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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens:Creating More Positive, Proactive, andBetter CitizensNCLB Summer Reading InstituteJune 3-30 2010Mississippi Valley State UniversityPresented By: Brian Zelinski, Danna Clemmons, andTheodore Davis
Background of the Book The 7 Habits of HighlyEffective Teens is abook by Sean Coveythat helps teenagersgain self-esteem,become morethoughtful of others,and just becomebetter citizens overall.
The 7 Habits1. Be Proactive5. Seek First to2. Begin with the End in Understand, Then to BeUnderstoodMind3. Put First Things First 6. Synergize7.Sharpen the Saw4. Think Win-Win
Subject Areas Covered Social Studies(Geography) S.T.E.M./Mathematics Language Arts
Geography: Grand Teton Mountain 13,775 feet tall and isthe highest point of theTeton Range inWyoming. In 1870 it was originallynamed Mount Hayden,but was changed toGrand Teton in 1970.
Grand Teton
Grand TetonFirst Ascents Nathaniel P. Langford andJames Stevenson– July 29, 1872 William O. Owen– 1898– Found no trace of priorhuman passage Native Americans climbedthe first enclosure.First Descents Alpine– Male: Bill Briggs, 1971– Female: Kristen Ulmer, 1997 Telemark– Male: Rick Wyatt, 1982– Female: AJ Caghill, 2004 Snowboard– Male: Stephen Kock, 1989– Female: Dani Deruyter, 2010
Tap Into Your Talents
Grand Teton Activity Students will use the internet to look upinformation and create a biography on aperson who has climbed the mountain. Also, students will come to theconclusion on why it would be difficult toscale a mountain and explain.
Tap Into Your Talents Vocabulary Confidence: full trust, belief inabilities Handicap: disadvantage Affirm: to assert positively Self-Esteem: a realistic respect orfavorable impression of ourselves
Mississippi Valley State UniversityNo Child Left Behind Summer Reading InstituteLesson PlanName : Social Studies(Geography)ObjectiveName of Unit: 7 HabitsDescribe therelationship ofpeople, places andenvironment throughtimeb. Identify howpatterns of settlementare associated withlocations of resource.f. Identify howchanges in oneenvironment canproduce changes inanother.1.Date 6/25-29/07ProceduresStudents will beintroduced to theGrand TetonMountain.2. Students willresearch themountain rang andthe people whohave climbed themountaina. Using the internetRe-teach The studentwill read story about theclimbing of the GrandTeton mountain on page42.Enrichment: Studentresearch moreinformation of / Internetpower pointpromethean boardGrade Level 9thEvaluation1) Students will create an essayon the Grand Teton.a. Essay should containinformation region, altitudeand other facts about themountain, and informationon the people who haveclimbed the mountain.
STEM/Mathematics Credit: an accounting entry that eitherdecreases assets or increases liabilities Debit: an accounting entry that eitherincreases assets or decreases liabilities Check Ledger/Register: way to keep upwith debits and credits
STEM/Mathematics The 7 Habits Personal Bank Account–How you feel about yourself–Like a normal checking or savingsaccount at a bank, you can makedeposits into and take withdrawalsfrom it with things you think, say,and do
STEM/Mathematics Activity For one month students will maintain a ledgerusing good/selfless deeds as credits andmisbehaviors/selfish acts as debits usingMicrosoft Excel. At the end of the month student’s will create ablog entry describing what they actuallylearned about their selves and what theywould do differently or change.
DateAct/Deed8/16/2010Helped an old lady cross the street8/17/2010Cheated on a test8/18/2010Helped a classmate studyDebitCredit1.001.001.00
Mississippi Valley State UniversityNo Child Left Behind Summer Reading InstituteLesson PlanName: MathName of Unit: 7HabitsObjectiveProcedures1) 2.4 Select1) Students willstrategies to use define meaning ofin handling credit “Debit” andand managing“Credit.”debt.2) Students will use2) Comp 2:knowledge of debitExplore/credit and create apersonalityRelationship Bankdevelopment and Account.the classroomReteachenvironment inIf neededrelation toEnrichmentinterpersonalExcel Bankskills, others and Accountthe world ofwork.a. Indentifyforces that shapepersonalitydevelopmentincludingpersonality traits,heredity andenvironment.Date 6/25-29/10Grade Level 9thMaterials1)7 Habits Book2) Power Points3) ExcelEvaluation1) Students will present Excel presentation ofRelationship Bank Account.
Language Arts As introduction to the story, ask the studentsif they ever had and instance when theyrealized they were wrong about somethingafter the situation happened and you couldn’tdo anything about it now. Class will orally read the story about thecookies and the airport lobby on page 17.
Language Arts Paradigm (pair-a-dimes): your point of view,the way you view something, frame ofreference or belief Paradigm Shift: when your view orperspective changes Laden: ? Flabbergasted: ?
Language Arts Laden: burdened; loadeddown Flabbergasted: toovercome with surprise ofbewilderment
Language Arts Activity While teacher is reading the story, 2 studentswill act out the situation to give the students avisual of what is going on. Students will then create a journal answeringthe following question:“If you were in the same situation as the ladyin the story, what would you have done andwhy?”
Students will create a video showing theirknowledge of Sean Covey’s “7 Habits.” YouTube - The 7 Habits of Highly EffectiveTeens Part 1
Mississippi Valley State UniversityNo Child Left Behind Summer Reading InstituteLesson PlanName: Language ArtsObjective1) Students will comprehend,respond, interpret or evaluate avariety of texts of increasinglength, difficulty or complexity.(DOK2)2) Students will make inferencesbased on textual evidence ofdetails, organization and languageto predict, draw conclusions ordetermine author’s purpose.(DOK3)Name of Unit:7 HabitsProcedures1) Studentswill beintroduced to anewvocabularyword:paradigm.2) Studentswill orally readstory on page17.3) Studentswill createjournal entrybased on story.4) Studentswill recreatesituation in thestory through askit.ReteachIf neededEnrichmentJournal EntryDate 6/25-29/10Materials1)Cookies2)Paper,Pencil/Pen3) 7 Habits BookGrade Level 9thEvaluation1) Have 2 students act out situation from thestory as a visual aid for students.2) Have students create journal entry. “If theywere in the same situation on the woman in theairport, what would they have done? Why?
References The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by SeanCovey Dictionary.com Wikipedia.com Brothersoft.com Avery.com Youtube.com
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is a book by Sean Covey that helps teenagers gain self-esteem, become more thoughtful of others, and just become better citizens overall. The 7 Habits
