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Title Whats my GPA?!

Standard(s) of The students will be able to calculate grade point average and set academic
Learning and personal goals for success, being sure to monitor goals at the end of each
grading period.

Key Vocabulary/ Holistic: characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as

Concepts intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.
Holistic
Determination: firmness of purpose; resoluteness
GPA: grade point average
Unweighted GPA: the average of all class grades based on a 4.0 scale.
Weighted GPA: schools often assign a different point system to harder classes.
Advanced Placement: the placement of a student in a high school course that
offers college credit if successfully completed.
Rigor: the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate.

Materials Scratch paper

Pen/Pencil
Calculator
Schedule
Computer/ Report Card with up to date grades
Introduction Who needs calculatemygpa.com when you can calculate your GPA the old-
(Hook) fashion way yourself?!
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Instructional Students get on a computer or mobile devices to access studentvue to

Activities/Strate look at their most recent grades.
gies The students work on setting goals for themselves within a group then
share and discuss the goals.
Brainstorm ways to achieve their personal goals.
Brainstorm people that students can reach out to for aid/assistance in
achieving their personal goals.
Go over the functions on a calculator.
Go over how much a letter grade for a particular class is
weighted/accounted for.
Discuss ways to improve a GPA, and ways a GPA can start to decline

1. Have students use a report card with the most recent/up to date
grades, or have students use computers or mobile devices to
access studentvue to look at their most recent grades.
2. Give students scratch paper.
3. Have students take out a pen or pencil.
4. Give students the GPA calculator sheet which shows the amount
an all year class weighs and the amount a semester class
weighs.
5. Have students tally up data and come up with their final
estimated GPA.
6. Based on their findings, have students write three academic and
three personal goals.
7. Then have students who would like to share with the class what
their goals are and how they will achieve those goals.
8. Lastly make sure students keep track of their progress at the end
of each marking period.

Accommodation Students who feel uncomfortable doing this activity due to any reason may
s, opt to do another activity.
If necessary

Closure Activity Students must come up with ways to achieve their goals made. Then get into
small groups and discuss with the group members their ways on achieving
their goal. Students shouldnt be afraid to offer advice to other group
members on ways they might think a student can achieve their goal.
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Follow-Up/ Write a paragraph reflection on what their estimated GPA means to them.
Homework Students are free to say if they like/dislike their current estimated GPA and
why? What could they do to improve that GPA or maintain the GPA. Any
thoughts or feelings involving the estimated GPA calculated in class.
REFLECTION The students were able to make goals that they felt were achievable,
(TO BE COMPLETED although most students are proud of what they accolmished some may feel
AFTER YOU TEACH)
embarrassed or ashamed so try to be more confidential.

Think about the following as you create the instructional activities for this
lesson

First stepObjectives. What do you want the students to know, understand, and
be able to do by the end of your lesson? What is the point of your lesson?
Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences
Blooms Taxonomy
Group Work (Cooperative Learning)
Technology
Games
Higher-Level Questioning
Brain-Based Research
Smooth transition between activities