Knowledge Check: Lesson 2

1. Ayanna recently met with a tutor in her after-school program, because she has been having trouble with her English class. The tutor was really helpful and provided her with lots of strategies for improving her grades, so Ayanna decided to start attending tutoring sessions with the same tutor every Thursday afternoon. Her tutor has continued to give her helpful advice on all of her English assignments, and Ayanna has been getting higher grades on her essays and exams lately. What type of “tie” is Ayanna’s relationship with her tutor?

2. Which of the following statements about networking in middle school are true? Select all that apply.

3. Why is an eco-map useful in middle school? Select the one, best answer.

4. When you reach out to someone in middle school you are hoping to network with and they say they don’t have any helpful information for you, which exercise can help you handle any difficult emotions that come up in response to the disappointing interaction?

5. Aimee is now in middle school, and she has been friends with Susanna since she was in the 2nd grade. Recently, Susanna has been spending a lot of time with a new best friend and she has stopped checking in with Aimee, even ghosting her a few times. Aimee is hurt and confused. She thinks that she can resolve things with Susanna if she talks to her, and she is really interested in saving this friendship. What kind of “tie” best fits the relationship Aimee has with Susanna right now?

6. Jordyn is the star of her middle school’s softball team and is interested in going to a softball camp this summer. But no one in her family has been to a camp like that before, and she needs to talk to someone to try to figure out what kinds of camps exist around her, how to sign up, and if her family would be able to afford the cost of camp. What tool might help Jordyn brainstorm people she could approach in order to try to get some of her questions answered?

7. Match the different types of middle school relationship ties to the relationship described.

Which of the following are effective strategies for middle-school networking with an adult? Select all that apply.