SLC Prep: Areas For Improvement

Opening Discussion

• Look back on the list of academic skills and behaviors from yesterday.  Choose an academic skill that you most need to improve.
• Discuss as a group what you each picked, and why you think this academic skill is important to improve.

Starter 29

• Choose a goal you want to work on for the rest of the year in Humanities, and choose the Habit or Survival Skill that most supports that goal.  Describe how that habit or skill will help you reach that goal.

SMART Goals

S = Specific (what and how)

M = Measurable (how will you measure it)

A = Attainable  (attainable, what needs to change)

R = Relevant  (why is this important)

T = Timely  (needs a specific timeframe)

Notecard 1:  Humanities Area for Improvement

T = What is your area for improvement?

E = What piece of work can you show that documents your struggle with this?

A =

• Why is this difficult for you?
• How have you struggled with this in humanities?
• What have you done in the past to deal with this?

Notecard 2:  Humanities Plan and Goal

Habit: What is it?  Define it.

S = Specific Goal (what and how)

M = Measurable (how will you measure it)

A = Attainable  (attainable, what needs to change)

R = Relevant  (why is this important)

T = Timely  (needs a specific timeframe)

HOMEWORK

Bring completed notecards and evidence for ALL CLASSES to Humanities for practice.  DUE: Start of class, Wednesday.