🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep
- Gather/set out: Full-year portfolio, Reflection template.
- Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.
🧑🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide
A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.
- Day 1: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
- Day 2: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
🎯 Essential Question
- Looking back at this entire year, what does the evidence actually say about how far you've come?
📈 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson (2 Days), students will be able to:
- Finalize and "lock" the year's portfolio as a complete, polished body of work.
- Write a specific summer and senior-year plan naming at least one concrete design goal.
- Reflect on growth across the full year, from foundations through the PBAT and this final specialization unit.
📐 Standards Alignment
CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)
- CDOS 1 — Career Development -- students will be able to explain the range of career choices, and identify personal interests, skills, and aptitudes that relate to those choices.
- CDOS 2 — Integrated Learning -- students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- CDOS 3a — Universal Foundation Skills -- basic literacy, communication, and problem-solving skills required for a career.
- CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).
ACP (Adobe Certified Professional) Photoshop Exam Objectives
- ACP 5.2 — Export or save digital images to various file formats.
🎓 Study this for the ACP exam: Domain 5: Publishing Digital Media
📚 Key Vocabulary
- Portfolio Lock
- Finalizing a portfolio as a complete, intentional snapshot at a specific point in time.
🧰 Materials & Tools
- Full-year portfolio
- Reflection template
🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)
If this portfolio is a snapshot of who you are as a designer right now, what does it say about you?
📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence
This lesson spans 2 Days. Suggested pacing:
| Day | Focus | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Finalize | Independent work (35 min): review and finalize every page of the portfolio, fixing anything unfinished or unclear. |
| Day 2 | Reflect & Plan | Written reflection (20 min): growth across the full year. Plan (15 min): a specific summer/senior-year design goal. |
✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket
Finalized portfolio assessed for completeness and polish; reflection and plan checked for specific, genuine evidence and a realistic next step.
Exit Ticket: What's the one specific goal you're carrying with you into 12th grade?
📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.
🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations
English Language Learners: model every step live, then check in one-on-one; provide translated materials and vocabulary support as needed. Students with IEPs: apply the accommodations and modifications listed in each student's plan (examples include extended time, graphic organizers, speech-to-text tools, chunked instructions, and visual schedules). Students with attention-related needs: break tasks into short, checklist-driven steps and provide brief movement or focus breaks. Students ready for a challenge: take on a leadership role critiquing peers' work, extend the project with a second iteration, or research how today's skill is used professionally in the field.
🔗 Resources & References
- None beyond this lesson's materials.