Volume One - Reflections Curriculum

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Sample Social Skills Weekly Lesson - Choices

Description:

Objectives
Materials
Pre-Test
Group Discussion
Independent Practice
Small Group Activity Inventory Sheet
Small Group Activity
Lesson Review
Homework Bonus Opportunities
Post-Test
Additional Choice Ideas

Objectives

1. Students will be able to define choice.
2. Students will be able to recognize the choices they make in areas of their lives.
3. Students will be able to recognize factors involved in how choices are made.
4. Students will be able to recognize how they respond to choices they are given.
5. Students will be able to list choices presented to them on a school campus.

Materials

1. Pen or pencil
2. Notebook paper
3. Rulers or yardstick
4. Markers, crayons or colored pencils
5. Construction paper, poster board, tag board or bulletin paper
6. Magazines or newspaper
7. Scissors
8. Glue or paste

Pre-Test

Directions: Use 30 seconds to think about the title of this lesson. (Do not write, just think)
Use five minutes writing your thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences about the word that is in the title of this lesson. GO!

Group Discussion-(7 Examples of 33 Questions)

1. Have you ever heard of the word choice?
2. Use the following words in sentences:
   
   
   • Choice
   • Choose
   • Chosen
3. Do you think people are happy with choices given to them? Explain.
4. At what age do people start making choices for themselves?
5. List choices people make that can promote them in their careers.
6. Explain how your attitude can have an effect on choices you make.
7. Explain how making choices in the present can affect a person’s future.

Independent Practice-(5 Examples 0f 15 Questions)

Choose any 12 of the 15 questions to write about. You will be given 25 minutes to answer the questions.

1. What choices do you have in completing this assignment?
2. Name some choices you have as a student on this campus.
3. List choices that you make throughout a given day.
4. Are you aware of choices you are given in your life?
5. What factors do you use to determine if you used a right or wrong choice?

Small Group Activity Inventory Sheet

Small Group Activity Examples

1. Make up a play showing people having advantages and disadvantages in their choices.
2. Draw people who are responsible for making choices for you and write statements next to them on some choices they make for you.
3. Illustrate a classroom, school, or home with people making choices that would help other people.
4. Design a collage showing material things you would choose to have in your life.

Lesson Review-(4 Examples of 9 Questions)

1. What knowledge have you gained about the word choice?
2. What changes can you make for yourself in terms of choices?
3. List choices that would be beneficial for a citizen.
4. Was this lesson valuable to you? Explain.

Homework Examples

1. Explain how the choices you make in school reflect upon your future.
2. Compare or contrast choices you make at home with choices you make at school.

Post-Test

Directions: Use 30 seconds to think about the title of this lesson. (Do not write, just think) Use five minutes writing your thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences about the word that is the title of this lesson. GO!

Additional Choices Ideas-(5 Examples of 32 Questions)

1. Under what conditions would you choose to follow directions?
2. Why would you choose not to come to school?
3. What choices are not available to you in the following areas?
   
   
   • Classroom
   • Hallway
   • Lunch
   • Bus
4. Write choices you make that are beneficial to you as a student.
5. List situations where you do not have a choice.

Table of Contents - Volume One

Week 1 Lesson - Directions
Week 2 Lesson - Authority
Week 3 Lesson - Focus
Week 4 Lesson - Frustration
Week 5 Lesson - Learning Environment
Week 6 Lesson - Choices
Week 7 Lesson - Approach
Week 8 Lesson - Behavior
Week 9 Lesson - Confidence