Reflect on your identity, the past events that helped you form your personality, and your future aspirations with a lesson about self concept. Eighth graders examine their own traits and the ways they are unique from their peers before setting a goal for the future and outlining the steps needed to achieve it.

Concepts

self-awareness, future planning, self reflection, self esteem, communication, self identity

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in the beginning of the year to help your class get to know each other
• Prompt learners to journal their experiences in the lessons
• Pair with a biopoem activity

Classroom Considerations

• Contains some phrases that are common in the British dialect

Pros

• Provides all necessary worksheets and printables (attached)
• Encourages young learners to practice self reflection, a valuable skill for teenagers and for blossoming writers
• Lessons are versatile for after-school classes, language arts, health, or social studies

Cons

• None