Sophomore Safari Field guide to 10 th grade

Sophomore Safari Field guide to 10 th grade

Sophomore Classes • • Algebra 2 English 10 World History Chemistry Fine Art Foreign language 2 electives

Sophomore Volunteer Day • All 10 th grade students will spend an entire day volunteering at various locations around town. • Students receive 2 hours of volunteer time. • Habitat for Humanity, Cleaning up Stringer’s Ridge, Newton childcare, Chattanooga Food Bank, and the Salvation Army, are some locations they have been in the past.

Volunteer hours • 10 additional hours for a TOTAL OF 20 HOURS • Volunteer time needs to be done at a nonprofit organization • Hours must be documented on a CSAS form • Make your volunteer hours get double duty by volunteering somewhere that relates to your career interests

PLAN TEST • PLAN includes four multiple-choice tests: English, Math, Reading, and Science. • English (50 questions) 30 minutes • Math (38 questions) 40 minutes • Reading (25 questions) 25 minutes • Science (55 questions) 30 minutes • Your skills in these subjects will make a big difference —in school and, eventually, in your career. • Once you know what each test covers, your PLAN test results can show you where you're strong or weak.

What Your Score Report Tells You • The PLAN Student Score Report contains a lot of information about your skills, interests, plans, and goals. • You can use this information to: • make sure your remaining high school courses are the best ones possible to prepare you for college • help you consider your options for after high school

Your Future • When you take PLAN, you will answer questions about your future educational plans. • This information can help you clarify your goals and plan for your future—including a college education.

PLAN TEST • Will be given during a school day • Test will take the whole morning, and will not interfere with lunch time • Hamilton county Schools pays for all students to take the PLAN test. • Scores come back right before Christmas or shortly after.

PSAT EXAM • The PSAT exam is the practice SAT exam • When a student is a junior, they can qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program • All juniors at CSAS are required to take the PSAT exam at their own expense as part of their academic Program • Freshman and Sophomores are also allowed and encouraged to take the exam to practice.

What Skills are Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT? The test assesses the academic skills that you’ve developed over the years, primarily through your course work. These skills are considered essential for success in high school and college: • Critical Reading • Mathematics • Writing Skills

Critical Reading Questions Use content from: – humanities – social studies – natural sciences – literature • 13 Sentence Completions • 35 Passage-Based Reading Questions (100 - to 800 -word passages)

Mathematics Questions • Use content from: – – – -number and operations -algebra and functions; -geometry and measurement -data analysis -statistics -probability • 28 Multiple-Choice Questions • 10 Student-Produced Response Questions (“Grid-ins”)

Writing Skills Questions Focus on editing, grammar, usage, and organization. • 20 Improving Sentences Questions • 14 Identifying Sentence Error Questions • 5 Improving Paragraph Questions

How does the PSAT/NMSQT ® compare to the SAT®? • Question Types: – The same, except the PSAT/NMSQT does not have an essay component. • Length: – – The PSAT/NMSQT is 2 hours, 10 minutes. The SAT is 3 hours, 45 minutes. • Level of Difficulty: – The PSAT/NMSQT does not have 11 th grade-level math questions.

TN Governor’s School • Enrichment in Sciences, Engineering, scientific models, fine arts, international studies, teaching, etc. • Must apply through the counseling office and have it sent from school • Two recommendations from teachers • Testing information • Essays from student • Arts is due in early November • The other deadlines are before Winter break • Schools are located on state of TN campuses

Other summer programs • • Deadlines are usually in February- April UTK has several EVOL 11, 12 engineering UTK also has business summer programs All summer programs have teacher recommendations, transcripts, requested from guidance and sent

Sophomore year tasks for Career Development • In our classroom time together, and through self-reflection and check-lists, sophomores will begin to focus on themselves internally, and begin to see patterns of interests and aptitudes • We will do this through subjective means and eventually take a career assessment called the KUDER

Reality Check • In the Spring of 2016, sophomores will engage in an activity called Reality Check ( hosted by the chamber of commerce) • It is a game where they are given an occupation, and a number of children, and have to visit many booths to make ends meet for one month. They have to secure housing, groceries, transportation, daycare, car and health insurance. They are also able to obtain a higher degree in order to make more money. • It is an eye opening experience, and will be our launch into the job market and the world of work as juniors.