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Defining Your Dreams

Defining Your Dreams. 6 th Grade Smart Goals #1. On Your Own…. Read the quotes on the next slide. Choose one quote to reflect on - What does it mean? What message do you think the speaker of the quote was trying to get across? How does the quote apply to you ?. Quotes.

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Defining Your Dreams

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  1. Defining Your Dreams 6th Grade Smart Goals #1

  2. On Your Own… • Read the quotes on the next slide. • Choose one quote to reflect on - • What does it mean? What message do you think the speaker of the quote was trying to get across? How does the quote apply to you?

  3. Quotes • Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. • Gloria Steinem • Nothing happens unless first we dream. • Carl Sandburg • I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. • Henry David Thoreau • There is nothing like a dream to create the future. • Victor Hugo

  4. Think-Pair-Share • Pair up • Share the quote you selected and what you believe it means. Microsoft, 2011

  5. Objective • Today’s lesson is about defining your own dreams and considering what it is you’re working toward in your life. • Setting goals starts with discovering your dreams. Reach for Your Dreams! Microsoft, 2011

  6. Activity • Complete a timeline of your past, present, and future life events. • Fill in past and present events that impacted your life to the left of the age when they occurred. • Fill in future events to the right of the age when they might occur. Microsoft, 2011

  7. Lifeline Example Born Learned to Talk Learned to Walk Learned my ABCs and 123s 5 Started School Sister Born Grandma passed away First ten-speed Car accident Middle School Won the Geography Bee High School, Driver’s Permit Driver’s License, First job Graduated from high school, Started college Won a scholarship, declared an English major Grandpa passed away Graduated from college, Obtained a teaching job Niece born Got Married Bought a house 10 15 20 25 Start a family Go to Europe Become a principal Retire 30+

  8. Share • What are some of your most valued past experiences or those your feel impacted you the most? • What are some of the most important present experiences to you?

  9. Lifeline Example Born Learned to Talk Learned to Walk Learned my ABCs and 123s 5 Started School Sister Born Grandma passed away First ten-speed Car accident Middle School Won the Geography Bee High School, Driver’s Permit Driver’s License, First job Graduated from high school, Started college Won a scholarship, declared an English major Grandpa passed away Graduated from college, Obtained a teaching job Niece born Got Married Bought a house 10 15 20 25 Start a family Go to Europe Become a principal Retire 30+

  10. Future Events • What do you enjoy doing? What don’t you enjoy doing? • What do you like to read about? • What gives your life meaning and purpose? • What are your talents and skills? • What do you daydream about most often? • Describe three people you admire. What do they do that you think is great? What makes them special? • What matters to you more than anything else? • If you could be anything, what would it be? Why?

  11. Next Step • Circle three future events that are most important to you now. • Which 3 events do you most want to occur? Microsoft, 2011

  12. Share • Share your lifeline with a classmate. • Point out the most important events in your past and present and the three events you circled in the future. • Explain why you circled those 3 events.

  13. Reminders • Bring your lifeline to class next time to help you with setting long-term and short-term goals. • We will explore colleges and careers in the future and your dreams for the future will be a good starting place. • Eventually, we’ll add your goals for the future to your Postsecondary Plan

  14. References • Microsoft Office Images. (2011). Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

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