Overview of Activity:
Students will discuss important habits and tools that support success in school and post-secondary planning. Students will state ways to improve habits or develop tools. Students will learn specific strategies to set personal goals and apply strategies to set/write personal goals for high school.
Prevention
Age group/grade: 11th/12th grade
Materials needed:
poster board, markers
Activity:
Follow-up Activities:
Follow-up with students in future classes to set goals based on the habits for success that they recognized. Students can then journal to reflect on how they are meeting these goals.
Students will discuss important habits and tools that support success in school and post-secondary planning. Students will state ways to improve habits or develop tools. Students will learn specific strategies to set personal goals and apply strategies to set/write personal goals for high school.
Prevention
Age group/grade: 11th/12th grade
Materials needed:
poster board, markers
Activity:
- Put students in groups of 3-5. Each group will be assigned a habit/tool that supports success in school and be given a piece of poster paper. On their poster, students should:
- explain why it is important to develop this habit as a successful student,
- give 2 to 3 examples of how students can show or demonstrate they are using the habit,
- suggest ways to improve the habit if you have not yet developed it. Habits:
Knowing Your Strengths/Weaknesses, Time Management (Not Procrastinating), Stress Management, Assertiveness (define for group), Motivation, Planning for the Future, Being Responsible, Follow-Through
- Share information from small group with the whole class.
- Class synthesize a list of the top 3 keys for success in high school.
Follow-up Activities:
Follow-up with students in future classes to set goals based on the habits for success that they recognized. Students can then journal to reflect on how they are meeting these goals.
Your guidance activity seems like it would work well with not only high school students, but college students as well. I know I could use some work with my time management.
ReplyDeleteGoal setting is an important topic for high school students. This activity is really neat because it allows students to assume ownership for their own personal goals and allows them to brainstorm ways to reach those goals (managing their time, becoming more organized, etc.).
ReplyDeleteI think learning not only to set goals, but developing realistic plans for achieving those goals are important to children of all ages. All to often, students have great goals in mind, but have know idea of how they plan to achieve those goals. For example, they may want to become a doctor but not have a plan for managing their time to fit studing into their busy schedule which will effect their grades and in turn their ability to achieve the goal. Sometimes they just need their attention directed to these simple things that can prove to be the most helpful in their lives.
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