Planner Introduction Lesson
Estimated Time- 20-25 minutes. Recommend teachers pre-view the lesson.
Purpose: a) Staff will introduce the student planner.
b) 9th and 10th Students will learn to use planners to keep track of assignments, events and activities.
Each Freshman, Sophomore and AVID student will get a planner at SWHS this year.
Juniors and Seniors should purchase or provide their own system for recording assignments.
PLEASE CHECK- if your student has already received or purchased a planner, they do not need to get a second one.
1. Set Activity- use one or both, teacher choice
a. See memory game on the back of this page. Play for a few minutes.
and/or
b. Read/ Jigsaw “7 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Write Things Down”
1. Calendars/Agendas
~Discuss the importance of staying organized and utilizing the planner as a tool with students.
~Instruct students that their calendar will be used in classes and use of the planner may have an affect on their grades in class.
~ Note- freshman and sophomore teachers may require use of the planner as part of the class grade.
2. Have each student write name and contact information in the inside cover of the school planner.
3. STUDY pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the planner including each area for: THINK, RECORD, ACT, CHECK
4. Turn to page 24 -26 which includes the first and second weeks of school.
5. Show the sample page image in the powerpoint.
6. Each student DO THE FOLLOWING:
o Put two or more entries in each of the sections:
§ In the RECORD section mark periods 1-6 to encourage writing all assignments down
§ THINK, RECORD, ACT, CHECK
o See the MODEL PAGE- Discuss
o Each student ADD example entries.
7. Conclude: Pair Share with a partner- Share out with class as desired.
o What is one assignment that you have currently in your planner that you have more than one night to complete? How did you write it?
o Share one simple reminder you added to your planner
o Share one non-academic event you are looking forward to in your planner.
Memory May Not Serve You
“False Memories”
Grades 3-12
Sometimes your brain makes up its own memories. Try to "implant" a memory by asking people to remember the words on list 1. Wait about five minutes, then probe their memory by asking them which words on list 2 they remember.
List 1: read, pages, letters, school, study, reading, stories, sheets, cover, pen, pencil, magazine, paper, words
List 2: house, pencil, apple, shoe, book, flag, rock, train, ocean, hill, music, water, glass, school
Did they say that "book" was on list 1? Only pencil and school were on list 1.
Try these words:
List 1: sheets, pillow, mattress, blanket, comfortable, room, dream, lay, chair, rest, tired, night, dark, time
List 2: door, tree, eye, song, pillow, juice, orange, radio, rain, car, sleep, cat, dream, eat
Did they say that "sleep" was on list 1? Only pillow and dream were on list 1.
Make up your own lists and see if you can create a false memory.
Materials:
· None
Fun Shorewood Events to Add to the Planner
1. ½ Day of school Thursday, October 12th. No School Friday, October 13th.
2. Homecoming
· Assembly Friday October 20th
· Homecoming Football 7:00PM at Shoreline Stadium Friday October 20th
· Homecoming Dance, Saturday October 10th 8:30-11:30 PM
3. College Visit—University of Washington, Wednesday October 4th in the theater during SAS