"Teens Can Make It Happen" Journal Reflection

You will write a reflection paper of three well-written paragraphs (5-8 sentences each) on penzu.com.

**On Penzu, you will need to set up a new account if you do not already have one. You will click on the green "Free Sign Up!" button and enter your information (be sure to enter your entire first and last name!). Then you will press submit and you're ready to go! (Write down your login information in your agenda.)

What To Include In Your Journal Entry:

1. In your first paragraph, tell me about yourself (you will use your “Reality Check – Who Are You?” worksheet for this paragraph).

2. In your second paragraph, tell me about your learning style and your personality style (you will use your results for VARK and True Colors for this paragraph).

3. In your third paragraph, tell me about your goals for the future (you will use your “To Infinity… and Beyond!” worksheet for this paragraph).

Be sure you save your entry every few sentences by pressing the second gray button along the top of your piece of journal paper on Penzu. If you scroll your mouse over it, it will read "save." 

When you are finished with your journal entry, you will need to "share" it with me by pressing the fifth gray button along the top of your piece of journal paper on Penzu. If you scroll your mouse over it, it will read "share." E-mail it to me at ginamterry@gmail.com. This must be shared with me by 11:59 PM on Thursday, September 2nd.

Ready? www.penzu.com

Aard - VARK ?

No, no, no ... not an aardvark...

...the VARK!

"VARK" stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic.

These are four different types of learning styles.

According to its website, "VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-out information."

So, basically ... how do you best like to learn? What learning strategies are best for you?
 
What are the four different learning styles of VARK?
Visual has to do with what you see with your eyes. Aural has to do with what you hear with your ears. Read/write has to do with, well, reading and writing! And lastly, Kinesthetic has to do with the movement of your body.

How long is the VARK?
The VARK assessment consists of 16 questions. (Consist means "is made up of.") For each question, you will have four possible answer choices. Try to pick only one answer choice that you think best answers the question. However, more than one answer choice might "feel" like the right answer. In that case, put a check in the box for both answers.

Okay...... STOP! Have you read this entire entry so far? If not, GO BACK! Read it all and then meet me back here.

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Okay, now you're almost ready to go on to the assessment. Be sure to answer each of the sixteen questions. After you've answered the questions, click "ok" to find out your results. The results screen will look like this example below. Be sure when you get to that screen that you record your score and your learning preference (the information in the two circles below) on your sticky note.

Be sure to keep your "VARK Questionnaire Results" screen (shown above) open so Mrs. Terry can check your work. After she has checked it, come back to this blog and read the information handout that goes with your highest score. For example, if you a 7 in Visual and that was your highest score, read the Visual Handout. Each of the information handouts are attached at the end of this blog entry.
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Okay, now you're ready! Wait for Mrs. Terry to give you the signal that it's okay to begin and then click here to take the VARK assessment.


Information Handouts:

*** If you had two categories that were your highest, read both of their information sheets below.

If your highest score was in Visual, click here.

If your highest score was in Aural, click here.

If your highest score was in Read/Write, click here.

If your highest score was in Kinesthetic, click here.

Welcome incoming 7th graders!

So I see you've found my blog. :)

From time to time, I will direct you to my blog to respond to posts or just to read about something I thought you might find interesting.

I know we're going to have a fantastic year!