8th Grade
Students Experience Anxiety in Transitioning to High School
Cherise James – Webquest
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MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL
INTRODUCTION |
The end of your Middle School career
is soon approaching and you have successfully spent the past three years
growing, learning and expanding in your academic knowledge and in your
knowledge of self and the world around you. Soon you are about to embark on a
new stage of life in the Fall, High School! The unknown can cause worry,
anxiety and fear. How will you make friends? What classes will you take? How
will you survive and thrive? Students
will complete a Google Survey to identify the number of students who
feel prepared or feel anxious about attending High School in the Fall. |
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TASK |
You will be placed into groups of 3-4
students to complete this task. Each group will be assigned a website/article
to research solutions to Middle School anxiety. This task will have three steps for you to complete: 1st:
you will complete a survey about 8th grade anxiety about high
school 2nd:
each group will read articles that provide solutions to the transitioning to
high school anxiety 3rd: each group will create a PowerPoint presentation or
present their findings on chart paper Differentiation A groups can present their information on chart paper
B groups will present their information using
PowerPoint |
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PROCESS/RESOURCES |
In groups of 3, each group will
consist of the following roles: Reader – One student will read
through the website/article for viable solutions to overcoming anxiety in
your middle school to high school transition Recorder – One student will take notes
on what the reader has read to be used for the presentation Organizer – One student will organize
the notes into a PowerPoint Presentation *All students must speak during the
presentation in order to receive credit. Create at least one slide for each step of the PPA.
There are links to the worksheet for each Step to include in your
presentation. Step 1. Define the problem Step 2: Gather the Evidence Step 3: Identify the causes Step 4: Evaluate an Existing Policy Step 5: Develop Solutions Step 6: Select the Best Solution You
may use the links below to support your presentation: Table 1 Table 2 https://blog.collegevine.com/8th-graders-heres-how-you-can-prepare-for-high-school-this-summer/ Table 3 Table 4 https://m.wikihow.com/Get-Ready-for-High-School Table 5 https://www.kaptest.com/study/college-prep/top-tips-to-make-the-most-of-high-school/ Table 6 https://yourteenmag.com/teenager-school/teens-high-school/transition-to-high-school-anxiety-jitters Table 7 https://www.familyeducation.com/how-parents-can-help-teens-destress Table 8 https://www.familyeducation.com/school/back-school-anxiety/coping-back-school-anxiety-high-schoolers |
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EVALUATION |
You must check for any
grammatical or spelling errors, and your overall presentation must be 6-9
slides long. Each student is required
to participate in the presentation. Power Point Rubric
Oral Presentation Rubric
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CONCLUSION
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By the end of this assignment you will
have at least 10 concrete next steps of how to overcome the anxiety of
transitioning from Middle School to High School. |
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COMMON
CORE STATE STANDARDS |
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4 3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. |