Past Projects – CAREER

Survivor

The assignment outline for making your final pick can be found here: Survivor Pool third pick 2022

Links to the player bios to explore as you make your first round pick can be found here and here (same content but slightly different format).

Video interviews with the players can be found a scroll or two down this page here.

Campaign for Mini-Brain

The project outline can be found here: Mini-Brain job description 2021

The Mini-Brain Campaign checklist can be found here: Mini-Brain Campaign Checklist 2021

The outline for your campaign speech can be found here: Mini-Brain campaign persuasive essay outline 2021

The marking sheet for your campaign poster can be found here: Mini-Brain poster marking sheet 2021

The marking sheet for your interview can be found here: Mini-Brain interview marking sheet 2021

The marking sheet for your creative choice can be found here: Mini-Brain creative choice marking sheet 2021

A link to the President Obama packet can be found by clicking here.

Group Work and Communication

The group work self-assessment sheet can be found here: Group Work Assessment Form

Survivor: Winners at War

You can DVR the episodes if you have that ability at home; or you can watch free on-line by going here: https://www.globaltv.com/shows/survivor/

On that main page, if you scroll down a teeny bit, you’ll see the “Full Episodes” section.  Please note that episodes are usually posted on Thursday mornings and get locked after one week – so you must watch that week’s episode before the following Wednesday.

The guidelines for making your 2nd pick can be found here: Survivor Pool second pick 2020

The up-dated graphic organizer to use while watching the show can be found here: Survivor Observations Graphic Organizer season 40 after tribe swap

In addition to taking notes in your graphic organizer, remember to take time at the end of each episode to think and make notes in your comp book about the learning conveyed in that episode (e.g. the value of simply standing with someone who is struggling, the dangers of unfounded paranoia or being too bossy, etc.).

The Campaign for MACC Mini-Brain

The project description for the Mini-Brain Campaign can be found here: Mini-Brain job description 2019

The package from President Obama in response to students’ questions, and the inspiration for our project, can  be found by clicking here.

The criteria for the interview portion of the project can be found here:Mini-Brain interview marking sheet 2019

The criteria for the campaign poster of the project can be found here: Mini-Brain poster marking sheet 2019

The criteria for the creative choice portion of the project can be found here: Mini-Brain creative choice marking sheet 2019

The criteria  for the persuasive essay/campaign speech portion of the project can be found here: Mini-Brain campaign persuasive essay outline 2019

Campaign speeches will be assessed according to the Performance Standards for Personal Writing, and with our classOral Language rubric.

Group Work and Communication

The graphic organizer for planning your group work goals can be found here: Group Work Communication goals

The group work self-assessment sheet can be found here: Group Work Assessment Form

Survivor

The criteria sheet for your final Survivor pick justification can be found here: Survivor Final Pick Justification

You will be assessed based on your ability to

  • Communicate clearly through the use of visuals
  • The level at which you achieve thoroughness through the use of meaningful detail and description
  • Your use of evidence
  • Digging deep into “why” and “how”
  • Proper use of conventions

The criteria sheet for your second Survivor pick can be found here: Survivor Pool second pick

If you are away from class when we watch Survivor, you can catch up here.  Episodes are released each Thursday and remain unlocked for one week.