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Finding Words Per Minute
 * Class work for the Transition classes**

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===Quarter 3============= When completing the timed reading, if you forget the math that is used to find your words-per-minute; here is a website that can help you.
 * Monday Grade and Goal work:**

Writing Video Prompts
 * Wednesday Writing Day: Open this, duplicate it, share it with me, and put the link on the grade page.**


 * Friday: Financial Friday:**
 * Moneyskill.org**

Learning to Manage Your Personal Finances
You will begin to study how to use the money you have and earned, and how to make it work for you. Through multiple websites and resources you will continue to grow your personal financial skills. If you are completing the Senior Checklist many of the financial resources below can help you prepare for the reflections and budget work you will need to do for the checklist.

@http://www.moneyskill.org @http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/calculators/ 1.Money 101 @https://www.cashcourse.org/money-101.aspx @http://budget.cashcourse.org/ @http://www.cashcourse.org/financial-tools/financial-calculators/becoming-a-millionaire.aspx @https://youtu.be/-FsV5czroFc @http://www.cashcourse.org/money-101/banking/choosing-the-right-bank-account-for-you.aspx @http://www.cashcourse.org/money-101/budgeting/budgeting-for-life-after-graduation.aspx
 * Time to begin Money Skills**
 * Personal Finance Calculators**
 * Cash Course Resources**
 * 2. Creating a budget**
 * 3. Retirement**
 * 4. Saving Made Easy video**
 * 5. Choosing the Right Bank Account for You**
 * 6. Budgeting for Life after graduation**

At the beginning of the year. I sent out a new checklist through Google Docs. This checklist is a bit more interactive. You will create all of your work on a google doc and I will show you how to add your link to the checklist to be graded.
 * Senior Checklist Resources:**

On the Senior Checklist there is a requirement to create a Gold Resume. In order to help you with this process I am including an online lesson for you to work through. As you complete any lessons on this page save them on a Google Doc and share with me. I will monitor and offer advice as you work through the lesson. I am also including a resource to help you build a Gold Resume. Come and see me if you have any questions.

These are links that can help you complete the objective 15 or 20 depending which checklist you are working on. [] [] http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and- salary-tutorial/view @https://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/preparing-for-college-training
 * Creating a Resume**
 * Resume Resource:**
 * Cover Letter:**
 * Preparing for College**


 * 2nd quarter**
 * Moneyskill.org**
 * Moneyskill.org**

Collaborize Classroom link **Writing analyzer** How to use Writing Tester 1. Step 1 open the website 2. Type in the text to be checked in the box provided or cut and paste the text from the document to be checked. 3. Click "Check" at the bottom of the page 4. The results will appear at the top of the page. You can edit your text and re-check as many times as you want.

This readability analyzer takes a sample of writing and calculates the three most commonly used readability metrics - //Flesch Reading Ease//, //Fog Scale Level//, and //Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level// - based on sentence length, word length, and estimated number of syllables per word. Keep in mind readability refers to the relative ease at which a reader can understand a passage. Subject matter and quality of prose can affect reading comprehension as
 * Writing analyzer 2**

This web site can check grammar, spelling, and check for plagiarism.
 * PaperRater**

We will be adding a writing component to the weekly Monday work, I am adding below the steps I would like everyone to use to complete this activity. Two times a month your writing will be to the specifications below. The other two weeks will be free writes.


 * Steps to writing a short essay paper**
 * You will be given a topic to respond to, it is important to take a few minutes to think about how you would like to respond to this topic. When you are ready to begin this is the format I am looking for:**

Before putting your essay on the blog site: Put it together on pages or Google docs, edit it and check for spelling. After you have written your paper, go through and edit it, check for spelling, do you need to cite any of your information? If yes, then add the citation at the bottom.
 * Minimum of 3-5 paragraphs**
 * Introduction: Introduce the topic and transition on**
 * Body: Contains 2-3 paragraphs, give each new idea a new paragraph**
 * Conclusion: The SO WHAT to your essay**


 * Now that you believe you have it ready to go I want you to send it through the following webpage and make additional corrections.**

Send it through this website: **https://www.paperrater.com/** make suggested corrections let me know if you have any questions. You will comment on the content of their essay and offer a suggestion or question.
 * If you have done all of the above then you can copy and add it to the Blog page.
 * I also want you to respond to at least one other student’s blog.**


 * Let me know if you have any questions, it is okay to use a** text to speech program **to begin the process, but will need to use other sources of editing and correcting.**
 * This will be graded critically for content, mechanics, and spelling.**

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 * When working on a Web Quest, any time you take a survey or fill out a form you need to save your work. Click print, click open in PDF, and save to a file in your Transition folder, create a web Quest folder, create a folder for this Web Quest and save your work. I will want to review your work when we conference on your independent work.**

This webquest does require you to take your time and read through everything. If you don't like to read you can have the computer read it to you. If you don't remember how to turn that on, go to my resource page and read "How to make my Mac talk to me." There is a quiz and you will need to get 80%, if not you will need to go through the webquest a second time and retake the quiz.
 * Web Quests for class work:**
 * All Students complete this Web Quest: Sept 2015**

http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

Here is the link to the grade record sheet- Make a copy and add your name, share it with me. This is where you will turn in your Google Doc work to me. Grade Spread Sheet

When you have finished this webquest you will work through each component below. 1. Inventories- @http://www.assessment.com/ http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-overview/view

2. Go to **I Have a Plan Iowa** You will need to open the Google Doc, download a copy and share it with me.

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Do your Skills Match Your Ambitions? ====== This is due no later than 8 a.m. on Monday October 12, 2015 3. Career Planning and Salary; Explore Careers @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view **Google Doc assignment link senior:** **Google Doc for 9-11 grades**

Good websites for help: My Next Move Mapping my Future My Future.com Career Project Occupational Outlook Handbook Career Research Handbook Go Arm

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4. Goal Setting @https://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/goal-setting-training **Google Doc Goal Plan**

5__.__ Career Planning and Salary; Discover Your Career Needs http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

6. Career Planning and Salary; Gain Job Skills @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

7. Career Planning and Salary; Salary Basics @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

8. Career Planning and Salary: Make a Career Plan @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

9. Career Plan Quiz @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

10. Work Skills @http://www.oercommons.org/courses/career-planning-and-salary-tutorial/view

Additional class assignments

Resume 101 [|http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=123287]

Free Rice.com for work on Vocabulary Click here to join the Cal-Wheat Transitions group