Substitute Teacher Guide • Grade 10 • Unit 12: Going Further
The ACP Exam: Take It For Real
Today's focus: The ACP Exam: Take It For Real
✅ Before Students Arrive
- Materials needed today:
- Computer with GMetrix/ACP exam access
- Quiet testing environment
- Most students keep their class notebook at its usual spot in the room and use it every day (see routine below) -- but it's each student's own notebook, so a few may bring theirs from home instead. Either way, everyone should have one out.
- Write today's Do Now on the board before the bell rings (see below).
📓 Daily Notebook Routine (students already know this)
Keep this going every day, in your class notebook: date today's entry, jot your Do Now response, add any new vocabulary word(s) from today's Key Vocabulary section (word + a quick picture + a simple definition in your own words), and take 60 seconds to sketch something connected to today's topic. This notebook is yours to study from, reference on projects, and pull evidence from later for your portfolio.
📁 Portfolio Update Reminder
Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress piece to your portfolio (the Google Drive folder you started in Grade 9, becoming your Google Sites portfolio in Lesson 10) with a 1-2 sentence caption: what it is, what tool/skill it used, and one thing you learned. Keep it current -- don't save it all for the portfolio-website lesson.
🗣️ Opening: Do Now
Write or project this, and have students start immediately:
“On a scale of 1-10, how ready do you feel for the real exam right now -- and is that feeling backed up by your last practice score?”
📋 Class Plan (step by step)
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Step 1 — 35 min
🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.
📋 Testing block (35 min): students who are ready sit the real ACP exam; students who aren't yet take one more full, timed GMetrix practice round.
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Step 2 — 10 min
🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.
📋 Log (10 min): record the outcome and, if needed, one specific domain to revisit.
🔑 Vocabulary Introduced Today
- Certification
- An official, third-party credential proving a specific, tested skill -- something a resume can name specifically.
✅ Wrap-Up: Exit Ticket
A few minutes before the bell, say: "Time to finish your exit ticket."
“What is the very next thing you're going to do about your result, today?”
Collect exit tickets (or have students leave them in the usual spot) for the regular teacher to review.
⏳ If You're Short on Time
Protect the Do Now and the Exit Ticket above all else -- those are how the regular teacher tracks daily progress. If a step above is optional/homework, or is a "share out"/discussion step, shorten or skip it first.
⏳ If Students Finish Early
Have them keep working in their notebook: add extra detail to today's vocabulary sketch, review previous vocabulary, or -- if this is a portfolio update week for this class -- work on their portfolio. Early finishers should never be idle or distracting to classmates still working.
📝 For the Regular Teacher (fill in ahead of time)
- Regular teacher's name / how to reach them: ______________________________
- Where finished work / exit tickets go: ______________________________
- Front office extension / emergency contact: ______________________________
- Anything else this class needs to know today: ______________________________