiment Find self
Volunteer
Personal Odyssey
Americorps
Travel
Peace Corp
Mission
Passions
 Marriage
Hobbies
Artistic endeavors

In June after I graduate my girlfriend and I are going to take a three-week road trip across the country to visit my aunt and cousins in Maryland. I’m going to drive as close as possible to the Lewis & Clark route and the Oregon Trail to see historical sites along the way. I also want to see the Grand Canyon.
        When we get there we’re going to relax and sightsee.  We’ll take one day sitting by the side of the pool alternating with visits to the Smithsonion Museums, especially the Air and Space Museum.
        After spending six weeks there we will return to Washington by way of…



Electronic Portfolio: Artifact and Reflection

Artifact - An object produced or shaped by human craft; especially of historical interest

Reflection - the process of thinking back on an experience with careful consideration

1.     For your final CORE project you will choose an “Artifact” that represents work you are proud of, or your best work, or a significant growth, or a culminating project.

2.     Once you have chosen an Artifact you will be converting it to electronic format, if it is not already in an electronic format.

3.     After you have it in an Electronic format you will be reflecting on the work.  Your reflection should include, but not be limited to, the following questions:

A.   What is the artifact?  Describe the assignment.  For which class was it produced.

B.    What did you learn in the creation of this artifact?  Why am I proud of this work?

C.   What would I change about the experience if I were to do it, or something similar, again?

See Rob's Sample Artifact and Reflection

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Life Rules Assignment
There are many rules on how to live our lives.  Most religions have specific rules.  All societies have many, many rules.  But which ones are most important?  It's an individual thing, but many great minds down through the ages have created their own lists.  Consider some of the following sets of rules, then search for others.
  •     The Golden Rule
  •     The Paradoxical Commandments
  •     Everybody's Free to wear Sunscreen
  •     Life Rules (falsely attributed to Bill Gates.)
  •     The Ten commandments.
After you have decided on the 10-12 most important, write a sentence or two about why they are important to you and your life.

50 Goals – Complete 10+ goals a week.
  • 5 of the 50 can be humorous/”impossible”
  • Up to 10 of 50 can be pre-accomplished (ie: driver’s license, get into H.S., etc.)
  • At least 5 must be related to success at Clearview.
  • Think big lifetime goals as well as small short goals for this week or next.
Goals are responded to by teacher and inappropriate goals are not counted toward the 50.  This is a “Portfolio Project.”  Final will be typed.  See Rob's 50+ Goals for reference.

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Personal Coat of Arms - Who am I?
Include Personal Quote/Credo/Motto.  See Sample to get specific expectations and see Rob's Coat of Arms.  You can also look on the walls of Rob's and Chris' rooms for other examples. Go to www.quotationspage.com to find appropriate quote/credo/motto.

Goal Check Off
  • Look at your 50 goals.  
    1. Which ones have you started?  Put a Dash -
    2. Which ones have you half finished?  Put a plus +
    3. Which have you completed?  Put an asterisk *
    4. Which ones if any are you retiring (not ever going to do/changed your mind) Put an R
Supersize Me!

  1. What is fast food?  You define it in your own words.

  2. What is ‘slow food’?  Find a definition and then rewrite it in your own words.

  3. What ‘slow food’ is available to us locally (analysis).
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