Day by Day Index for 8 Week/16 Session College Success Course

Thank you for evaluating Achieve College Success: Learn How in 20 Hours or Less for your course. Adopters of Achieve College Success have access to a range of instructor support materials, including lesson plans, classroom activities, study aids, and PowerPoint slides.

To make class preparation easy, instructor materials are organized both by type and day-by-day for an 8 week/16 session course. Syllabi are also provided for 16 and 18 week courses, and day-by-day files for the 16 and 18 week version will be available shortly.

The following are intended to help you evaluate the book and instructor materials:

Day:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16

Prior to class:

• Syllabus
• Order books

Day 1: Course Overview

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Syllabus (PDF form)
• Grade Sheet
• Four Projects
• Search and Find
• Key Points for Ch. 1
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 2: Wishes and Goals

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Key Points for Ch. 1
• Goal Template
• Goal Paper Example
• 1 3x5 card/student

Day 3: Learning Styles

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Key Points for Chapter 2
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides
• Goal Template

Day 4: Intelligences

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Multiple Intelligence Treasure Hunt

Day 5: Time Management - Where does it go

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Time Management Log and Summary Sheet
• Time Management Questions
• Key Points for Ch. 3
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 6: Time Management - What to do now

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Time Management Log and Summary Sheet
• Time Management Questions

Day 7: Reading Sense

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Key Points for Ch. 4
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides
• Time Management Log and Summary Sheet
• Time Management Questions

Day 8: Reading Sense (pt2)

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

Day 9: Note Taking

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Cornell Note Taking
• Key Points for Ch. 5 - Note Taking
• answer key
• Lecture notes for a short lecture on any subject and brief corresponding fill-in-the-blanks quiz
• Success Story Page 1 - outline
• Success Story Page 2 - paper format
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 10: Writing Success

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Success Story Page 1 - outline
• Success Story Page 2 - paper format
• Key Points for Ch. 5 - writing

Day 11: Memory

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Memory Activity Handout
• Key Points for Ch. 6 - Memory
• Success Story Page 1 - outline
• Success Story Page 2 - paper format
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 12: Test Taking

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Key Points for Ch. 6 - Test Taking

Day 13: Skills and Talents

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Career Map
• Key Points for Ch. 7
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 14: Interests and Values

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• Career Map
• Key Points for Ch. 7
• Expository Essay Take-Home Final

Day 15: Create the Life You Want

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Key Points for Ch. 8
• Expository Essay Take-Home Final
• Beyond Bullet Point Slides

Day 16: Wrap up

• Lesson Plan
• Activities

• answer key
• Motivational video

Comments on Materials

Quizzes

These sample multiple choice tests (also in the Instructor Manual) are all based on material in How to Achieve College Success...Learn How in 20 Hours or Less (3rd/4th editions).

Instructors should consider adding further questions based on related material presented in class, particularly any classroom-only material not directly reproduced by the book or take-home supplements. Such additional questions allow you to evaluate not only whether students have understood and memorized the material itself, but also students' class attendance and note-taking skills.