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Ashley Yanego – SAE – Floral Shop Lesson Plan

A short FFA lesson plan titled “SAEs: Volunteering and More!” that uses a video about an FFA member’s floral shop supervised agricultural experience (SAE) to help students understand SAEs. Students watch the video and complete the “Floral Shop SAE with Ashley” worksheet, then inventory their own resources and connections and brainstorm volunteering opportunities that could lead to SAE projects.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) project.
  • Plan opportunities for volunteering that could lead to SAE opportunities.
Time required
30 minutes
Materials
  • A copy of the "Floral Shop SAE with Ashley" worksheet for each student.
  • Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
Resources
1. FFA.org 2. Video: "Ashley Yanego-SAE-Floral Shop," https://vimeo.com/165364620
This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
Part of an SAE lesson/unit.
Student Activity Sheets
Direct access to student activity sheets without lesson plan or answer key for easy upload to learning management systems or printing for classwork. https://ffa.box.com/s/89bz6wqw61ye0gx4dejw8d5d1vvpo5wv (Word); https://ffa.box.com/s/0kthjcbz22jmo6m0f0h11qzvq8wwusdm (PDF)

Floral Shop SAE

Ashley Yanego, a senior at Strassburg FFA in Virginia, shares her experience with her Supervised Agricultural Experience in a flower shop. She performs tasks like cutting flowers and making arrangements, emphasizing the need for organization and knowledge. Motivated by career events and volunteer work, she highlights skills gained such as time management and creativity. Ashley aspires to be an ag teacher and encourages students to pursue their passions in their SAEs.

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Aligned Standards

AFNR Career Ready Practices

  • CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
  • CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.

AFNR Cluster Skills

  • CS.02Evaluate the nature and scope of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.
  • CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.

Common Core – Speaking and Listening

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.

Common Core – Writing

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

FFA Precept

  • FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
  • FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.

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