Today’s Quote:

1. Today’s Quote:

2. Today’s Quote • Do you agree with this quote? • What are the positive effects if you follow this advise? • What are the negative effects?

3. Stick up for yourself! Advocate

4. Common reasons for refusing to do work • Student is overwhelmed so they don’t even attempt it • Student believes they cannot complete the assignment so they might as well not do it if they are going to fail it anyways • Student has too many expectations or demands and cannot prioritize which task he should begin with Describe a time that you refused to do work and explain why you didn’t attempt the work.

5. Common reasons students act out in class • To escape academic tasks that are frustrating or too difficult • To gain attention for misbehaving instead of looking like they don’t know how to do a task A person would rather look like a class clown than the class dummy. • To gain attention from peers or adults

6. Have you ever acted out in class? Why?

7. Situation • Bob is in Miss Nasty’s class. He is getting an F in the class. He has only finished 2 out of 13 assignments. He didn’t even attempt to take the last test they had in class. His assignments have been the same as everyone else’s in the class. No one read the test out loud to him. The teacher says that Bob won’t even try to do any work in class and is disruptive. She says that all he does is flirt with the girls and make rude comments.

8. Answer the following questions • Why do you think Bob is being disruptive? • Name two accommodations that Miss Nasty should be using in class to help Bob. • What could Bob do to get help?