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San Pasqual AcademyEnglish 9 and 10 - Ms. Priester

Future Plans Project

Warning! This assignment will take at least an hour, and you will need the internet!

This assignment is a break from our normal academic standards based lessons. I know many of you are beginning tothink about your futures, so I am giving you some time to explore some of your possibilities. I expect you to take this

assignment seriously. For example your potential future jobs should not be professional athlete, pop singer, and model.If you must, you may include one of these as your dream job. This is a chance for you to help yourself grow and mature.

Select Career Options:

1. Go to the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Kids Page athttp://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm .

2. Select one of the conversation balloon links, based on one of your likes.

3. Explore the careers on the site, until you find one career for each of the following categories:a. Dream Job:

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b. Realistic Job:

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c. Backup Job:

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4. For each job, click on the link of the job title on the read the description of the job. Summarize the information youfind to answer the questions with sentences of your own words or direct quotations. Do not just restate the firstsentence of each section. Use pages 2-4, titled My Dream Job, My Realistic Job, and My Backup Job.

Select Trade School - College Options:

1. Go to the CollegeBoards Student Section at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/index.html?student.

2. Look for the blue heading with the title My Organizer on the left side of the screen. Click on Sign Up next toCreate a free account. Follow the directions to create a new account. If you are seriously considering going to afour-year college, I highly recommend that you sign up for the Daily SAT Question.

3. Sign in to your account; it will put you at My Organizer.

4. In My Organizer look for the My Colleges tab. Click on it.

5. Under the To-Do List click on Start a new College Search.

6. On the College Search page, find the orange textbox titled College Matchmaker. Click on the Start Here button.Follow the directions to colleges that will prepare you to for one of your jobs listed above. This will require you to

follow very specific directions. If you do not know what some of the words mean, ask an adult or look them up in asearch engine, such as Google. You will need to know these terms as a future trade-school or college student. Takeresponsibility for your own knowledge. I do not want to hear It was too hard. Tip: If it doesnt work give you anycolleges the first time, retake the search and change your options.

7. Which career are you focusing on for your College Matchmaker? ________________________________________

8. When you are finished with the College Matchmaker it will give you a list of possible colleges and trade schools. Flipthrough them to find one that you like. Click on the links to find information to answer the following questions. If thereis not enough information on the CollegeBoard site, you may just want to go directly to the schools website.

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9. Summarize the information you find to answer the questions with sentences of your own words or direct quotations.Do not just restate the first sentence of each section. Use page 5, titled My School.



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My Dream Job

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b. Why did you select this job as your dream job?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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c. What is this job like?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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d. How do you get ready?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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e. How much does this job pay?

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f. How many jobs are there?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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g. What about the future?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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h. Can you see yourself in this job? Why or why not?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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My Realistic Job

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My Backup Job

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My School

a. What is the name of the school?________________________________________________________________________________________ (__/1)

b. What is the schools address?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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c. What is the schools website address?________________________________________________________________________________________ (__/1)

d. What type of school is it?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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e. What types of degrees are offered? List all._____________________________________________________________________________________________

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f. What is the setting of the school?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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g. What is the size of the school?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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h. Why did you pick this school?_____________________________________________________________________________________________

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(I recommend that you go to the schools website, and find a link where you can sign-up for the school to send youmore information.)



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Create Your Plan:

10. Think about what do you need to do in order to attain (get) the job you focused on above. List the actions that you wilneed to take during each of the following timeframes.

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School Year 2008-2009o I will ________________________________________________________________________________

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Consider Your Obstacles and Allies:

11. Think of three obstacles (challenges) that you may face as you work to achieve your goal. List three obstacles andwhat you will do to overcome them below. Begin your sentences with I may, so I will

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12. People around you will be able to help you achieve your goals, these are you allies. Think of three adult allies whoyou look to for support and guidance. Name each person, and state their relationship to you (how you know him/her).

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Imagine Your Life:

13. Imagine that it is the year 2018, and you achieved your goal. Write a paragraph about your life. Include the followingtopics: work, home, car, family, feelings, and future goals.

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