Derek!

Introduction

In our ELA (English Language Arts) unit, we had to pick a category that meant something to us. The categories were School/Jobs, Values, Life/Death/Religion, Future, and Relationships. I picked School/Jobs, along with Ashley. M. Next, we had to decide on a topic we wanted to learn about. My topic is the process of going through college. After that, we had to decide on a name for our unit that had to do with what we were doing. Ashley. M and I came up with the title “Life After High school, What is it Like?” I think that it ties in with what we are both doing. Now, we are writing a blog post about what we are doing in ELA and what we hope to learn.

What I am Doing in ELA

^{How you get to college}

^{What you do in college}

^{The graduation ceremony}

^{What you do when you are done}

These are the things I am going to learn about in my ELA unit.

Plans on Getting the Information

I plan on researching the Internet for college applications. This would give me the basic idea on what you go through to apply for a college. I also plan on researching different colleges and find out what they do and learn. I hope I don’t get too much advertising to get to different colleges, so I will try to avoid that as much as possible. I will also read about colleges at the local library. Also, I will interview people who went to college and ask them what it was like. I will also put out a survey in my class to see if they plan on going to college. I also plan on making a watch list that you can get from Technorati about many other things I would like to learn. This is how I plan on getting my information.

My Thoughts on My Topic

My thoughts on my topic are that school is very important. It determines if you get a good job and earn lots of money and become wealthy. From what I know now, it teaches you how to become a responsible adult and to treat others with respect. This is why I think that this topic is very important.

Why I Picked My Topic

This topic is very important to me. It is very important because I plan on going to college for not only my education, but for my parents. They really want me to go to college when I’m ready. I believe that this will help me understand the world of college and not make me so scared of what is out there. This is why I picked my topic.