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Planning backward from a sample deadline
Grades 9–12 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Order checking steps before a fictional application deadline.
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
The example
In a pretend calendar, an application is due May 20. The student plans to check requirements May 1, prepare a sample May 8, and review it with an adviser May 15. These are not real deadlines.
A worked response
The review comes before May 20. Leave time to ask for clarification; a practice schedule does not establish real eligibility or processing times.
Your task
1. Place the four supplied dates in order.
2. Identify the action planned for May 15.
3. Write one question about the real deadline or required materials that would need official checking.
Space for your task
Questions
1. Which date is the pretend deadline?
2. What happens before the review?
3. How many days are between May 15 and May 20?
4. What real detail would need checking before using this plan?