Student Agency
What type of communication clearly expresses your thoughts and feelings in a respectful and confident way?
What is assertive communication?
This type of writing explains a topic using facts and details.
What is expository writing?
This type of question helps you understand why or how, not just basic facts.
What is a higher-level question?
Planning your work by starting with the due date and working backwards is called this.
What is backwards mapping?
This number represents your grades and can impact college options.
What is GPA?
When working in a group, asking questions like “Can you explain what you mean?” shows this skill.
👉 What is clarifying questions?
Writing down only key ideas using short phrases instead of full sentences is called this.
what is effective note-taking?
Circling vocab words, adding a question mark next to things that are confusing and highlighting the main idea of each paragraph is an example of this reading strategy.
What is the critical reading process? OR
marking the text.
Keeping files organized in folders and clearly labeled is part of this system.
What is an organization system?
A college where your grades are similar to the average student is called this.
hint: it would be a ______ school
what is a "match" school?
Believing you can improve through effort and trying new strategies is called this.
hint: _______ mindset
What is a growth mindset?
This stage of writing uses brainstorming or webs to organize ideas before writing.
What is pre-writing?
What is asking questions that help them better understand a concept instead of just asking for the answer.
What is using inquiry?
Recording your assignments, sports, and events in one place helps with the times you will do them and how long you will spend on each thing is helping with what important skill?
what is time management?
Saving part of your money each week instead of spending it all shows this skill.
What is budgeting?
This means asking a teacher for help by explaining exactly what you don’t understand.
This kind of draft uses organized paragraphs to explain ideas clearly from your notes.
What is a first draft?
A reliable source is one that is trustworthy, accurate, and often comes from this type of website.
hint: what is the ending of the url?
.gov or .edu
Breaking a big project into smaller steps is an example of this strategy.
What is planning or task breakdown?
Choosing classes that help prepare you for a specific future career is called this.
What is academic/career planning?
A student sets a goal to improve their grade by the end of the quarter. They clearly define what they want to improve, create a step-by-step plan, make sure the goal is realistic, track their progress over time, and set a deadline to reach it.
What are SMART goals?
A note format that include space for “questions,” “notes,” and a “summary” section to deepen understanding and review later.
What are cornell notes?
After reading about a leader who created change, a student summarizes the main idea and relates it to a time they helped start a project at school. What is it called when you connect a text to something about YOUR life?
What is adding a personal connection?
A fully organized system includes materials, time, and this third area.
What is thoughts?
Posting online in a safe and respectful way protects this.
What is digital footprint? (or digital reputation)