7+Habits



** 7 Habits  ** ** Habit 1: Be Proactive  **  J  Habit 1: Be Proactive teaches that you cannot control what happens to you (how you are treated at home, how people view you, etc.), but you can control your own moods and how you choose to respond to certain events. Being Proactive means that you choose your attitude, that you are responsible for your won happiness or unhappiness.  J  Read pages 49 – 50 of the //Teens// book as a class.  J  Group Activity:  §  Divide the class into groups of 3  §  Give each group a stack of magazines  §  Assign each group a different mood such as:  ·  Depressed  ·  Happy, energized  ·  Surprised  §  Give the group 10 minutes to cut out pictures that represent their assigned mood and present them in a collage format  §  Ask one student to explain the collage  §  Debrief questions: o  In the collages you’ve created, what characteristics do all the people have in common? o  How do you feel when you look at the collages Similarly, how does your mood affect others? o  What triggers your moods? How can you learn to be proactive about controlling those triggers? o  What kind of mood do you generally carry with you? o  Do you carry the same kind of mood at school, home, work or with friends? Why or why not?  J  Individual Activity:  §  Have students create a comic strip based on being proactive and controlling their attitude and taking responsibility for their own happiness. The comic strip should show an event that would normally cause the student to get upset. They are to show how they can change this – not what happens to them but how they respond. See rubric for assessment. ** 7 Habits  ** ** Habit 1: Be Proactive  **  J  Explain that one of the symptoms of reactivity is using reactive language. When you use reactive language, it’s like giving someone else control over your life and moods. Proactive language puts this control back in your hands.  J  As a class read the Listen to Your Language section on page 51 of the //Teens// book. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> J  Group Activity: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Prepare two sets of index cards (enough for each student). Write proactive responses on one set and reactive responses on the other. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Divide the class into groups of two <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Mix up the cards and distribute some to each group. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Instruct each group member to take a card and read it aloud to the group. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Direct the other group members to determine whether the phrase demonstrates proactive or reactive language. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> §  Debrief questions: o  What difference do you think using proactive language will have? o  What circumstances in your life will change if you choose to use proactive language? o  What are some common things you say that are reactive? Proactive? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"> J  Have students complete the worksheet on reactive and proactive language.
 * __ Lesson 1 - The Choice is Yours  __**
 * __ Lesson 2 – Listen to Your Language  __**