Six years seems like a long time when you're in seventh grade! But, graduation is closer than they think! The sixth and final college and career readiness lesson plan gets scholars focused on the courses they need to take throughout the rest of middle and high school to meet graduation requirements.

Concepts

colleges and universities, college preparation, college admissions, future planning, goal setting, academic goals, career goals, career readiness

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Additional Tags

college and career readiness

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Instructional Ideas

• Co-teach the lesson with a guidance counselor to help field student questions
• Have individuals transform their course plans into a colorful poster to keep
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pair pupils with similar career interests to make the lesson flow smoothly
  

Pros

• The lesson is organized and contains helpful resource links
• Partners have meaningful dialog about what the balance of their schooling should look like based upon their college and career plans
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.7 RI.7.10 W.7.2.a W.7.5 W.7.6 W.7.8 W.7.10 SL.7.1.a SL.7.2 SL.7.5 SL.7.6 L.7.1.a L.7.2.a L.7.3.a