Junior FALL

Lesson 6

Turn your Passions into a Capstone

AGENDA

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Brainstorm passions that could become your capstone topic

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Identify how two of your ideas could become a Capstone

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Passion Hex

Whittle It Down

Write About It

Post the Passion Hex to UNRULR and explain how your two topics could become viable capstones

(1 point assignment)

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LEARNING TARGET

Students will begin brainstorming topic ideas for their Capstone project by completing a brainstorming activity.

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Passion Hex from Freshman Year?

• You may have already completed a Passion Hex during freshman year.
• If you still have that hard copy a/o you have it posted on Unrulr, great!
• If not, take time for today’s Passion Hex
• Even if you have your Passion Hex from freshman year, you could complete a new one and compare the two to see how similar or changed it is.

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Passion Hex

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Your teacher will give you hard copies of this Passion Hex document to fill out for this activity.

(Alternatively, students can fill it out digitally via Kami)

Step 1

Complete the sentence by filling in the blank. Ex. “When I was a kid, I dreamed of being an astronaut.”

Fill out all of the blanks until the Hex is complete.

being an astronaut

playing piano

Step 2

Narrow it to 5:

From activities 1 & 2, which could you live without? Between 3 & 4, which is more important to you? What about 5 & 6? Cross out the one you could live without until you end up with only 5 passions from your list of 10.

playing piano

being an astronaut

Step 3

Write down the 5 activities you did NOT cross out on the lines in the bottom right of the document.

These are your top 5 passions!

Being an astronaut

Traveling

Giving advice to friends

Baking

Playing Hockey

Whittle it Down

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Using your top 5 passions, identify TWO topics that you find the most interesting and that you could see as viable Capstone topics.

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CIRCLE YOUR TOP TWO TOPICS!

Write About It

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Use the next slide as a guide to write about TWO possible Capstone topics that relate to your interests and turn in your Passion Hex.

UNRULR Post Instructions:

Using the TWO “Whittle it Down” topics that you think could be turned into a Capstone project do the following:

• Take a PHOTO of your Passion Hex with your Chromebook or Phone
• In UNRULR, go to the Passion Hex Prompt that your Advisor posted for the class
• Respond to the prompt by clicking on “POST A RESPONSE”
• Upload your Passion Hex photo when prompted to “ADD MEDIA”
• When prompted to “Write a caption” you need to write a paragraph for EACH of your two topics that answers the following questions:
• What is your topic idea? i.e. “My first possible Capstone topic is . . . ”
• How might you turn this into your Capstone project? i.e. “I could turn this topic into a Capstone by creating/developing a ____ that ______”

You need to write a paragraph and answer these questions for EACH of your two topics. Therefore, you should have a total of TWO paragraphs in your UNRULR caption.

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UNRULR Post Instructions Continued:

• When your post is complete, click on “Teachers Only” or “Teachers & students,” depending on your comfort level, for sharing and then PREVIEW your post before posting
• ***MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS FOR POSTING AS THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT AND IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW DIRECTIONS YOU WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN TO EARN PROPER CREDIT. . . DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!

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Get used to turning all paperwork and activities in this manner as it will help you to develop a timeline in UNRULR …and if you ever have anything missing from your timeline, the hard copy will be a backup!

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If time permits…

Pair and Share!

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Find a partner and share one or both of your topics to get feedback and further ideas.

Questions?

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