High School Success: 9th Grade Career/College Unit

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High School Success 9th Grade Career/College
Unit

• Managing High School
• Module Two

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Managing High School

• What does it take? (Brainstorm)

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Strategies for Managing High School

• Be ORGANIZED
• Manage TIME
• Be successful in the CLASSROOM
• Take good NOTES
• Know how to read a TEXTBOOK
• Study SMART
• Use test-taking STRATEGIES

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Be ORGANIZED

• Use your SCHOOL PLANNER
• Maintain a separate FOLDER/NOTEBOOK SECTION for
• each class
• Get PHONE NUMBERS/EMAIL ADDRESSES of classmates
• for questions

• Keep STUDY AREA and BACKPACKS
• neat and organized
• Make sure you have everything you need
• for school the next day BEFORE you go
• to bed

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Manage TIME

• Use FREE TIME at school to get started on
  homework
• Create a STUDY PLAN that works for you and stick
  to it

• Break LARGE ASSIGNMENTS into SMALL parts
• Work FIRST, then play

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Be successful in the CLASSROOM

• ADAPT to different teachers
• Know each teachers RULES, PROCEDURES AND
  EXPECTATIONS
• Be in school ON TIME and EVERYDAY
• Have EVERYTHING with you and ready when you get
  to class
• Always do your HOMEWORK
• PARTICIPATE in class
• WORK effectively with others
• Do EXTRA CREDIT whenever possible

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Take good NOTES

• Be an ACTIVE listener
• Write down IMPORTANT information
• Keep notes LEGIBLE
• Get notes if you are ABSENT
• Use CORNELL Note-taking Method

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CORNELL NOTE-TAKING

• RECORD as many facts as you can in the six-inch
  column. Write down ONLY key words.
• REDUCE important facts into key
  words/phrases/questions in the narrow margin to
  the left of the six-inch column.

• RECITE the facts and ideas out loud in your own
  words while you cover up your notes in the
  six-inch column.
• REFLECT upon the information you have learned.
• REVIEW your notes nightly by reciting.
• RECAP the facts and ideas at the bottom of the
  page in the two-inch block using your own words.

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Know HOW to read a textbook

• SCAN the assignment to get an overview
• READ the assignment
• REVIEW to remember
  what you have read

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Study SMART

• Establish your STUDY SPACE
• Keep all study SUPPLIES in your study space
• ORGANIZE your study time
• PRIORITIZE your work
• Keep to your study SCHEDULE
  even if you do not have
  homework

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Use test-taking STRATEGIES

• Have EVERYTHING you need ready for the test
• BEFORE you start, look over the test and develop
  a PLAN

• MARK questions you want to return to
• CHECK your answers
• USE all of the time available

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GOAL-SETTING

• To be effective, goal setting must be
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Short Term
• Get an A on tomorrows Algebra test
• Long Term
• Graduate from high school with a 3.0 GPA