This school week starts off on a Tuesday and begins our study of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. To kick off this study, the students watched a short video of young people just like them who struggle with similar issues (trying to "fit in", feeling awkward, having trouble talking to their parents, occasionally feeling "out of control", etc.) These are the issues that the 7 Habits were created to help teens and pre-teens manage during this time difficult period of life known as the middle and high school years.
During class, we defined two very important terms: (1) habit and (2) effective. As well, we talked about how learning the 7 habits is similar to a tree growing from its roots all the way up to becoming a healthy, strong mature tree. To help the students understand this relationship, they filled in each habit on a picture of the 7 Habits Tree, being certain to spell each habit and the terms "private victory", "public victory", and "renewal" correctly. We also discussed each of these terms as they relate to the 7 habits.
On Thursday and Friday of this week, the students will learn about paradigms and principles, two more terms that are important to their understanding of how the 7 Habits can help you become highly effective.
Bell Ringers for the week are as follows:
Tuesday: What are two of your best habits? What are two of your worst habits?
Wednesday: How can your habits "push you onward or drag you down to failure"?
Thursday: Choose an adjective that describes your middle school experience so far. Then use that word to describe what if feels like to be in middle school.
Friday: Describe a time when your paradigm shifted.
HOMEWORK this week:
Complete the 7 Habits Tree (folded, terms written accurately in the correct spaces, and tree colored).
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