English 12 Syllabus
Life Planning Unit Plan
PART1: College essay Admissions
● Students will create memoirs of experiences they have gone through that
may have changed the way they think or shaped the way they live.
○ Students will write 6 word novels of each memoir shared.
● Students will review, annotate, and discuss well written sample essays of
peers for direction and inspiration. As well as dissecting different college
essay prompts for different schools.
● Students will create an introduction and thesis statement to the start of
their own essay.
● Students will continue to draft, write, brainstorm, and input ideas into their
essays.
● Students will continue to write their essays.
PART 2: Continuing College Admissions
● Students will go back over sample essays for comparisons. After
reviewing samples students will revise their own work until complete.
● Students will use the internet to review colleges of their choice. Students
choose college and begin to fill out applications for said college.
● Students will review fafsa applications and begin to fill out applications to
complete the entire application process.
● Students will complete applications and add their personal essays to finish
the process.
● Students will use the internet and other resources for scholarship
opportunities then begin to fill out scholarship applications to gain extra
financial help for college.
PART 3: Resume Building
● Students will complete a skills test worksheet to fully understand what
they are good at or can be good at. Students will then create the format of
their resume.
● Students will make a list of past experiences to use when completing a
resume. Students will then complete the formatting of the resume and add
all additional information that is needed.
● Students will review well done cover letters, annotate, and discuss what a
cover letter needs. Students will take notes on what a cover letter consists
of.
● Students will begin and create their own cover letter.
● Students review well done cover letters again as they revise their own
cover letters. Cover letters should be entirely complete on this day and
students will then put the entire resume together and have their own
resume at their disposal to add to or subtract from.
PART 4: Job interviewing Process
● Students will research and come up with job interview questions and
create their own responses to the questions. Questions should be 2 days
worth. We will go over body language and eye contact as students take
notes.
● Students will watch snippets of interviews to analyze the good and bad.
Students will create “the perfect interview” and discuss as well as annotate
why this is the perfect interview.
● Students will interview each other and try to imitate the interview process
as much as possible. Students will create their own feedback and present
information through documents.
● Students will come back for a 2nd interview with hopes of improvements
made from the previous interview.
● Assessment- Students will begin to construct an essay on why they should
be hired for the job of their dreams.