Lesson Plan — Goal 9
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IX.������ GOAL 9. Encourage positive, appropriate, productive attitudes and values towards education, school, attendance, reading and writing, interpersonal relationships, wise decision making, and careful planning for present and future success.
A.������� CONTENT OUTLINE
1.�������� Proverbs and Quotations. (See separate listing of appropriate categories.)
2.�������� Proverb Application Writing Topic
Assignments.
3.�������� College and career planning
suggestions.
4.�������� Conflict Avoidance and Resolution
Writing Unit.
B.�������� INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
1.�������� Proverbs and Quotations file. See Selection 18.
2.�������� Proverb Application Writing Directions.
3.�������� Proverb Application Writing Sample Theme File.
4.�������� TESA Outlines, materials, practices, and procedures. [To be developed.]
5.�������� Career Education instructional goals. (See separate outline notes.)
6.�������� Selection 1255, "Success Orientation." Selection 1256, "More Success Orientation." Selection 1486, �Conflict Avoidance and Resolution� Composition.
C.������� TEACHING STRATEGIES
1. Daily blackboard presentation of a proverb or quotation. Students will copy these into their English Notebook for permanent reference. The quotation may be discussed at the beginning of class after attendance is taken. Some quotations are suitable as springboards for compositions.
2.�������� Present selected, appropriate outlined information developed for the Proverb Application Writing assignment.
3.�������� Value clarification strategies work well in connection with book reports and/or discussion. See files for teaching suggestions pertaining to English.
4. TESA practices, materials and correlated research are directly applicable to literature discussion and classroom management techniques for motivating reluctant learners. See also SELF ESTEEM outline materials. [To be developed from material in hand.]
5.��������Teach students specific procedures for making wise decisions. See Selection 1278, "How to make wise decisions," which may be used as a springboard to further develop this theme.
6.�������� See the extensive outline on career related goals in goals and objectives notebook.
7. Teach specific information to students as present and future parents about "How to Raise Your Child's I. Q." and similar home strategies to help them better prepare their children for success in school to stem the tide of illiteracy.
8.�������� Composition assignments to assist students in thinking through short and long term goals, future plans, after high school plans, may be given. See Selections 1523, Career Interest Composition; 1282, Career Interest Composition;��� 1519, My After High School Plans; 1411, Future Plans Composition; Composition topic: Write six resolutions (suggestions to yourself) which could guide you or others to accomplish more, or lead a better, happier, more successful life [From Ninth Week, Thursday, Lesson Plan, October 25, 1990].
D.������� EVALUATION PROCEDURE
1.�������� Student notebook grade based on completeness, neatness, and correct arrangement of Proverbs and Quotations.
2.�������� Weekly composition credit for Proverb Application Topic compositions.
3.�������� Student notebook credit for outlines from Values Clarification. [To be developed.]
4.�������� Attendance credit awarded for each week of perfect attendance (100 points).
5.�������� Listening tests (short answer and discussion) as appropriate over concepts and procedures and outlines presented and discussed in class.
6.�������� Evaluation of assigned related compositions. Those compositions most crucial to monitoring student success and establishing student short and long term goals should be carefully written, prepared in duplicate, so that a careful corrected copy may be kept by the teacher, and another copy kept by the student in the English Notebook.