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Perservering Lesson PlanPerservering Lesson Plan
Publisher
Overcoming Obstacles
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
2 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2021
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Perservering

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This Perservering lesson plan also includes:
  • Goal Setting Module (.pdf)
  • Goal Setting Module (.html)
  • Perservering (.html)
  • Glossary: Goal Setting (.pdf)
  • Glossary: Goal Setting (Google)
  • Activity Sheet: The Maze (.pdf)
  • Activity Sheet: The Maze (Google)
  • Activity Sheet: The Hard Way (.pdf)
  • Activity Sheet: The Hard Way (Google)
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Hang in there! To conclude the Goal Setting module, class members reflect on the importance of perseverance by engaging in an activity that asks them to revise a plan when faced with obstacles. They then review their stepping stone goals created in a previous lesson and revise them based on what they learned in the module.

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Concepts

social-emotional learning, perseverance, goal setting, self-awareness, self-management, Social & Emotional Learning

Instructional Ideas

  • Begin the lesson with a class reading of the story of Moochie Norris, "The Hard Way"
  • Have an NBA fan research and present information about Norris' career

Classroom Considerations

  • The final lesson in the four-part Goal Setting module
  • Requires a large roll of masking tape and a copy of "The Maze" activity sheet

Pros

  • The Maze activity reinforces the importance of perseverance

Cons

  • None

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