SUPA CLS Fall 2015 Course Outline
Week
Topic
Major Assignments
Due For This Week
1- Week
of 8/31
Introduction to the Course, “What is
College?”, Our Syllabus and Learning
Preferences
1.
2- Week
of 9/7
Syllabus and Faculty Interview
Projects
3-Week
of 9/14
Time Management and
Social Media Application Explanation
1. Journal #2.
2. Bring all your
syllabi to class.
3. Read directions
for Faculty
Interview
Project.
1. Journal #3.
4- Week
of 9/21
Procrastination
1. Journal #4.
5- Week
of 9/28
Task Management and Study
Environment
1. Journal #5.
2. Social Media
App #1.
3. Group 1
presents.
Journal #1.
Class Assignments and
Activities
1. Complete Learning
Assessments (5-14)
(Vark, Meyers-Briggs,
Multiple Intelligences
and Learning
Preferences)
2. Create Personal ads
and also write a letter
to your teacher of your
“toughest” college
course.
1. Syllabus Analysis and
Dissection.
2. Faculty Interview
Project Discussion.
3. SUPA Course
Registration.
1. Utilize Planners and
complete “D’s Due and
Do” (73-75).
2. Social Media
Application Discussion.
1. Complete “Fritter
Finder Week 1” (65-66)
2. Jigsaw “Antiprocrastination”
strategies. (Ch. 12)
1. 24-hour flashback! (78)
2. Complete “Target
Planner” for a major
assignment. (75-76)
3. Small group “What
makes a good study
environment”
breakdown.
4. “Electronic vs.
Hardcopy planners”Showdown!
6- Week
of 10/5
Examination Prep
1. Journal #6.
2. Social Media App
#2.
3. Faculty Interview
Due.
4. Group 2 presents.
7- Week
of 10/12
Examination Taking
1. Journal #7.
2. Social Media App
#3.
3. Group 3 presents.
8- Week
of 10/19
Note-Taking and Graphic
Organizers
1. Journal #8.
2. Social Media App
#4.
3. Group 4 presents.
9- Week
of 10/26
Reading With a Purpose
Last Week of the First Quarter
1. Journal #9.
2. Social Media App
#5.
3. Group 5 presents.
1. Brainstorm all
issues/anxieties
behind examination
preparation.
2. Model of the 20 minute
test prep. (201-203)
3. Q & A Maps. (207-209)
4. Break-up by “toughest
class.” Individually
compile a list of
potential questions,
then work together on
creating a master list.
Be sure to justify all
possible questions!
5. Explore other test
preparation strategies
and begin working on
exam experiment.
1. Exam issuesCollective Smartboard
list.
2. Skills discussion.
3. Complete case study
analysis for Larry and
Mara. (233-237)
1. Create a graphic
organizer with other
members of your
group. What notestyles does everyone
use? Pros? Cons?
How do you use your
notes?
2. Try one note-talking
strategy in one class
and be prepared to
share your thoughts on
it. Demonstrate what
you did for the class.
(111-117)
3. Try other styles in our
class.
1. Bring a textbook and
syllabus from another
course to this class.
Using Chapter 6
dissect the “purpose of
reading” in the course.
Model a sound study
aid for the class.
2. Using the Chart on p.
149 chose one reading
strategy to model for
the class.
10- Week
of 11/2
Memory
1. Journal #10.
2. Exam Experiment.
11- Week
of 11/9
Text Organization and
Collaborative Learning
1. Journal #11.
2. Social Media App
#6.
3. Group 1 Presents.
12- Week
of 11/16
Problem Solving
1. Journal #12.
2. Social Media App
#7.
3. Group 2 Presents.
1. Utilize at least one
memory strategy in
chapter 7 to remember
5-10 important words
or concepts in one of
your courses.
2. Model it for the class.
3. Revisit an earlier notetaking strategy.
1. Jigsaw of
Organizational
Patterns.
2. Bring in TWO
textbooks and
complete the Checklist
on p. 103 for your
weekly reading.
3. Development of Course
Matrixes. (104-107)
4. Create a study group
in one of your classes
and implement at
least one type of
technology to aid in
your work. Complete
Chart on p. 44.
1. What are our
problems? Anonymous
Smartboard
compilation.
2. Complete “Is Versus
Wants” (262).
3. Explain the complexity
of your problem to
three other people in
the class. Have them
write a 2-3 sentences
of feedback on the
back of your chart.
4. Complete the “Create a
Case Study” (267) with
one other member of
the class. Once
finished share it with
at least FOUR of your
peers not in this
course. Ask them to
respond to the study.
13- Week
of 11/23
Papers and Career/College
Exploration
1. Journal #13.
2. Social Media App.
# 8.
3. Group 3 Presents.
4. Graphic OrganizersIssues surrounding
paper-writing.
5. Paper Experiment
analysis. (360-363)
6. Career/ College
Exploration analysis.
(357-359)
14- Week
of 11/30
Stress Management
1. Journal #14.
2. Social Media App.
# 9.
3. Group 4 Presents.
1. Brainstorm all the
different stressors.
2. Complete the following
tasks in-class: Stress
Diagram, Stress-OMeter and Stress Log.
(309-314)
3. Try to the “10 Minute
Vacation” at least once
this week. (314)
15- Week
of 12/7
Motivation
1. Journal #15.
2. Social Media App.
# 10.
3. Group 5 Presents.
16Weeks
of 12/14
and
12/21
Academic Dishonesty
1. Journal #16.
2. Social Media App
# 11.
1. Recognize the factors
affecting motivation.
Graphically organize
group discussion.
2. Analyze “Academic
Fears” in a group. (327)
3. Try at least one “Quick
and Dirty” strategy.
(330)
1. What is cheating and
why do students
cheat? Anonymous
student poll.
2. Dissection of SU policy
on cheating and the SU
Academic Integrity
office analysis.
17- Week
of 1/4
Review of Strategies and SelfAssessment
1. Journal #17.
2. Social Media App
#12.
18Weeks of
1/11 and
1/18
Grand Finale- Pulling it all together
1. Paper Experiment
2. Career/College
Exploration
1. Discussion of useful
strategies.
2. Pay it forward: Sharing
our strategies beyond
our classroom.
3. Other strategies not
addressed.
1. Presentation of final
projects.
2. Course evaluations.
3. The major “takeaways.”
4. How-To Pamphlets