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MI Plan # 5

 

Jon Lutgen, ED 381

Grade: 10-12th

General Aim: Students will learn the importance of accepting responsibility for themselves.
 
Goal: Students will learn the value of self-awareness and their ability to become responsible contributing members of their family unit.

Objectives:

1. Students will investigate the importance of accepting responsibility.

2. Students will reflect on the value of self-awareness, how it affects their interaction with in the family.

3. Students will develop strategies for accepting responsibility.

4. Students will explore different cultures to help formulate their own concept of self-awareness and responsibility in reference to their own world.


Procedures:

The students will divide into small groups for the length of this project and the teacher will give them one book to read, Siddharatha, asking them to read it in reference to the theme of self-awareness. They are put themselves in the shoes of the main character and relate the story in terms of their life. While they are reading the one book outside of class they will be listening to The Giver, a book on tape, during class and will be asked to compare it to the one they are reading.
 
Interpersonal Intelligence:

Students will discuss the social, emotional, intellectual and moral/spiritual aspects of the books as it applies to self-awareness and acceptance of responsibility. They will compare and contrast the two books bringing them into the context of their world. They will reflect on the meaning of the two different stories. They will relate to the group what the books meant to them, putting it into a more personal relative context.
 
Linguistic Intelligence:

Students will interview someone they feel has a good awareness of who they are and models self-awareness and assurance in their daily life. This person will be a good example of one who accepts responsibility for their existence. They will develop a written portrait of the person describing their interpretations of the person's qualities and why they feel these are good qualities to have.
 
Intrapersonal Intelligence:

Students will keep a personal journal describing their interpretation of the books. They will reflect on how the story relates to them. They will explore the concept of self-awareness and what it means. They will talk about how they are or are not accepting responsibility for themselves and what it means to their family.
 
Spatial Intelligence:

Students will be asked to close their eyes and relax during the listening of the book on tape. They will be instructed to visualize the setting, the environment around the setting, and the characters in the story. They are to put themselves in place of one of the characters in the book, they choose the character, and become that character. They will later talk about the their picture of the setting and of the character they became.
 
Logical- Mathematical Intelligence:

Students will analyze both books thinking about how critical reasoning and logical thinking was entwined in the stories. They will list examples of what they see as logical reasoning and compare their thinking with the group citing similarities and differences. They will learn to understand that there are many ways to interpret responsibility and self-awareness. The group will come to a consensus as to the criteria for accepting responsibility for themselves and come to understand their own self-awareness.
 
Musical Intelligence:
 
Students will select music that they feel is indicative of the story; it can represent the environment, the setting, the theme or a general interpretation of the story as a whole. After the selections are made they will be played as background music, entrees to the discussion, or endings to the hour. After all the music has been played it will be synthesized into one tape and will be used through out the year.
 
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence:

 
Students will after reading Siddharatha and listening to The Giver conceive a skit or pantomime that will summarize and depict their interpretation of the two stories. They may adapt the settings or characters to represent their lives and world but the theme should be recognizable and similar to the theme in the books.