Each week, every mentor-mentee pair enrolled in iMentor exchanges thoughtful email messages using iMentor writing prompts from the Core Curriculum. Over email, mentors and mentees discuss important personal, college, community and career issues. Mentors help their mentee create "Action Plans," goal-setting roadmaps which help mentees turn their ambitions into reality.
Mentors and mentees also work together on technology-based projects including online oral histories, digital photo essays, and website construciton.
Below you will find samples of mentor-mentee email exchanges and project work.
Click on the thumbnails to see the full exchange or project.
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Student & Site |
Description
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Curriculum Project
Making These Statements My Own |
All mentees @ The Young Women's Leadership School |
Mentees at TYWLS created PowerPoint presentations to introduce themselves to their mentors, based on the first writing prompt of the iMentor Core Curriculum, "Making These Statements My Own." |
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Curriculum Project
Voices of iMentor |
All mentees @
Lower East Side Preparatory High School
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With help from their mentors, mentees at LESP wrote and recorded their personal histories.
For some, these recordings stand as a testament to just how far their English speaking and writing skills have progressed since immigrating to the United States.
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Core Curriculum Email Exchange
Where I Am, Where I Am Going |
Radeeka and Jill-
Westinghouse High School |
As part of the Core Curriculum, Radeeka and Jill share their morning routines as a way of introducing their home, family, and neighborhood to each other. Then they discuss their dream morning routines twenty years down the road. |
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Core Curriculum Email Exchange
My Family History |
Estefania and Caroline-
Newcomers High School |
As part of the Core Curriculum, Estefania and Caroline share, discuss and compare their family histories. |
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Core Curriculum Email Exchange
My Hero |
Dinko and Curtis-
Newcomers High School |
As part of the Core Curriculum, Dinko and Curtis discuss what it means to be a hero and how they have been influenced by the individual they consider their personal hero. |
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Core Curriculum Email Exchange
My Student Profile |
Ling Ling and Cara-
Lower East Side Preparatory High School |
As part of the Core Curriculum, Ling Ling and Cara disucss Ling Ling's academic and extracurricular experience. They will later use this information to create a College and Career Action Plan for Ling Ling. |
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Core Curriculum Email Exchange
My Fictional News Article |
Davon and Mike- Westinghouse High School |
As part of the Core Curriculum, Davon writes a “fictional” news article about himself, imagining a time in his life when he has accomplished his dreams. Mike replies with a second “fictional” news article that expands on the life Davon has shared. |
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Book Club Email Exchange
Purple Hibiscus |
Zeeshan and Darrell-
Brooklyn International High School |
As a part of the iMentor Book Club, Zeeshan and Darrell discuss the novel Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this email, Zeeshan discusses the character with whom he can most easily identify. |
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Curriculum Project
iMentor Photo Essay |
Brittany S.-
Intel Computer Clubhouse |
With help from her mentor, Brittany S. creates a digital photo essay about the Harlem community in which she lives. Brittany then creates a web site to host her photo essay. |
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Curriculum Project
iMentor Photo Essay
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John R.-
Intel Computer Clubhouse |
With help from his mentor, John R. creates a digital photo essay about his "dream life." John then creates a web site to host his photo essay. |
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Curriculum Project
iMentor Website Construction |
Matthew A.-
Westinghouse High School |
Matt A. and his mentor brainstorm, design and edit content for the website they build together using iMentor’s Website Construciton curriculum. |
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Curriculum Project
iMentor Website Construction |
Juan M.-
Westinghouse High School |
Juan M. and his mentor brainstorm, design and edit content for the website they build together using iMentor’s Website Construciton curriculum. |
