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.
