THEME: Goal Setting, Self Reflection And Self-Assessment

THEME: Goal Setting, Self Reflection and Self-Assessment

Lesson: Speaking Out of Character

Learning Outcomes . Students will identify their internal strengths and qualities of character

Essential Questions . What are my internal strengths? . What qualities do I possess to help me complete a task, achieve a goal, or change a behavior?

Level . Grade 11

Time . 2 x 15 minutes

Materials . Write the Essential Questions on the board? . Handouts or transparency: Personal Assets and Qualities of Character (one per student) . Journal (or paper)

Procedure/Facilitator Notes It’s a challenge for many students to identify internal strengths and qualities of character that help them complete a task, achieve a goal, change a behaviour, develop a new habit or connect with other people.

1. Discuss the Essential Questions: o What are my internal strengths? o What qualities do I possess to help me complete a task, achieve a goal, or change a behavior?

2. Distribute the handout.

3. Read (as handout/transparency) Personal Assets and Qualities of Character is a list of words that describe character. o Write the five works from the list that you think most clearly describe who you are to yourself. o Write 5 words from the page that you think you mom, your dad, your best friend and your favourite teacher would each use to describe who you are. o Share your lists with a partner and talk about why you chose the words you selected to describe yourself. And talk a little about the reasons you imagine different people would describe you differently.

4. Journaling: Using your five words, write a paragraph that provides personal examples and experiences that illustrate ways you live out these qualities in your everyday life. Is there a character word on the list that is least like you? Is it a quality you would like to see yourself as having? Why or why Not? If you wanted to have that quality, what would you need to change in your life?

5. In a whole-group discussion, toss out any of these phrases to the group to get their perspectives on what they think they mean and about the qualities we call character. o A person of character o So-and-so has no character o Character witness o Defamation of character o What a character! o Character education o Character assassination o Character reference o Character trait o So-and-so is a bad character o Character building

Evaluation . Choose an appropriate Rubric from Assessment and Evaluation.

Extending . Further discussion may ensue: o Are people born with good character or bad character? o What are the differences between a person’s character and hi/her personality?

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